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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.

I'm currently unsure whether I like this rebrand or not, the new map is a nice refresh, I just wish all the rides were at least included on the design and some of the features a little more detailed? The main marketing material reminds me of BPB far too much, it screams cheap, quick design to me, I think the images they post on instagram/facebook with the adjusted brightness/contrast fonts in italic looks far more suited, but I'm sure it will grow on me in time. I often wonder if Thorpe's marketing style would look good if it was something similar to the presentation of Hollister something similar to the below. I think it just looks easy on the eyes, would suit Thorpe's surfing style in the Dome, and could be a useful way to integrate social media.

Is it only me who thinks it looks rather tacky when compared to the original Storm In A Teacup signage? Credit to Total Thorpe Park

I cant say where it was as I didn't ride Saw, reported from a friend, but I could hear it from the Colossus queueline and from Samurai so it must have been playing quite loud, sounded just like an American police siren, went off every 5 minutes or so.

Visited yesterday, was once again impressed with my visit to the park. Things I picked up on with various audio/visuals: - Saw queueline music is still off, police siren sound effect has appeared outside the ride though. - Some speakers in Amity Cove appear to be broken, I think the telegraph pole by Storm Surge. - WWTP radio Stealth side was switched off due to the 'silent disco', fun for Stealth queuers, not so fun the the rest of the area which was in total silence. - Colossus is still playing the station announcement in the queueline, it was even playing sometimes when the ride wasn't even dispatching. - Nemesis Inferno's station was playing nice and loud, which was good to hear. - the Swarm's queueline had about one TV on. Altogether a great day, can't wait to go again!

Thanks! It sure would be great to have park wide theming it adds so much to the atmosphere! Just imagine the area around Loggers Leap done to something similar to an abandoned town, smoke everywhere, red lights, and pumpkins. It can't be hard to shake things up in different areas, pumpkins in one area, skeletons in another.

Fright Nights looks to be shaping up to be great this year! I'm personally hoping a lot of park wide Fright Nights theming appears, the Scare Mazes could be the best they've ever had, yet some people may not experience the mazes and last year there was virtually no Fright Nights theming. Get some cheap gobo lights up, that cobweb stuff everywhere, and get those barrels out again, surely they wont have been thrown away? Most of the park wide lighting appears to be good, maybe get some of the white lights covered over with gels? At least their lighting beats Alton Towers pathetic efforts...