400400 Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Anyone else see Thorpes tweet about scare actor auditions?Nope. What were they saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 ^^They're asking for wannabe actors to come to Pineapple studios for auditions... 400400 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400400 Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 ^^They're asking for wannabe actors to come to Pineapple studios for auditions...Ok fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Pineapple? Went there for a dance class once and it was awful. pluk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Move over Director - there is a new player in town! 2 new scare experiences will be revealed soon...#FrightNights2015 From Thorpe's Twitter. Interesting stuff! 400400, spoon, pognoi and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Carnival of Screams confirmed for 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graw Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 oh no, 2 new mazes??? I hope we don't lose cabin in the woods :-(. I'd be happy if they got rid of saw alive though but I quite liked all the new mazes though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Saw's not going anywhere, its got some fresh new signs outside of its entrance and its pretty much the only permanent maze so they are sort of obliged to use it until the thing sinks or the lionsgate contract runs out. Graw and Merry-go-girl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 oh no, 2 new mazes??? I hope we don't lose cabin in the woods :-(. I'd be happy if they got rid of saw alive though but I quite liked all the new mazes though... All of the film-themed mazes are returning this season; it's part of the contract they have with Lionsgate. Graw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Scarezone and Studio 13 Carnival overlay it is then... Graw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graw Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 All of the film-themed mazes are returning this season; it's part of the contract they have with Lionsgate. ooh nice. so I take it studio 13 is being rethemed, AND there's another new attraction? I wonder how they're gonna fit all this in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 ooh, exciting announcement there, I do like it when the park changes its scare theme each year and look forward to see what's ahead for this year's Fright Nights. New addition wise, I expect one will be a replacement/rework of Studio 13 with a circus theme potentially and the other a scare zone. Unlike Chessington's event which has taken a massive dive suddenly with no HITH & MOHPH I have no doubt this will be another great fright nights event and from what I remember heard earlier this season, the budget is being increased this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Bare in mind that it says there's two new experiences, not necessarily attractions. I personally reckon we'll get a new scare zone / maze with a circus theme, and a newly styled overnight experience (again with a circus theme). Graw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I know some will think differently but I refuse to say this is a good Halloween event till it actually becomes an immersive experience and that's why Chessington and Alton Towers always beat the quality of this event every single year upon year even if the mazes are worse at the other parks. If fright nights has no park wide theming again this year, to call it a good Halloween event is like saying WC16 is a great dark ride even if they put no theming inside it whatsoever. So I'm going to say it again as it needs to be heard, more park wide theming and roaming actors are needed this year! We're talking simple things like mood lighting, misters all over the park, pumpkins, scarecrows, skeletons, spiders, corpses, gravestones, cobwebs, fake bats; virtually anything to create a suitable atmosphere which can combine with the park music to create a good atmosphere Then we need more roaming actors, last years set was perfectly fine but more of them are needed and they need to be all over the park. This will really set the mood and along with the park atmosphere this will create a "fright night". Along with the mazes if there is a suitable amount of atmosphere and theming along with a good amount of roaming actors then this would be a truly stunning Halloween event. However, everyone says this year upon year and we still get the same tacky looking park with no atmosphere whatsoever; yes the mazes may be of good quality this year however without the ambience and the atmosphere it will never be a good Halloween event. The fact that the fright nights are split up over specific weekends this year like last year indicates that the park will have a poor atmosphere on fright nights dates as theming won't be added/removed between fright nights and non-fright nights dates. --- On a seperate note, after visiting both Portaventura and Europa Park which had parades throughout the day, I would love to see Thorpe park have a dedicated Halloween parade on fright nights. Once it's completely dark and the atmosphere has truly kicked in, it would be great to see a parade do a full loop around the park so everyone gets to experience it. The parade could feature main characters from the mazes as well as general scare monsters in vehicles with fire, smoke and lighting effects. Barriers could be set up to allow the parade to pass through whilst everyone is crowding around them, and the dressed up actors could come up and rattle the barriers and scare the crowds to make the night truly one to remember. If thorpe ever ever ever did something as brilliant as that, I would be along to fright nights every single day possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400400 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I cant see thorpe doing a parade anytime soon Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_sparks1 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 As long as nothing gets removed or Rethemed I think this will work out no matter if its a scare zone or maze or even like a parade or more streen ent. But if anything is getting removed for this or just a retheme its not worth getting excited about imo... the popularity of fright nights is huge and Thorpe need to add lots and lots more things to do during the event to reduce queues... ( I waited 2 30 hours for cabin last year) and even though its a good maze and what we would expect, not really wanted especially with no queue line themeing or actors what ive seen last few years... They need to make it more emersive... Like Universal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 There is literally no space for Thorpe to do a parade... And I doubt many would actually go out of their way to watch it, this isn't Disney where it's a massive part of the day as an example, even Europa's is only really noticed if it passes people by... Odds on the Carnival theming being from Towers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400400 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 They need to find a way to get around queues we waited outside studio 13 for half an hour before it opened and still queued 2hours for it and I'm not buying fast track. Even though they have reserve and ride it still annoyed me last year. The park is too busy for them to handle at fright nights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I cant see thorpe doing a parade anytime soon Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk I know but one can dream... 400400 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400400 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I know but one can dream...Ahh we both can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Carnival down from Towers and tweaked to IT theme? Do Lionsgate have anything to do with the remake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Hehe, I like how Thorpe's new FN Cover Photo on FB has the selected dates small print covered by a few buttons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 The thing is, the director was probably brought in because of the movie theme of Fright Nights. But none of the Lionsgate attractions are based on Circuses! So how is the ringleader going to fit in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 WC16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400400 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 WC16 Like they did for the ministry of joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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