Han30 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Came across an utter idiot woman while outside Saw Alive while waiting at disabled entrance on Sunday - she barged past us with a pushchair and was told she couldn't park it outside - she expected the staff to watch her baby while she went in then when they said they couldn't she wanted to take the baby INTO the maze and kicked off when she was told that wasn't possible - I was gobsmacked at the stupidity - she said "he's only a baby innit he's not gonna know what's happening" ?? < that was my face hearing that. She then starts saying she was going to complain and I just felt sorry for the staff having to deal with that level of stupidity from guests. Yes it's a baby but if she'd dropped the poor sod after a jump scare she'd be the one probably looking for compensation ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudToServe Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 How did nobody spot the Cabin in the Woods Easter Eggs in Platform 15 O_o WWTPRadio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 On 1/5/2018 at 1:49 AM, ProudToServe said: How did nobody spot the Cabin in the Woods Easter Eggs in Platform 15 O_o Expand Was one them how there was literally a cabin in the woods? But ooh, I completely missed them.. Some of the walls were similar, but nothing that jumped out at me. Something to look for this year then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 On 1/5/2018 at 1:49 AM, ProudToServe said: How did nobody spot the Cabin in the Woods Easter Eggs in Platform 15 O_o Expand Were they genuine Easter Eggs or Thorpe being cheap and reusing stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudToServe Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 On 1/5/2018 at 5:07 PM, Whatever said: Were they genuine Easter Eggs or Thorpe being cheap and reusing stuff? Expand genuine. On 1/5/2018 at 4:39 PM, BaronC. said: Was one them how there was literally a cabin in the woods? But ooh, I completely missed them.. Some of the walls were similar, but nothing that jumped out at me. Something to look for this year then... Expand True, unless you didn't look at the detail in cabin, you wouldnt have noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 On 1/6/2018 at 2:09 PM, ProudToServe said: True, unless you didn't look at the detail in cabin, you wouldnt have noticed. Expand I didn't know a bunch of black/white walls and some some cheap monster stickers slapped onto a dysfunctional tunnel counted as "detail".. Whatever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWTPRadio Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 On 1/6/2018 at 2:31 PM, JoshuaA said: I didn't know a bunch of black/white walls and some some cheap monster stickers slapped onto a dysfunctional tunnel counted as "detail".. Expand Those monster stickers were essential to the plot and very carefully chosen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 On 1/6/2018 at 10:40 PM, WWTPRadio said: Those monster stickers were essential to the plot and very carefully chosen. Expand Not exactly Thorpe's most well done or immersive theming really though? Living Nightmare is a absolute beautiful attraction with detail throughout the maze that generally shows the lack of detail or effort that Cabin had IMO. Even those stickers looked incredibly tacky in the maze, well it might of worked if the spinning tunnel wasn't down for like 3 seasons.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudToServe Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 On 1/6/2018 at 2:31 PM, JoshuaA said: I didn't know a bunch of black/white walls and some some cheap monster stickers slapped onto a dysfunctional tunnel counted as "detail".. Expand you clearly didn't look at anything in the maze apart from the tunnel then On 1/6/2018 at 11:55 PM, JoshuaA said: Not exactly Thorpe's most well done or immersive theming really though? Living Nightmare is a absolute beautiful attraction with detail throughout the maze that generally shows the lack of detail or effort that Cabin had IMO. Even those stickers looked incredibly tacky in the maze, well it might of worked if the spinning tunnel wasn't down for like 3 seasons.. Expand Exactly. WDLN, Big Top and P15 just shows what Thorpe can do with the right people. Marc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 On 1/8/2018 at 3:42 PM, ProudToServe said: you clearly didn't look at anything in the maze apart from the tunnel then Expand I generally think the rest of the maze isn't anything to shout about either.. The final corridors and the facility section is okay I guess, though its really nothing good or amazing. The first half of the maze though has a lot of black walls and the theming in some points generally borders on not trying IMO. I agree that Thorpe's current lineup has some great theming- Big Top, Platform, Saw, I feel like Cabin stands out as a weak point when it comes to theming. If anything it shows the growth in the event. Living Nightmare I think really shows what Thorpe can do with the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 I found Living Nightmare to be well themed but dull and uneventful compared to the likes of Cabin, Asylum & E10, which were much more entertaining (IMO) despite not having the same level of theming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Sanctum was the best scare maze ever made in history. Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudToServe Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 If there is one thing you could change or add to a maze, what would it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 Tried a maze once at hop farm freak week that was a flow one but you put 3D glasses on, really made for some amazing illusions with props and actors blending into the background etc. However I haven’t seen it since But for me personally strobe lights like the ones in big top that have a large pause between flashes is the best feature because it makes it so disorientating. Smoke machines and strobe lights ?? Also hospital scenes with patients guts open and all over the floor always looks pleasingly disgusting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Oh and also another maze I went on last year at screamland in margate was a clown type maze That in its final section became really confusing because the clown actors without you knowing hand slid a wall across what is basically the corridor toward the exit essentially trapping you in a section of the maze that in itself had lots of doors but all of them either led to dead ends or put you back in this section you were trapped in. The actors would keep laughing and shouting at you telling us we were all lost and then as more and more people became trapped they slid the wall back across and then the exit corridor could be walked through. Was a real cool idea! The clowns also had these air horns that sounded like an old fashioned car horn that they kept using to scare the nuts off you, these had bright lights attached to them as well that blinded you when they made the car horn noise, was absolutely brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 Jack Silkstone has made a documentary about the Big Top. It includes a look at 3 versions and interviews with members of the Ents and Tech teams at the time. Really good and well worth the watch! Inferno and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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