Benzin
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Given the waiting times for ambulances it's likely quicker.
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Thorpe Park: General Discussion
Given the waiting times for ambulances it's likely quicker.
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GooseOnTheLoose
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When we visited the Thursday before last (June 19th), it was operating a single train with three middle cars out. 16 people per train.
dazza4783
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I think it's just referring to Fright Nights starting 03/10/25 rather than that.
owenstreet7
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I thought we were on the Alton Towers thread reading this as they need non coaster attractions too, flats and a flume (along with a few more dark rides)
Definitely agree that Thorpe needs dark rides though and there's not as many tamer rides as there could be.
Probably some updates to Trailers and probably something like Trailers: The Final Cut! for this year
The_bup
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Oh please! Please! Put the thing out if it’s misery!
They had a real winner with the modular nature of it, and then just didn’t do anything with it.
AT86
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Showing ok on the app for me? Open from midday with screenings on the hour.
owenstreet7
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I think it's not on the queues tab, it seems to be ok on the map itself.
Mattie boy
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Fright nights tickets are available from next week.
Source Merlin Annual Pass Facebook.
Wonder what the line up will bring this year
Source Merlin Annual Pass Facebook.
Wonder what the line up will bring this year
AT86
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Disappointment?
Stronger and Stronger the 4 mazes are so strong at Thorpe Park.
I am not sure if its the best lineup ever though as 2018 ir 2019 had a ton more mazes within the lineup like Saw Alive, Platform 15, Blair Witch, that was the year Containment and Vulcan Peak were there
Matt N
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I'm not a scare maze fan at all and don't follow the scare season that closely, but was Vulcan Peak not the maze that got heavily panned because it just consisted of you wearing a bag over your head and having people whisper in your ear?
I seem to remember pretty negative things about that year of Fright Nights in general. I remember reading a review (it might even have been on here!) that called it "quantity over quality".
Mattie boy
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The_bup
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In my opinion, for the ideal Fright Nights, they need to:
Ditch Trailers. Far too old, and these things aren’t free, I don’t want to be paying all that for a rotting maze, even if it is very good. It’s outstayed it’s welcome.
Ditch survival games. Never worked very well anyway, felt like I was walking around a laser quest arena that they dumped actors into - bless ‘em, they tried their best, but it was not easy for them to scare.
And finally, go back to conga line. A problem I have with mazes like Stitches, which I “objectively” thought was excellent, is that you could miss a lot if you got a “bad runthrough”. Furthermore, I think the scenic detail is good enough that it could warrant a HHN adjacent conga line. It would also help capacity on these things, which aren’t good.
Of course, this would require changes in some of the scenes, but I’m starting to think it would be ideal.
It just feels a shame to have it not firing on all cylinders when I am paying for this in particular, it feels like they don’t hire enough actors, scenes with good scares are left empty, and that’s disappointing.
Ditch Trailers. Far too old, and these things aren’t free, I don’t want to be paying all that for a rotting maze, even if it is very good. It’s outstayed it’s welcome.
Ditch survival games. Never worked very well anyway, felt like I was walking around a laser quest arena that they dumped actors into - bless ‘em, they tried their best, but it was not easy for them to scare.
And finally, go back to conga line. A problem I have with mazes like Stitches, which I “objectively” thought was excellent, is that you could miss a lot if you got a “bad runthrough”. Furthermore, I think the scenic detail is good enough that it could warrant a HHN adjacent conga line. It would also help capacity on these things, which aren’t good.
Of course, this would require changes in some of the scenes, but I’m starting to think it would be ideal.
It just feels a shame to have it not firing on all cylinders when I am paying for this in particular, it feels like they don’t hire enough actors, scenes with good scares are left empty, and that’s disappointing.