MackMan
Mega Poster
17/06/2021 was my first coaster day of the year. It was a long one in the making
So first off, the park has a solid coaster lineup. It does lack a true headliner, but Inferno in the back row is by far my favourite, and the ride ages like fine wine. My friend had an exemption, which meant we got 4 back row rides on Inferno, and it was great in the morning, and absolutely amazing by the late afternoon. I honestly believe Inferno is top 5 worthy in the UK (at Number 5, but still).
Stealth and Swarm are also good rides that have their fans, and i am generally lukewarm on Saw and Colossus. Colossus seemed to beat me to death.
This was my first experience of Black Mirror, and i am gonna spill every thought out of my brain for this review.
Before this opened, i was a huge naysayer. Dubbing it as another walkthrough attraction that would last a few years and become completely irrelevant. A novelty that will not contribute anything in the long term for this park.
I found the whole identfication with taking your picture and name as a little weird. It was cool at points, especially with our small group of 2. Though honestly i do believe it wasn't essential to the experience. Just kinda eh. I believe in the future it will just be scrapped, as it is really just kind of a gimmick.
The main experience is fine. Finding the way out was fun to do, it was very confusing at points with plenty of dead ends. The theming is lacklustre and meh, and so is the whole feel of the attraction. I believe the theme is just drab, more doom and 'ESCAPE NOW' bullcrap. I believe it is a complete 'one and done'.
Interestingly a lot of the public around me seemed to dislike it or find it weird or boring. My best friend summed it up as 'that was just pure shi**'.
I think the attraction would work well as a good seasonal attraction/maze with actors! But as a full-term experience during non-halloween, it really just comes across as try-hard and depressing. A lot of the public seem equally puzzled with why this thing exists more than they find the actual labyrinth puzzling..
Honestly Thorpe is a park that is crying out for an actual new ride, a flat ride, a new roller coaster, a proper dark ride. This is just, a low throughput low cost investment with little regard to the long term.
The IP does not even feel all that relevant.. The preshow seems to have something to do with technology? I do not watch Black Mirror, but did this attraction really need the IP, or is the IP just part of the 'new merlin addition contract'? I have not seen Black Mirror, but i doubt this maze sells it. It seems hugely disconnected from its IP..
On the upside, the booking system was easy to understand and stress-free, and the actual maze did make me feel lost at points. Though other than that, Black Mirror is a labyrinth of mediocrity.
So first off, the park has a solid coaster lineup. It does lack a true headliner, but Inferno in the back row is by far my favourite, and the ride ages like fine wine. My friend had an exemption, which meant we got 4 back row rides on Inferno, and it was great in the morning, and absolutely amazing by the late afternoon. I honestly believe Inferno is top 5 worthy in the UK (at Number 5, but still).
Stealth and Swarm are also good rides that have their fans, and i am generally lukewarm on Saw and Colossus. Colossus seemed to beat me to death.
This was my first experience of Black Mirror, and i am gonna spill every thought out of my brain for this review.
Before this opened, i was a huge naysayer. Dubbing it as another walkthrough attraction that would last a few years and become completely irrelevant. A novelty that will not contribute anything in the long term for this park.
I found the whole identfication with taking your picture and name as a little weird. It was cool at points, especially with our small group of 2. Though honestly i do believe it wasn't essential to the experience. Just kinda eh. I believe in the future it will just be scrapped, as it is really just kind of a gimmick.
The main experience is fine. Finding the way out was fun to do, it was very confusing at points with plenty of dead ends. The theming is lacklustre and meh, and so is the whole feel of the attraction. I believe the theme is just drab, more doom and 'ESCAPE NOW' bullcrap. I believe it is a complete 'one and done'.
Interestingly a lot of the public around me seemed to dislike it or find it weird or boring. My best friend summed it up as 'that was just pure shi**'.
I think the attraction would work well as a good seasonal attraction/maze with actors! But as a full-term experience during non-halloween, it really just comes across as try-hard and depressing. A lot of the public seem equally puzzled with why this thing exists more than they find the actual labyrinth puzzling..
Honestly Thorpe is a park that is crying out for an actual new ride, a flat ride, a new roller coaster, a proper dark ride. This is just, a low throughput low cost investment with little regard to the long term.
The IP does not even feel all that relevant.. The preshow seems to have something to do with technology? I do not watch Black Mirror, but did this attraction really need the IP, or is the IP just part of the 'new merlin addition contract'? I have not seen Black Mirror, but i doubt this maze sells it. It seems hugely disconnected from its IP..
On the upside, the booking system was easy to understand and stress-free, and the actual maze did make me feel lost at points. Though other than that, Black Mirror is a labyrinth of mediocrity.
