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Rocky was still there when I visited on Sunday, untouched and looking very sorry for itself indeed. I think Thorpe should be looking to spend the few hundred thousand pounds it'll cost to rebrand on more pressing issues to be honest... I concur with comments above re: Swarm station. Who would have thought that having a station made mostly of wood, exposed to the elements, would start to rot....? SO much graffiti in the queue lines on Sunday, but appreciate it's end of season. The handrail on the far side of the station was completely hanging off the wall too. Suffice to say, the steel beams in the station that were once cladded and themed, are still bare, despite noises about them being returned to their previous theming. Rush has a section of queue line fencing removed and replaced with temporary barriers - and spotted near the ops booth, some subsidence as the brickwork floor has caved in/sunk. Still at least the new Tidal Wave effec.... oh.

I was certain post of the year was mine too. 😔

The most upsetting thing is that I wrote that, as Steve is my alias, and I have not yet had one call. Is it worth complaining to Guest Services?

I can't help but feel sad about Nemesis closing either, even though its reopening. To me everything about the ride/area is perfect. It runs the best it ever has and is the consistently the biggest queue eater on park. I'm glad merlin have invested in its future, I just hope too much isn't changed and it runs as intensely as it does, the hulk retrack does give me hope. Sad I couldn't make it over there for one final night ride on Sunday, but I'm glad Towers made a decent effort to give it a good send off and so many people turned up. The atmosphere looked amazing.

As a genuine question here, what is the park's current brand identity? Because I honestly could not say, and don't think Thorpe could give you a straight answer either!

Massive shake up time for my top 10’s Coasters: 1/ Steel Vengeance 2/ Veloci-coaster (IOA) 3/ Zadra 4/ Mako 5/ Iron Gwazi 6/ Taron 7/ Oziris 8/ Hyperion 9/ Nemesis 10/ Wodan Dark Rides: 1/ Tower Of Terror (WDW HS) 2/ Rise Of The Resistance (WDW HS) 3/ Forbidden Journey 4/ Symbolica 5/ Amazing Adventures Of Spiderman 6/ Pirates Of The Caribbean (DLRP) 7/ Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway 8/ Avatar Flight Of Passage 9/ Fata Morgana (Efteling) 10/ Dinosaur Water Rides: 1/ Chiapas 2/ Popeye IOA 3/ Splash Mountain 4/ JP River Adventure 5/ River Quest 6/ De Vlieglande Hollander 7/ Fjord Rafting 8/ Tidal Wave 9/ Kali River Rapids 10/ Journey To Atlantis Parks: 1/ Europa Park 2/ Universal Orlando 3/ Cedar Point 4/ Animal Kingdom 5/ Phantasialand 6/ Energylandia 7/ Hollywood Studios 8/ Epcot 9/ Efteling 10/ Alton Towers