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Hard to keep track when they keep spouting the same nonsense marketing every time.

I thought the "Future of Thrills" was DBGT? Maybe they'll just stick with Exodus at this rate.

They pushed for young adults then realised they barely spend anything once on park. Sure next year it'll be back to themed areas again.

TTD was far bigger a nightmare than Stealth ever has been. Stealth (to my knowledge) hasn't tried to maim those stood in the local vicinity. Then SBNO for over a year or so. Would take a lot for it to get such treatment, especially with the lack of available space for a reverse spike, transfer track and all other things it needs.

So unique there's a ride at Grona Lund with the same name 😉 Would be weirdly on brand with Thorpe to push some Egyptian stylistic theme and promptly name the ride after a Greek myth instead.

Would have the music already.

That's if they offer it during off peak. No idea if they do that currently for hotel guests but could potentially be something that gets cut when things are quieter and budgets don't stretch as far. People aren't staying at the hotel for ERT, but it was a nice benefit for doing so. Now anyone can come in for it so it's diluted that benefit. Plus if they stay off site the park lose out on additional costs of food and drink. End of the day it also furthers the depth in terms of how guests seem to be honestly treated as wallets for the park. Given the issues they've been having with many struggling to get reservations for Mandrill Mayhem, the park seem to be focused on the wrong issues and bringing in this scheme will likely add to it.

Offering it at an "affordable" price is problematic, as what will happen if they get loads doing it? Also lessens the benefits of staying in the hotel. Why stay there when you can in theory save money, stay offsite then buy this? Maybe if the park had built a sensible new area and operated the park sensibly wouldn't need to even offer this to allow a number of guests to actually ride the first new coaster in nearly 20 years. Adds to the general class divide. Can rest assured a number of MAP holders who wear them proudly on lanyards will lap this up.

Can't help but feel it's a bit too much on the nose and working exactly as wanted to get the enthusiasts community going a bit crazy over teases. I'd be annoyed that they'd bring the first RMC to the UK and almost waste it on an indoor attraction though. Especially when it feels that the project in general seems to be just a coaster in a box rather than taking the chance to completely redevelop the surrounding area.

Pathetic. Honestly puts me off bothering with a trip.

Mingo also has a more recent issue of removing seats off of things like Flip Flop and Pterodactyl, further reducing throughputs. Guess the caravan park been a bit quiet with the poor weather. But those throughputs are god awful no matter what way its spun as "only" 40 minutes. Would've been far less and a far higher ride count if things were run even slightly better, but sounds like maintenance wise there's a lot of issues with stuff breaking down often.

Retheme Dodgems into a garage. Nice and easy job to fit into Amity. Unfortunately I think Thorpe are in a "there are no themed areas" mood under current management. Though it's hard to keep track of that these days. Angry Birds was a stupid cheap and desperate IP job that never fit into the park, whilst also ruining one of the best ride music on Det.

If Rocky Express doesn't win this then this website deserves to be destroyed.

Hex and Skyride being down for remainder of season really makes me glad I'm not bothering to visit this season.

Worse, they'll be Zamperla trains....... A swing launch to that height will be insane. Although I'll always regret never doing front row on the original.

Some YouTuber mentioned it and as such it's gone overboard as people jump over themselves to present opinions as facts as to why its a FAILURE OF AN ATTRACTION rather than a simple solid addition to the park.

There's a lot of "make it like the original version" in there again. Think most people could've figured out Sub Terra was going to reopen given all the work happening around it. Plus it was a rumour every year since it shut in the first place. Do think that people place way too much value on the words of specific coaster influencers these days. Almost to the detriment of forming their own opinions. Sure they've got a list of improvements to make, given John Burton had been spotted around the ride and all the various surveys again not a difficult assumption to make. Depends what budget and plans are available if it makes much difference.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czqynzw3z43o.amp Definitely going to happen.

It's worrying when a Six Flags park (and especially one often decried as one of the worst) had some of the best operations on this trip.

Wonder if the 7-9 age range also found the original Haunted House scary. I certainly wasn't a fan of those attractions at that age (still not big on scare attractions either). However times have changed. Cheesey lite dark rides aren't the in thing, and the rise of mascot horror and modern tastes require different approaches. I do wonder how much of many opinions is down to nostalgia almost, and perhaps giving the original Haunted House far more of a aur around it given a lot of younger enthusiasts didn't ride it. And due to those old enough to have ridden it in its hey-day of the 90s saying it was great has pretty much led to a very skewed view on things. See also those who wanted the original Bubbleworks back, it was never going to happen, and nor should it have given how times have moved on and it would've been a poor imitation anyway. This isn't helped by the way in which John Wardley is seemingly viewed these days as almost messiah-esque. He's literally a PR mouth for the parks now, nothing more. Given his comments on how they've done something great to the capacity of Mandrill Mayhem it's clear you cannot believe things that come out from him in such events or press bits. Which is a shame given that he's inspired many enthusiasts to follow such a career but I guess it's heavily managed by Merlin as to what he can and can't say. Haven't done Curse yet, not going to Towers whilst Nemesis is shut. But it's clear that there'll always be some divide over the existence. Whether it be down to those who push the mystification of the original, or those who miss the brain dead version of Duel. As a filler ride to most peoples day it seems fine enough. Definitely seems some improvements need doing and we've yet to see what the newer version of Merlin's approach is to such things. Dark rides are often difficult to get right first time after all, even the original Haunted House had its issues, and Hex hasn't always been the atmospheric powerhouse it is today. Also can we ban the term "thoosies" on here. Honestly makes me want to vomit when I see it. Stupid Coaster Twitter.

I mean it reminded me this attraction exists so that's something?

As with anything else; it's not what you do, it's who you know.

Was Coaster in the Dark not open for you? Still annoyed I got spited by Alpengeist all those years ago. Honestly looks a top 10 coaster for me, especially compared to feeling rather non-plussed about Griffon. It's a lovely park though.

But the influencers said it'd be closed all season because the track was cracked! Does this mean they fibbed to get Internet clout? Wild speculation really does go unchecked these days.

End of the day those who were involved in the reimagining were completely hamstrung by the system in question. The improvements haven't exactly made it seemingly any better than a "ride if queues are short"; and it's position without Thorpe's lineup and clientele is a bit weird considering it's not exactly the scariest thing ever. Will be the white elephant for a fair few years.