SaiyanHajime
CF Legend
Bubbleworks was in a really, really sorry state. Even nostalgia couldn't mask over how bad it was, so anything - literally anything - will be an improvement. The ride could be gutted with a single, disappointing turd on a pedestal in the finale room and it would be better than Bubbleworks was.
This is a relevant IP and one which will remain relevant and one which seems appropriate for Chessington in both audience and setting. The appropriateness is groundbreaking for Merlin. I can't believe this is actually happening.
The only reservation I have is that I can't imagine this will form the basis of a unique Gruffalo story, but merely a retelling of the story. One which everyone knows, which I guess is good - people get to see in physical something they love and know - but I can't help feeling that's a bit... Boring? I dunno. Torn. I just hope it looks spectacular if they just follow the narrative of the book and that it isn't a bunch of near static scenes, but lively, densely populated ones with great theatre.
Looking forward to it either way... Wasn't Charlie the last family dark ride Merlin attempted? I never even did that. Lol.
This is a relevant IP and one which will remain relevant and one which seems appropriate for Chessington in both audience and setting. The appropriateness is groundbreaking for Merlin. I can't believe this is actually happening.
The only reservation I have is that I can't imagine this will form the basis of a unique Gruffalo story, but merely a retelling of the story. One which everyone knows, which I guess is good - people get to see in physical something they love and know - but I can't help feeling that's a bit... Boring? I dunno. Torn. I just hope it looks spectacular if they just follow the narrative of the book and that it isn't a bunch of near static scenes, but lively, densely populated ones with great theatre.
Looking forward to it either way... Wasn't Charlie the last family dark ride Merlin attempted? I never even did that. Lol.
Yes... Well, yeah I think it did. I actually think even in it's later version it was fine... Because Transylvania - other than the name - was really just this sort of European town up the Bubbleworks end. But, Professor Burp's voiceover was a key element in conveying the whole thing and gelling it together, so in loosing his German-ness is where the cracks began. I don't think it was ever intented to be Transylvania tbh, rather just a generic, central European town. The whole "brewery" theme was quite obvious. I think Bubbleworks as a striking contrast to Vampire was really well done, but this might all be nostalgia.
