I want to know what they'd do if you took your VR headset off in that section.Must admit, I am amused that for all the genuinely impressive technology used on this attraction, the 'sensory effects' arestaff frantically touching your knees and arms.
Must admit, I am amused that for all the genuinely impressive technology used on this attraction, the 'sensory effects' arestaff frantically touching your knees and arms.
I want to know what they'd do if you took your VR headset off in that section.
You'd just see random Thorpe Park staff members grabbing at you hopelessly, looking bored!
This idea is very amusing to me. I also want to know how they chose the staff who seemed like the best fit for such a unique responsibility.
I was on the train after you. If you waited by the gates, did you possibly see some geeky teenager running backwards and forwards between the gates and the queue and taking photos of signs?I was lucky enough to get on the first ride on Saturday - the one where following a few false starts, the ride was totally switched off whilst a bunch of mechanics came in to fix a faulty door switch in the train carriage. Fair play to Thorpe for not knee-jerking and getting us off the ride as soon as a fault was found; everyone seemed quite happy to sit and wait for the mechanics to do their work... even if it did take about 25 mins!
Short verdict: it's impressive. The Park have attempted something ambitious and overall I'd say it's worked. It's by far the best implementation of VR technology I've experienced in a Theme Park; VR works so much better on a tailor-made dark ride than it ever does on a coaster. But there are downsides; the story is somewhat strange, the flow of the ride is a little disjointed, and VR is very much in its infancy: I predict that without the required upgrades over time, this ride will feel pretty old, pretty quickly. I'm not sure it's especially scary either.
Long verdict: is available at Total Thorpe Park, along with photos and more, although note there are plenty of spoilers!
I'm pleased for the Park: despite delays, this is nowhere near a flop. I saw one guy leaving the ride shouting to his mate that it was "way better than Smiler". If that's the general sentiment from the public, Thorpe have produced a winner.
Can you imagine the advert?!
Danny I wonder why it needs to be that dark? Do the staff have night vision and talkback in ear so get cued in for touching?
PJ
Long verdict is available at [URL='http://www.totalthorpepark.co.uk/guide/ghosttrain.shtml' said:Total Thorpe Park[/URL], along with photos and more, although note there are plenty of spoilers!
I'm pleased for the Park: despite delays, this is nowhere near a flop. I saw one guy leaving the ride shouting to his mate that it was "way better than Smiler". If that's the general sentiment from the public, Thorpe have produced a winner.
Meh, what are they going to do? This is Thorpe, not Phantasialand!
Looking at those pics, I have to say that the Interior looks like no tube stock I've ever seen.
I'm not the one who took them, just to be clear. That review has nothing to do with me.I am surprised they didn't notice you taking them, I would have thought for the first few weeks at least they would be on the look out for picture takers! Anyway as someone who has a bad back so couldn't go on the ride, I am glad you did!
PJ
I wonder how whoever took them got away with it.I'm not the one who took them, just to be clear. That review has nothing to do with me.