Doc Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 So glad they haven't gone down the rollercoaster route this time. After the recent additions of Swarm and SAW, I really don't think Thorpe need any more any time soon. Very excited to see how this plays out. Merry-go-girl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 A ghost train would be cool, it should be called THORPE Horror Express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry-go-girl Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Sadly, this wording sounds a lot like carousel is going rather than being relocated... If they were moving it they wouldn't be claiming back the site it sits on as a decrease in developed area like this. Well there goes my happy feels. A whole year of speculation! If only we could time travel. Yeah I'm pretty much thinking not to revisit this thread at least till the new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Lord I agree! Maybe then we'll know what, or who this is all about! Good for Thorpe tho to have something for once, hidden from fanboy eyes! I hope that the old space station zero ride area gets something worth while for the extra traffic flow, rather than the waste of space that it is now. Thorpe should make the most of such a space opposite this. pluk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Methinks that if this is a ride, in the dark, going forwards, then in a few years time they'll put the lights on and turn the seats round. Altitude, MattyMoo, ste193 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 You can't re-paint Samurai, I think it's cool that almost all flat rides at THORPE are turquise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Vortex, Samurai... Aren't they the only turquoise flats? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidderf Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 I'm not sure how a hunger games themed ride would work to be honest, I've not ridden many dark rides admittedly but that franchise is mostly actors fighting each other in a forest or urban environments, to me at least it doesn't really seem to lend itself to a dark ride scenario (especially since it would probably require the actors to contribute in some part and I doubt that most of them would come cheap considering how many of the stars of that movie have blown up in terms of popularity in the last few years) Even though some people may not be fond of it I think Doctor Who would lend itself much better, especially if the dark ride was attempting a haunted house feel to a degree with the show's hundreds of monsters. I mean it has no real set location it must take place in, the storyline could be practically anything and it's cast is pretty expansive so they could probably get a couple of people from the show to lend their talents (and they aren't so high profile as to be unreasonably expensive to hire them) Though I guess it doesn't matter either way since they are all pretty much blind guesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 If it's Doctor Who, this'll be my reaction And this'll probably be every one else's reaction. EDIT: If it's themed around the tenth doctor, I'll be fine. I stopped watching it once Matt Smith and His Hair started. Kerfuffle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 I'm praying that it will be one of Thorpe/Merlin's own creations rather than an IP, as they are capable of good things. But I'm as sceptic as I am hopeful. Whiteknuckle, J.S217, pognoi and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 The post about Samurai wasn't meant to be posted here, but Vortex, Samurai, Rush, Zodiac (a little) and Colossus are turquise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted November 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 It's a difficult one really. Thorpe / Merlin are more than capable of creating their own original concepts and having them work: Swarm, Smiler - kinda - and Studio 13 all spring to mind for me. But it's all quite obvious what those attractions and whatever theme you stick on them, people will still come to ride it. A dark ride will be very different. Thorpe are gonna keep quiet what it is; no one will know what's inside or what to expect. It makes it a lot more difficult to make people come ride. However, it's a lot easier to say 'Come ride our new Doctor Who ride' than 'Come ride our ride about John Smith as he explores the dark depths of this abandoned warehouse'. With little visualisation about the ride itself, it's key to have a theme that will draw in the crowds. So maybe an IP will be for the best, to ensure people are drawn in. Still think an original idea could be possible mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 With SAW - The Ride just around the corner, I honestly doubt Thorpe will plunder for ANOTHER 'abandoned warehouse' theme! Glitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_sparks1 Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 In my ideal world I want a Walking Dead indoor dark ride/ horror attraction. If it is a rollercoaster or just a dark ride ghost train sort oft thing I dont mind as long as it is Walking Dead... Doubt it will happen but Walking Dead ride would be the best thing I would want IMO. ste193 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 ^ Zombies are so over-used 3 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted November 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 With SAW - The Ride just around the corner, I honestly doubt Thorpe will plunder for ANOTHER 'abandoned warehouse' theme! One of the reasons they've gone for another 'dilapidated / abandoned warehouse' look is because it 'fits in with other looks across the park', according to the plans! Kerfuffle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Anyway, where are all these rumors of Doctor Who coming from anyway?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidderf Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 In my ideal world I want a Walking Dead indoor dark ride/ horror attraction. If it is a rollercoaster or just a dark ride ghost train sort oft thing I dont mind as long as it is Walking Dead... Doubt it will happen but Walking Dead ride would be the best thing I would want IMO. I think that could be cool and the theme would work well, though it probably wouldn't fit with them trying to broaden their appeal to families considering the level of violence and gore in the show. ste193 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 When is TPMCopter1 going to be flying over for some spy shots and the censoring of photos to cover up the "Telephone box element"? stretchy, Graw, pluk and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_sparks1 Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 If it ends up being anything Dr Who is will end up going on it once and never again... hate the programme. There's isn't a need for a IP as Thorpe should believe they can come up with something good. Alton did with sub terror. If it is a IP I really don't want a child/family IP... I know it will though. Or a IT'S A SMALL WORLD CLONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 The main source of the rumours for Doctor who I believe, is since the big success of the Cebeebies garden area land bob thing in Alton towers. It got to the point that people were starting to think they were funding a second ride at the back of the dark forest or something themed around Doctor Who, but also people started to think they have given a franchise to a different merlin park. With the gap between the opening of Cebeebies land and the rumours for 2016 starting, it's understandable that people can put the dots together and say that this is a Doctor Who IP. But that can be as likely as any other decent BBC IP, or an in house one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 BBC news- themed ride? Olistjj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 I would accept a GBBO IP, numerous baking-related puns everywhere. Make a Saw cake! Buy a Storm Surge mixing bowl because why not. Olistjj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 I would accept a GBBO IP, numerous baking-related puns everywhere. Make a Saw cake! Buy a Storm Surge mixing bowl because why not. ^I did those. Olistjj and Kerfuffle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornflakes Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Personally I think a Doctor Who themed dark ride would suit the park down to the ground, it's family friendly but not childish and with Merlins ties to the BBC, it seems very likely to me. Also, Peter Capaldi. More Theme Parks need Peter Capaldi. pluk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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