March 15, 20169 yr comment_229749 With a nice brand new red warehouse adjoining it.. And bright metal fence after the entrance gate.. So perfect, so eye pleasing.
March 15, 20169 yr comment_229750 I note from the homepage that the chance of getting a ticket at 1870's prices is quoted as twelve pence, well, I wasn't quite there, but a shilling in todays money would be five pence. Twelve old pennies to the shilling, twenty shillings to the pound. I'm glad that don't do any accounts for me.
March 16, 20169 yr comment_229854 https://www.thememo.com/2016/03/15/derren-browns-ghost-train-thorpe-park-derren-browns-ghost-train-vr/ This article, posted yesterday, confirms that Figment Productions are creating the VR stuff for DBGT (they're the same company who made Galactica's stuff also).
March 16, 20169 yr comment_229856 I couldn't read that article after the opening line being "The days of the half-arsed Haunted House are gone"... Like, yeah, but they went long before the modern day, becase Haunted Houses became very old hat a fair time ago... Hence the popularity of scare mazes and similar attractions...
March 16, 20169 yr Popular Post comment_229861 Expect grand illusion, live action and actors, as well as a moving ride
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229896 https://www.facebook.com/thorpeparkmania/posts/10156744555270624 Choo choo!
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229903 Nope its actually a huge pack of Chilli Xtra Strong Mints. Nothing to see here. Move along.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229915 Simworx van has been spotted at Thorpe according to Thrill Nation's Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ThrillNation/posts/1033756840031407 There's also a Severn lamb vehicle and they specialize in people movers.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229917 It doesn't matter how good the ride is. It's using actors so in a few years time it will be an incomplete experience. Merlin are incapable of learning as they have proven time and time again. I hope simworxs have an amazing ride system as that is the only thing that will keep this attraction around for more than 5 years.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229918 It doesn't matter how good the ride is. It's using actors so in a few years time it will be an incomplete experience. Merlin are incapable of learning as they have proven time and time again. I hope simworxs have an amazing ride system as that is the only thing that will keep this attraction around for more than 5 years. Might as well close the topic now then. I'll send Thorpe an email and tell them not to bother with any marketing as this is just going to be crap anyway.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229920 If you honestly believe that a ride which is actor heavy and using experimental VR will still be a great attraction as it is in its opening year then you are far more trusting in Merlin than you should be. I have faith that this will be a good attraction when it opens. I have very little faith it will stay that way.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229921 We don't know it's actor heavy, that's just a guess to fit the "MERLIN IS SO CRAP" agenda that half of this forum seems to have.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229922 This ride has the potential to be one of the best in the world or a pile of crap. From what we can see so far the theming is stunning and lots of details have been added however that is all we can see. There is absolutely no point in judging what's inside the building because quite simply we do not know everything. If the attraction is heavy in actors I'm sure they will have learnt from previous mistakes and also have a budget according to it being a large investment. I think we need to remember this is not a smal investment of a filler attraction but a hopefully icon to the park. With the amount of money being thrown at it, they will not have chosen to have the attraction to be heavily actor based unless they knew they could cater for it.
March 17, 20169 yr Author comment_229923 It doesn't matter how good the ride is. It's using actors so in a few years time it will be an incomplete experience. Merlin are incapable of learning as they have proven time and time again. I hope simworxs have an amazing ride system as that is the only thing that will keep this attraction around for more than 5 years. What a rediculous statement. This is their biggest EVER investment- comparing it to things like Saw Alive / Nemeis ST is just silly and totally different.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229925 Simworx van has been spotted at Thorpe according to Thrill Nation's Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ThrillNation/posts/1033756840031407 There's also a Severn lamb vehicle and they specialize in people movers. Severn Lamb were also the providers of CCR.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229926 Severn Lamb were also the providers of CCR. That's that confirmed then, DBGT is just CCR in the dark with VR goggles!
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229949 The initial investment should not be used as an argument basis for whether or not any cuts will be made on the future as the two are separate things... Thorpe will eventually have to foot the bill for actors/effects/etc out of whatever budget Merlin give them... It's at that point we shall see what, if anything gets cut (and it'll be IAC first)...
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229954 It's using actors so in a few years time it will be an incomplete experience. A few years is extremely generous, 2017 season will probably start to see it degrade Thorpe have a notoriously bad track record when it comes specifically to actors, biggest investment or not, I honestly hope I'm proven wrong!
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229961 How can you expect a downgrade of an attraction you don't even know what is? Please educate me if you know more than me however or is this just another attempt to dig at Thorpe Park and Merlin
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229970 How can you expect a downgrade of an attraction you don't even know what is? Please educate me if you know more than me however or is this just another attempt to dig at Thorpe Park and Merlin Because of the reputation they've made for themselves, again their track record.....
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229972 At this current time, all we can go by is looking at past attractions. Saw Alive and Nemesis Sub Terra were both failures because the staffing cost of the actors was too high, and the demand for the attractions was declining. Whilst I'm not going to write off Derren Brown's Ghost Train at this stage, I can understand why people (myself included) have concerns about its longevity - which as an investment of over £30 million, will have a catastrophic effect on the park if it gets to the stage where the demand isn't high enough to warrant the costs of paying the staff. Hopefully the use of actors will be minimal - maybe just themed hosts similar to Phalanx on N:ST (therefore not using any extra staff other than those who would be operating the attraction anyway).
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