2018: Wicker Man - General Discussion - SPOILERS! - Part One

[MakoMania]

The pre-show should be absolutely fabulous

 

[Tim]

Mystic Timbers... so they were responsible for "The Shed"?

Doesn't fill me with confidence.

 

[MakoMania]

Mystic Timbers... so they were responsible for "The Shed"?

Doesn't fill me with confidence.

Apparently they have a much larger budget for Wicker Man's pre-show

Also, there's only so much you can do in an operational and fully functioning maintenance shed as opposed to a dedicated pre-show area.

 

[Brad97]

"The Shed" is amazing

 

[DiogoJ42]

Guys guys guys, you're setting yourselves up for major dissapointment!
Remember: always expect the worst. At best you'll be pleasantly surprised. At worst, you get to say "I told you so".

 

[Tim]

I haven't ridden Mystic Timbers but lets give MMM credit, Th13teen's Crypt is a way better effect.

 

[Brad97]

I was joking about the shed Wicker Man's should be much better, hopefully.

 

[Matt N]

Remember: always expect the worst. At best you'll be pleasantly surprised. At worst, you get to say "I told you so".

You remind me of my Dad, who always says to me "a pessimist is never disappointed".

Out of interest, does anyone know of any other work that Holovis has done other than Mystic Timbers' Shed?

 

[DiogoJ42]

It's true though.

 

[Sm1lingAdvocate]

Isn't holovis where Towers old ents(?) manager went to?

 

[delta79]

Isn't holovis where Towers old ents(?) manager went to?

Yes it is.

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[Bert2theSpark]

Isn't holovis where Towers old ents(?) manager went to?

Yeah he did, Just seen a picture of him on the Holovis site.

I know he was the brainchild of Sub Species, Altonville Mine Tours and Molly Crowe, Apperently it took 3 people to replace him.

Can't remember his name though...

 

[Brad97]

Pete Cliff?

 

[JL6k]

If the pre show is great and we have some scenes perhaps before the lift hill and after the break run (in the maintanance shed) we truly could be in for a world class coaster, and I’m not talking just a merlin gimmick

 

[delta79]

Pete Cliff?

Thats the creative director at holovis

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/peter-cliff-40b6a423

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[Danny]

The best the lift hill has to offer is its audio; there'll certainly be no scenes on it.

 

[DiogoJ42]

For the first few posts there, I thought people were saying Pete Cliff had gone to work for Hovis!

 

[bluesonichd]

Good olde Pete. Left Towers for a better company as he knows what side his bread is buttered on

 

[Rick]

It'd certaliy be nice if each train did have a unique face on the front. It would give each train a bit of character I think.

But will inspire page after page of discussion about how one train runs so much better.

As I have mentioned previously, Merlin have done the sensible thing and outsourced the pre-show to Holovis (a well established theatrical design company). They also did pre-show work on Mystic Timbers (a fellow GCI installation).

Did you enjoy the Mystic Timbers 'pre-show', I wouldn't say it has a pre-show in the traditional sense of the phrase? And the shed... well... I suspect this will be a more traditional pre-show and far more showy.

 

[MakoMania]

Do people think that it's a safe enough bet that Wicker Man will open on 17th March to book hotels?