AdventureRyan

We're praising this, but isn't it just another 2D bland outlet that Merlin seem insistent on 'refurbishing' the current restaurants... It could have been done a lot more tastefully and themed far better, perhaps looking at Inferno's shop for inspiration?

In all fairness though, some of the theming elements that feature on Storm Surge are far better than the likes of recent additions to the park, I'm looking at you Angry Birds Land! The entrance has a good styling and a different approach to the various information for example the oars.

Always wondered why they didn't just connect the WWTP Radio, Amity Side loop up to the speakers in Storm Surge's queue line, would be far better than that irritating nonsense that they play.

Courtesy of Thorpe Park Guide The problem with Merlin these days, its not the quality of theming, they just seem to lack a decent architect, just look at the Smiler station it could have been designed by anyone.

Quick question, are the speakers still on the entrance towers? If so they really should be moved, or they should invest in some new ones, all I can imagine is a muffled music quality!

(It's an awful image edit I know) My idea for the restyling of Rumba; It takes on a tropical theme, similar to it's neighbour Inferno and takes design cues from Hollister stores and tropical travel. The garish green and purple is gone, replaced by faded blue and dark wood textures and clean cream plaster. The bridge has a new ceramic tile roof and the front is boarded up and plastered over, the ride logo moves to here, each letter a coppered metal, the same metal makes the lighting either side of the sign, a metal chandelier is hung within. The addition of large planters surround the entrance in a dense foliage.

The tram tracks are part of the original theming for Amity Cove I believe, one section of track hangs over the waters' edge of Tidal Wave where the pavement is styled to have been washed away. That Angry Birds entrance kind of ruins the effect of the tram turntable.

Thanks for clearing that up Steven, no worries.

Hey everyone, I was wondering if any of those WWTP radio adverts and / or interviews are available anywhere? I've got the usual ones that everyone seems to have but majority I can't find! The image below is taken from the media section of Thorpe Park Mania, and shows the Beauty Boutique Ad playing, so the files must be around somewhere.

I've always thought it could look great if it was styled to a surfer style theme. Modern looking, stripping away all that dated Atlantis style facade, replaced with a symmetrical formation of giant surfboards around the dome, large TV screens could be installed between them, the surrounding shops would easily fit in with this theme. It could also extend onto Depth Charge and Neptune's Kingdom.

It certainly seems that way, the new signage doesn't even make an attempt at looking nice, its literally just plonked right in front of the current building, I can only image what a mess the supports fro the new signs and the current supports will look like together.

Excellent news report as always! I do hope they do something to the exterior of Amity Fish & Chips, it really does look like a temporary 'portakabin' building, the steps leading to it don't match and it has no real styling to it. The plans showed the diner style facade continuing with this extension, yet this has yet to appear. I love the style of Amity Speedway, I just hope it isn't tarnished by this new building if it is left how it is.

Woah, that's bright! The thing than annoys me about CBeebies Land is the destruction of all the character Storybook Land and Old MacDonald's Farm had, this area is just bright, garish and plastic, with virtually no natural elements, it's very clean, also it's very Cloud Cuckoo Land, these two areas are way too similar in style now.

After visiting today, I also noticed how flat the shop looked, it looks great of photos, but looks kind of cheap in person, surely they could have made it a little better? Plus, and this is a major bug bear to me; they've plonked the shop right in front of the Bose speaker for that end of the plaza, so its a rather quiet plaza now... If they did indeed decided to expand this Amity Speedway theme it would be nice to see them incorporate Storm in a Teacup and reroute the Rumba Rapids entrance / queue line to match that area, stick a decent flat in and you've got a whole new, great themed area.