SAW: The Ride comes alive for Fright Nights

[Ollie]

Just read this on the Thorpe Park website.

Fright Nights is back and even more terrifying than ever between 12 October - 1 November 2009, transforming THORPE PARK into a world of twisted insanity! Experience exhilarating rides in the dark, terrifying live action horror mazes, and dare to Face Your Fears on the ultimate test as SAW - The Ride comes alive!

Sounds awesome.
Although there aren't that many places in the queue for actors to go. On the opening week they had actors and you had a couple in the area with the rack and a few went up the single rider side of the stairs and scared people through the fence.

Although I've heard they're going to up the scares for Halloween. Not sure what that means though.

Good to see that they're trying to bring the event to the rides slowly as well. But I guess they're expected to with a horror themed ride such as Saw.

 

[nadroJ]

Didn't see this coming *yawn*

 

[Ben]

Dear Ollie,

Saw is ****

Love
Ben

 

[Ollie]

^I was just passing on the news.
And I know Saw isn't amazing but it's not ****.

 

[spicy]

Saw is ****

It will have a 4 hour queue for fright nights anyway so they best make the queue at least mildly entertaining.

 

[Ormerod]

First Stealth then SAW.

It's all we hear about :cry:

 

[Screaming Coasters]

But..... We knew this already!

 

[Emmett]

I love this part 'SAW - The Ride comes alive', yeah becuase its been completely dead since it opened.

They should have had this theming on Saw since it opened because its **** at the moment. I've had scarier rides on coasters which were'nt meant to be themed to a horror film.

 

[Ben]

^I was just passing on the news.
And I know Saw isn't amazing but it's not ****

No, it is.

 

[marc]

What does make me laugh is they say ride in the dark. Ok get in the queue at 16:00 and you will get on the rides at 20:00 if they don't break down.

Plus there are 3 other coasters that are better than Saw and even they are not worth a 4 hour queue.

 

[elmerfudd]

Saw is a good ride. Its abit boring that it has the same element like 3 times, they should have jazzed that up abit more, but if you go to thorpe park on the right day and plan it proberly, you wont be queueing for 4 hours.

 

[AmandaPanda]

Why does everyone keep saying it's ****, in my opinion (coming from somebody with what I class as I bloody high coastercount, and expensive if you think about it, so I'm passionate about my hobbie), I think that Saw is a marvelous addition to Europe, maybe not world class but certainly Europe class, people always find fault in stuff, it gives my much loved tummy feeling, has great theming, and the park spent alot of money on the attraction which I think should be applauded!

Saw 9/10!

 

[nadroJ]

I'd call it 'good but not great'. I don't think it's **** but I don't think it deserves the ridiculous hype it gets.

Also, it was pretty obvious that this ride was going to be a massive part of Fright Nights from now on anyway, hence the *yawn*.

 

[Swat]

It's Thorpe were talking about here, What else can they really do anyway?

 

[marc]

Why does everyone keep saying it's <img>, in my opinion (coming from somebody with what I class as I bloody high coastercount, and expensive if you think about it, so I'm passionate about my hobbie), I think that Saw is a marvelous addition to Europe, maybe not world class but certainly Europe class, people always find fault in stuff, it gives my much loved tummy feeling, has great theming, and the park spent alot of money on the attraction which I think should be applauded!

Saw 9/10!

I have also travelled a lot and done some world class coasters and in my view Saw falls well short. If I give Hulk a 9 how can I give Saw anything more than a 3? The theming is cheap rubbish, half the effects dont work the coaster is rough and boring. I would not queue more than 15 mins for it, it's just not worth it and the money could have been spent on something much better. I have heard and read better reviews for the coaster Plopsaland built, and they are not as big as Merlin by far. Merlin boast how they are the 2nd largest in the world and how their parks are better than Disney, so why put in a cheap coaster that has no place in a large park? I have seen better theming at Adventure Island. My views on it.

Anyway best not turn this into another Saw topic.

 

[Swat]

You have to book in advance to go to Fright Nights now, Is this new for this year?

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

You have to book in advance to go to Fright Nights now, Is this new for this year?

http://www.thorpepark.com/what_coming_up.php

Due to the extreme popularity of this event, entry to Fright Nights is only available by booking in advance online. Make sure you buy your tickets early to avoid disappointment!

Definitely new and an interesting thing...

Probably due to the issue they had last year where they over-booked on Halloween and couldn't allow any 'on-the-day' into the park, so sent them all to Chessie...

Still they will try and sell up to their capacity, so no difference will actually be seen, just a lot of confusion surrounding annual passes... Probs charge you regardless of if you have one or not since they did for the Annual Pass day :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

NadroJ. shup. Cheers.

Anyway, I think Thorpe will really implement Saw into the fright nights it'll be a definate scare to go on, especially as its a scare now, let alone what it will be halloween, I gotta try get there.

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

^It's scary is it? The only thing what would've made me jump was the shotguns in the queue, but since you hear the click, it didn't...

The theming is lacklustre, there's what, a moving animatronic, a water spray, some axes which were broken when I went on it, and some air cannons on the first set of brakes...

It's not a poor ride by itself by any means, just average and nowhere near the best ride I've ever done...

Literally, all they will do is add a few actors inside... Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, impressive and imersive eh?

Sigh, Thorpe don't make really that much effort to the overall park during Fright Nights anyway, what theming do you see around the park during this time?

Plus I'm now more interested in the whole Pre-book only thing now than how many actors Saw will get... But of course, it's the most over-hyped ride ever, so no-one will care :roll:

 

[Screaming Coasters]

Sooo... What are annual pass holders supposed to do?

I am under the April contract therefor I am allowed in without paying as it doesn't state anywhere that its subject to change.