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Literally all they have to build is something like Chiapas... That's all I ask for, but it'll end up being some weak world's first thing instead... Guess this is also to deflect from the ride closures #cynicism

Sure many people thought the same when Graham Smart's fantastic piece got replaced... Without context, park music is pretty awful as it doesn't conjure up how you feel in the location it's meant to be heard... Hence why I disliked the Blue Fire theme until I actually heard it on the ride in person...

Just to be THAT person, I'm so annoyed they've used tarmac for the paving... It really looks awful compared to everything else... Hopefully it's not finished though...

Those desserts... Actually, use that gif for nearly anything Universal are doing atm, bar the Fallon ride, cos that's made of WHYYYYYYY...

SUCH a Wreck-it-Ralph rip-off... However, that as an on-board soundtrack would be very good...

The fact that DBGT isn't in Old Town annoys me more than it should... Shows how awkward areas are in Thorpe when Amity is split in half by Angry Birds...

Did Lego remove their big smoker's pit by Fire Academy? Staff don't tend to enforce it (at least back in my day), because you would get people go all pissy over it for some reason, even if they were stood under the no-smoking sign in Land of the Dragons... Half the time with guests it's not worth the effort or being put into a crap mood because they're an awful human being...

No park can prevent the paint on track being rubbed off be the wheels... Like, let's bash things that are under their control, not things that happen all the time... Even brand new rides have this issue, look at the Paultons creds once they've opened for a week...

What about Blackpool? [/coasterjamie]

I won't hear any negativity on the Challenge of Tut ride at Walibi Belgium, that thing is bloody amazing... The Sally system is alright too, like there's nothing really that wrong with it... Plus they've produced some fantastic dark rides and animatronics...

The repaint of the Box Office is the worst repaint on park... +1 for removing Rita, if only so they could actually do something good with the area...

Nice to see they've gone all out to hide the shed...

Thorpe starting the season as it means to go on then?

That is damned impressive, I can imagine the atmosphere in the area is gonna be ace... The dinos look a bit crap though, but that's a common theme in parks anyway, so it's a really minor point...

God that map design is awful... New style next year pls...

James I completely disagree with you... The park had two choices with this season, the route they have taken, which is focus on saving money first and foremost, or the alternative was to go all out with this season in order to gain that trust back... The ticket price has gone UP (probably part of inflation etc.), yet Ripsaw is gone and there's 5 other attractions SBNO... When we add in that they've only just announced this a WEEK before the park is due to open, that's some serious contempt for the public they need to win back... ATM, if the park is dead, it's their own doing with the way this season has been handled so far... Paint will not fill in the family ride quota (especially when they've closed two of the most popular ones)... What happens if this season is a failure? More cuts and closed rides? Why should financial logic of saving as much as possible take over from trying to get the trust and confidence back? I'm not business minded but showing further contempt to those who do visit a now lesser yet more expensive product will cause even more negativity... It's utterly daft to me that they haven't gone all out, and just accepted this year as a write off on a financial level as long as it meant the park was in full performance mode... That's the way they should've gone...

Good game Reading... Real shame I didn't get to go to this game tbh... Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be... I'm (hopefully) going to Wemberlee! Que sera, sera...

If anyone can find a non-TPR variant video that would be greatly appreciated...

Surely they only have to guess as certain parks don't release that info?

But just what are the parks 'previewing' to MAP holders? DBGT won't be open, Towers never do one and Chessie only has a show... Calling it a preview allows the parks to get away with not having a full line up, which is a poor show...

Back in the day, anything closed for opening would be frowned upon, now it's deemed ok because the other year it was REALLY bad... Need to get out of this mindset of settling for the mediocre and poor performances...

Gotta wonder where that £5 million goes really... Merlin do not get value for money at all with their additions... Or they don't know how to use limited budgets to really push the boundaries of creativity... Either way..........

At minimum they'll be continuing expansion on Bosrijk, dunno where they'd put another hotel tbh... The increase is probably owing a lot to their own expansion to advertising abroad (including UK), something that they didn't really do too much beforehand...

One thing I'm hoping for with this is that there are versions of the rides (such as the Star Flyer) that don't have the really bad cartoony stuff around it... Looks amazing otherwise... What's the early bird edition looking like? If it's anything like the first editions of Theme Park Studio then I'll wait...