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Walliams World closing is no surprise. The area was utterly dead every time we popped into it this season. And if the rumoured thing for Project Horizon was a clone of DarKoaster at Busch Williamsburg then I'm glad its cancelled or on the back burner. Need something far better than that. Merlin need to pull something out of the bag with Towers, though I can't see there being much of a replacement for the area next year. Mothball it and reduce the park further is clearly the most likely decision to be made.

Am disappoint. An actual good ride might have been built instead.

http://www.instagram.com/p/DePC6UTDqam/?stkn=MWlxNzM0ZG1lenUxbw%3D%3D For the bin for good?

Think it's quite certain that companies literally do not care about using AI imagery.

£195 for the cable! Certainly didn't pay that much for my Expedition GeForce one.

Area is gonna be incredibly garish isn't it?

It is that surprising that the queueline shop for the ride with the longest and slowest queues in the park is generating the highest revenues? Imagine if they sold ear defenders in it. No surprise with the merch either. One of the few positive things Merlin really has is their merchandising. It was always going to be a success from a business perspective.

Every time the parks do a late night summer opening we have the same discussion. Just doesn't appear to be the appetite for it from the masses.

Apparently it won't reopen until 2029. A year and a half it'll be closed for. Just start it this year instead lads.

Shades of Oblivion and Fanta. I don't get it. Nor have ever noticed a brand that has apparently been around since the late 90s. RCDB even updated the entry.

It doesn't help that these external food stalls are far better quality than the Aramark slop.

This will be the other reason that the "influencers" are barely mentioning Thorpe. Everything is ticking along relatively, whereas Towers you can bang out a quick video on park showing some closed rides (think about 3/4 long term break downs yesterday), or whine about the RAP situation and you got yourself a video.

Let's be honest, if the park binned NWO, Ghost Train and Storm Surge that's a HUGE piece of area to work with (plus Slammer memorial). But something to visit after whatever replaces Rumba. Or finally build on the island behind Swarm.

Kondaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa enters my top 10 at number 7. Great ride, extremely fun and forceful, but there's just stuff I like more out there. In fairness trying to pick 10 out of 600 is bloody difficult at times. Shambhala drops out which is probably fair but the next one to break in is going to have to blow my head off. 1 - Voltron 2 - Untamed 3 - Nemesis 4 - Helix 5 - Oz'Iris 6 - Katun 7 - Kondaa 8 - Blue Fire 9 - Revenge of the Mummy (Orlando) 10 - The Beast

Pulsar 😍