Mitchada04 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Disappointed by the use of an IP but not surprised. I get parks like Drayton and Blackpool using them as they don't naturally have the huge draw of being "Britain's number one theme park." There are many great minds at Merlin Studios and I'm sure they could have (and probably did) come up with an amazing immersive experience without the need of an IP. But we know Merlin, if they aren't 100% certain it will be a big draw they won't invest in it. Shame. Oh well, I'm sure it will be good and exceedingly popular with little kids which is the only side Merlin seem to look at most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 It will mostly well my opinion would be the strange yellow blobs and all colorful and a Jackanory story corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Two confirmed themes are Postman Pat and In the Night Garden, both extremely successful cbeebies programmes. If done well, this could wipe the face off the competition really. Cbeebies is an insanely popular, well known, british brand. Absolutely perfect for towers (and thank god Shrek never appeared!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Disappointed by the use of an IP but not surprised. I get parks like Drayton and Blackpool using them as they don't naturally have the huge draw of being "Britain's number one theme park." There are many great minds at Merlin Studios and I'm sure they could have (and probably did) come up with an amazing immersive experience without the need of an IP. But we know Merlin, if they aren't 100% certain it will be a big draw they won't invest in it. Shame. Oh well, I'm sure it will be good and exceedingly popular with little kids which is the only side Merlin seem to look at most of the time. IP's can be used effectively though, you can see that at Drayton with Thomasland which is far better and immersive then Cloud Cuckoo Land. It's how you use the IP and Merlin haven't always done the best jobs with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 See also, Peppa Pig World for an immersive IP experience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 I see no reason why it wont be good, for all the slack they get Merlin are able to do IP's reasonably well... Whilst not the most liked ride, Saw the ride, particularity the inside section is probably some of the best theming we have in the UK IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 I see no reason why it wont be good, for all the slack they get Merlin are able to do IP's reasonably well... Whilst not the most liked ride, Saw the ride, particularity the inside section is probably some of the best theming we have in the UK IMO That says more about UK rides then it does about Saw. alexander, SteveJ and Benin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 I would imagine the programs to chose from would come from the current CBeebies program list as per their own website here, which is their current program rosta, and not to be confused with CBBC shows which can be found here. I would think with the tight corporate branding they like if it is CBeebies Land it will be CBeebies only, no CBBC stuff. That would mean no Sean the Sheep, but could include off shot Timmy Time. Rastamouse and Space Pirates are both on the list and could be fun. Pingu, In The Night Garden, Bob The Builder, Teletubbies, Tweenies and maybe Brum and probably the biggest names on the list. Zing Zillas and Tinga Tinga Tales are ones I know my little nephew is always on about so maybe they are the current big names for that age? Also on the list is 'Peter Rabbit', which could lead to some full circle franchise for the area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 If there's a Rastamouse themed ride it would be the best thing ever to exist in the theme park industry <3 pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy3112 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 If there is a Pingu ride, then we can forget the Smiler! ProjectX, Inferno, Kerfuffle and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Don't think I've seen this mentioned before... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24426915 Sesame Street characters Cookie Monster and Elmo are to star in a new programme for CBeebies. I should think this would be a rights minefield too far, but imagine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Having analysed recent CBeebies shows and what rides the area has, I've got a few Ideas in what shows/themes the rides could be based upon. Riverbank Eye Spy/ retheme this in to an in the night garden boat tour ride with all the show's characters appearing with also possibly a straight forward story line to follow (as it will be aimed at kids any way) plus also the show's theme tune as well. Tractor ride/ either Brum or postman pat themed, going around the circuit interacting with characters and buildings and also a simple storyline too. (Maybe even Peter rabbit) Berry Bish Bash/ a pignut shooting ride where pi glue and friends are having a snowball fight and everyone needs to help. Singing Barn/ some sing don't attraction or interactive walk through with either Bob the builder or Timmy Time. Live stage/ Various Ceebebies show characters such as Tweenies, Rastamouse, waybullo or more. Just a few ideas, some may work, others probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy3112 Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 What would the Squirrel Nutty Ride be changed to possibly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 What would the Squirrel Nutty Ride be changed to possibly? Don't think it will be, at least yet.Technically that is in a separate area. As for the rides that are changing, I still think it is more likely they will stay generic, but visit scenes from various programs along the way rather than be given over for a single program each. Simply because it will be easier and cheaper to update scenes as programs come and go to keep everything relevant, and also not risk a huge expenditure on one single theme which goes out of favour/drops off the schedule in a year or twos time. Hope I'm wrong though, I'd rather each ride was a single show. Also, from ATG facebook... The old ice tent is no more! Can't believe how big that space looks, always felt tiny in there to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretchy Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 OK some construction for you from today. All photos, as always, taken from public areas.Ice tent has gone.Someone allegedly has a bad fix. rather odd graffiti really.This is quite a cool bit of history. I think that this is the rink scraping/relaying machine. Matt 236, JoshC. and pluk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma1980 Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 I am very excited as my 2 year old daughter loves anything Cbeebies and there is lots to pick from Mr Tumble, Mr Blooms Nursery, Night Garden etc etc I'll defo be making a trip up to Alton when this is completed even if it is a 4 hour trip lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Although nothing of any note about what will actually be in cbeebies land seems to have been found out yet they have announced it's not opening until May which suggests they are doing more than the bare minimum, as do these construction pics on TS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Anyone that has a reason to actually watch Cebeebies, are there any clues for IPs being used in this pic? For some reason to me this looks like some sort of family euthanasia land, walking off into the light like at the end of a film where someone has been stuck in purgatory. Liam T, SteveJ and Jammy3112 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 The rabbit could be a hint to Peter Rabbit I guess? Other than that, nothing that screams out any sorta hints after looking at a list of some CBeebies shows... TowersStreet posted on their FB that the "characters" will be revealed by Alton this weekend, so not long to wait I guess. (Link to TS FB: https://www.facebook.com/TowersStreet?fref=ts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam T Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 For some reason to me this looks like some sort of family euthanasia land, walking off into the light like at the end of a film where someone has been stuck in purgatory. "Come on Mummy, let's go Cbeebies Land, it looks so much fun! " pluk, EC!, Kerfuffle and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 So Alton Towers have gone down a dark paths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 It looks very "In The Midnight Garden". Get ready to see iggle piggle and macka packa in full glory (I'm so sad that I knew them names without having to search them) Stuff of nightmares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 So Alton Towers have gone down a dark paths Stuff of nightmares. This all looks very fishy to me. Are Alton just gonna bring in the CREEPY stuff now? I mean, if you come to terms with both The Smiler and most of the CBeebies characters, you'll see what I mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretchy Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 I was on park today, Yes I know it wasn't open, today was the last day of the Christmas opening. So Construction - whats new? CEEBEEBEE's land All photos taken from within the park from the path that goes down the side of the lake by battle galleons. The roof looks finished with bright colored bars now adorning the purple tiles. Lots of scaffolding up around Squirrel Nutties. New railings now bound the lawn in front of the towers. They look fine apart from the footers are not at ground level which just looks naff. I hope they add some soil at least. New railings around the moat of the Towers Twirling Toadstools Seem to have gone Yup I'm sure there used to be more to this ride.. Ahr - That makes sense, the last bits of it are being thrown away in this bin. Shame, I liked this ride. Fallen down trees On the side of the lawns by the gardens we have had 2 trees that have come down. Not sure if it was recent but they were still clearing it. Their collapse seems to have done some damage to the walls too Close up Inferno, JoshC. and Coaster 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thanks Stretch, Interesting what they're doing around CBeebies land with the construction, although still looks like a lot of the old features are still there. I'm currently not too interested in the CBeebies land seeing most things they've released recently look aimed at the very young which was probably the intention in the first place. I'm surprised Toadstall is gone, however surely it's just gone in for extensive maintenance as I would be surprised if they removed it. That's pretty hefty damage to the gardens wall, so hopefully they'll be able to repair that easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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