400400 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 That's not true. What was it then ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Just now, jonny9403 said: What was it then ??? I don't know, what I do know is that it was definitely well over £13million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Publicised numbers are always wrong, Swarm was £23 million I've been told on two separate occasions. Ghost Train is up and nearing 30 apparently and kept rising with all the delays, and now all the tweaks etc. Maybe the ride system cost £13 million, plus the £3 million for the actual building, large amount for theming, headsets, marketing etc. Easy to see it slowly rise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 When talking to the ride host yesterday he told us it cost Merlin just under £40m. Not the most reliable source but that's what I was basing that post on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cian Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 The owner of the initial group who supposedly started the conversation about Ghost Train's rumoured budget (£30m) confirmed to myself and a couple other enthusiasts that they plucked the number out of nowhere. This was at one of the first technical rehearsals. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 11 hours ago, Mitchada04 said: Publicised numbers are always wrong, Swarm was £23 million I've been told on two separate occasions. Ghost Train is up and nearing 30 apparently and kept rising with all the delays, and now all the tweaks etc. Maybe the ride system cost £13 million, plus the £3 million for the actual building, large amount for theming, headsets, marketing etc. Easy to see it slowly rise. I thought the costs that were publicised and everyone generally assumed as fact were: - Saw 13.5m - thirteen 15m - Swarm £20m - The Smiler £18m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Gotta remember as well that Thirteen was a prototype, and has a ridiculously large pit foe the drop system... Most of the cost would've gone into those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Still haven't been on this damn thing Didn't go there first thing today as I assumed that's what everyone would do. Queue time thing on their website said it was unavailable, but walked past to see people in the queue (it was the same for Detty so it's not reliable at all, however the queue boards were more accurate). This was at about 11:00. Was informed they were only letting 300 people in the queue at a time and that they didn't know how long it would be until the next lot could go through, and to come back later (bit odd...unless it's actually being that unreliable that they really didn't know if they'd be sending anymore through at all ). Come back later to be pretty much told it's now completely broken and will be down for the rest of the day, and that it will be being fixed (or something along those lines) over the weekend. TL;DR: If you're going tomorrow, I suspect it'll be closed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 2 hours ago, Mer said: Still haven't been on this damn thing Didn't go there first thing today as I assumed that's what everyone would do. Queue time thing on their website said it was unavailable, but walked past to see people in the queue (it was the same for Detty so it's not reliable at all, however the queue boards were more accurate). This was at about 11:00. Was informed they were only letting 300 people in the queue at a time and that they didn't know how long it would be until the next lot could go through, and to come back later (bit odd...unless it's actually being that unreliable that they really didn't know if they'd be sending anymore through at all ). Come back later to be pretty much told it's now completely broken and will be down for the rest of the day, and that it will be being fixed (or something along those lines) over the weekend. TL;DR: If you're going tomorrow, I suspect it'll be closed In other words, with the delays and reliability Derren Brown's Ghost Train is in fact a South West Trains Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 6 hours ago, ChessingtonSam said: In other words, with the delays and reliability Derren Brown's Ghost Train is in fact a South West Trains Service. No southern ...... Amended reduced operating timetable and on strike every other day ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Can people just not accept they aren't being told the exact number and be done with it? Even if one were to know how much the attraction cost I doubt they'd give the exact number if the resort wasn't prepared to disclose this information. PJ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 2 hours ago, RobF said: No southern ...... Amended reduced operating timetable and on strike every other day ...... There are genuinely more trains delayed than on time each day with SWT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Given how unreliable it is, they'll probably never mention how much it cost ever. Coaster, L7123456 and pluk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hutson Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3739421/Is-TV-mindbender-Derren-Brown-brainwashing-teenagers-opposing-fracking-Thorpe-Park-thought-ride-bombards-thrillseekers-images-catastrophe.html Eyeroll. 400400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Quote It's fine, all the anti-fracking posters have been pulled away from people bored in the queue line. My problem with this ride is that it feels rushed especially when boarding the carriage. Has anyone actually had the time to watch the advert played on the tube yet? MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 The whole thing is a mish mash of different story lines. Derren goes on about fear, then a floating Victorian train, then a modern train journey with fracking going wrong, then evacuating a train to get run over by a train to then be chased by a monster. Followed by getting back on a modern train to be thrown by a cgi demon to then be told by Derren it's only just beginning. None of it flows, it's all rushed and Derren's involvement seems non existent. No one agrees on the price and to be honest I really don't see this lasting long at all. The actors, the trains, the high number of staff operating, the effects, the rapidly ageing VR. It's either spend a lot to keep it going or let it demise as ridership decreases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Seeing that article just reminded me of when Fox News accused the Muppets reboot of brainwashing children against oil barons because the villain was one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Nick Hutson said: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3739421/Is-TV-mindbender-Derren-Brown-brainwashing-teenagers-opposing-fracking-Thorpe-Park-thought-ride-bombards-thrillseekers-images-catastrophe.html Eyeroll. Delusional. Absolutely delusional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 It's free marketing for the new ride - im sure the park won't mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornflakes Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 2 hours ago, Nick Hutson said: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3739421/Is-TV-mindbender-Derren-Brown-brainwashing-teenagers-opposing-fracking-Thorpe-Park-thought-ride-bombards-thrillseekers-images-catastrophe.html Eyeroll. ahahahah this is hilarious, always thought it was pretty bold of thorpe to have a ride with quite a strong anti fracking message, very interesting to see a ride with political themes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 11 hours ago, Nick Hutson said: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3739421/Is-TV-mindbender-Derren-Brown-brainwashing-teenagers-opposing-fracking-Thorpe-Park-thought-ride-bombards-thrillseekers-images-catastrophe.html Eyeroll. The comments make it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hutson Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 31 minutes ago, Mark9 said: The comments make it for me. Cian, JoshuaA, GladiatorFanKyle and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Thorpe probably planted this story to the Daily Mail anyway, it's standard tasteless PR rubbish. Realistically, there is no fracking message in the ride, fracking was obviously just 'topic of the month' when they were planning it and MMM didn't have the imagination to make it into anything interesting. So there you are, its got a fracking backstory, boring, move on MattyMoo and pluk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan currington Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 its a big shame this is closed I'm glad I got to ride this I really enjoyed it and hope it gets better over the years to come I do fill sorry for the people who made this ride I wonder how they fill right now and as a big fan of derren brown I fill sorry for him to I hope Thorpe park get it sorted and they need to get the next ride/attraction right if there is one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Ghost train does seem to be suffering a fair bit in recent weeks - particularly compared to when it first opened during its Tech rehearsals etc where it seemed fairly reliable when it was up and running - hopefully its latest closure wont be too long and it will be back up and running soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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