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Nemesis without a doubt, alongside its brethren Oblivion and GalacticAir, the thought of the Star Wars overlay staying for an extended period at Space Mountain Paris is also concerning. Shocked to see Rocket Racers depart so quickly after it returned and The Dragon Windsor ever being replaced is a nightmare I'd rather not think about.
Also, Alton if you could just reopen Nemesis: Sub-Terra and pretend that it's a viable investment...
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This topic just shows what geniuses Merlin are when it comes to marketing:
- Close a ride a year early and say it's for maintenance reasons, and fans will remain hopeful for the remainder of the year.
- Leave it for just enough time that fans suddenly realise nothing is happening, rant that it's closing, and begin speculating about replacements.
- Replace the ride fuss-free, since everyone's vented and no one has any hope in Loggers Leap anymore.
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Whatever the condition of the ride, I think this situation is emblematic of the way Merlin's UK parks are being run at the moment. They don't have the commitment to say "We have set the ride aside for redevelopment for X amount of time, so that it may open at the precise date of Y", nor "We won't be reopening the ride, since we have deemed it unfeasible for redevelopment". Whether or not "behind-the scenes" work has been done on it, the fact is that we're almost a year later and we still have no idea whether it will reopen, let alone any indication of a reopening date. The fact is that this project has basically been stagnant for a year, much like the "redevelopments" across the other parks.
Frankly I'm tired of these parks being run in such a haphazard way, and once the next screw-up like this happens at Alton Towers (which, to my displeasure, is very likely), they won't be getting any more of my money until they turn their attitude around and bring some damn professionalism to the table. In the meantime, I have plenty of other great and enthusiastically-run UK parks to enjoy and discover.
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13 hours ago, MattyMoo said:
Very sorry to hear this news, a real shame but to be expected really (unfortunately).
One would assume that Sub Terra won't be opening for 2017...I would hope Hex does as that is a genuinely decent all-round attraction, and very much "Alton Towers". I actually quite enjoyed CATCF when I rode a few years ago but can't really agree that the "lack of family attractions" argument quite stacks up considering there's CBeebies Land, Spinball, Mine Train, Rapids etc. that I would count as family rides, personally!
I think it's more to do with the quantity of "mid-tier" family rides - the little ones have plenty to do in Cbeebies Land and Cloud Cuckoo Land, but I know that the two times I went this year Runaway Mine Train had ginormous queues compared to everything else.
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For anyone interested, I very recently posted a collected bunch of making-of articles and images on Rocket Racers in this thread of a LEGO video gaming forum:
http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/3247-rocket-racers/?page=4#comment-127725
I've also got a bunch more, some scanned from old LEGO Adventures! magazines, in my personal gallery:
http://www.rockraidersunited.com/gallery/album/230-rocket-racers/
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Just checked and it looks like I'll be able to make this one!
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It'd be nice to see a modern photo of one of these parks that doesn't involve decay or hasty patch-ups.
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Back to Dragon Falls - does anyone know if they are even going to get around to that retheme or sorting out the lack of Buddhas next to the main drop? It makes me sad seeing it look so naked!
Park's response:
What Buddhas are they talking aboutStay tuned for future updates on this ride!!! -
If they're even considering making VR compulsory (which seems like a strange idea anyway), that's pretty much put me off ever bothering to try it when the option is provided, since I'd rather make the most of the rollercoaster itself if any future change is possible.
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I'm on the fence (hur hur) with this at the moment. Those signs are humorously small compared to the fences, but maybe the vines will fix that issue.
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"Old Town" is damned hilarious, my senile pet triceratops could come up with a better name.
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Closest I can offer to Swarm's plaza area is this other recording which I found a few years ago. Still not perfect, but a longer and higher quality version than the one from YouTube:
I've done a similar search before in a spur of the moment thing with no luck, but stumbled across this a while ago and it's the closest thing I've found to what I was looking for, it could be more promising for yourself though
Thanks for both, they'll do nicely. Still a shame the original track hasn't been leaked to the net, I wonder why?
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You mean the full song that You Me At Six made? If so then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd7qgRPpd3w
Thanks for the link, but I meant the area ambience/background music.
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Can anyone provide a version of The Swarm's area music that hasn't been recorded onsite, or at least one of reasonable quality?
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Definitely up for this, would be a killer first meet if I can't make any of the earlier ones!
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There could be a possibility that I can no longer attend this meet. It all depends on how major this rail strike that's happening on the bank holiday Monday and the tuesday is. Will keep checking to see if I will be affected or not and will let you know if I can come or not!
Darn, just realised this myself. I'll keep checking but otherwise I may have to sit this one out.
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