Leaderboard

I think the investment needs to be taken with a bit of context. Thorpe do have a decent range of coasters for a park of their size. Not perfect, and in this day, not as varied as others, but still decent. Around 2014 (when planning for Ghost Train was in full swing), plenty of people were crying out for something different. And Thorpe needed a dark ride. It was still a huge risk to opt for a dark ride over a coaster, and one that in hindsight really hasn't paid off. But at the same time, when this was announced and being constructed, the overwhelming majority thought it was a good idea. The issue isn't that Thorpe didn't build a coaster, the issue is that they built the wrong dark ride.

Ahahaha. Tbh, I personally think Sub-terra was better... Despite costing so much less and taking up a much much smaller amount of space

And we all know the clear winner there.

Frankly it's impossible to see it - or any VR attraction - operating for the foreseeable future, so yes, it will be SBNO. After the Derren contract is up, who knows, but there's no such thing as being to young/new to be SBNO.

I remember the period of around 2013-2015 where all Thorpe fans banged on about was Thorpe getting a dark ride. Josh C nailed it, they just got the wrong dark ride. I look at rides like Gruffalo, Wallace and Gromit, Symoblica and wonder why they hell we didn't get something on that level.

The layout is done and theming is continuing. In this photo you can also see the completed Disko: (photo by Mirek Stecyk)

It is a grave shame the park didn't just build a freespin or a Raptor with that money. Also lets not forget Wildfire cost less than this.