Nick Hutson Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 TRON is a Disney IP. Harry Potter isn't a Universal IP (Neither is Seuss or Marvel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 That is true, but Universal are generally IP based parks, they started out using their own IPs but have branched out to third parties to fill the gaps in their line-up. Adding Harry Potter was a no-brainer regardless if it wasn't their own property. Obviously they have created their own original attractions (e.g HRRR & Hollywood Dream), but these are few and far between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hutson Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Obviously they have created their own original attractions (e.g HRRR & Hollywood Dream), but these are few and far between. Thankfully! Kerfuffle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Some construction photos if anyone wanted to see them: http://www.themeparkguide.biz/news/december-2014-closed-season-update MattyMoo and Coaster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks for sharing - the Carousel area looks so different when you realise how close it is to the back of X! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpeparkjunkie Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 So much for storm surges frame being dismantled... Kerfuffle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 It's only one month into the closed season! You can't expect them to instantly jump to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Where was it discussed that storm surge's frame would be dismantled? I must've missed that. EDIT: Ok so I just read the Storm Surge topic, something I should've done earlier. Kerfuffle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenC Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 More Monk's Walk geekery - unsurprisingly not a lot has changed since James' photo. The construction fences look as if they've taken a battering in the recent winds... Still no sign of Carousel demolition, but already they've opened up a big area with the flattening of Fungle Safari - there must be something else due to occupy some of this space, aside from the 2016 Dark Ride, surely...? More photos over at Total Thorpe Park! JoshC. and MattyMoo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Might just be opening up area for 2017+ developments I think maybe Merry-go-girl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I still find looking at this space now so weird - it's surprising just how dominant the arena walls were!As for the space, I expect it'll either be used as a walkway (given how much space the work site will take up and that area is a major path) or as an easy access path to the site (as it stands, access to the site would mean going down the service road, appearing from the CCR route, then going down past the Calypso BBQ - not very practical!) or even both. However, I wouldn't be surprised if there's some more exciting plans for the space down the line. Just, for the time being, I doubt we'll see much excitement for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 More Monk's Walk geekery - unsurprisingly not a lot has changed since James' photo. The construction fences look as if they've taken a battering in the recent winds... Still no sign of Carousel demolition, but already they've opened up a big area with the flattening of Fungle Safari - there must be something else due to occupy some of this space, aside from the 2016 Dark Ride, surely...? More photos over at Total Thorpe Park! give it another week or two and I think we should see something major done again? I think I'm popping up for another walk down monks walk in 2 weeks time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 I would say that there going to start digging in a few weeks. Then vertical construction may/june with the main building being finished sometime towards end of august or early September. Then they will move in the large portion of machinery and technology controlling the ride (my guess is that there is a lot of that). Then that allows for 4 - 5 months of inside themeing followed by 2 months of full testing and training and media. MHFS will remain as site access. Maybe something for 2017 if 2016 is successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 They can't start any major work until the plans have been approved (going into committee again this Wednesday) so until then they can only do things that they're allowed to do under their general agreement of things with the Council like randomly removing some trees and concrete. It'll be interesting to see how they go about the construction with it being in quite a central location and a pain to get to. Good thing the service road isn't too far away and they can move materials over night from Fungle to Arena. Building will probably be done as soon as possible. Over at Islands of Adventure the building they're building is nearly complete and the ride isn't rumoured to open till 2016. Once the building is up they can be more mysterious and work on the inside so I'd say that'll be done before summer (it won't take that long to build, it's not exactly complex this building. Then they'll work on everything that we can't see (yes finally a project at Thorpe that can be a huge surprise on the inside!) Nothing says this will open in March next year, probably will but I think one of the planning documents says summer plus Merlin seem against beginning of season opening at the moment. Bring on the marketing this season though, can't wait to see what they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 They will ruin it with the advert like they did with 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 I actually like Thirteen's marketing! It's spooky and stuff! MattyMoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 But it revealed the drop inside on the advert. It would have been better not to show that. Cal, Coaster, Adam P and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 The marketing for the ride now is okay, however before it opened it was the most over-hyping rubbish I've ever seen. Age limits, waivers, "every thrill ride you've ever dreamed of," it was just so OTT and I think that's why the ride let so many people down (as they were expecting more). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 It wouldn't of surprised me if the Marketing team at AT rode it and went "S***, We f****d that one up". On another note, It's of no surprise to me that Carousel hasn't been removed yet, the majority of the work was going to be removing the hundreds of tonnes of earth soil and shrubbery where the building will actually stand, rather than a flat-pack carousel where the queue line will be. You may not realise it but that Carousel can literally vanish in a matter of hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry-go-girl Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Without really thinking about it I just assumed they'd shift the carousel to make renovations easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hutson Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 It wouldn't of surprised me Wouldn't HAVE surprised me. I think the silly OTT marketing was all down to that woman who has now moved on (and I don't mean Candy Holland) Good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 But it revealed the drop inside on the advert. It would have been better not to show that. Well considering the world's first free-fall drop is it's selling point, it made sense to show it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 No, it was a really bad idea. The actual advertising was spot on, hinting at it and being all creepy and enticing. The problem was the POV on the breakfast TV program, that was a bloody stupid thing to do after all the secrecy, and made it look a lot crapper (same thing as happened with Saw) than it actually was. Along with the build up marketing, that was just daft and through everything in the wrong direction. HermanTheGerman and holtjammy16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 ^ Oh the ITV news 'report' was terrible, but the actual adverts (which is what we're talking about) were good in my opinion. By hinting that the drop exists, it made the rather generic coaster look so much more interesting! Although I agree about the whole 'psycoaster' thing or whatever it was. That part was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 You have to admit though, the GMTV video is pretty hilarious, the woman's reaction Kerfuffle and Altitude 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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