James
TS Founding Member
Some of the ideas sound great, others not so much. I like the open until 12am idea, although it is extremely unlikely to ever happen, and I would be worried about how that idea would affect the normal hours of the day. Having nothing during the day but Halloween stuff only at night could cause some problems with guests I think, especially families.
A free flow maze would be great at Towers, but i don't think Sanctuary or TOTT could handle that. I think a new maze designed for that would only work well. I like the idea of a scare zone taking up a pathway, there are plenty of areas around the park they could utilise for that and still allow other guests to bypass it.
The Hex team wanting to dress up a ghost sounds like a weird idea. They can easily create characters to walk around the queue surrounding the actual legend. The old beggar woman would be the easiest. Get someone to wear some old cloth over them covering their face and they can easily creep people out and add a lot. Even get out the Wraith materials if they still have them. The Earl of Shrewsbury would be another easy character (but would involve more make up, detail etc..).
Hate the hotel ents ideas. I understand the idea they're going with. Although I see ATH as their premium hotel, the headliner, therefore it should have the best entertainment on resort. The band fits that just fine. Splash and the lodges can still have great shows, although something as big as the band outside of ATH seems all a little silly really. All they will end up with is the scenario of Splash heaving with guests and ATH dead. Which isn't too much of a bad thing although I think the band suit the hotel nicely. You can view the band from multiple levels and seating capacity isn't too bad. Splash is one floor and it could get pretty messy when half your guests cannot see the show clearly.
It's a shame with the lodges we're not seeing a second building solely designed as a quiet bar or full out entertainments venue. They desperately need more venues and more happening on the resort side of things. I'd rather see the ents team look at adding more shows and variety to the hotels. Rather than moving one set of entertainment to another hotel. Maybe some market research could be conducted to see other types of variety entertainment that could work for hotel guests?
The Sleepover thing sounds better. Although with a lack of facilities I'm still not sold with the full price. The offer for fansites though isn't too bad. I guess it depends how much you value a shower and extra comfort... and privacy.
A free flow maze would be great at Towers, but i don't think Sanctuary or TOTT could handle that. I think a new maze designed for that would only work well. I like the idea of a scare zone taking up a pathway, there are plenty of areas around the park they could utilise for that and still allow other guests to bypass it.
The Hex team wanting to dress up a ghost sounds like a weird idea. They can easily create characters to walk around the queue surrounding the actual legend. The old beggar woman would be the easiest. Get someone to wear some old cloth over them covering their face and they can easily creep people out and add a lot. Even get out the Wraith materials if they still have them. The Earl of Shrewsbury would be another easy character (but would involve more make up, detail etc..).
Hate the hotel ents ideas. I understand the idea they're going with. Although I see ATH as their premium hotel, the headliner, therefore it should have the best entertainment on resort. The band fits that just fine. Splash and the lodges can still have great shows, although something as big as the band outside of ATH seems all a little silly really. All they will end up with is the scenario of Splash heaving with guests and ATH dead. Which isn't too much of a bad thing although I think the band suit the hotel nicely. You can view the band from multiple levels and seating capacity isn't too bad. Splash is one floor and it could get pretty messy when half your guests cannot see the show clearly.
It's a shame with the lodges we're not seeing a second building solely designed as a quiet bar or full out entertainments venue. They desperately need more venues and more happening on the resort side of things. I'd rather see the ents team look at adding more shows and variety to the hotels. Rather than moving one set of entertainment to another hotel. Maybe some market research could be conducted to see other types of variety entertainment that could work for hotel guests?
The Sleepover thing sounds better. Although with a lack of facilities I'm still not sold with the full price. The offer for fansites though isn't too bad. I guess it depends how much you value a shower and extra comfort... and privacy.