Mitchada04
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Looks like they're taking away the rest of the train track, would expand the area a nice bit for these small rides! Maybe the rocking tug will be moved to the left side of the first photo?
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As nice as the carousel was, it doesn't fit in with anywhere now really. Some times people get far too precious over old attractions or those with history. Yeah it's a shame, but none of the depicted rides are like that anymore. Sometimes moving on and change is a good thing. The animal tree thing over the carousel could look quite cool and be a good centrepiece to Market Square.
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Shame about the grey wall, but still a huge improvement!
All the synergy an attraction could have
Apparently it is really accurate. Shop to open very soon
Meanwhile at grey shed productions
Fast and Furious which actually isn't too ugly in this view
But yeah, it's very uninspiring for what is going to be a very uninteresting ride.
What I can't wait for
To see this beast with the scaffolding down!
All photos from Bioreconstruct on Twitter
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Sunday perks, free parking in the Victoria shopping centre
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The two new kids rides in Canada Creek, open up Loggers, family area.
New piece of land behind Swarm, a 1.2 coaster, family flat and restaurant. Family/thrill area.
Spruce up Rumba, do something about the beach, done. You'd have a good mix then. Just a family dark ride needed.
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With a fair few new parks on the cards for 2017, and a few that have highly rated coasters, lets see where things stand after Florida and having thought about it.
Nemesis: It looked even better this year in the dark. Always rides well. Is the only good thing about Towers atm.
Manta: It's such an elegant ride. I love the queue, the music, the ride, everything is great.
Oz'iris: Biggest surprise of the year by far, proves B&M still know how to make them (well, a few years ago at least)
Hulk: It rides no different to how it used to, but the music is awesome and the queue is way cooler (in both ways), so while only 4th it is an improvement on old Hulk.
Tonnere De Zeuss: I love the way its rickety, it's how a woodie should be.
Mummy: Down one, it's an amazing ride but it really is showing its age and needs a good refurb.
Blue Fire: Riding this again in October just made me love it more. It's a brilliant ride with a great mix of elements. Looks fab at night too
Montu: I'm putting this back in. Yes it's a big B&M, but it still packs some force and is sooo much fun.
Stealth: Big fan of Stealth. Still gives a great thrill everytime you ride it. The playlist is solid too
Taron: It's known I didn't rave about this when I got off it, like it was good, but I didn't think much of it. But now I look back and it really was good fun, swooping through the buildings and the surroundings. It's this or Troy.
Mako is a good new ride, made me appreciate airtime coasters more but still not making it in. No pressure Shambhala
Dark rides is simple:
Spider-Man: Need I say.
Tower of Terror: Again, no comment
Forbidden Journey: Great new tech
Transformers: It's just not Spider-Man
Gringotts: Really enjoyed this one and look forward to the tech being further developed
Maus Au Chocolat: So much fun, lighthearted
Kong: It's got some issues, but the experience from entering the queue to the exit is complete. The animatronic is stunning and the queue is mildly unnerving!
Pirates of the Caribbean: Disney classic. Much fun.
Challenge of Tutankhamun: Great ride system, sets, story, intensity
Men In Black: By far my favourite shooter.
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Colossus always gets lots of work. Last year we had the scaffolding up the lift hill and I believe a few new footers or at least work done to them. It's always structural stuff though, not helped by it's love of sinking. You'd be able to see if they were repainting it
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I've only been hearing poor reviews of that ride! Not helped by the fact half the park hasn't opened on time!
The screens in some cases literally look like TV's, there's no hiding between each scene so they all blend into one and it's such a waste of the trackless tech.
So Merlin have probably got the exact same thing coming to Heide Park next year.
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It's a marvelous feat of engineering and design. I'm not sure why everyone was hyped thinking the ride was going to be the best thing ever. The hype should have been justfor the fact this legend has finally made it to the UK. And that it's silky smooth, travels Europe, operates better than anything we have in this country and is 30 odd years old. It's crazy!
The ride is just fun. Good speed throughout with some flicky twists and turns. Didn't have any issues with the restraints either.
Really dislike how nowadays everything has to be a "it's in" or "it's not in my top 10." Stop trying to compare every ride to everything and just sit back and enjoy. It's so much more fun!
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Yeah the Orlando one is the worst for it (from on park).
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This land will be huge. It has to live up to the standards of the Potter areas and in the states compete against Star Wars Land. Apparently zero screens in the attractions. And the concept is so realistic to the games. That's what they're recreating, and they will immerse you in that. This has been in the works for a long time now.
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Actually to begin with the Thrill Capital thing worked. Park numbers were on the up massively. The issue wasn't getting people in. The issue was teenagers don't spend money. They were mostly local teens who would spend almost nothing on a visit. It's your families that spend money on meals, merchandise etc. Six flags had the same issue. Thorpe's focus on thrills started in like 2001 so for 11 seasons they went strong with that.
The rocking tug you can't say isn't a permanent theme park ride. Every other Merlin park in England has one. We don't know if they're going to be rethemed yet or not so we shouldn't assume. They've literally just been delivered, you'd install the ride first then do it up. Considering they're free rides I'd like to think they'll have some money to make them fit in.
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The Drift Racers is matching closely too what some insiders have been saying about Mario Kart with 2 people per car (although it's rumoured to be 4 now) and a busbar system.
The boom coaster would so brilliantly work for Donkey Kong too with the mine cart resembling jumps from one track to another.
The two water ride ones are presumably Volcano Bay with the screen light usage on the mat slide being a great idea to use with TapuTapu.
The really interesting one is the flight thing. It's blatantly Iron Man suits and a huge new dark ride for MSHI at Islands has been on the cards for a while. Looks interactive, very different and almost like a Kuka arm meets flying cinema!
A drone patent was filed by them recently to for use in entertainment etc so possible new nightime show on the cards.
With a 3rd park in the works for Orlando and Beijing starting construction, Creative are going flat out!
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As Monks walk spoils the fun, two new rides are coming to Old Town next year. A rockin tug and jumping frog from Weymouth Sea Life. Still better than DBGT....
Guess as photographic proof you can look at this link.
http://themeparkguide.biz/news/news-thorpe-park/canada-creek-redevelopment
Once again plans having gone in yet. This is due to the multiple preagreements in the MTDP. With small stuff like this (which will count under the small rides which can't have a static height over 25m etc) and buildings, as long as they meet those requirements they're fine. Runnymede just need to be informed on what it'll look like and add it to the floorspace bank etc. The locals literally have no care about a small shop or jumping frog. The only iffy one was the billboard for Swarm.
YAY NEW RIDES
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I think Japan is getting a unique attraction and Hollywood's will be a scaled down land, possibly just the E-ticket Mario Kart ride and some shops.
It's now up in the air if in Florida it'll replace KidZone or go into the new 3rd park in development for 2020/21
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The first piece of official information has been released! Still not much detail, but multiple rides confirmed for the lands, restaurants shops etc. Plus a look in the video at what some of the set pieces might be like.
http://blog.universalorlando.com/whats-new/nintendo-universal-parks/
QuoteAll of the adventure, fun and whimsy you experience through a screen will now be all around you – in breathtakingly authentic ways.
This quote from the blog is being used a lot for its wording, basically pointing at the lack of screens this land will have! Apparently following recent guest surveys, Creative are relooking all projects in the works to try and reduce screen usage as it's being picked up on by the punters too now.
So expect a fully immersive, set filled Nintendo land for all the family. Japan is going to be the first one to open possibly in 2019 now with more details on this first land coming soon.
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2017
in The Future
If they're doing an AP event it'll be the weekend before they open. Either both days or just the Sunday depending when they do friends and family day.
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POLL: Does Virtual Reality have a place in Theme Parks?
in General Discussion
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Key thing with Spiderman and FJ etc are that they have practical sets in between and special effects so it does depend on the balance. But when used well screens are a great way to enhance sets,give them more depth at a fraction of the cost and space used!
As for VR, I see it as a good "add on" like at Europa. The VR is high quality, isn't something you have to do and adds a whole new ride basically. Galactica would work if it wasn't so unreliable, poor quality and a rushed story. But yeah it's a fad that will probably wear off even though Disney are apparently developing something for star wars land that will be a VR attraction. And if anyone can do it I'd have most faith in them.