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Just to refer back to Josh about comparing to filler, Merlin's track record with multi million investments have also suffered from poor effect maintenance and the like... It's no wonder that there's a nagging feeling in the back of most people's head...

Phantasialand are starting to reveal the train for Taron:

You mean like ALL the queues at FN?

The rules for painting steel (especially treated steel) are different though...

I wish people would make their mind up how much this is costing... So far any negativity around the ride has been rather founded I'd say... After all how many actor heavy attractions can we really term a success in Merlin times? And how many dark rides? To me, this sounds like a bigger version of Ghost in terms of multiple experiences and the like... But is adding actors going to end well? Will it affect other things on park? Can Merlin do anything not involving a disused/abandoned/destroyed theme? Will guests be annoyed if they have to queue for the simulator portion inside? There are a lot of questions over the feasibility of such a ride, especially with Merlin's history of upkeep and the like... That's not moaning, that's an actual fact filled worry... Don't see anyone really defending the concerns against Galatica and the vr issues... The building does look nice, maybe someone took inspiration from Baron's look (or general stations)... Probably the best level of theming they've done...

5 experiences in one? The ULTIMATE Ghost Train? Using the Ghost Train name is interesting, since the general view of those would be cheap fun fair attractions... I wonder when we all needed things to be spelt out for us to know what it is... Dread to think what we're counting as the 5 experiences... Vr? Simulator? Mirror maze? Actors? Sfx? If we're still getting a real announcement I hope they'll actually say what's within hardware wise...

Think there might be some self reflection when this opens...

Ironically they pick the one ride to repaint which looks good all run down and rusted... Blatently cos of Air being tarted up a la Oblivion with Smiler... They best actually do the station though, that's the worst part...

I wish I could be around for the storm on Monday, but open plan office now prevents me from doing so... I hope they're going to announce exactly what the attraction comprises of... Not just a name and theme... I don't think this place can handle much more speculation...

Alpina Blitz is better in a lot of ways (primarily the restraints)... Can't we be underwhelmed by Derren Brown first?

Isn't Toy Story Land expansion going in there?

I like how the budget for Thorpe has suddenly raised £10m all of a sudden... £30m for ages, then suddenly £40m... It's interesting on a comparison that we know all the important stats for a ride opening a year later... Including ride type... Shows how dull secrecy can be...

I highly doubt Efteling have to worry about giving Mr Brown money and spend half of it on marketing costs though... Project total cost is what Merlin give us, NOT the cost of the ride equipment...

Question, why would an adult want to ride a kids coaster more than once for the cred? Just curious...

I don't think that this alone will get Towers back to what it was prior to Smiler's crash, especially given the ride closures and what not... They need a whole lot more than goggles to get the public back on their side...

To be fair, the media usually take the information given out by the park's press release on the matter... Though saying because they use the wrong track as part of trying to pass it off as new is funny, given that they're CONSTANTLY getting it wrong...

As someone not really into all this VR stuff I'm not excited by this, especially when Air doesn't really need a popularity boost... It's perfect for the public though, if they think it's safe...

Going in the ridiculous massive plaza by the Pancake House... It's meant to be Pardoes' realm...

Never thought I'd see the day!

I find it hard to get excited over a seaside park who have a constant stream of people coming in over the course of the day and also get a big slice of evening action having long opening hours... Especially given the cost of running the place will be pretty much half of what any major park does... Seaside parks are a completely different market to a regular park, given that most people probably spend two hours max, rather than an entire day...

Wonder if this will feature an alternate reality...

Shame, but it was outgrown by the park's development, the tour of the Sea-Life tent said it all really... We can hope that they're going to replace it like for like with a new layout and stuff, but that's optimism I feel misplaced...

That webpage is absolute Merlin gold... Quite simple here, to be posting something like that is nothing short of embarrassing...