Screaming Coasters
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I just say - Thank **** Thorpe have put some sort of effort in this year with regards to theming! Look at their other attempts and then this, I say it's pretty good going and Thorpe should be credited for this.
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Uncle Arly
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SchumacherFerrari said:
Thank you! It's not a ****ing acronym people.
Anyway, I agree with Ollie, Schumacher and Erol here. Cut Thorpe some slack.
spicy
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Well said Ollie! I personally think it looks good and looks exactly like the plans, I don't really know why people were expecting it to look different from the plans? When the plans first come out everyone thought they looked good, but now it's a physical building it looks ****? makes no sense to me...
Screaming Coasters
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^ It's because it's Thorpe Park building it, thats why...
People are ignorant, thats all. They just don't want to appreciate it for what it is.
People are ignorant, thats all. They just don't want to appreciate it for what it is.
Ollie said:
... plenty must have a different meaning where you're from?
It's neither gritty nor realistic nor... anything. It looks like a cartoon, really.
LOL.
I do hate how people seem to think enthusiast = blind acceptance ANY coaster MUST be good. BTW, if you want to see a good, unique Eurofighter, go to the Fluch topic. Then you will begin to see what Thorpe has is NOT special.
No, they haven't. Hansa have gone all out. Thorpe have done as much as they have to, no more.
Lol... yes
It's done well with the advertising if you happen to be an enthusiast and LOOKING for it. I don't know about anyone else, but I've not heard a THING about it outside being an enthusiast. And I live in London. Gone are the days of adverts and awareness like Nemesis, Oblivion and Air had, sadly.
This, I don't buy. Enjoying construction? Sorry, I smell BS here.
Marketed well and yet it's still unheard of in the frigging CAPITAL which happens to be up the road from the park...?
The ride is not going to be the good coaster you seem to think it is. Open up RCDB, look at Mystery Mine and Hansa, and then realise that what Thorpe has given us won't be up to the standard it could, and should, be.
Then, look at it from the GP's perspective. Yes, people I've mentioned it to have thought it sounded cool, but, to have not heard a THING about the ride, living in the capital, means I'm sorry, I don't buy that there's THAT much awareness of it. And then they get there and it's a coaster that does less "twists and loops" than the one what, 30ft away? I think if you believe the GP can't tell the difference in quality from Intamins and B&Ms to a Eurofighter in terms of ride experience, you're very much underestimating them.
And before I get a barrage of typical "OMG, you just hate Thorpe", that's NOT it. If this was at Alton, I'd be as against it. A "family" coaster which alienates the "family" and a theme which is frankly, hideous. You honestly can not look at this and then look at other park's offerings on similar coasters, and then come back to me and say this looks great. It looks... Thorpe. Typical, disappointing, Thorpe.
Screaming Coasters
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Well I hear Kiss100 advertising Thorpe Park and Saw, but most of their visual marketing comes closer to Summer where people tend to spend more. Thorpe have always done that, and it looks like they will continue with this trend.
I'm half with Ollie and Half with Ben on this one.
I'm half with Ollie and Half with Ben on this one.
Uncle Arly
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The only advertisement I have seen for it were the viral ones from ages ago. To be fair, I never see any adverts for any theme parks on television, because usually they are region based and I'm not in the region of Thorpe.
Ollie said:
Go on then Ollie. Without comparing it - what is it?
I can't do it to be honest, because I'm always going to start by comparing the ride itself to Rage or Speed (so a relatively fun ride, but nothing mind blowing).
The theming looks "adequate". Sadly, again, I'm going on comparisons to other places I've visited. It's much better than a lot of the theming in the Uk - I'll give it that. If Thorpe is trying to be one of the best parks in the UK (in terms of ride line-up and theming), it's heading in the right direction, but only because the rest of the UK is generally poor. Compare it to Alton or Chessington (in their hey-day) and it's... Well, mediocre. Alton and Chessy's latest additions have also been the same, but they sit on a decent backbone.
So, it's... a relatively fun ride, in a relatively alright themed area.
It's, generally alright? That may be great for people who have never been to any other theme parks, but it certainly isn't helping Thorpe get out of being anything other than "an alright park for the UK".
If that's what they want, and they can make money from it, fine! However, I'm damned if I'm going to start making out like Thorpe are doing anything fantastic and in need of lots of praise. They've worked harder than usual, and considering previously they managed below average - this time they're roughly average! Hurrah!
I think I said I think it's good for Thorpe - but that doesn't make it "good"
Thorpe needs more coasters, it needs a more diverse line-up (it needs rides that work more than 50% of the time ). So ANY coaster is a good addition for them, but that doesn't mean it's actually anything special.
I'd say exactly the same about it if it was at Alton.
Thorpe needs more coasters, it needs a more diverse line-up (it needs rides that work more than 50% of the time
). So ANY coaster is a good addition for them, but that doesn't mean it's actually anything special.I'd say exactly the same about it if it was at Alton.
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