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Hex [2024 Refurb]: General Discussion
djtruefitt
TS Team
The whole audio and visual system got replaced last year, like most things it’s probably worse than the old basic system, I never saw the old system bot work.
DiogoJ42
TS Member
Ah, so they've finally upgraded to a home-burned DVD+R then?
After re-riding Hex today for the first time in a while, I can’t help but wonder why they didn’t spend a little bit extra to install OLED TV’s in the Octagon. The current ones look so out of place when the lights go out as they are backlit and it really ruins the immersion of the power going out.
Islander
TS Member
Or, just install TVs with controllable backlights and program the system to turn them off at the right time.
Very easy to do with say Brightsign players.
I think for Hex some of the changes they did were great and others not keen on. Miss the old TV screens.
djtruefitt
TS Team
The TVs in sub-Terra go off so it seems to me they either cheaped out on Hex screens or no one thought about it.
Bert2theSpark
TS Member
I thought the CRTs got reinstated after the 2016 refurb because the flatscreen LEDs ruined the storm blackout in the Octagon room?
jon81uk
TS Member
They got replaced again in the 2024 refurb.
djtruefitt
TS Team
yes they did after they realised it didn’t work. They ended up swapping the new TVs into the queue line and the old TVs got put back in the octagon.
I imagine those involved I the retheme didn’t know/care and once new ones installed no one bothered to go back.
karl.stubbs
TS Member
I think it's worse than ever with the new lighting. Why have that holding room after the queue completely pointless. They could play that audio on a loop as you were passing. Used to go straight through during COVID.
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Steve74
TS Member
I wouldn't be surprised if the wall & doors were put in place to make it more of an official start to the experience which would signal to people to get off their phones and pay attention to the pre-preshow. When it was the turnstiles, I noticed over time that more and more people ignored it by staying glued to their phones and only put them away when moving into the cinema room.
AltonLover123
TS Member
That room has always been there. It’s just better separated from the internal queue line now. Yeah, during Covid you walked through but before that you didn’t.
It’s classed as a pre show.
I do wonder if at this point if the snaking aspect of the queue should be removed in the armoury, bar some sort of funnel towards the end and the edges. Keeping the door closed and allowing a more “free roam” experience to the start. Making it more of a pre-pre-pre show space.
Opening it up, and making it darker could make it feel a little more atmospheric.
Opening it up, and making it darker could make it feel a little more atmospheric.
I don't know if I have only just noticed this but rode Hex today and I always try to look around to see the great props and scenery. One thing I noticed today in the vault is, on the end opposite to the clock/tubes etc (on the end where you walk into the vault) they have a few bits of rope hanging down in a U shape.
Now, I can imagine it's to do with the scenery of the fallen branch but the problem is, if you look at the rope - it gives away what the swing is doing when it swings up and down, rather than the drum. Breaking the illusion somewhat of the room spinning.
Or maybe it's just me. Surely you wouldn't want things like that in view?
Now, I can imagine it's to do with the scenery of the fallen branch but the problem is, if you look at the rope - it gives away what the swing is doing when it swings up and down, rather than the drum. Breaking the illusion somewhat of the room spinning.
Or maybe it's just me. Surely you wouldn't want things like that in view?
Skyscraper
TS Member
After it spited me last year, I finally got to ride the revamped Hex yesterday. The new Armoury and batching setup is much better, as it ensures that no one misses the first introductory pre-show.
Now, having been a huge fan of Hex for such a long time, it absolutely pains me to say that I was not a fan of the "Disco Hex" changes in the vault at all. The fairy lights just look awful, and the vault is way too bright during the ride sequence now. It's such a shame given how much I loved the previous version... I genuinely do feel that they've ruined it.
Now, having been a huge fan of Hex for such a long time, it absolutely pains me to say that I was not a fan of the "Disco Hex" changes in the vault at all. The fairy lights just look awful, and the vault is way too bright during the ride sequence now. It's such a shame given how much I loved the previous version... I genuinely do feel that they've ruined it.