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An announcement is heard on the speakers asking riders to report any suspicious activity to a member of staff, followed by the iconic phrase ‘See it, Say it, Sorted.’ being announced. Guests disembark the train and exit into a gift shop where a surprise final scene takes place, involving live actors,
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hanging from the ceiling. Riders enter into St. Giles’ Chapel where Tripis & Thogs provide information about the chapel, the different members of the believers and what they said to summon death. This is followed by a disturbing sequence of events where the two conductors get possessed by death,
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Underground 1995 Stock train. The following show scene originally involved live actors, an animated train crash and smoke screen projection effect, before
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Riders put the headsets back on and the carriage appears to move again. This second VR sequence involves the train and its passengers appearing to be attacked by a demon. Guests appear to fall out of the train, plummeting through a huge hole into a fiery Hell and into the mouth of the demon.
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projection of Derren Brown speaking, as he delivers a presentation on the concept of fear as entertainment. Guests then proceed to the main station room where a
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which ended horribly, killing them. Then, Angelis offers guests a choice to leave or take the last train. The windows on each side of the room slam shut, one by one as a
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416:Ghost Train's Opening
374:Merlin Entertainments
302:Wheelchair accessible
228:North Eastern Railway
104:26 May 2023
94:8 July 2016
1198:Wicked Witches Haunt
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219:750 riders per hour
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1239:Terror Tomb
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963:Pirates 4-D
932:Ghost Train
785:Storm Surge
775:Flying Fish
761:Thorpe Park
627:23 February
594:23 February
385:Severn Lamb
354:Ghost Train
330:Thorpe Park
322:Ghost Train
194:Ghost train
150:Live action
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36:Ghost Train
1305:Dark rides
1294:Categories
1203:Black Hole
1044:Dark rides
883:The Jungle
790:Tidal Wave
589:SurreyLive
570:References
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108:2023-05-26
98:2016-07-08
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874:The Swarm
799:Lost City
622:1357-0978
523:jumpscare
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378:mentalist
326:dark ride
208:Site area
146:Dark ride
78:Operating
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1081:Valhalla
1002:Category
972:See also
830:Old Town
806:Colossus
614:Wired UK
563:HTC Vive
557:See also
472:HTC Vive
280:Duration
240:Vehicles
216:Capacity
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403:pence
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324:is a
200:Music
186:Death
178:Theme
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