Benin Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 This one??*Goes to get tissues* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 It really does proove, that Merlin CAN do this stuff. Gardaland has so many hidden 'underground' well themed rides, with effects, mist, fog, general ride effects all working and a lot of them on their small random rides aswell as the big ones.It's a very valid point to say that, Thorpe Park don't give a sh~t about their ride effects and should really be ashamed of their awful efforts.After riding Raptor, Thorpe will be onto a winner with LC12, if only they care enough to keep it on top form.Water splashes and effects F T W ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Users Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Yeah Raptor cattlepens > Saw cattlepens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Bloody heck, that just looks phenomenal!Everything about this ride just seems WIN. I don't think I've read one thing that's truly negative about this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 One of THE BEST theme park adverts I've seen in YEARS...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmbJ5hNN0Uw&feature=channel_video_title Fred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpeparkjack Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 That is fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepie Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Fantastic video. Great ride. Can't wait for ours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam T Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Wow!Amazing video, thank you coasterforce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Hmmmm nom nom nom nom...Little over a month till I ride this...EDIT - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Benin Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 ^Shame the rest of the park is so awful (barring the dark rides) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Hey Number 9, did you also partake in a pleasing on-ride DVD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Hey Number 9, did you also partake in a pleasing on-ride DVD?Alas no. I went for a rather stunning on ride photo instead. I'm cheap don't you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JackR Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Was skimming through The Swarm: Dev's Diary and somebody posted a blog with some fantastic pictures of Raptor:The rest are here:https://plus.google....4897?banner=pwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 So possible new attraction for next year teased... Oh, I wonder what it could be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I wonder if Swarm will get something similar? Looks pretty interesting and I like the comic book/cartoony style of it! (Using google translate) Translates to: had an old score to settle, and weld it back for, with interest, 16th May 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saz Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 ^ I think it's the most likely option for next year to be honest. It was probably be called something uninspiring such as Swarm: Genesis and will be located where the white marquee tent is at the moment - in a shipping container of course. Perhaps Merlin did a three park deal with ABC on drop tower rides or something... four if you count the new Extremis at the new London Dungeons next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Please god. No. Alton Towers didn't just put a very unique and customized attraction in the form of Nemesis: Sub-Terra, which hasn't even been finished yet, in order for other Merlin parks to then just leach of it all. Surely a generic Merlin Scare Maze experience is more likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Alton Towers didn't just put a very unique and customized attraction in the form of Nemesis: Sub-Terra, which hasn't even been finished yet, in order for other Merlin parks to then just leach of it all. Didn't they? Seems like a stellar idea from a business perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles1 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 True, buying in bulk is cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Alton Towers would detest it if the attraction was duplicated. They really would. At TT@10 on Saturday, Mark Kerrigan (Operations and Development Director) said that they were "still learning day by day" with Sub Terra, and that the attraction still hadn't been signed off as complete, and there is more to come. Given the luke warm reception (so far) received for the ride so far, it would seem incredulous that another park was already planning on a duplicate. Alton Towers' build unique and creative experiences, which he admitted "don't always work" - copying the ride closely would really not go down well with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Of course, nothing is stopping Candy Holland and co using ideas from Sub Terra for other parks in the company for new attractions... Sidders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Given the luke warm reception (so far) received for the ride so far, it would seem incredulous that another park was already planning on a duplicate. Alton Towers' build unique and creative experiences, which he admitted "don't always work" - copying the ride closely would really not go down well with them. And naturally, it would be incredulous for a park to spend $27M in a spanking new B&M that say, breaks a meaningless record when there's a sufficient nigh-on identical ride less than a stone's throw away. Wake up and smell the present. N:ST is a huge hit with all demographics since it's final effects have been installed. It's keeping gate figures up for the current season thus far (halted only by the weather and other temporary set-backs) and it making money for Merlin. Why wouldn't they want to install a similar attraction? Be sensible now - this isn't a Thorpe/Chessington situation, where practically neighbouring parks are replicating their ride line-up; Gardaland is in Italy - who cares about replicated ride line-ups when very few will ever go to both Alton Towers and Gardaland so often they'll feel cheated that the parks are offering similar rides? I don't see how Gardaland's "duplicate" (if it is indeed that sort of attraction) will even be that similar anyway. It's a multi-sensory dark attraction - hardly a narrow field of entertainment to explore is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 N:ST is not a huge hit. Feedback is extremely mixed. I quite enjoy it now, but the ride feedback is very 50/50. Thankfully there is more to come. Perhaps I am just snobby and totally unrealstic, but I don't like seeing extremely similar rides duplicated so quickly. It screams "lack of creativity" to me. Probably doesn't make business sense but hey, I will sit on my high horse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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