Genuine Question:
I never believe a word from any reviewers/influencers/whatever from press night posts as they haven't queued and haven't paid whilst the park will have ensured it was abolutely overkill on actors etc. for them.
Is FN good this year? People seem to be all over it.
Last time I went (2018) it was absolutely rubbish, as was the time before (2011). Cheaply done mazes, horrific waits, nasty.
Advice.
Baring in mind I'd only done one FN before tonight and that was last year, so my expectations are alot lower than other people who have seen the event in it's heyday, I think today was the best day I've ever had at Thorpe. The mazes had no queues at all, the longest we queued was 20-30 minutes for Trailers and I think that had a delay while we were there, Creek Freak we went on our own twice (two of us). The mazes were good, so good in fact we did them all twice (we never have been the best at financial decisions). Don't expect much from Platform at all, it has some pretty major flaws, and Creek isn't quite the incredible maze everybody made it out to be in it's first year, but it was still fun. I absolutely loved Trailers. Aside from the mazes, the scare zones are alright, I think they're generally a little bit worse than last year's but that's likely because of the better maze offering this year. Birthday Bash and it's show are really fun, and Mawkin Meadow is really good, especially at night.
Another thing to bare in mind, though, is today was probably the most quiet day Fright Nights will have this season. I think the price of the mazes puts people off a little bit but I don't know what the queues would be like on a busy day in half term.