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Thorpe Park: General Discussion
djtruefitt
TS Team
Re: Thorpe Park
What is Thorpe like for planning rules? I guess anything tall will need permission and so would buildings, but do flat rides/small buildings need permission?
What is Thorpe like for planning rules? I guess anything tall will need permission and so would buildings, but do flat rides/small buildings need permission?
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If you ask me, Thorpe need to have a good hard look at their marketing. It's all blatantly written to appeal to young adult males with the "worst" example being their coaster descriptions. These are all written to suggest that their best rides are about endurance/bravado in some way, rather than emphasising the quality etc.
I'm sure everyone here goes on rides because they want to and enjoy the experience, rather than as some "rite of passage".
That said, I looked again just now and it's not quite as bad as I remember it.
If you ask me, Thorpe need to have a good hard look at their marketing. It's all blatantly written to appeal to young adult males with the "worst" example being their coaster descriptions. These are all written to suggest that their best rides are about endurance/bravado in some way, rather than emphasising the quality etc.
I'm sure everyone here goes on rides because they want to and enjoy the experience, rather than as some "rite of passage".
That said, I looked again just now and it's not quite as bad as I remember it.
Scott
Former TS Team Member
Re: Thorpe Park
Ironically Thorpe are having a good hard look at their marketing. Their advertising in the back half of last season was more family orientated and going forward into this season it should be even more so.
The Thorpe brand is expected to change much more fully this year to incorporate families as they realise that aiming totally at teens isn't great business.
Ironically Thorpe are having a good hard look at their marketing. Their advertising in the back half of last season was more family orientated and going forward into this season it should be even more so.
The Thorpe brand is expected to change much more fully this year to incorporate families as they realise that aiming totally at teens isn't great business.
Benzin
TS Member
Re: Thorpe Park
http://62.254.5.209/AnitePublicDocs/00141849.pdf
Looks like the park are revisiting rides that used to be on park... Doubt anyone would have guessed Dodgems though...
http://62.254.5.209/AnitePublicDocs/00141849.pdf
Looks like the park are revisiting rides that used to be on park... Doubt anyone would have guessed Dodgems though...
pluk
TS Member
Re: Thorpe Park
Angry Birds!
http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/08-01-2014/Angry-Birds-Fly-into-THORPE-PARK
Angry Birds!
http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/08-01-2014/Angry-Birds-Fly-into-THORPE-PARK
James
TS Founding Member
Re: Thorpe Park
Oh dear. I thought the Angry Birds fad died out long ago in the UK!
At least they're doing something although honestly I feel this will not draw in the family market. Angry Birds is very limited with the audience it draws in. I suppose we'll see, a lot of kids have smartphones these days so maybe there's a bigger market out there than I think.
Oh dear. I thought the Angry Birds fad died out long ago in the UK!
At least they're doing something although honestly I feel this will not draw in the family market. Angry Birds is very limited with the audience it draws in. I suppose we'll see, a lot of kids have smartphones these days so maybe there's a bigger market out there than I think.
CGM
TS Member
Re: Thorpe Park
What?...egh...just...erm...agh....No!
What is this nonsense!? It's not only introducing a tacky, cheap, obnoxious, outdated IP that only has a shelf life of a matter of years but it's ruining one of Thorpe's most popular and well executed rides. It's totally at odds with the theme around Nemesis Inferno. Even if the park have given up on themes, surely they must recognise that it's stylistically out of place.
It's just depressing. Merlin are slowly but surely destroying our once promising theme park industry with their grey dirge of shipping containers and turnkey IP projects. I'm now almost certain that if anything is going to turn the industry around, it will have to come from outside of the Merlin group.
What?...egh...just...erm...agh....No!
What is this nonsense!? It's not only introducing a tacky, cheap, obnoxious, outdated IP that only has a shelf life of a matter of years but it's ruining one of Thorpe's most popular and well executed rides. It's totally at odds with the theme around Nemesis Inferno. Even if the park have given up on themes, surely they must recognise that it's stylistically out of place.
It's just depressing. Merlin are slowly but surely destroying our once promising theme park industry with their grey dirge of shipping containers and turnkey IP projects. I'm now almost certain that if anything is going to turn the industry around, it will have to come from outside of the Merlin group.
TheMan
TS Member
Re: Thorpe Park
Dear me. I've not really got anything against Angry Birds as such, it is just a game with some admittedly amusing characters and some novelty... initially.
This does feel like a bit of a tired brand now. Who knows, maybe it will be a success? They must have done far more research on this that we have?
Dear me. I've not really got anything against Angry Birds as such, it is just a game with some admittedly amusing characters and some novelty... initially.
This does feel like a bit of a tired brand now. Who knows, maybe it will be a success? They must have done far more research on this that we have?
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While not a brand that excites me and wish had gone with something different the brand is still doing well and games remain top sellers on smartphones. There is a full length feature film due out in cinemas in 2016 and games being developed for consoles now as well. I am sure will be popular with must kids around 8-14. Just wish had gone for something not up related
While not a brand that excites me and wish had gone with something different the brand is still doing well and games remain top sellers on smartphones. There is a full length feature film due out in cinemas in 2016 and games being developed for consoles now as well. I am sure will be popular with must kids around 8-14. Just wish had gone for something not up related
TheMan
TS Member
Re: Thorpe Park
I had no idea they were bringing a film out etc, you can understand the decision then given the market they are targeting.
I keep reading detonator is going to be part of this area too? I must have missed that scanning the posts quick, but I admit that will make me chuckle. Though if they use the sound effects for bird launching, that will become quickly irritating!
Maelstrom said:
I had no idea they were bringing a film out etc, you can understand the decision then given the market they are targeting.
I keep reading detonator is going to be part of this area too? I must have missed that scanning the posts quick, but I admit that will make me chuckle. Though if they use the sound effects for bird launching, that will become quickly irritating!
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I wasn't really aware Detonator even had a theme, beyond some ropes in the queue line perhaps.
The themed areas of Thorpe are small and jar enough as you walk between them already without them shoving another into a small space. It's such an incoherent park.
simps100 said:
I wasn't really aware Detonator even had a theme, beyond some ropes in the queue line perhaps.
The themed areas of Thorpe are small and jar enough as you walk between them already without them shoving another into a small space. It's such an incoherent park.