March 7, 201510 yr comment_204290 Compare to last year: Looks to be a completely new logo, or at least an on-purpose effect.
March 7, 201510 yr comment_204321 When I went on this today I forgot to take off my hat and had to catch it as it flew off my head at the top lol. Epic ride, could be a bit longer though.
March 9, 201510 yr comment_204579 The new sign could spark some exciting new rumours.... Or are they rumours....
March 9, 201510 yr comment_204700 Am I being crazy, or can you kind of make out the word "Edge" in the background of the sign? Isn't that what Stealth was originally gonna be called? An odd random easter egg if it is...
March 10, 201510 yr comment_204718 So was the name 'Stealth' a last minute decision then? I think the reason given was that the ride had been called 'Project Stealth' during design and construction, and everyone had gotten so used to calling it Stealth, that the name just sort of stuck (even then Edge and apparently Humdinger were names floating about). So I don't know if it was last minute per se, but it was definitely decided late on in the process, when they had another name in mind.
March 10, 201510 yr comment_204725 Pizza Hut, the ride. (was a pizza type at the time, and this rise was thought to be having sponsorship from Pizza Hut)
March 10, 201510 yr comment_204738 Red Bull Rocket - the ride. Makes you go super fast, literally gives you wings at the top, and leaves you buzzing for hours after, just like the legal high drink itself.
March 11, 201510 yr comment_204832 Red Bull Rocket - the ride. Makes you go super fast, literally gives you wings at the top, and leaves you buzzing for hours after, just like the legal high drink itself. launched from 0-80 from a giant red bull can station id be so here for that haha
March 11, 201510 yr comment_204839 This idea has made me laugh a little just reading it... ...but if we're thinking it's going to feature those creepy-as-hell animations (ie. from the adverts), I'm not buying into it.
March 11, 201510 yr comment_204840 launched from 0-80 from a giant red bull can station id be so here for that haha So you mean like this.. CRINGE
March 11, 201510 yr comment_204842 I'm waiting for the "THORPE ALREADY HAS TOO MANY IP'S" argument to come up for this.
March 11, 201510 yr comment_204852 (Coughs) THORPE HAS TO MANY IP'S NOTHING ORIGINAL EGHHH There you go Ricky
March 11, 201510 yr comment_204880 It looks a little better than it did last year.It's a shame they could not have gone full out and restore it to how it looked just after opening
March 13, 201510 yr comment_205064 Really interesting that the name The Edge was changed so late on even the sign had to be printed over. They've clearly scrubbed the sign to the point where the unused Edge logo is showing through. Actually I seem to remember the name Stealth being publicised pretty late and without much announcement, and it wasn't on the list of potential names that went out
March 15, 201510 yr comment_205170 They haven't scrubbed, it's a vinyl sticker, it would never come off. What they have done, is used the background of the original logo, stretched it and put a PNG logo of Stealth over the top, and somehow left the showdow background of the edge on. Probably an accident.
March 15, 201510 yr comment_205172 That doesn't make much sense as to why they'd do that as it would be extremely clear on a graphics editor that the Edge logo was still in the background of the image. The faint Edge logo looks like where previous printed letters were removed and now that the white stain has been cleaned the light is catching where those old letters used to be as there is a difference in the surface. I doubt it's a totally new vinyl print because it still looks worn and nothing like the vibrant colours seen in 2006. Vinyl print would cost a fair bit if money so why bother when it's going to come out like that with faded colours and Edge in the background? I have no idea why tiny details like this interest me so much… Its like an old fresco being rediscovered beneath peeling layers of paint in an old church or something… but not. Eee
March 15, 201510 yr comment_205173 I can assure you, that is NOT the original vinyl. The original vinyl was not edge to edge(pardon the pun) but centralised with a large border around the edge.
March 15, 201510 yr comment_205175 Are you talking about an initial sign that predates opening 2006? All photos showing the sign from opening have identical text and fine white border. Am I just going mad? How weird. If it is brand new then why do such a bad job on it! Also it looks to me like the lettering are transfers rather than vinyl print, which would perhaps explain the apparent layers? Whatever, it's more interesting to think its a hidden detail coming through rather than a botched sign replacement.
March 15, 201510 yr comment_205187 It amazes me that you guys and girls can spot these things haha! I'm not a hardcore Thorpe Park goer, but it's interesting to see what you can all pick out!
March 15, 201510 yr comment_205188 Mmm, the most interesting thing I found at Thorpe was an old permanently sealed door round the back of the cinema that clearly used to be a toilet cubicle, still with the "engaged/vacant" dial on the handle. Yeh
March 15, 201510 yr comment_205190 How signs are printed and old toilets. I thought these sorts of conversation were for closed season? (Not that I'm complaining, better than the usual 1 train operation discussion that crops up this time of year!)
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