May 21, 20169 yr Author comment_235169 47 minutes ago, Owen said: I'd suggest to drop this subject maybe, to avoid spoilers? Of course people will discuss what they'd like however personally, I'd see it as in everyone's best interest to avoid spoilers about the attraction... Agree with this lets not give this guy the attention he's clearly after! A few updates from today - bins! They are now throughout the queue, the fencing has been finished near the bush bbq
May 21, 20169 yr comment_235170 Looks great! Is it me or does it look like the bag drop is right at the beginning of the queue?
May 21, 20169 yr comment_235171 The bag drop is close to the entry just in case the ride is empty, fence gates move to push people to the overflow line, just if you didn't know
May 21, 20169 yr comment_235172 1 minute ago, Coaster Jamie said: Looks great! Is it me or does it look like the bag drop is right at the beginning of the queue? That photo does make it look that way as there is a gate open, which I assume will be locked pretty much all the time. I think instead of turning left to the bag room you would go straight ahead. The other two queues in the top left of that photo are of course Fastrack and disabled.
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235184 ^ so you left the gorgeous looking shop instead of deleting the picture? To be fair, we haven't seen this before, so thank you for this sneaky image!
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235189 Sorry to double post but I just found this article: http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/not-for-the-faint-hearted-a-sneak-peek-of-derren-brown-s-vr-ghost-train-1321908 It has a few minor spoilers; what happens in the pre-show, a vague story description and some interior shots. But it is very interesting and worth a read. Seems like fracking is a main element of the story line! It also says that the illusions still aren't finished! I do hope that they rode it a while ago then and have only now put up this article.
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235193 "Few minor spoilers" err no there's massive spoilers in that article.
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235195 Just now, Ryan said: "Few minor spoilers" err no there's massive spoilers in that article. The first thing that the article says is "We won't give away big spoilers" and I wouldn't say that three interior pictures, a brief story description and a few sentences about the pre-show count as "massive spoilers". It's not as if they've gone ahead and told us exactly what happens throughout the entire ride.
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235196 I'd definitely suggest avoiding the article if you want to remain 'unspoilt' before riding. Surprised this article's gone ahead before opening, given how secretive the whole project has been!
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235198 There are way too many poles in that carriage. And why do some of them not go to the roof?
May 22, 20169 yr Author comment_235199 4 minutes ago, TallGuyDom said: There are way too many poles in that carriage. And why do some of them not go to the roof? The bars look like a restraint - some of them are down some are up.
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235200 I'd be inclined to say this was a group that experienced the ride on the 5th, seeing as they'd probably already planned to come to the park for that day? The park had announced this was the reason for the delay, so I would expect that's why they said it wasn't ready at that point.
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235201 Derren's posted a new pic of the train on Facebook. Silent hipsters, looks like it will be a train ride from hell! https://www.facebook.com/DerrenBrown/photos/a.10150216256971983.343009.92879641982/10154230043406983/?type=3&source=48
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235202 "Reveley says Ghost Train has been a very complicated and large scale engineering project in the making, mainly due to the custom-build full size train carriages that feature the same infrastructure you'd see on the London Underground." Finally confirmation of more than one train?
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235203 The fact that the Thorpe park website mentioned 'per train' was confirmation of more than one train originally I believe
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235207 That plot line is bloody hilarious... Like, trying to be so edgy and political and yet, it sounds daft as hell... Remember when theme parks were meant to be fun and escapism?
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235208 I don't think it sounds bad. As long as it avoids the supposed 'political' side it could make plenty of sense. Once again, I'm going to wait until I've ridden the attraction before passing judgement.
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235211 To ensure that people who want to remain 100% spoiler free can do so, I've created a spoiler thread: That thread can be used to discuss the newly posted article which contains some spoilers (I haven't read it personally so I'm not sure how big the spoilers were, but they were spoilers nonetheless). Do read that thread at your own risk! This thread can be used to keep track of construction (if there's anything visible left to do), attraction opening date, marketing, etc. etc. Pretty much everything that we've been discussing before today. Once Ghost Train opens, things will likely be condensed down into one thread, but we'll get to that later. Thanks, and don't forget to Mind The Gap!
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235212 Thank you for creating a spoiler thread I've been avoiding all social media today... Anyway!! I thought ild take a trip down to the park today to take a look at the ghost train and see how its getting on. Not much to report on if I'm honest. The sign saying departing in.... is quite a nice touch! Bins have been added to the queue line, staff have been going in and out all day long. I think it was staff training. Loads of photos at the normal place. http://www.themeparkguide.biz/news/news-thorpe-park/final-call-at-thorpe-junction-take-2
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235213 I can't wait for the mirror maze bit and being shouted at by the ents team.
May 22, 20169 yr comment_235214 7 hours ago, Ryan said: "Few minor spoilers" err no there's massive spoilers in that article. Thanks for the warning. Definitely not reading that article!
May 23, 20169 yr comment_235229 I'm sure since the 5th many improvements have been made, themeing added and the illusions and special effects sorted out and perfected, as it has almost been 3 weeks since that day .
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