TraX Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 The bus ride has been reprogrammed, but aside from cracking the ceiling, it's started to make the screen for the 3D show really shake. I assume it's the projector shaking, as you can sometimes hear the ride upstairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Been reprogrammed... I'm so annoyed it didn't move at all the time I went, I wish I got to experience it when it was working properly... I bet it barely moves now well I'll find out next weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Finally did Shrek today, fair to say it was  a very good, and different experience.  Bus tour is fab. The movements were less then expected, and preferred, however they did the job well. Animations were fab!  The scenes throughout are truly great. Very few flaws and all in all a fun and light mooded experience.  Only down side: £12 for a pin badge! JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Only down side: £12 for a pin badge! Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 ^They're very nice and detailed though, and have the rubber backs like the Disney ones, which stay on far better Also the packaging said limited edition when I went, and I guess with it being Dreamworks too it possibly increases the price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 Thinking of doing this tomorrow, anyone know the cheapest way in without a map? Ta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel.S312 Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 They was giving out a £5 off vouchers I got a few just here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 The £5 flyers come when you buy any tix to one of the London attractions. If you know anyone working on the Southbank, they'll be able to grab some for you. pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Went a couple of weeks ago on a very quiet Monday afternoon in London, being the first working day after the Paris attacks. I presume this is why there was no wait at the attraction entrance at all and our group was only big enough to fill less than half the bus, if not and this is standard attendance I imagine this won't be the first of many as initially planned! There's a lot of people working in there, it can't be covering its overheads like this. Is it really doing that badly? Thoughts...  The County Hall set up is a mess. The first building you come to has a wall of ticket sellers at the end of a 15 min or so queue. This building has signage for all the attractions there, so we joined the queue. When we got to  the front they told us that no, this is just for the London Eye, but you can buy tickets for other attractions there, but not if you are using BOGOF vouchers as we were. What now? How does that make sense to anyone anywhere? Yes, 15 minutes of pointless queue is no major thing, but an annoyance I could do without. Why not just sell all the tickets there and none at each separate attraction, nice and simple? Or if not at least put some bloody signs up to make it clear.  Off round to the Shrek counter then, tickets paid for. But not with Amex like every other Merlin attraction I've ever paid for as they don't take it. Why the inconstancy? Then the girl behind the counter said the person we had to give our ticket to had gone outside for some reason, so go and see her, went out side, no one there, security don't know what we're talking about, back to the girl behind the counter who sort of shrugs blankly. So we just wandered in ourselves to the lift, no one took or checked our ticket! I know these are silly little gripes, but they add up to a frustration that does not give the best first impression and is just pointless, all things that could be better with zero effort.  So the attraction itself, on the whole, I thought is really rather good. Some scenes stronger than others, but no real low points and a fun narrative tying it all together. The theming is mostly really spot on and actually feels complete in a way that I'm not used to seeing in the UK. Bits that stood out...  - The girl doing her welcome blurb at the start was superb, so slick and in character. It really helps set the tone of what is to come. - Getting everyone to sing at the start is a bit much for a group of strangers, all a bit awkward in a collective not wanting to take part sort of way. I think it would work fine later on, but the group isn't comfortable with it straight away. Maybe my group being a bit small didn't help. - The bus. It was static for me. Really very annoying, and as the showpiece of the whole experience it should be advertised on ticket sale if it's down in the same way Drop Dead is in dungeons. It is still a decent effect I suppose, but knowing what it should have been I was really disappointed. - Stand out scenes were the bar, the the bakery, the quiz and the prison cell. It's obviously highly dependent on each actor, and most of them were really solid throughout. Some really clever effects too, the crystal ball, the theatrics of the bar scene and some of the finale being pretty clever. - Although it is by necessity of the narrative of the whole attraction, it suffers from having it's biggest and best trick first and the rest not quite living up to that. These things should end on a high, and as good as the final room is it doesn't manage to bring the attraction back to its peak. - Talking of not ending on a high, the one to one photo sales pitch at the end is nauseatingly cringe inducing for all involved. What a horrible bitter way to send people on their way with a sour taste in their mouths. What on earth are they thinking? - And in a final attempt to not end on a high, the host in the exit lift repeatedly tried to lie to me about the non moving bus. She asked what we thought, we said we enjoyed it all but it was a shame the bus wasn't working, she variously tried to tell us it doesn't ever move and then that it doesn't now so they can fit more people on it at a time. I pointed out that it was less then half full today, she awkwardly protested that all had been as it should have by design, but I know better and really didn't appreciate being lied to. Why not just smile and agree that it is indeed a shame that the star attraction is busted? I presume they've been told to feed people this nonsense. They shouldn't be, being lied to makes people angry.  Overall I'm glad I went, but would be in no hurry to go back, especially with no guarantee that the centerpiece would be operational. Some of the ways Merlin go about emptying their customers pockets and sloppy frustrating way of operating the nice things they have are especially evident here, taking the shine off of what is a very solid entertaining attraction at heart.  TL:DR - It's good, go try it. But be prepared some frustrations and don't even consider paying the gate price. GladiatorFanKyle, JoshC. and Glitch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Sadly the bus never moves anymore. on all 5 of my trips it's never moved once. it's a bit silly having such a large simulator if the building can't handle the forces..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 If that is the case that it is permanently out of action (can TraX confirm?) then that's fair enough, but the staff should just say so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 The thing that annoys me most about this is how the engineers and designers didn't take into account the buildings strength. Its a simple task which should have saved merlin a lot of trouble and as a result its a bit of a let down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 It seems Merlin is good at that. You filled half the bus? Blimey we only had 6 in total, each person had a row to themselves with room to spare, and this was on what I'd have expected to be a fairly busy day (the normal eye queue was overflowing). Not an attraction that has a lot of return value in it, a theme I expect that will be shared with Derren Brown's experience thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hutson Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 I've heard from the attraction that the bus movement will be back in Mid January. Â Great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Great news! Unless you've just been having not been told it was down before hand. Then you'll be a little bit pissed off instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hutson Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Let's just be happy it's not being ignored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 on the merlin annual pass website, it states the bus will be motionless until 25th january. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 There's been a lot of H&S investigations going on around the southbank attractions, I assume this is all part of that. Â DeanGaryCox, where does it state that info, I couldn't find it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I seen it on the scrolling bar at the top of the page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Went to Shrek's adventure earlier today. It was quite good and unique, though I thought id be seeing more of Httyd/ Kung Fu Panda/ Madagascar in it. I Liked the bus ride, though it probably would have been better with the bus itself moving! The end was a bit silly, almost forcing you to buy the photo album. Enjoyed it all though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 I Liked the bus ride, though it probably would have been better with the bus itself moving! Apparently it used to move but it can no longer move as it would be bad for the foundations of the building. I heard you could feel it's movement from everywhere in the attraction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Went to Shrek's adventure earlier today. It was quite good and unique, though I thought id be seeing more of Httyd/ Kung Fu Panda/ Madagascar in it. Â I haven't done the attraction yet, but surely if it's called 'Shrek's Adventure', all you're going to expect is Shrek? Â Â I haven't seen it marketed anywhere about it including other Dreamworks pictures, so have I missed something or were you more expecting a 'Shrek and Friends' idea? Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewumbrajumbos Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Hoping to try this later this month .. how cringy is it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 I haven't done the attraction yet, but surely if it's called 'Shrek's Adventure', all you're going to expect is Shrek? On the website it talks about meeting some other Dreamworks friends at the end. I'm pretty sure the last room is where you're greeted by all the Dreamworks characters. JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Josh C getting to see Shrek lol ...... Its more like shreks friends adventure..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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