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Well shut my mouth and call me Emily, she is in the story.
 
To celebrate, I've decided to finally update the thread title sensibly. 

Thanks @coasterverse - you beat both me to creating the thread, and StevenVig to moaning about an improperly titled thread! I'm impressed and thankful!!

Urgggh.
 
We know not much about this silly retheme. All we know is that it will be spooky themed and it will probably be better than Derren Beowns Ghost Train. Need I say more.right.

Urgggh.
 
We know not much about this silly retheme. All we know is that it will be spooky themed and it will probably be better than Derren Beowns Ghost Train. Need I say more.right.

Who are these people though? Do they exist? Are they like Secret Tories?
 
The usual ones I see on forums are either keeping quiet or don't have anything to add on things going on. Usually get a few but if it's all theme park Twitter stuff then count me out.
 
There's literally no public knowledge beyond now a poster with a girl and some dolls heads. It really feels like many are putting 2+2 together and getting 5 because they want it to be rather than it actually is.
 
As a result, the designers love to tease people in such a manner. Especially with little nods and hints to the past like referencing Sparks in the poster. Riles up the goons no end.
 
I dunno. Maybe it's just me getting old and being open to whatever shenanigans happen inside rather than deciding early on it'll be a certain thing and clinging to it.
 
Would laugh if the ghost girl referenced in the posters was called anything else but Emily though. 
 
It COULD be a reference. Not it is. I still wonder why they would use a side joke that a number of visitors didn't even see and that only enthusiasts know the full story of (not that there even IS a story, it's a ghost girl who lives in a doll house and has a white cat, here endeth the tale).
 
I must be getting old and ranty. Maybe I'm becoming a Tory?

The Curse of Alton Manor
 
 
 

Yeah, well the thing with the Dungeon is where exactly is it actually part of? Dark Forest? David Williams? The outer edge of the universe? It’s any ones guess really given it’s just there in part of its own misshapen area. CATCF was part of Cloud Cuckoo, until its fated post-Smiler mothballing. 
 
I don’t see anything happening to the driving school, not with three substantial investment plans underway in the next few years, but I could be wrong. And if anything happens before 2025 maybe they’ll just close and mothball it, like they did in 2016. 
 
The David Williams area just wasn’t really thought up well and feels very half-baked.

The "we're a small park" excuse is rubbish.
 
Go back 20 years, when the park was (excluding The Farm) technically smaller, and they had defined areas, with portals and signage. 
 
Look at a park like Phantasialand, which is small and compact, and they have some of the most well-defined, high quality themed lands out there.
 
 
The simple and honest reason why the park don't do themed lands is because they don't want to. That's fine too, if that's the case. But let's face, it's not because they couldn't.

Distinct lack of poodle images in that post.

Not gonna lie, training it to the park is not as straight forward as some places such as Efteling and Phantasialand. But it is doable if you know what you’re doing and don’t go on the express. 
 
You can get a bus to Basel railway station and then get connecting trains to Offenbach, then Ringsheim. Then get the park shuttle bus from there. But that may have changed from when I did it a few years ago. 
 
 

I’ve only ever stayed off-site, but there are plenty of options throughout the village of Rust. Ranging from hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses. Most of which are 15 minutes or less walking distance from the park. Sites like booking.com and Expedia are worth looking at. 
 
M with tickets they usually sell them as one or two day tickets. 

You might want to avoid supermarkets for the next couple of months m8
 

I will not be contempt until I see JK SLKSTN in a neon Thorpe branded T-shirt riding a wrecking ball into Loggers Leap shouting “EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS…” 1000 times.
I hope Shane Sandwich gets first dibs on the obsolete signage. 

Either that or part of  Derren replacement. 

They really are cracking through things, and good to see Rocky being kept safe for it's retheme to fit in with Exodus.

I guess you could say it’s no longer the future of theme parks. 

This is all very well but we are straying from the elephant in the room - is Rocky Express coming back for 2023 or not?

Things I might like to see:
More dramatic dispatch sequence- lights change, theme music, nemesis voice 
return of the red waterfall, through revised system to stop the leaking problem 
train lights 
homage to the original track 
 
That is all. No silly pre-show because that would just ruin the throughput and not really add to the experience.

Genuinely wouldn't surprise me if they put something in the end of season/here's to 2023 video to be honest, where the people who created the promo can then speculate about what it means even though they know already.

In THAT location.
 
New Duel finale confirmed.

And there you have it folks. 
 
The future of theme parks!

Rocky Express is going in there! 

I miss Orlando already.
 
Top 10 Theme Park Restaurants:
1/ Mythos-Islands Of Adventure
2/ Via Napoli-Epcot
3/ Yak & Yeti-AnimalKingdom 
4/ Rutmoores Tavern- Phantasialand 
5/ Polle’s Kitchen- Efteling 
6/ Lombards- Universal Studios
7/ Toothsome’s Emporium, Universal Orlando 
8/ Silver Lake Saloon, Europa
9/ Lisebergbanen Restaurant, Liseberg
10/ Mel’s Diner, Paultons 
 
Orlando blog coming up.