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It’s good they’re staying on top of Cebeebies land with new stuff now and then. It’s up there with the best of the kids lands in the UK. Horizon is well and truly shelved isn’t it

http://www.instagram.com/p/DDze8PdtZIn/?igsh=c3I4cnJrbjh1bXVz Sod using links to that awful social media cesspit these days. Get some alternative embeds in lads. New kiddie/junior coaster being looked at for 2026. Good for cred whores (especially ones like me who now won't look dodgy when waiting for it), bad for those who wanted to go on Project Horizon.

aye, do, do, do, do, do, and the dancing oneeeeeeeeeee click click click click click, let me out of here, click click click click click, ha ha ha ha ha ha, click click click click click, AND NOW IT'S ON THE PEAKY BLOINDERS, click click click click click, chhhhhhhhhhhhh door, click click click click click, aaaarrrgh!

Going once, twice, 10 times and SOLD, auction has finished and there's money in the (paint) pot. That track is a right bobby dazzler. Orange? No, just rust.

sparkle might not be afforded, so names are new and cheap, and what is old is new again, half of 10 is fresh, half of 10 is hello, delivering the food, one day bombombombombombombombombombombombombombom where's the bom bom?

It can be somewhat awkward trying to plan/book trips over the winter. Some parks won't have fully finalised or released their opening hours, tickets, etc, others may not have transport links confirmed. I'm not saying that's the case here (I haven't used the Shuttle Bus), but it will be something to keep in mind if you're booking stuff now.

Just coming back to this thread now having booked the interrail passes for my group last night! I'm getting quite excited now! Does anyone have information on the shuttle bus that runs from Lyon to Walibi Rhone-Alpes? The walibi.fr website says that there is one that runs Tuesday-Thursday, but when I press on the booking section it says there are no tickets avaliable for whatever day I press. I've also found a tripadvisor page for the bus company that runs the shuttle but the link on their website takes me to the same booking one that the Walibi site takes me to (which looks like it hasn't been updated since the parks halloween event). Also, do any of you on here know anything about the GuestHouse Hotel in Kaatsheuvel for when we're going to Efteling. I've been looking at their BunkHouse Room 4 + Efteling Package Large deal (3 nights in a 4 person room as well as 2 days Efteling entry included) for the dates we're going to be there and it's cheaper than any other near by accomodation with the Guesthotel price of £69 a night per person also including the 2 theme park tickets per person with all the other local accomodation doesn't include. I'm always slightly sceptical of almost too good deals like this seems to be so was wondering if anyone has stayed there and can let me know if there is maybe some kind of catch that comes with all of it?

I like the skyline addition. It looks cool and adds a bit of extra recognisability to it. I don't think it's going to be a "part" of the logo, in that I don't see it being plastered everywhere. I expect they're fully sticking with the minimalistic logo. However, it's a nice graphic to include, which will become a part of the brand, and over time, become recognisable and synonymous with the park itself.

It's weird as the marketing team has been largely consistent for a number of years. In fact, I think it's pretty much the exact same team as the ones who made the decision to drop areas. My point being: it's not like 7-8 years ago where we were in a marketing carousel which chopped and changed every year. Thing is, if you're doing themed areas, you need to go quite far with them. You can't half-heart it, or pick and choose where on park you do it. And it's very hard (and not to mention, uncommon) for a park to switch from non-themed to themed areas. When parks do it, it's a long, slow process (Walibi Belgium is a good example of this). But yeah, with this map, we've got multiple parts of the park which aren't themed areas. Depth Charge, Beach and the Arena space are in No Man's Land. So too is Ghost Train and Walking Dead. Saw and Samurai's land is...Saw And Samurai. I wonder if they've just added it as a test to see what would happen, what the reaction might be, etc. Frankly, I don't care even way at this point if Thorpe go with themed areas or not. Just pick a lane and be consistent with it.

The one thing I've noticed is that Saw Island is simply known as "Saw - The Ride and Samurai" which isn't a very good area name. It's just two rides put together by the sounds of it.

Ah, we're back to that point in the Thorpe branding cycle.

It actually kinda annoys me, last season they were saying that land names were pointless because there are no defined entrance portals and then at the same time create big easy boulevard and fearless valley. I genuinely would be happy if in 2025 they have entrance portals located at points in the park. Even as simple as the rainforest at Chessington. No name for the ghost train area, but makes sense as it looks like they are saving the slammer area for when they knock ghost train down and have a big area to use

It seems that the logo has been added to somewhat. This has made an appearance on a lot of the social media posts and marketing emails over the past couple of weeks. I have to say I’m not sure this is a step in the right direction. I know the logo has been controversial, but this busy new animated park skyline element sat on top of the existing logo doesn’t fit in with the new sleek and minimal branding. It feels a bit like an addition that’s been made as an afterthought, by someone other than the original designers of the branding. I think it’s a bit of a shame that the brand overall is already becoming muddy after just one year, and it’s being strayed from quite a lot, even with something as important as the logo. Aside from that, I’m not sure what on earth they were thinking by having this as their app icon instead of the “Thorpe” text that was there before This really bears no resemblance to the park or the brand at all. Nowhere in the branding is this standalone T referred to at all, and it isn’t an icon that’s used anywhere to symbolise Thorpe Park. imagine a brand like British Airways having this as their app icon… Ridiculous. If it’s iconic enough, like Virgin’s red V or easyJet’s lowercase orange e for example, that’s great - but BA’s B, and certainly Thorpe’s T, aren’t. Again, I think the idea behind the new TP brand design has been lost a little. I know it was controversial, but this can’t be what the designers had in mind at all. We now seem to have quite a messy crossover between the sleek and colourful branding, and efforts made by others since it was designed. I think the logo text was deliberately simple, and was always supposed to be either intertwined with the squiggly bits as shown in the reveal videos, or overlayed directly on to bold images as shown on the sample posters.

After being retired, reinstated, retired, and reinstated again, the recently retired area names have been reinstated on the map on the app. I wonder how long this will last before they are retired. Interestingly ‘The Jungle’ name has been retired, and the previously retired ‘Calypso Quay’ name has been reinstated.

Are you saying several billion for a Loggers Leap boat isn't worth it?

Prices seem a bit more "normal" now. People really are idiots though.

Auction went live yesterday. People learnt that, because you didn't need credit/debit card details, you could inflate the prices forever with a couple of accounts.. Thorpe are deleting obvious stupid bids, but it's a shame that they couldn't find a way to have stopped such shenanigans...

I think the main issue with Blade and Flávio’s going is that it makes an already thinned out lineup for the middle ground family audience even thinner. In my view, it’s not really a flat ride issue, as we have got the Top Spin coming next year which somewhat counteracts Blade’s removal, but instead more of a middle ground whole family ride issue. The Blade was a key stalwart of Alton Towers’ middle ground family lineup, so with that gone, an already squeezed demographic is taking even more of a hit.

Please don't say such things 😥 The only thing I want them to tack on is a proper fence around the "landscaping".

They gotta pay for that Minecraft license somehow. And whatever nonsense they decide to tack onto Hyperia next year.

Weird one isn't it. On the one hand, it's Thorpe's stuff, they're selling it, so they have no need to donate any money to charity. No one bats an eyelid when Towers or Blackpool or any other park sells off old ride parts / signs for complete profit. On the other hand, it's an auction. The money they could make is quite literally limitless. They could have just set these as limited edition, first-come-first-serve items at a set price, and told people to suck it up. It's smart they haven't gone down that route. But y'know, they could have given more to charity. At the same time, the charity is Merlin's Magic Wand, so it's still all going to Merlin one way or another really. Will be very interesting to see how much some of that goes for...

I absolutely love the Inferno, Stealth and Colossus carnival posters - but alas, I am poor. As much as I'd love all the proceeds to go to charity, to be fair I don't think that should be an expectation - other businesses sell their unused stuff and it isn't expected of them.

I thought that was very telling. 20% is very poor

Pricing is inconsistent but why does it matter when everything will be in the £1000s Only 20% for charity? are they really that struggling for money?

You sure you don't have £600 (starting bid) for an old Loggers boat? http://thorpepark.com/auction