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Always the case, if anyones seen drone footage/ monks walk updates. Every year, Nov-Jan nothing happens. Even fright nights stuff is left out until January at least….. if they started the second they closed, they would be finished by now and could undertake other tasks. always wonder why they just don’t go round painting things over closed season such as queue like fences . Doesn’t need to take long or need a specialist team..

I think it's worth remembering that every year, everything is always last minute. Whether that's the park making the most of every second of closed season, or just poor planning, is debatable. But that's always how it is. Storm Eunice has probably thrown in extra challenges, delayed some things and thrown schedules off. We've seen that with Chessington and Towers already. But even then, it does feel a bit shoddy. Watching through Jack's video and the park's other official videos, it seems as if: -High Striker! is "coming soon" -The Playground is "coming in the Spring" -We need to "watch this space" for the toilet refurb in the Lower Dome PLUS -Damage to Dodgems taking longer to repair (not the park's fault, I hasten to add, but another thing) -We *might* have plain white boards around Old Town still -An unknown surrounding any work in Vibes That's a lot of things being done still when the park is opening for passholders, as well as a buyout day. I'm sympathetic and understanding surrounding the issues that will have come up from Storm Eunice. But at the same time, it's a poor introductory look for the park from a brutally honest view.

Yes "last minute" certainly feels the order of the day. Agree that Kieran didn't want to / wasn't allowed to show some bits. Can't see why you can't show the Dodgems roof though in detail, at least it proves what they are saying if you see what I mean, it's not as if it's their fault. Appreciate you could see it a bit in the background but still. I had no idea passholder day is tomorrow. Wow. That's the definition of last minute. The MAP group might make interesting reading! Playground, toilets - ready for "the spring" - why couldn't work on those start in December? It's almost as if they don't know what budget they are getting until the last minute and then panic to do things. I like those new queue boards though, so that's nice.

If we are talking quality I feel Energylandia has the stronger coaster selection than say Liseberg. Both parks have a main trio of thrill coasters and then in Lisebergs case a supporting family coaster in Banen. Energylandia has Formula and RMF Dragon as support to its trio. Then lets look at each trio. "Third wheel of the trio" - Not much in this one but thrill wise I would say Abyssus is better quality than Valkyria "Secondary coaster" - This is an easy one. Balder is a good fun woody but Hyperion is a different level. Brilliant hyper "Star coaster" - Do I REALLY need to answer this one?? Zadra is ten times better than what Helix is and I'm hard pressed to find anyone who would disagree from an unbalanced standpoint. That takes nothing away from Helix. Its just that Zadra is one of it not the best coasters on the entire planet. So yeah all in all I'd say for coaster selection, Energylandia is Europes best park followed by Phantasia if we are talking strength of coasters.

On the whole (excluding that Gruffalo fencing you mention) the park looks the best it has done in YEARS. I'm glad they've not used what should happen anyway as some marketing fad like the Towers Loving Care updates a few years back. This sort of stuff should JUST HAPPEN! Shame I'm still not optimistic for this to be kept well and touched up annually. so let's enjoy the freshness while we can.

We have another resort update: https://fb.watch/bP70P-s8x_/ Really nice video; tone of it is *justttt right*. Key updates of things not known: -The addition of a playground by Depth Charge, called The Playground -The removal of Wet Wet Wet -The refurbishment of the toilets in the Lower Dome -New queue boards and an improved queue system. Some nice additions. A playground by Depth Charge is a bit full circle, given there used to be one there up till like 2008/9. Ultimately it's a harmless addition which will give the younger guests something extra to do, but it does once again highlight the ever see-sawing nature of the park. Also, slightly grumble. Loads of things are coming soon. High Striker, The Playground and a toilet refurb not ready at start of season. That's a lot of things not ready that really should be. I'm sympathetic that there's been storms which have delayed work. But really, it's a bit poor to have so many things not ready.