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We will never hear those beautiful words again.... RED BOAT SIT DOWN PLEASE.

A big shame they didn't finish it this year. Strange decision, the rest of it looks so good! Not sure its been mentioned but Passholder day has been announced for next Sunday 22nd. Hours are 11am-5pm which is a shame as we got 11am-7pm last year. No night rides on passholder day this year.

Shame its closing 1 year before its big 40, and we didn't get a last chance to ride (it definitely said returning 2026 on the queue boards) but budgets have clearly changed and forced it to close. I'm not surprised and do think its the right decision. Its by far the worst rapids in the UK and it's a shadow of its former self. The more recent changes it went through took all the fun it had left out of it, removing the fun soundtrack and changing to dull colours. Last year, it was hardly open anyway so it just isn't worth the resource getting it open anymore. Whats the point in getting it through winter maintenance and ages staff training for the sake of a couple of months. Then when it is open, you have the huge running costs + heavily staffed. I'd rather have the rapids closed than cuts elsewhere on park. My favorite memory hands down is when they added that huge fire hose type water effect near the start of the ride. That didn't last long 🤣 Rumba was always good fun in my early years of visiting Thorpe so sad to see another Thorpe classic close. RIP Rumba ❤️

I know its not exactly a big priority for the Merlin parks but I will never understand how even Six Flags in its bankruptcy era was able to repaint their coasters and yet inferno still looks god awful and they can't even finish a Colossus repaint. Baron 1898 just got a massive refurbishment and repaint and that's half the age of Inferno. I find it incredibly frustrating that they don't mind if their parks look like a dump.

A recent Passholder behind the scenes event confirmed that a new coaster will replace Viking River Splash, which has been closed since 2023(!), and a recent application was put in for its removal. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vYtw4A5HP6n5Bi5wNPT2776TsJx5SDUVr4kPWk2dmVT54ZXu46EjNwitqToXZdWWl&id=61567089908870 It's also said this will extend a nearby land, of which Ninjago would probably make the most sense (and it is a popular Lego IP). Legoland Japan are getting a Ninjago-themed Mack Spinner next year, so don't discount that as an option. Legolands California and Florida recent got indoor coasters from ART Engineering, space-themed, and I think the idea would be great for Windsor. The Chinese Legolands have been getting B&M Junior Inverts too, so a farfetched possibility. Could also be something completely different, especially given the challenging landscape of that area. Also worth noting that all areas will be refurbed in the next 5 years.

3 years later.... Resort area planned for 2027. Will go on some older car park area and where the high ropes course stood. LooopingsToverland wil vakantiepark Ithaka Resort openen in juni 2...Toverland zet vol in op een viersterrenresort met internationale allure. Achter de schermen worden de laatste voorbereidingen getroffen voor de bouw... But that's not all. Blitz Bahn is getting spited at some point for something potentially later this year. LooopingsDetails over vervanger van Maximus' Blitz Bahn in Toverla...We zijn weer iets wijzer geworden over de attractie die Maximus' Blitz Bahn in Toverland gaat vervangen. Het Limburgse themapark neemt binnenkort... And thennnnnnnn the park want to expand the Port Laguna entrance area with a big dark ride and other things. LooopingsNieuwe tekeningen tonen uitbreiding Port Laguna in Toverl...Er zijn nieuwe ontwerpen opgedoken van de uitbreiding van Port Laguna in Toverland. In een openbaar document van de provincie Limburg, over een... Exciting future for the park really.

Lol. Towers has had 60+ min queues on stuff in CBeebies Land. Even bloody Sea-Life and Teacups have had queues. Don't think Lego has been much better. And that has the added plus point of RAP using the Fastrack queueline for 90% of stuff.

No sign of that I'm afraid!

I wish there was news, something big this way comes, the best is a show, unless budgets do come don't stop, flute, flute, flute flute flute