Glitch Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Maybe not quite that obvious, but yes, that sort of idea. Maybe more like (from what I hear, not done it myself) the Vampire maze at Chessington, which I'm told is fun scary with a decent narrative, not YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE scary. As for the roaming actors they used to have these at Chessington, all sorts of terrifying things (the best of which were huge stilted three legged things which would chase people for ages), a skilled actor knows their target and how to chose them. Older families would be fine with that sort of thing. Surely anyway if families were there the roaming actors would avoid scaring them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 I doubt there will be any mazes for younger children, and fright nights will remain for over 12s. It will be complicated and wouldn't work to have a less scary maze, as the atmosphere/actors will just mean anybody looking to go fright nights are likely to be those looking for a proper scare, and TP know this. They will just keep going for the true horror events, there wont be a more 'fun scary' one. If people want a more 'fun scary' event, as I said, they can go to chessie down the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 exactly Don't even know why this got brought up tbh they wont do it You brought it up... - Guys, they are not making this event for families. There will be no mazes for families. I'll ask again, why you are so sure? Having an opinion is different to saying categorically something will or won't happen. You are doing the latter, do you mean to be doing the former? I'm not professing to know anything, but it would be pretty dumb to alienate your new target market a couple of months after deciding what your target market was, wouldn't it? I'll point out again, there is a massive difference between the little children based 'family' event Chessington put on and what I'm meaning by 'family' - I'm talking about the very young teenage market seen squealing away on the big rides in the summer adverts with their parents. Thorpe park is for them now just as much as the old 16-24 independent youth market they've been squarely aimed at for a number of years. MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Shall we settle the family debate by simply saying we'll just have to wait and see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 ^ ... What? I don't understand your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 There's a difference between a family maze and family attraction though. Alton is a family park, and all their mazes are for over 14s. They still have family attractions though; shows and whatnot. There's nothing stopping Thorpe adding in a small side-line attraction for, say, children aged 8-12 and their families. It will do no harm and doesn't need to be thrust to the public's attention much. Families will find that if it's there. pluk, Sidders and TPJames 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Looks like the passing might be returning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Looks like the passing might be returning Why's that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Phill Pritchard and FrightNights04 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightNights04 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Check out the Thorpe park website and see events! Fright nights has changed! Opens on the 5th! http://www.thorpepark.com/plan-your-visit/events.aspx#frightnights TPBrandon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Oh Thorpe Park... Just spill the beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 "They have to make the choice of their own free will" is a line from the movie Cabin In The Woods, which is having it's own maze at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal this year, interesting. Cornflakes, JoshC., Inferno and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 If people want a more 'fun scary' event, as I said, they can go to chessie down the road Hope you're joking there. There's no reason why the park doesn't do anything to cater for families - they might be using marketing to show the hardcore side, however it doesn't mean they won't introduce something slightly calmer for those who want to experience the event but don't want something so full on. pluk and FrightNights04 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightNights04 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 If you type that in on google, it comes up with a quote from cabin in the woods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Cabin In The Woods is one of my favourite recent horrors, exciting times Phill Pritchard and OldFarmerDean 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Hmm they have just released a quote from Cabin in the woods Beaten to the post note Cabin I the woods is also Lionsgate and dead Silence is done by Twisted Pictures And the first Quote they released 'They're Coming' could be hinting towards Zombies (Night of the Living dead). I may be looking to much into this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightNights04 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Cabin in the woods is made by lions gate and would fit in asylum building if they painted the roof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Here's a clip from the film: SPOILER ALERT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1SV0LInE-s Imagine being put in that room with all the monsters coming out all around you, could be pretty intense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightNights04 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 The own free will part makes me think that you have to choose your route, maybe a multi route maze so you get split up??? TPBrandon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightNights04 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Unfortionatly, I think I'm correct in saying experiment 10 won't be returning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Current state of 'The Passing' Thanks to Theme Park Collective TPBrandon, FrightNights04 and Inferno 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightNights04 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 I would like asylum and experiment 10 to be there still, although I think exp10 will be gone and asylum will be 100% different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Guess it will be returning over 'Ex10' and ''Asylum then... Just because they are doing work to it, doesn't mean it will turn out the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 and asylum will be 100% different So gone then? Even if this leads to all the mazes being horror franchise themed it doesn't mean the core of the old mazes won't still be there, just tweaked to fit the theme. TPBrandon, MarkC and FrightNights04 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 If the mazes do end up getting horror films attached to them, some won't need much work at all. Asylum to Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Experiment 10 to Cabin in the Woods (more relating to the latter parts of the film). The Passing to any sort of film about death or the paranormal. Get a completely new maze to replace Curse. A few tweaks here and there and it's sorted. Would be interesting to see. FrightNights04, Inferno and TPBrandon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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