Mark
Strata Poster
I don't think that is necessarily true to be fair though.
Quite often we get American visitors at Madame Tussauds who ask how easy it is to get to Thorpe and so on from London because they have seen it advertised. Day trips are very much possible for them. That is no different from me driving up to Magic Mountain when I am staying in Anaheim or driving down to Busch Gardens when I am actually staying right in Disney World. (As we know many many tourists actually do, not just enthusiasts).
I think to basically imply: why would anyone from North America visit one of the UK's crappy small "amusement parks" is a bit harsh to be honest. Now I am the first to pull up and say that I think Thorpe has some major issues but whether I like it or not. the park is style better run and in general a much better park then quite a large number of the sum 59 I've been to. Bigger is not always better. Regardless of what they have in their hometown, some people just like to experience something different. Holidays do that.
However, I agree that I doubt it will be something they advertise on a global scale with the film. Purely because they don't need to as it wouldn't necessarily help to market the film. What they are more likely to do is include information about the ride in the form of bonus features on a DVD release. Maybe it willl be some kind of documentary about the rise of the Saw movies and they will mention how it even includes a ride etc etc. They did similar with The Mummy ride and the film. I still have the DVD with the early computer render animation of what it would all look like.
Quite often we get American visitors at Madame Tussauds who ask how easy it is to get to Thorpe and so on from London because they have seen it advertised. Day trips are very much possible for them. That is no different from me driving up to Magic Mountain when I am staying in Anaheim or driving down to Busch Gardens when I am actually staying right in Disney World. (As we know many many tourists actually do, not just enthusiasts).
I think to basically imply: why would anyone from North America visit one of the UK's crappy small "amusement parks" is a bit harsh to be honest. Now I am the first to pull up and say that I think Thorpe has some major issues but whether I like it or not. the park is style better run and in general a much better park then quite a large number of the sum 59 I've been to. Bigger is not always better. Regardless of what they have in their hometown, some people just like to experience something different. Holidays do that.
However, I agree that I doubt it will be something they advertise on a global scale with the film. Purely because they don't need to as it wouldn't necessarily help to market the film. What they are more likely to do is include information about the ride in the form of bonus features on a DVD release. Maybe it willl be some kind of documentary about the rise of the Saw movies and they will mention how it even includes a ride etc etc. They did similar with The Mummy ride and the film. I still have the DVD with the early computer render animation of what it would all look like.
But I was with the blue and white ride instead.
