Dickens Theme Park
Apr 13th, 2007, 09:40 AM
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Dickens Theme Park
What's the real story with this? Is it a recreation of Dickens' London or Disneylike theme park with rides?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_arts_dickens
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_arts_dickens
Apr 14th, 2007, 03:33 AM
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Terry Pratchett World might be quite fun, with the right sort of imagination behind it.
For a very specialised sort of taste, Ivy Compton Burnett World might be quite the thing. It would settle all those arguments about "high tea".
For a very specialised sort of taste, Ivy Compton Burnett World might be quite the thing. It would settle all those arguments about "high tea".
Apr 15th, 2007, 04:10 AM
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..though I hear tell that Orwell World has first refusal on Room 101 there.
That could be fun. As you pass through the lobby, stentorian Aunt-voices freeze the marrow with cries of "BERTIE!!!!", and as you reach the first floor, Big Brother appears on a screen and calls everyone to surround the tourists in white shoes for a Two Minutes' Hate. After which you stumble in confusion into Room 101, where there's an elaborate head-cage contraption and a sinister scratching from the cupboard in the corner...
That could be fun. As you pass through the lobby, stentorian Aunt-voices freeze the marrow with cries of "BERTIE!!!!", and as you reach the first floor, Big Brother appears on a screen and calls everyone to surround the tourists in white shoes for a Two Minutes' Hate. After which you stumble in confusion into Room 101, where there's an elaborate head-cage contraption and a sinister scratching from the cupboard in the corner...
Apr 17th, 2007, 06:48 AM
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You could throw bread rolls in the Drones experience, attempt to steal the cow creamer, avoid marrying Madeleine Basset and then sit down with soup to nuts at Anatole's restaurant.
Then have a bet on the great sermon handicap.
Then have a bet on the great sermon handicap.
Apr 18th, 2007, 09:32 AM
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Whaddayaknow, there's some more info about the Dickens Theme Park here:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departme...059804,00.html
Still sounds dire. And no Bleak House - wot, no spontaneous combustion?
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departme...059804,00.html
Still sounds dire. And no Bleak House - wot, no spontaneous combustion?
