June 7, 201114 yr comment_117372 They probably want extras for the filming of an advert or something and want people between that age.It's a relatively restricted age range though!
June 7, 201114 yr comment_117376 Omg I'm going to the park that day anyway! I'm 17 but I haven't gone to Fright Night before though
June 7, 201114 yr comment_117379 They probably want extras for the filming of an advert or something and want people between that age.It's a relatively restricted age range though!I'd have thought it to be a little early to film an advert. I thought it might have been one of those talk group things about how they could improve FN and what a new attraction should be, as 16-24 is the main target market.We shall see though!
June 7, 201114 yr comment_117381 It's possibly market research, considering it's their target market and it's fright nights etc.
June 7, 201114 yr comment_117382 Very very good point guys! I hope it's what you said. Those things are always interesting!
June 9, 201114 yr comment_117532 Did any of you do this today?EDIT: looking on the facebook page, it was a Fright Nights Focus Group for the new attraction, they had to answer some questions.
August 12, 201114 yr comment_121261 Something new is coming to Fright Nights for 2011. Its the tenth year, I think they should have a maze or scare zone around Stealth?
September 6, 201114 yr comment_122831 Just a little update, a picture taken on park today! It managed to kick my excitement for Fright Nights into gear!
September 7, 201114 yr comment_122844 SO UGLY! Can't wait to see both beaches like that. Such a shame they wont pay to make it look better.. ughh
September 7, 201114 yr comment_122845 Agree on the vile tent sentiment... Even if they bodged together a story to make it fit into the maze's theme... But even Universal use tents in some of their mazes, so it's not the be all or end all...
September 7, 201114 yr comment_122846 It always amazes me how small the tents look on the outside but how large they are inside. Its like the tents on Harry Potter...
September 7, 201114 yr comment_122858 Can they not even spend a bit of money on creating a facade to surround the tent's sides? Like with Charlie at AT? Surely that can't cost THAT much!? Not even a heavily themed entrance into the maze. It is really quite disappointing that they continue doing this...the Curse's slightly themed doors surrounded by the tent are laughable. This...from the nation's thrill capital. A hugely disappointing maze in a big white tent. No sense of mystery or tension whatsoever.
September 12, 201114 yr comment_123155 They have dressed the Tents up because they are meant to be white ghosts! But yeah its just called being cheap because its not expensive to get a bit of draping at least! Also thorpe park are doing a preview for Annual pass holders just like Alton towers BUT why do you wan't to go to that all you are going to be is a guinea pig for the actors to get practice! If you think you are going to go to the preview then write a damnning report about your expereince, I shall shoot you! It takes a while for the actor to get used to groups and the area around them, So to be honest your going to get a very lack luster performance! Unless you are lucky and you could get the complete opposite, a very enthusiastic group of actors, but I highly doubt it!
September 12, 201114 yr comment_123160 ^You say we'll be guinea pigs if we go, but we won't? The actors will have had test runs to some degree (I guess that is what happens anyway..), there's been John Lewis events where they go in early (don't know whether they still happen now), etc. etc.Sure, you don't expect them to be on the top of their game, but you wouldn't say 'Oh, it's the first night of this show, it's fine that the acting was bad' if you went to a theatre, would you? Granted, the conditions and that are slightly different, but you do have to expect some level of quality?
September 12, 201114 yr comment_123163 It won't be guineau pigs - they do loads and loads of test runs anyway, and actors being actors automatically know best places for scares and will want to show off anyway.They have staff nights, they've had JLP events before as well
September 12, 201114 yr comment_123165 Am I the only one who's experience isn't affected by the tents?I don't see why it makes such a difference
September 12, 201114 yr comment_123167 My views on the quality of performance throughout the event depends on many factors. On one hand, you'll have actors who are returning to the event from previous years and will have an idea of what may or may not work. Whilst all actors will know their environment extremely well and will know their characters inside out; dealing with a live audience during the actual event will be quite a different experience.During this time, they'll get a feel for what gets the biggest reactions and will adapt their performance to do so. This is speaking generally, of course. These sorts of things can be very different each time you go through, depending on the group you're with and the actor themselves. Most of the actors there will try their absolute best because for many of them, it is a twisted passion to see that reaction in people and isn't just a job.
September 12, 201114 yr comment_123168 Am I the only one who's experience isn't affected by the tents?I don't see why it makes such a differenceWhen I'm in one of the tents, it's never made a difference to me. As soon as I've stepped in them, I've never felt like I'm in a tent. However, on the outside, it doesn't build up any sort of tension, because it's just this big, white blob that's just sat there. Does spoil the atmosphere quite a bit..
September 12, 201114 yr comment_123169 When I'm in one of the tents, it's never made a difference to me. As soon as I've stepped in them, I've never felt like I'm in a tent. However, on the outside, it doesn't build up any sort of tension, because it's just this big, white blob that's just sat there. Does spoil the atmosphere quite a bit..When I first went in a maze, the tent being so unthemed, made me think 'Wtf is everyone so scared coming out for? :|'It kind of leaves you wondering what to expect
September 12, 201114 yr comment_123177 Am I the only one who's experience isn't affected by the tents?I don't see why it makes such a differenceI think you're both right and wrong. The experience inside isn't really affected because after all, the mazes are pretty world class and even the mazes at Universal don't match Thorpe's for intensity. On the other hand, Universal puts so much effort into "the show". It's also something Disney get right, just that bit of magic that makes everything seem so much more exciting. Walking around at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights is like being in a movie, every step throughout the park builds up tension and scares - Thorpe could learn from this but I just don't think it's worth them trying with the budget they will receive, it would always just be average. So looking at it from both perspectives, it's probably better to have these little gems inside white tents, just for the brilliant experience
September 13, 201114 yr comment_123188 I just think what Universal achieve is an overall complete event, or as you say, a show. Some people are not into the intense mazes with actors jumping out at you. Universal has "scarezones" to battle this. Whilst there are still live actors, they're much more interactive and are there for a show element and are much less likely to jump out at you like they would in a maze.By doing this, they're actually expanding their audience of who can experience the event. In theory this means more people are satisfied, more people return the following year, more profit and more investment.I do enjoy Thorpe's efforts but I have seen far better, producing much higher quality results by independent events. Broadditch Farm for example, have blown me away with their passion, enthusiasm and love for Halloween. This comes through in their event.
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