JoshC. Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 (From Thorpe's FB about their group rates). Pretty sure there's not 6 seats there... Perhaps not the necessarily the smartest thing to stick on Facebook. JamminGamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukefamz Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 New 2014 Advert Pitch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-dpp9mz_r8&feature=youtu.be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 I'm a little bit speechless..... I cannot believe the cheek they have to shove a CG Version of the dodgems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 This is fan made or something, yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 If that is the idea for what Thorpe Park are going for I like it but Where is Inferno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Judging from the fact this says 'advertising pitch', I assume it's one of the possible proposals for the new advert... Some more info would be appreciated from the poster though of course... Looks okay, going for a similar style to the map it seems, and presumably if this becomes the real advert, they'll get rid of CGI dodgems, etc. But it felt a bit corporate to me, especially that annoying voice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 It's been taken offline now Didn't see it, what exactly was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Must mean that this was an official pitch, and that TPC probably shouldn't have published it... Probably best to not really describe how it looked, just in case Thorpe don't want details known! Cal, Mitchada04 and Coaster 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1hrisin Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 (From Thorpe's FB about their group rates). Pretty sure there's not 6 seats there... Perhaps not the necessarily the smartest thing to stick on Facebook. Its a pretty quick turnaround seeing as teenagers were banned on rumba rapids last year... Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 It's been taken offline now Didn't see it, what exactly was it? It was a bit like flying into the 'island like no other' image, and looking about a bit using cut ins of various old ads and an odd Angry Bird mock up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I dont get this trend of fans making up stuff to look official and claiming it as such... Is it because some are so desperate for hits they'll make up any old nonsense? I'd say so... JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 https://www.thorpepark.com/ - New website has been launched looks pretty nice actually and continues on with the re-brand Quite like the rides pages how you can search for rides by how tall you are - can see that being helpful for familys planning trips J.S217 and Inferno 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 It's certainly very different! I'm a bit unsure how I feel about it to be honest. At times, it feels a bit too corporate-like for my liking; it doesn't look like you're looking at a website for an exciting theme park. Just feels like it's missing something a bit more exciting or quirky really, but not quite sure what... And on the 'How tall are you?' sliding scale on the Rides section of the site, they need to edit it so that when you say you're 2m tall, you can't go on certain rides (like Swarm) which have a 1.96m restriction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I see the new website links to their Tripadvisor page... if they are going to do that, it might be an idea to employ someone on the social team to reply back to reviews/allegations on there...! http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g642238-d216468-r204553280-Thorpe_Park-Chertsey_Surrey_England.html EDIT: I see they do have someone who replies back on there, they must be a few days behind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 It's certainly very different! I'm a bit unsure how I feel about it to be honest. At times, it feels a bit too corporate-like for my liking; it doesn't look like you're looking at a website for an exciting theme park. Just feels like it's missing something a bit more exciting or quirky really, but not quite sure what... And on the 'How tall are you?' sliding scale on the Rides section of the site, they need to edit it so that when you say you're 2m tall, you can't go on certain rides (like Swarm) which have a 1.96m restriction There's another error with the height slider too, it shows the carousel as having a min height of 1.3m, which is only true if you don't have an adult with you, just feels odd as really only those under 1.3m will want to ride it. The food images do look a bit like false adverstising, showing fish and chips served on crockery with knife and fork. Also the kebabs shown are shish when they actually serve donor, they need to get photos of the actual food served in park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Looks ok, if slightly huge and in your face... Clearly someone's been looking at the European park sites, as the majority of them search via height for rides... Glad to see a park catching up to them in that respect... S'ok... Nothing else much to say on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy3112 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I personally find it easier to navigate. Looks cleaner. You can tell they're looking at going for the modern resort look though haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jom222 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Not a fan of the new website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I like it, it goes well with their new brand image, it's cleaner and isn't an eye overload either, plus it for me is easier to navigate. Thumbs up from me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 The only picky thing I'm picking up is having to physically search for the opening times page! Who'd of thought it would be under how to get there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Tablet friendly is always a bonus (: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I don't like it. It reminds me more of a school or university website than a theme park website.I really like the modern look they are going for, but I find it quite difficult to navigate whereas the old one was more traditional, and the opening times need to be under Key Information! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 It's all a bit clumsy and difficult to navigate. Hate to admit, it frustrated me a bit, but hey ho.. looks nice and clean.. Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Surprised that even though they've just made a new website they still haven't got a system to show which rides are and aren't available at that time. Hopefully we will see something like this soon, and maybe que times seeing as both Alton Towers and Chessington have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Love how you can set your ride preferences to ones with Fastrack. YAY! And on the 'How tall are you?' sliding scale on the Rides section of the site, they need to edit it so that when you say you're 2m tall, you can't go on certain rides (like Swarm) which have a 1.96m restriction It seems to work for Stealth (which I didn't know had a 1.96 max height restriction) but not the others with that rule. Strange. It's a bit hard work to find stuff out. Opening times for a start (they're closed on the 20, 21, and 22nd June apparently?) and it seems to have been designed with just mobile devices in mind. I do live the FB/Twitter thing they've integrated into it though. If Thorpe are good at one thing it's utilising social media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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