August 23, 201411 yr comment_189519 Measuring the arena makes sense as does the marking of the trees. Also the idea of not building on the swarm island fits with what ive been told.
September 5, 201410 yr comment_191097 I think they will have a top spin new for 2015. OK, this one stays!
September 6, 201410 yr comment_191118 Oh no, I wouldn't mind one. But what would we talk about here?!
September 6, 201410 yr comment_191122 Last time I checked the Pinfari zacspin had a good amount of fabrics on its site. I wonder if they'll finally build it this year!
September 6, 201410 yr comment_191129 If we did get a Suspended Top Spin, I'd be happy. But I doubt we'll get anything that good for 2015.
September 6, 201410 yr comment_191177 ...or just rip out the whole lot in that space and build a haunted indoor coaster!
September 6, 201410 yr comment_191199 Remove Storm Surge and put anything that isn't Storm Surge in it's place.
September 6, 201410 yr comment_191201 Well clearly Intamin Zac Spin isn't going to happen but... Thorpe have a great relationship with S&S so S&S Free Spin anyone? It's like a Zac Spin but made by S&S!
September 6, 201410 yr comment_191202 Well clearly Intamin Zac Spin isn't going to happen but... Thorpe have a great relationship with S&S so S&S Free Spin anyone? It's like a Zac Spin but made by S&S! I doubt they do really, considering all the trouble that Slammer and Rush have brought them over the years.
September 8, 201410 yr comment_191380 I dread to think what any kind of dark ride would be like at Thorpe. Merlin don't seem to understand dark rides. Th13teen, Saw, Smiler all had amazing potentials and they screwed all of them.
September 8, 201410 yr comment_191381 It will be a indoor doctor who aqua trax which becomes a RMC half way round to finish by breaking the 200mph barrier. The pre show will be a top spin as well.
September 8, 201410 yr comment_191383 I dread to think what any kind of dark ride would be like at Thorpe. Merlin don't seem to understand dark rides. Th13teen, Saw, Smiler all had amazing potentials and they screwed all of them. Well, there's always Sub Terra
September 8, 201410 yr comment_191384 I dread to think what any kind of dark ride would be like at Thorpe. Merlin don't seem to understand dark rides. Th13teen, Saw, Smiler all had amazing potentials and they screwed all of them. I guess you could argue that those three rides aren't dark rides though - they're rides with an indoor section. Sub Terra, in my opinion, is a good dark ride (even if the original version was apparent rubbish and the scare maze ending is a bit of a silly idea), and shows that they can do good things. The Haunted House at Legoland Billund is apparent decent as well. I think there is hope for a good, major, dark ride at Thorpe / Merlin parks. Won't be easy and won't be cheap, but definitely feasible.
September 8, 201410 yr comment_191386 I've said it a thousand times but I'll say it again, dark rides don't have to be expensive to be good, but they need to be considered well. A simple laugh in the dark ghost train (but with better throughput than most others do) would go down a treat with Thorpe's current target audience, and they could make it scary and fun rather than spending too much money on a specific theme. If it was a large investment obviously a theme would be necessary, but then again look at the original Haunted House at Alton Towers - didn't really have one set theme, but it was fantastic!
September 8, 201410 yr comment_191388 Bla Taget from Grona Lund is a good example as a 'cheap' dark ride... But it wouldn't work in the UK as we don't embrace the crazy European nature of things... Badly done cheap dark rides can look awful though... Would love to see a Huntik style ride with or without the guns, but it would be immensely expensive, as much as a coaster and I doubt Merlin would think a typical modern dark ride would get the guests coming...
September 8, 201410 yr comment_191389 I've said it a thousand times but I'll say it again, dark rides don't have to be expensive to be good, but they need to be considered well. A simple laugh in the dark ghost train (but with better throughput than most others do) would go down a treat with Thorpe's current target audience, and they could make it scary and fun rather than spending too much money on a specific theme. If it was a large investment obviously a theme would be necessary, but then again look at the original Haunted House at Alton Towers - didn't really have one set theme, but it was fantastic! So fantastic they felt the need to rip its heart out and replace it with a gimick after just a few years because of the general apathy towards it from the public? Just like they had to with the magical 5th dimension previously. Even something as perfect as Hex is largely overlooked by non fanboy visitors. Don't get me wrong, I agree with you entirely, but you can see why they are apprehensive of throwing money at a proper dark ride when the public are largely idiots and don't appreciate them.
September 8, 201410 yr comment_191398 I've said it a thousand times but I'll say it again, dark rides don't have to be expensive to be good, but they need to be considered well. A simple laugh in the dark ghost train (but with better throughput than most others do) would go down a treat with Thorpe's current target audience, and they could make it scary and fun rather than spending too much money on a specific theme. If it was a large investment obviously a theme would be necessary, but then again look at the original Haunted House at Alton Towers - didn't really have one set theme, but it was fantastic! To add to what Pluk said, Duel takes up a heck of a load of space too. Something Thorpe just doesn't have to play with.
September 8, 201410 yr comment_191400 It doesn't have to be on the same scale of Duel though, it could be much smaller but still good.
September 9, 201410 yr comment_191403 It doesn't have to be on the same scale of Duel though, it could be much smaller but still good. Well of course it doesn't, on the other hand I can't think of many small scale dark rides, even thinks like the Fantasyland rides at Disneyland take up a chock full of room and they are very small scale rides.
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