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People have said Thorpe need to offer more things to kids... It's just the method behind it... Josh stating the words 'short-term' is exactly the thing, although this is more a problem with Merlin as a whole rather than directly Thorpe themselves... We want the parks to succeed, but we don't want them just grabbing second hand rides from a Sea-Life, plonking them down and calling it a day...

That area of Mystic East was rubbish ever since Samurai went (and even then most of that path was just Samurai queueline)...

Damn, if only I wasn't busy over the next week...

Kinda cool with all the Tigers, losing Peeking Heights amuses me though, wonder what ride replacement we'll get?

Does that mean they'll actually get round to having a proper tarmac car park instead?

Did it work when they had Chessie on the Apprentice? I'm not sure which is scraping the bottom of who's barrel here really, if only Thorpe had an arena with which to hold this?

Gotta love a good old staff rumour...

That would mean spending money on actual effects though, rather than being touched up by a 17 year old...

Both Merlin rapids have this in place, I assume Drayton's is still closed so this has effectively come into effect on all UK Rapids rides (of this type, since Lightwater technically has one but nowhere near the others)... It might suck for a few guests (I'd assume at Towers it won't be that bad really, hence why Thorpe don't care as much), but given that this has come in through the death of the child and the park's do actually have to endure the safety of their guests, it's a measure that unfortunately needs to be in place for the time being... Sure it could happen to over 18s, but the difference in child and adult liability is tremendous... Parks have to look like they're doing something to prevent further misfortune, whether this be imposing age limits on riders or chaining up old oak trees...

The minimum height limits also penalise thousands, should we remove them as well?

Easiest way to sort it though, no other park (let alone Towers) wants a death at their park, especially given the circumstances involved... Shows the difference between a park that had a major incident though... Can imagine it being an arse for staff, much like when they altered the height limits on the flumes, but what else are they meant to do? Thorpe's advisory situation (and stating as such online through official channels) would utterly screw them over should the worst happen...

The Transformers Tour has been everywhere? Guess Twinlakes is having an Universal themed Halloween event as well... The park(s) still have queueline tvs?

Efteling released official POVs of the ride today on their YouTube... Not linking though because the temptation to actually watch would be too great...

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ While I enjoy IMAScore, the Lost City theme didn't need changing...

There are better ways to plead the case than constantly moaning to the Twitter team who ONLY KNOW SO MUCH! If you want to moan about the closure, email the park, fill out the screens, go to guest services... The Twitter team are probably just as sick of it as us lot that there's no news... It's not like they're deliberately leading us on a goose chase about it...

The constant stream of people asking questions isn't helping either... When the park/football team/corporate entity have something to announce, they will announce it... Badgering them about something is just grating down on everyone's nerves...

Stay on-site and you get tickets included in the overall price, so either book via the main website or go look on Trivago (might get lucky and find something cheaper)... +1 Express Pass requirement...

Nope, always existed, much like Woodland Walk...

To be fair, I would wager a good part of the reason behind this refurb is to fit in VR... Although should they add a dedicated second station for it that'll improve things massively, though I've no idea HOW they will fit in another station...

Damn, would've been a new cred with a new layout

It's always had one, because people are obsessed with them for whatever reason...

Surely Flying coasters are one of the few ride types where the front row experience isn't exactly different from the others?

Will EU laws matter by the time Thorpe decide what to do with it?

The flume is rather unfinished unfortunately (unless they've gone for a big bag cave theme), maybe they'll complete the theming but it's very sad to see given the general quality of the project...