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I also saw they've invited several 'celebrities' tonight too (in the daily mail sense) I.e. people from love island, ex on the beach, x factor, Ibiza weekender lol. Enjoy! That queue times website put the queues at 135 minutes for the mazes a few minutes back, I'm guessing its wrong haha, its now just saying closed. P15 is missing too. https://queue-times.com/parks/2/queue_times

because with lyrics like those in anaconda, she needs to be a permanently pinned post??

Each to their own, but I am a huge Halloween fan! Always used to do trick or treating growing up, and an excuse to watch loads of Halloween/horror themed movies. Went to Thorpe park fright night when I was 14 back in 2006 and I loved it! Also going to tulleys shocktober park, and anything else that's on I can squeeze in haha. Usually go to a fancy dress party the Saturday before too, this year is no exception when else can you go to a bar dressed as a zombie eh. A friend at work is from new Zealand and she says they don't celebrate it there at all, so she's excited to come to Tulleys :D. Personally this is one American import I'm happy with! Its just a matter of taste really, some people are into sport like going to football, or Christmas, I'm into Halloween...haha.

Thanks that's good to know, you don't get any discount booking all 5 either they are still £6 each so maybe we'll just book a couple to save time and get it all done. Not sure what to expect for queue times exactly (first Saturday), maybe around an hour per maze, 1.5 for big top/P15? Hmm! I remember BWP was nearly 2 hours my last trip which is why we didn't bother... Let us know if you experience this 'wet' aspect in P15 haha.

haha early reviews/thoughts I've read from I think Thorpe park central on facebook say they were impressed with the big top and P15 though there was mention of a 'wet surprise' on P15 which worries me slightly.... Sorry for asking again but does anyone know if you can buy single maze fast track, I'm guessing not and its 5 mazes for £30 only? Also does maze fast track typically sell out this early into the fright night season? Was going to buy it on the day (this Saturday) depending on queues.

Wow that's amazing!!! heres mine last year

good to know! if I get big top and platform (night) done at a minimum, I will be happy. I got some great scares in cabin last time, but the two newer ones (to me) are a priority. Unfortunately my friend says he won't go in saw as he found it too loud and uncomfortable, lets hope he prefers the other mazes.....haha. Otherwise if anyone's going Saturday and would like a maze buddy let me know theming looks cool if that's legit!

Thorpe says he is 'the man behind their latest maze' platform 15 according to their facebook page's latest video. The actors are 'his' zombies. lol....just why is this necessary Thorpe!!! The good news is that this maze is their 'longest to date', but I suppose we kinda already knew that.

this makes me happy! hopefully any issues will be ironed out in time. Its so close now! Friday/press evening attendees please do post your opinions I'd love to know what you guys thought before I head in on Saturday, so if the queues are all bad I can decide what I should prioritise, and whether its worth doing platform 15 before dark, sounds like it isn't. Although I've been in Saw several times people keep saying it has improved over time so currently blair witch is at the bottom of the priorities list for me.

Yeah I understand its dark so you don't need to spend ages on it, but I do recall looking at actor's faces and many did not look particularly scary or remotely realistic lol. I also get its uncomfortable I've worn it myself for long periods of time, but I'm just fussy so its what I'd like to see! Not saying they did a bad job but its how I'd improve it personally as its something I noticed...

First weekend gets experiment 10 roamers, not bad. I'm hoping the mazes are good as this will be my friends' first time in a horror maze. I must be in the minority in that I don't find clowns that scary tbh so I doubt I'm going to be scared in the big top but you never know! if its just largeish areas with clowns running around with chainsaws that sounds more amusing than scary. Zombies on the other hand creep me out, here's hoping they don't do that skeleton face paint on them though like in the video above, its something I could put together in a couple of minutes! Having said that, the black circle contact lenses were a nice touch.

video made by yahoo showing the train (especially around 10min 30 mark ish) and actors doing their thing. I wonder if they'll go for that makeup in the maze. Still the acting was good I thought although the first girl just sounded like she needed a strepsil...

wow did you do that makeup?? amazing job, the pale face/blood etc looks so realistic!

thanks for the advice! Will do that. In a group of about 10, with most of those new to mazes, so I think they could want to start small (creepy cottage?) but we'll see! Hopefully we'll fit everything in Are many of the mazes conga line, or only a few?

Isn't three bridges closer?

Great review MattyMoo! I'm going on the 14th and am super excited I have no idea how busy it will be on that date, and I wanted to ideally get on all of the haunts (with Hellements being at the bottom of the list), any others you think should have less priority? Any recommendations on the order to do them so that we can do as many of them as possible? We won't be getting there til about 7 (opens at 6.30) and can stay til the end. Thanks!

Woohoo lots of people going Friday/Saturday. Cya there Saturday! Defo a lot of unknown for P15 not sure what exactly to expect but that does add to the fun! Still thinking about doing the face it alone but I think I'm too chicken ?

Thanks for all the info defo want to make sure we do it but not queue for hours ideally so I'll do that! Not long to go then I can finally look in the spoilers thread haha

Edit- someone found a monk photo to which I was referring. And it was a typo lol I'm sure we all make them

Oh no! What a shame!

yeah the queue boards can be a tad unreliable! Ooh first in good job, I think that will be my plan if it is working, head there first or saw! Yay photo points I love good themed music so that sounds great. Doesn't saw have a similar queue line shop, so ridiculous, they know people are bored/desperate so will end up buying something... Reason I asked about the queue is that sometimes you can look at the queue and know how long it'll be (like for saw/stealth/the swarm/anything outside) so I didn't want to look and think the queue wasn't bad but then realise there was a huge bit round the corner/inside (which was what we did in Disneyland on crush's coaster, thought that was it then bam nowhere near the front haha). Its dark in space mountain so I suppose you don't see stuff dropping down, but my friend lost her first ever phone on Colossus back when that opened haha and you could see it in the net thing Will see if bag drop is working on derren brown when I go but sounds unnecessary.

although I am very grateful for bag drops, my friend's bag was stolen on Samurai on a fright night several years ago, which really puts me off rides without them (like slammer, samurai, rush, quantum). I end up with an oh so trendy bum bag I use under my coat when there isn't a bag drop. But agree you shouldn't need one on a maze or a stationary/barely moving ride, or even a slow ride. I was actually shocked in Disneyland on space mountain when they told you to just hold onto it instead, people were on it clinging on to their backpacks haha. But slower than that I think there's no problem. Back to Derren Brown, when people say there are 2 sequences of VR, do you take the headset off in-between? Is there any walking around involved? I've avoided spoilers as I'm going on it for the first time next week! Is the queue completely outside, and do you feel the queue times board is accurate in general or does it over/underestimate? Sorry for a million questions, thanks!

such a shame, it does still have potential with a bit of a retheme lol!! just looks so tired now.

I wonder if the roaming actors will do a lot of interaction with people or just walk through, I remember the monks and the you're next ones but sometimes there were too few actors to make an impact! The monks kinda just walked past everyone staring lol which was cool too. So excited to go next week not long to wait now... Does anyone know if detonator still does the creepy music during fright night, despite now being angry birds themed?

I actually can't choose between the two, I feel nemesis inferno would be great if it went on a bit longer, always feels too short! So for that reason I'd also go for Colossus. I also don't think they'll do anything to spruce up Colossus because it gives it that weather beaten, old look. But adding a couple of new things like the fire effect in the swarm but theming it to the lost city would be cool, like a water feature or something! Usually its just a few rain puddles on the floor lol....