MattyMoo

It's gonna be called SLKSTN The Ride, what with having EAsTeR eGgS all over the park for him, they may as well take it one step further and give him his own ride 😍Shane Sandwich is going to erect Rocky Express in his back garden, that's the latest I've heard 🤫

I will not be contempt until I see JK SLKSTN in a neon Thorpe branded T-shirt riding a wrecking ball into Loggers Leap shouting “EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS…” 1000 times.
I hope Shane Sandwich gets first dibs on the obsolete signage. 

This is all very well but we are straying from the elephant in the room - is Rocky Express coming back for 2023 or not?

Either that or part of  Derren replacement. 

They really are cracking through things, and good to see Rocky being kept safe for it's retheme to fit in with Exodus.

On the plus side, good to see Smiler getting some repainting in the indoor queueline and exit.

They really are cracking through things, and good to see Rocky being kept safe for it's retheme to fit in with Exodus.

They really are cracking through things, and good to see Rocky being kept safe for it's retheme to fit in with Exodus.

This is all very well but we are straying from the elephant in the room - is Rocky Express coming back for 2023 or not?

Still on the website, once it's gone from there that's the final nail in the coffin.
 
Edit to say - looking at the replies to that Twitter post, it really has been an unreliable mess of a ride attraction experience, innit? Shout out to the time we lost an hour and a half to Dezza after queuing and then getting stuck in between stations mid-ride.

Still on the website, once it's gone from there that's the final nail in the coffin.
 
Edit to say - looking at the replies to that Twitter post, it really has been an unreliable mess of a ride attraction experience, innit? Shout out to the time we lost an hour and a half to Dezza after queuing and then getting stuck in between stations mid-ride.

Rocky Express is not going to reopen at Alton Towers, or anywhere. 

It would appear as though Derren Brown’s Ghost Train may have reached the end of the line after 6 years of operation, as all references to it have been removed from the Thorpe Park app:
I’m quite surprised that DBGT has met its end this early, if it is going, but I guess the signs were there at the end of 2022, what with the construction work happening in the shop and the limited quantity of merchandise left.
 
If the rumoured £30m budget is true, surely that would make it one of the most expensive theme park attractions ever per operating season? Given that it operated for 6 seasons, that would peg its final cost at £5m per season…

This is all very well but we are straying from the elephant in the room - is Rocky Express coming back for 2023 or not?

Exodus sponsorship confirmed. Can reuse the old Dragon's Fury audio to save on money too.
 
"WOAHHHH YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE COME THIS WAY!"

It’s definitely not a lot, other than the Colossus retrack. 
 
It’s ashame, I’ve seen staff insta stories from inside. It all looks the same, the blatantly obvious broken fencing and paint jobs need doing. It reminds me in the Jack Silkstone preseason video. I remember russ saying “we are gonna use this opportunity (storm eustace) to enhance and repair the theming.  The repair carried out was just red paint. They didn’t even bother to get new fibre glass theming. 
 
They have started to repaint tidal waves supports but honestly again from a cosmetic level… did they really need doing?
 
They seem to invest on really specific projects and go cheap/ leave general projects. It’s been said for years even since 2018. Just repair the infrastructure and fencing and have a big paint up. 
 
I do believe the dome could be receiving further refurbishment works. Skips have been spotted directly outside. 
 
But I can’t believe in 2023, they have advertised it as another season of thrilling events. It was good in 2019, 4 years later not so much eeeeek

They're spending time on treating the Rocky removal with the correct reverence it deserves.
 
And maybe trying to work out if they can fit Apocalypse in there too.

Nemesis track is being painted black along with Rocky Express which is moving to Forbidden Valley for 2024 and being renamed Phalanxpress.

Nemesis track is being painted black along with Rocky Express which is moving to Forbidden Valley for 2024 and being renamed Phalanxpress.

I know it's Christmas etc., but the lack of anything of any note happening on the Exodus site, other than the removal of the train and Rocky Express and not much else, is quite concerning. You'd think they'd want to make up for lost time...

I know it's Christmas etc., but the lack of anything of any note happening on the Exodus site, other than the removal of the train and Rocky Express and not much else, is quite concerning. You'd think they'd want to make up for lost time...

Looks like Valhalla as a band entering Eurovision
 

Oh god, I'd never actually thought about it like that before. £30 million and that's what they have to resort to.
 
I reckon Josh is right - remove VR completely, screens in the windows instead - run it at peak times or time slots only, or an upcharge. Could even then make it "extreme" for Fright Nights and upcharge then. Get another 3-5 years out of it then write it off. 

I don't have room for this negativity in my life.

Genuinely wouldn't surprise me if they put something in the end of season/here's to 2023 video to be honest, where the people who created the promo can then speculate about what it means even though they know already.