Derren Brown's Ghost Train
| Derren Brown's Ghost Train Rise Of The Demon | |
|---|---|
| Thorpe Park | |
| Area | Thorpe Junction |
| Status | Operating |
| Cost | £40,000,000 |
| Opening date | July 8, 2016 |
| Replaced | The Hideaway Arena Chief Ranger's Carousel |
| General statistics | |
| Attraction type | Dark ride - Virtual reality - Live action- Multi-sensory |
| Manufacturer | Intamin, Simworx & Severn Lamb |
| Designer | Merlin Magic Making, Derren Brown. |
| Model | Custom Design |
| Theme | Victorian; post-apocalyptic |
| Music | IMAscore |
| Site area | 2,306 m2 (24,820 sq ft) |
| Vehicle type | Train |
| Vehicles | 3 |
| Riders per vehicle | 58 |
| Rows | 2 |
| Riders per row | 29 |
| Duration | 13-15 minutes |
| Height restriction | 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) |
 Fastrack currently unavailable |
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 Wheelchair accessible |
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train Rise Of The Demon is a dark ride at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. The attraction incorporates virtual reality, motion simulation and illusions designed in collaboration with British mentalist Derren Brown. It is themed as an abandoned Victorian train depot and opened in July 2016.
From 1983, Thorpe Park featured the large haunted dark ride Phantom Fantasia, created by famous UK attraction design company of the time Sparks Creative Services. It featured an animatronic hunchback swinging from a bone chandelier, life sized vampire bats, a working torture chamber, Henry VIII having his wife beheaded, a wizard brewing a potion, a ballroom full of waltzing zombies, and a band of skeleton musicians. The ride was re-themed to Wicked Witches Haunt in 1994. The ride was destroyed by fire in 2000, and Thorpe Park was left without a ghost train until 2015.
Derren Brown's Ghost Train was first teased on 8 July 2015 after three years in the planning stage, during which it was referred to as 'WC16'.
Merlin Magic Making, the creative division of Merlin Entertainments, designed the attraction in conjunction with Derren Brown's team. The ride was produced as a Simworx simulated dark ride, while the virtual reality content & delivery was by Figment Productions. Severn Lamb and Intamin engineered the transit system that takes riders from one scene to another within the building. Scenic design for the ride was produced by Birmingham-based studio Scruffy Dog Ltd and the music produced by IMA Score in Germany.
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