I'm not surprised there were some idiots who complained that it 'encourages trespassing'...
oh get a life you silly pointless people
As for the show, the story was a
little trippy wasn't it? Wondering in to the woods at night, trespassing in to some ruins and bumping in to an old man who provides you with a magical experience... I'll buy in to it I guess.
I think it overall it was a nice display with some great looking shells from Jubilee, far better than the awful voice overs and enthusiast fan service that was given last year. We did still get the usual pop music nonsense with little mix and stormzy tracks somehow representing some of the coasters at Towers, so I get why some people think it's awful in that sense. The finale I thought was really nice though, and the figure standing up on the scaffolding was a nod back to the old Tussauds shows, which were a lot more theatrical. If the whole display had followed the Wickerman and Finale style, I think it would be a lot better received.
It's a step in the right direction from the ents team overall, who I think are now aware of how poorly received shows have been over the years, but it requires a lot of improvement, and needs to focus more on Alton Towers rather than cramming in tracks that everyone already hears either on radio or every time they walk out the door. I don't mean the whole thing has to be classical or have ride music tracks, I just think it's got to be a little more out of the box with music track choices, and I think having melodies or instrumentals is the best way to do it. Even if they played some chillout or DnB, I'd be satisfied, so long as it fits with the story of the show. A whole display themed to Nemesis, with giant flapping tentacles and Phalanx weaponry shooting out fire would be cool. Or even a display that is centered around the Talbot family. The IMAscore track at the end which had a different take on ITHOTMK was a breath of fresh air after 7 years of constantly having the same ending to each display too.
Testing the sound for the fireworks in the morning, they tried to drown out the sound by playing the turnstiles entrance
music as loudly as possible. I could swear that I could hear some colourful language coming from the Ropers house hold
Arghh, not the Ropers, I'd almost forgotten they existed... having to think back in to the 00s when everyone was ranting on about them! ...I guess that by now they've either dropped dead or finally given in to their lawsuit costs. I remember a long time ago, back in the days when we used the other Alton Towers forum, where everyone would find creative ways of making them pay for all the problems they caused. Turning their house in to a walkthrough attraction, building a ride over the top of their cottage. It was a very fun thing to be involved in...
