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Scarefest 2017

belongstothesmiler said:
As busy as the school trip days? was there then and it was 2hour queues for everything?
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I took a screenshot of ridetimes.co.uk on the same weekend in 2016. The screenshot shows:

Oblivion: 45mins
Enterprise: 60mins
Nemesis: 65mins
Spinball Whizzer: 70mins
Rita: 100mins
The Smiler: 110mins
Galactica: 120mins
Th13teen: Closed

It is perhaps worth noting that attendance in 2017 has generally been higher than in 2016.
 
Scarefest Update!

Attack of the generators:
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Return of the lights:
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Revenge of the bug barn:
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Welcoming theming:
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I like that some of you agree with me about the mazes not really being scary enough. Granted they made an effort to 'grade' the fear factor and prevent kids from going on, but despite that, the scares are limited to jump scares and enclosed spaces. The mazes really need something that is more authentic rather than being overly dramatic and trying a little too hard.
-The beginning of the Sanctuary had this feel. It felt very serious, real, and professional. The actual maze was okay, but felt pretty indifferent to TOTT
-Experiment 10 (At TP) and Sub species had a much more interactive element which again, heightens the realism
-Really, what we're looking for is an attraction that is interactive, feels very real, and isn't afraid to touch topics which can evoke fear even among adults. Topics of suicide and torture are likely to make terrifying and genuine scare mazes for the upper age range. If it's going to be ghostly then it needs to have a lot of ingenuity behind it. Only problem is, you'll always get the moaners and complainers like the ones that complained about 'the asylum' at Thorpe Park because of it's name
 
Sauron97 said:
Really, what we're looking for is an attraction that is interactive, feels very real, and isn't afraid to touch topics which can evoke fear even among adults. Topics of suicide and torture are likely to make terrifying and genuine scare mazes for the upper age range.
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No thank you! I accept that these "extreme" horror attractions have a market and they do exist but for me personally they have no attraction at all, I want to be entertained, once you are simulating terror that thousands of people around the world have to live through every day then its no longer entertaining in my eyes.

If that is something you want to experience fair enough but as soon as you have an attraction in a theme park people are going to "give it a go" without fully understanding what is involved. Which is why I think these "extreme" attractions are okay as stand-alone events where people have to actively seek them out but as part of a family theme park where as I say people often just turn up on the day and "give it a go" they really are unsuitable.
 
I dont think an extreme horror maze would work in a family park like Alton so I echo what evilcod said above. What I do prefer is a good maze, with a decent amount of time to walk though, and with good special effects and atmosphere. For me, its the atmosphere which makes Scarefest what it is.
 
For the mass market (which is what Scarefest and the various others are for after all), nobody will want to be forced to drink fishy water or have their head plunged underwater...
 
bluesonichd said:
from looking at it from the skyride it looks like just one trail and Im guessing there is some kind of story to it so if you get split you may miss the middle of it and get to the end and have no clue whats going on o_O
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I probably wont have a clue anyway xD
 
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