Wicker Man - General Discussion
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Cannot wait to hear the bad boy whilst in the queue! Definitely going to create the mysterious atmosphere before the ride!
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I really can't wait for this ride, hopefully this soundtrack is great as I'm expecting a long wait when I go on easter monday hahaha.
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I’ve seen the TV advert 4/5 times now, no on ride footage but just the usual tacked onto the end of the AT Resort adRobHand wrote:Just over two weeks left until supposed opening day (unconfirmed I know)... and still no TV advert.
Is this normal? seems a like it will be cutting it a bit short... right?
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The advert (adverts if you count the Merlin Annual Pass one) released so far is not the offical 2018 Alton Towers advert, The adverts we've seen so far this year are for the MAP's and Hotels.Phild94 wrote:I’ve seen the TV advert 4/5 times now, no on ride footage but just the usual tacked onto the end of the AT Resort adRobHand wrote:Just over two weeks left until supposed opening day (unconfirmed I know)... and still no TV advert.
Is this normal? seems a like it will be cutting it a bit short... right?
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I’ve seen this advert tacked onto the end of the AT Resort adverts several timesBert2theSpark wrote:The advert (adverts if you count the Merlin Annual Pass one) released so far is not the offical 2018 Alton Towers advert, The adverts we've seen so far this year are for the MAP's and Hotels.Phild94 wrote:I’ve seen the TV advert 4/5 times now, no on ride footage but just the usual tacked onto the end of the AT Resort adRobHand wrote:Just over two weeks left until supposed opening day (unconfirmed I know)... and still no TV advert.
Is this normal? seems a like it will be cutting it a bit short... right?
- TheBeornen
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They've been filming on site outside the ride, I believe we are waiting on an advert more like this.Phild94 wrote:I’ve seen this advert tacked onto the end of the AT Resort adverts several timesBert2theSpark wrote:The advert (adverts if you count the Merlin Annual Pass one) released so far is not the offical 2018 Alton Towers advert, The adverts we've seen so far this year are for the MAP's and Hotels.Phild94 wrote:
I’ve seen the TV advert 4/5 times now, no on ride footage but just the usual tacked onto the end of the AT Resort ad
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Yeah I know we’re waiting for a full TV SlotTheBeornen wrote:They've been filming on site outside the ride, I believe we are waiting on an advert more like this.Phild94 wrote:I’ve seen this advert tacked onto the end of the AT Resort adverts several timesBert2theSpark wrote: The advert (adverts if you count the Merlin Annual Pass one) released so far is not the offical 2018 Alton Towers advert, The adverts we've seen so far this year are for the MAP's and Hotels.
I was just saying that they haven’t neglected promotion totally as they have used the mini-slot at the end of their usual resort advert
EDIT: Looking at the upload date on that video it was only 1 week before The Smiler opened
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Yeah I'm guessing next week will be when things begin to ramp up, with the press event coming up and I'm guessing we'll have the morning TV shows with their first looks either the week before or the week of opening.Phild94 wrote:Yeah I know we’re waiting for a full TV SlotTheBeornen wrote:They've been filming on site outside the ride, I believe we are waiting on an advert more like this.Phild94 wrote:
I’ve seen this advert tacked onto the end of the AT Resort adverts several times
I was just saying that they haven’t neglected promotion totally as they have used the mini-slot at the end of their usual resort advert
EDIT: Looking at the upload date on that video it was only 1 week before The Smiler opened
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So what you're saying is that Galactica is a joke? /sTom170499 wrote:The Galactica advert was released on April 1st so it could be anytime really.
Just kidding I actually enjoy the theme of the ride.
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You said it, not me :lolTheBeornen wrote:So what you're saying is that Galactica is a joke? /sTom170499 wrote:The Galactica advert was released on April 1st so it could be anytime really.
Just kidding I actually enjoy the theme of the ride.
Seriously though, my point is not to worry about when the official advert will go out. Enough people know about the ride. It’s been on ITV, BBC, it’s all over Facebook, even TheLadBible did a fairly accurate video about it without mentioning anything to do with The Smiler. So really, the advert isn’t needed but it will be nice to see it soon.
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Speaking of marketing there's been nothing over here in Ireland for the Wicker Man outside of social media (which is biased as I follow both Towers and TT) but for The Smiler there was TV ads and posters/images on buses and papers etc this close to opening. It's very strange and maybe the goal of the Towers to only spend the budget if its a success. Outside of people I know who keep updated on this kind of thing no one else knows of it.
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'I News' has posted an article the other day (with lots of inaccurate facts :lol ) focusing on Wicker Man and Icon which are both opening this year.
Read it here... https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/uk-theme-pa ... rcoasters/
Read it here... https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/uk-theme-pa ... rcoasters/
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I haven't seen anything at all either, in terms for advertising outside of social media and theme park forums (I do live in Scotland though, so that may be a reason why). Only thing I can think of is the thing they did with the cage down in London to promote it... wasn't that round October?? Hopefully at some point we will see the TV advert, and I'd really like Wicker Man crisps to be sold somewhere near me, though I'm not holding my hopes up on that.TheDuke wrote:Speaking of marketing there's been nothing over here in Ireland for the Wicker Man outside of social media (which is biased as I follow both Towers and TT) but for The Smiler there was TV ads and posters/images on buses and papers etc this close to opening. It's very strange and maybe the goal of the Towers to only spend the budget if its a success. Outside of people I know who keep updated on this kind of thing no one else knows of it.