I think the vague storyline hillbillies were too busy riding Storm Surge to even remotely care about the theming! Maybe the lack of not-advised theming plays a part there?

:P

...an area known as Monk's Walk, an old footpath that has linked the ruins of nearby Chertsey Abbey to Thorpe Church since AD666. The ride's foundations would have been over 15 metres deep in an area of the park where stone coffins have previously been excavated.

:shock: Err... WHAT? It's an ex gravel pit FFS!

:no: Even Morewonga wouldn't stoop that low. This reeks of Mandyland. #-o

Ride construction delayed because it was built on the site of an ancient burial ground? I have the strangest Déjà vu...

What I think people forget is, the only purpose of these kinds of story's is to spread the word. It is free advertisement for the new ride.

That is it's only job. It is nothing to do with the theme, it's simply to get the ride mentioned in the press.

The more absurd the better, just means more papers will pick it up!

That's kinda how marketing works... As long as these stories are making it into the press, they will continue. :wink:

[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354393/Thorpe-Park-bosses-Storm-Surge-ride-workers-ghost-headless-monk.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -monk.html[/url]

Hate to say it but this 'haunting' certainly intrigues me even though I certainly doubt that an old Monk's footpath still exists around Thorpe Park. The quarry must have been around for quite some time though but certainly not much further than the Edwardian era, so there is a possibility there, I guess (Actually when did the area become a gravel pit/quarry? It never says!). It would be useful to see the location of this Monks Walk especially if Thorpe Bleurgh Storm Surge was meant for another area.

I think I may have taken this article a bit too seriously :P

"Rowe" wrote:

I think I may have taken this article a bit too seriously :P

I think you may have mate. :lol:

Of all the parks in the Uk that could claim to be haunted (and don't even get me started on that), Thorpe is at the very bottom of the probability list.

I'm calling BS on this one.

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OK, a quick google reveals there is indeed a "Monk's Walk" in the area, but it seems to run past the park, not through it.
[url=http://www.egyouth.fsnet.co.uk/romanegham/theroad.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]http://www.egyouth.fsnet.co.uk/romanegham/theroad.htm[/url]

"DiogoJ42""][quote=""Rowe" wrote:

I think I may have taken this article a bit too seriously :P

I think you may have mate. :lol:

Of all the parks in the Uk that could claim to be haunted (and don't even get me started on that), Thorpe is at the very bottom of the probability list.[/quote]

Oh no no, I don't believe that Meh Park is haunted. I just want to look further into this 'Monks Walk' alongside Chertsey Abbey and Thorpe Church (if I can find anything on that, because all I can see is St Marys), seeing as this supernatural stuff is more or less an interest of mine.

Interesting? Yes. A good story? yes. But true? :hano: Pfffff...
(by the way, anyone else notice the Daily Fail are claiming TP moved the ride to avoid ghosts? ](*,) )

Considering the whole site was dug out years ago for gravel they have done well to find the archeology

Woke up today to find this was sent to me in an email :P

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=156061901

Now read through this and tell me any part of it that isnt a complete copy of th13teen? :P haha

The fact that they saw orbs and ghosts and have pics of them isnt a good idea.. wheres the pics thorpe? ;)

I was laughing for a good 10 minuets after reading this :P

Brett x

LOL @

[url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20110207/tuk-bosses-move-haunted-theme-park-ride-45dbed5.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20110207/tuk ... dbed5.html[/url]

I can accept that they want to get into the papers, but at least could they come up with some decent ideas? This is pathetic and shows they can't even put effort into their marketing. Don't stoop that low, Thorpe.

Although I did find this quite funny... http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s1i91018

Ghost train?!?!? And Storm Surge is only 4ft high?!?!?
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

](*,)

Complete failure, really not happy with it.

"monsterdan5" wrote:

Complete failure, really not happy with it.

Complete failure in the sense that the story is nonsense, unoriginal and stupid.

Complete success in the sense that it's getting attention, people are talking about it and it's easy advertising. A friend of mine read about it in the paper and said "Oh, didn't know they were getting a new ride, I wouldn't mind going back for it."

As much as we moan about it, all it's doing is bringing in extra customers and making people aware of the new ride and so long as that keeps working, unfortunately we're going to be getting a lot of crap like it.

It's just another point on the ever growing list of reasons to hate Merlin, if you ask me.