May 15, 201411 yr comment_183301 True, it's got an awful name. Can't help thorpe decided to go through a **** period of its life and rename the wonderful Glass House
May 15, 201411 yr comment_183310 Sorry to be pedantic, it has never been called 'Bar 360' it has always been '360 Bar & Grill'
May 16, 201411 yr comment_183332 Shark hotel update, starting to look quite good now in my opinion. This photo is from the company that are making this shark. You can see there Instagram below Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk
May 19, 201411 yr comment_183610 it is looking really good now Shark hotel update, starting to look quite good now in my opinion. This photo is from the company that are making this shark. You can see there Instagram below Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk
May 25, 201411 yr comment_184008 The new billboard thing at the entrance, I think it looks really good? Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk
May 25, 201411 yr comment_184009 ^Definitely a project which should be put up and finished overnight. Christ almighty. What would the guests who've never visited the park be thinking?! (probably the same as those which have visited before to be fair...)
May 25, 201411 yr comment_184023 What's going to the left and right of the big screen, folks? Huge posters advertising upcoming events, which will be changed on a monthly basis.
May 25, 201411 yr comment_184057 Screaming world class amusement park there... Fantastic job Thorpe...
May 25, 201411 yr Author comment_184058 ^Definitely a project which should be put up and finished overnight. Christ almighty. What would the guests who've never visited the park be thinking?! (probably the same as those which have visited before to be fair...) Yesterday morning the screens were not there at all so they've done quite a good job! It will look good when the graphics are up either side of the screen, not going to lie though can't wait to hear entrance music back
May 25, 201411 yr comment_184059 Yesterday morning the screens were not there at all so they've done quite a good job! It will look good when the graphics are up either side of the screen, not going to lie though can't wait to hear entrance music back Yeah I was pretty surprised to see it, last time I was there not even the brackets were up. Tonight's job is to put Slammers signage up for tomorrow Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk
May 25, 201411 yr comment_184075 Yesterday morning the screens were not there at all so they've done quite a good job! It will look good when the graphics are up either side of the screen, not going to lie though can't wait to hear entrance music back No they haven't done a good job. A good job would be to make it actually look good for opening. Stop allowing for second best. They could've easily completed that entire thing overnight if they wanted to, they didn't. They ended up with an absolute hellhole of an entrance for 10,000 guests to see as their first opinion of their park. Argh this frustrates me beyond belief.
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184114 A video on the TPM facebook page of the Entrance music back and the new Screen at the entrance. Yesterday they only had the one image (posted above) of angry birds land on the screen, so I am guessing it now changes all the time. Also yesterday I noticed there was no music at all at then entrance, which was obviously in preparation for this. It's looking, and sounding really good! Link - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10154244248545624&set=vb.283706330623&type=2&theater By the way, the lines on the screen aren't actually there in real life, it looks really good in real life. It's just the camera, same with the image I posted yesterday.
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184123 Take your nostalgia all you want, but that music really does not suit current day Thorpe park at all...
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184126 Take your nostalgia all you want, but that music really does not suit current day Thorpe park at all... Well someone had to say it... In what way doesn't it suit it?
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184127 Take your nostalgia all you want, but that music really does not suit current day Thorpe park at all... How so? We've got the 'Island like no other' tag line and the park are trying to create an atmosphere which feels special. Hearing the music being played makes me feel like I'm going to a magical place, builds the excitement up, and so forth. I genuinely think that listening to that music will make people think they are on an island like no other. Even if you think it doesn't suit current-day Thorpe, surely you would agree it suits more than The Noise?
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184135 Sorry, but any theme park playing chart music is instantly rendered a cheap knock-off travelling fair - there's no sense of escapism, adventure or excitement. Why on earth would a theme park record the music in the first place? There may have been a time when it suited Thorpe (if you think that), but that time (if indeed it ever existed) is over. It just makes the place sound like any old place you can hear chart music... like on the radio in the car in the traffic jam on the way to Thorpe. How exciting.
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184136 But what are we going to discuss over closed season They've done the X refurb, reopened the 4D cinema and now brought back the entrance music! If they bring in a Top Spin next year and repaint Colossus future discussion will die!
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184137 But what are we going to discuss over closed season They've done the X refurb, reopened the 4D cinema and now brought back the entrance music! If they bring in a Top Spin next year and repaint Colossus future discussion will die! Don't forget Canada Creek Railway!
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184140 But what are we going to discuss over closed season They've done the X refurb, reopened the 4D cinema and now brought back the entrance music! If they bring in a Top Spin next year and repaint Colossus future discussion will die! I'm sure discussion of the hotel, the 'Thorpe should get a dark ride' and 'Will Slammer finally be closed down for good?' will replace all of those. And no doubt a Fright Nights *This year +1*' topic will start earlier and earlier too.
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184143 Thorpe bringing back the old entrance music can only be applauded, as the chart music was both awful and cheapened the place... When you have a quality piece of music lying around, might as well use it...
May 26, 201411 yr comment_184144 Sorry, but any theme park playing chart music is instantly rendered a cheap knock-off travelling fair - there's no sense of escapism, adventure or excitement. Why on earth would a theme park record the music in the first place? 1) So is Thorpe back to being a theme park now? 2) Amusement parks with chart music are fun though.
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