July 1, 20169 yr comment_237701 Oh My God, it's finally open! It only took over 2 months to perfect this. They have now succeeded in the railway theme, with massive crowds rushing around boarding the delayed trains. Well done Thorpe. Lets hope this doesn't happen with SW8 as they know Blackpool will win!
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237706 They've shut the queue - which is fair enough if the queue is estimated at 2+ hours.
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237707 I'd just like to add that the queue board for quite a while now has said its 150 minutes, but the real waiting time throughout the day has been 30-40 minutes instead. Not sure why it hasn't been updated yet... Thankfully, it's short enough to manage it 3 times today! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237708 On spoiler thread, could you give some info. Also it seems interesting that I have read mixed views
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237709 I've read 6/10's up to 9/10's with the average somewhere around 7. And one 14/10 which I presume was supposed to be for Tarron. Quite a mixed bag, depending on your expectations I guess. Any rating or non 'secret spilling' review from the few who have ridden it? I know there's a couple here @cianjs @Martin.C?
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237712 ^Well I don't want to speak for others but @MilesK told me that he rated it 7/10 and @cianjs gave it a 5 or 6/10.
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237715 I was lucky enough to experience the attraction today, would I be allowed to add a review here seeing as we weren't told to sign anything?
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237717 6 minutes ago, Coaster Jamie said: I was lucky enough to experience the attraction today, would I be allowed to add a review here seeing as we weren't told to sign anything? 6 minutes ago, Coaster Jamie said: I was lucky enough to experience the attraction today, would I be allowed to add a review here seeing as we weren't told to sign anything? I can't see a problem with you giving a score at least?
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237718 You can say what you want, but giving away too may secrets is discouraged. Certainly nothing wrong with saying what you thought of it and why...
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237720 Am I allowed permission to create a blog post on the experience containing spoilers? My review will be very long and I don't want to make a post that will be too long to read on a discussion topic. I'll put spoilers in capitals in the title if that helps. Currently heading home, so the review will be up later tonight! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
July 1, 20169 yr Author comment_237721 The park are keen for riders of the tech rehearsals to not spoil any surprises for non riders
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237725 Everyone that has a review please post them! I want all the spoilers and all the details. It won't stop me being terrified, believe me. Spoiler tags, obviously.
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237727 I would give this 10/10, I can see a lot of people (probably enthusiasts I hate to say) not liking this as much as the public. The combination of show, VR and transition was perfect, you will appreciate the technology involved and probably understand why it was late if it wasn't right. A real unique ride for the UK finally, well done Thorpe.
July 1, 20169 yr Author comment_237729 ^ agree - it's been done very well and the amount of praise it was getting during and after my rides on it today makes me think they are onto a winner here!
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237732 Were the elements that were 'not in use' as Thorpe said noticeable or not?
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237733 Did you all have separate journeys and did you have then endings (is only 1 working)?
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237734 Seemed to all be working can't see the ride changing, we both had different VR although only 1 ending between us.
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237736 Wow! So many different opinions. Some love, some meh. Any spoilers/ info?
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237737 2 hours ago, pluk said: You can say what you want, but giving away too may secrets is discouraged. Certainly nothing wrong with saying what you thought of it and why... Bearing that in mind I'll write the review as a blog post so that people can choose whether to read it or not.
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237738 6 minutes ago, Coaster Jamie said: Bearing that in mind I'll write the review as a blog post so that people can choose whether to read it or not. yeeeessssss do it
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237739 Pleeeease don't give it all away. It's got to be possible to give a flavour of it and what you like and dislike without spoiling the secrets. Think of it as if you were reviewing one of Derren shows. For those of you who have seen him live (and that should be all of you!) think how less enjoyable it'd be if you knew what was coming, so on the whole people don't give it away. Let's keep it in that spirit.
July 1, 20169 yr comment_237746 So staying away from the spoilers shall we talk about the vive as I know the first time I used it, I was blown away but that was for a video game. How were first impressions?
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