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I didn’t notice at all somehow. I remember being overly engaged in the weather report on the tv screen instead of paying attention to anything else…

I’m going to be honest, I have absolutely no recollection of them playing believer by imagine dragons at all when I went on it… When in the ride experience was it played?

I've recently recieved confirmation of being allowed an access pass with Nimbus Disability and have done the thing where you link it with Merlin using the pass number given to me by Nimbus. I've recieved an email from Merlin saying it's registered as a Merlin Ride Access Pass, saying that it will be avaliable for collection on the day of my visit. The issues I'm having with this is that when I submitted my Nimbus Disability number to Merlin they didn't make me choose a date of booking or which theme park I am going to so do I need to email them what days I am going to Thorpe and Towers so they know? Also it says on collection I need to bring my payment card as proof it is me, but I didn't have to enter any card details as it didn't cost me anything. If anyone know anything about RAP (what I'm meant to do to use it etc.), could you fill me in as this whole experience is all very new to me!

Sorry for the double post… Seems like inferno is opening tomorrow though, can’t have been a massive issue with it then. Also it triggers me that the park itself are calling nemesis inferno just nemesis, it’s not right in my opinion…

Do we know if that's been coordinated by Thorpe Park or Jack Silkstone? Like did Thorpe say to Jack that he could bring someone in with him and he chose Coaster Ctudios or did Thorpe invite Coaster Studios specifically?

True true, do we actually know what’s broken with it?

That's a shame, screens would have made the experience a lot better. Hopefully these improvements bring good changes.

Yh, I would have assumed B&M to be a good company to work with. Their reliability gives of like trustworthy and easy to work with vibes.

For how long?!?! I’m going on the 22nd and don’t want it to be closed then! Haven’t got on inferno yet this season

Thats interesting. I'd like to know if they mean new or old Intamin because I think things have been getting better for Intamin in recent years.

I saw on facebook that the park said they are waiting on new parts (or something similar) for the ride. They are saying that the supplier is taking ages to deliver and they ordered the parts last year..

Sorry to bump this post. But just wanted to talk about my experience with walking dead on my last visit. This ride has definitely grown on my and I do think it’s in my top 10 rides at thorpe now. When I went last tuesday, the operations were great, with the baggage people only allowing bags in the storage wrist band place telling everyone to put jumpers etc back on to save time. The first time I went on it the queue was 5 mins then the other two times it was walk on. My last ride on it was the best. Me and my mate got an entire train to ourselves as there was nobody else there, and for the first time ever (for me) there were actors in the end. As there were only two of us the experience was great they chased us for ages and separated us making it even better! I don’t know why there were randomly actors in TDW because I’ve never had them before and I’ve heard many times that there are never actors there. It wasn’t even an especially busy day considering it was the school holidays, so I don’t see why they would use the actors.

I couldn't follow the story that well on Ghost Train to be honest. I might not have fully understood the story as there was a group on the same train as me who wouldn't stop shouting and making jokes so the actors kept laughing and not finishing their lines. I didn't really understand the story of DBGT either, so I guess the storytelling on Ghost Train was a bit better as I at least understood something that was going on. I could just be being too critical since I've had a couple of good runs throught the London dungeons in the past year and was expecting something very similar here.

I'm in the opinnion that it's not loads better than DBGT. Maybe I didn't have the best ride on it, but I just found the whole experience so predictable and not very scary as everything coming could be seen from a mile off. I do agree that it's fun, but I was expecting a new scary attraction, rather than a tame story experience. Maybe my hopes were just too high considering they had to keep the existing ride system.

Definitely seems so. I’ve totally forgotten the roadmap for when everything is installed. Is it supports after all those pins are in place and if so when are we likely to see them being put in?

It doesn’t feel like that much has really been done though. The ride system is the same, the pre show uses the same technology and the end scene is pretty much identical. The only thing that would be expensive is maybe the 1st station where they had to get rid of the mirrors and change that. Now I’ve been able to think more about my ride on it, to me it feels like a cheaper version of DBGT as there is no VR to make the ride feel more novel.

I do agree with that as well. When I was on it I couldn't really hear what was being said from one of the actors in the train, especially as there was a groups of teenagers right opposite me and my mate who wouldn't shut up for the enitre ride and only seemed to know how to shout. Louder speaker would have definitly helped.

I think headphones would just make the ride feel more restrictive. They are trying to go for a realistic feeling train (I think) and having to put on headphones to hear the announcements that would come through speakers in a train would just kinda break the illusion in my opinion. Also like you said they would open up lots more technical difficulties and slow down operations due to people having problems with finding and putting on headphones.

Me and my mate have been bored today and have been speedrunning black mirror. Our best time is 3:40, with the timer starting as soon as the door into the first video starts and ending when you leave the last door after the glass shatters. We challenge anyone to beat out time lol (no running allowed)!

Just finished off on Ghost Train. I'm going to be honest, it was slightly underwhelming. I spent the whole ride waiting for something big to happen, and nothing did, it just kinda felt a bit strung out towards the end. If it was a scene in the London Dungeons and other similar attractions, I’d say it would fit very well but as a ride by itself I believe it doesn’t offer enough. If someone wants to spoiler tag this feel free, I’m not sure how much info counts as a spoiler.

I’m in a pre queue of at least 40 mins probably now. The park isn’t busy at all apart from ghost train. Hoping it’s worth it!

I have applied with Nimbus Disability but they haven’t got back to me yet. Is there anything I can do on park tomorrow morning before I go in to try get RAP or do I have to wait for Nimbus Disability to get back to me first? If not am I allowed to bring something like a chair or stool to sit down on in the queues or is that not allowed?

Hi everyone, I’m going to thorpe on Tuesday and since my last visit to the park I’ve been in hospital and am now on medication for the rest of life. My doctor says that standing in a queue for a prolonged period of time wouldn’t be good for me as it would cause me extreme fatigue and other side effects. How do I apply for a ride access pass so I can queue virtually somewhere else where I can sit down? Do I need to apply for RAP every time I go to the park or is there some way I can get something that allows me to have it every time I visit? Thanks for the help in advance!

There’s no way I'm going to avoid seeing spoilers until Tuesday… I really want to do the attraction without anything being spoiled as I did DBGT after having watched like 3 youtube vids about it and it ruined the experience.

I think that maybe they could go down the route of you 'dying' somewhere in the ride and then being 'rebirthed' later on. Then the shop scene could maybe be some kind of thing when there's a total denial that anything ever happend on the train with you 'dying' and stuff. You're about to walk out then a ghost appeares acting as a jumpscare and also mentioning something about what happend when you were 'dead' and adding extra detail maybe. leaving the ride on a cliffhanger. I hope some of that makes some sense...