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Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 6:36 pm
by towerslover
Never knew that the branding had been taking down! That's great news, never liked that read really, it had a lot of potential but just didn't work. I agree that an area like Arthur would work brilliantly! Hopefully get a whole area retheme, with a new water ride inside Charlie!

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 7:34 pm
by Dannyski
Hopefully they'll do something like the plans they considered years ago and regenerate the whole area. An indoor/outdoor flume ride would be great, and probably relatively cheap to do.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 4:43 pm
by Burniel
I would totally like to see a smaller Journey to Atlantis there.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:01 pm
by Hari
I just hope they do SOMETHING to it... like honestly. I went on it and it was so bad lol.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:26 pm
by Dan
Hari wrote:I just hope they do SOMETHING to it... like honestly. I went on it and it was so bad lol.
Charlie won't be coming back as Charlie.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 7:29 pm
by CJH
I wasn't thinking today, with the dreamworlds film Trolls featuring at Scarefest this year, would this not be a good IP choice to fill Charlie's spot? It would even fit with cloud cuckoo land or even a newly themed area? Around Dreamworks? Maybe featuring things like How to train your dragon, Shrek, Trolls, etc maybe aimed at 6-12 year olds? Would bring the area upto scratch whilst having an older kids area rather than a kiddies area aimed at same age as CBeebies land?

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:09 pm
by Nickolai
My mum has said she is surprised Merin haven't added a Minecraft ride yet...

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 6:24 pm
by Stan.H
CJH wrote:I wasn't thinking today, with the dreamworlds film Trolls featuring at Scarefest this year, would this not be a good IP choice to fill Charlie's spot? It would even fit with cloud cuckoo land or even a newly themed area? Around Dreamworks? Maybe featuring things like How to train your dragon, Shrek, Trolls, etc maybe aimed at 6-12 year olds? Would bring the area upto scratch whilst having an older kids area rather than a kiddies area aimed at same age as CBeebies land?
It'd be a risky investment for Merlin imo, as this film has only just been released (or soft released) and they don't know if this film has been a success. I do like the sound of a MineCraft ride though, as that is a VERY popular ip; and I can see Merlin being very creative with it and they could do some great theming.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 6:25 pm
by Dom
I hope they do something decent with the ride. Charlie was ok, but it lacked any pizzazz and literally was the Aldi version of Bubbleworks :lol Personally they need to just get rid of every aspect completely and put something better in its place. I do quite like the ideas of a Trolls related IP for one reason only. They have bright colourful hair which is so fabulous.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 6:30 pm
by S.J_O'Grady
Me no likey IPs :no:

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 6:59 pm
by OhShambhala
Dom wrote:I hope they do something decent with the ride. Charlie was ok, but it lacked any pizzazz and literally was the Aldi version of Bubbleworks :lol Personally they need to just get rid of every aspect completely and put something better in its place. I do quite like the ideas of a Trolls related IP for one reason only. They have bright colourful hair which is so fabulous.
Hey there's nothing wrong with Aldi ;)

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:39 am
by TuesdayNightChat
I would personally like to see a revisit to Toyland tours! I think the generations to come need to experience,as it was part of Alton Towers history and was a standout ride for years, adverts and marketing and infamous soundtrack.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:14 pm
by Coaster Control
TuesdayNightChat wrote:I would personally like to see a revisit to Toyland tours! I think the generations to come need to experience,as it was part of Alton Towers history and was a standout ride for years, adverts and marketing and infamous soundtrack.
That would be great! I never got to ride Toyland Tours and I love the soundtrack :D . I personally think that charlie wasn't a very good ride as the actual ride wasn't too long and after the boat segment you had to wait another five minutes to go into a simulator, which wasn't even that good.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:41 pm
by obliviongirl
I am hoping for an original idea to replace Charlie, but chances are it'll be another IP. :no: I preferred Merlin parks when they weren't overrun by Angry Birds, Cbeebies Land and the Penguins of Madagascar...

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:49 pm
by Theo
obliviongirl wrote:I am hoping for an original idea to replace Charlie, but chances are it'll be another IP. :no: I preferred Merlin parks when they weren't overrun by Angry Birds, Cbeebies Land and the Penguins of Madagascar...
Don't forget Ice Age!!! ](*,)

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:37 pm
by S.J_O'Grady
Theo wrote:
obliviongirl wrote:I am hoping for an original idea to replace Charlie, but chances are it'll be another IP. :no: I preferred Merlin parks when they weren't overrun by Angry Birds, Cbeebies Land and the Penguins of Madagascar...
Don't forget Ice Age!!! ](*,)
I'm a Celebrity *cough* Derren Brown *cough* Saw franchise *cough*

IPs don't bother me quite so much when they're something classic that everyone knows, like Charlie or the Alice ride in Blackpool. I just can't stand them when they're clearly just an attempt to attract a specific audience.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 8:53 am
by Themeparksandy1981
IP is the future for Merlin look at all there attractions around the world and how many are IP based. Thorpe park last 3 attractions have been IP based.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:46 pm
by Cobby
I don't know how true this is but I heard a rumour that apparently it was going to be lego themed. Now in some ways I can see this be credible as merlin love ips and already own the rights to lego, however in other ways I cannot because the legoland discovery centre isn't too far away. I find it an interesting one though because lego has already been added to the resort in the form of a shop and this could be the next step. Whatever way though it is a very interesting rumour.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 5:10 pm
by Justin
Cobby wrote:I don't know how true this is but I heard a rumour that apparently it was going to be lego themed. Now in some ways I can see this be credible as merlin love ips and already own the rights to lego, however in other ways I cannot because the legoland discovery centre isn't too far away. I find it an interesting one though because lego has already been added to the resort in the form of a shop and this could be the next step. Whatever way though it is a very interesting rumour.
I very much doubt it would be Lego themed.

Re: The Future Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; The Rid

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 1:45 pm
by theparklifekid
Cobby wrote:I don't know how true this is but I heard a rumour that apparently it was going to be lego themed. Now in some ways I can see this be credible as merlin love ips and already own the rights to lego, however in other ways I cannot because the legoland discovery centre isn't too far away. I find it an interesting one though because lego has already been added to the resort in the form of a shop and this could be the next step. Whatever way though it is a very interesting rumour.
Extremely unlikely to be Lego themed, it would go to Legoland Windsor if it was. Also imagine the public confusion when they hear a new Lego ride is coming, they would mistake it as being located at Legoland Windsor and be angry when they found out its in the wrong place. :lol