February 12, 201510 yr comment_202559 A dedicated topic for the attraction has just been set up here: http://forum.maniahub.com/topic/10879-I'm-a-celebrity-attraction-2015/ From now on, use that topic to discuss all 'I'm a Celebrity' attraction related things, and this topic for any other New for 2015-esque things. Thanks!
February 14, 201510 yr comment_202777 Bar 360 has been returned to "Fin's Bar and Grill"; which was in the concept art for the Shark Hotel: Pizza Pasta is looking good too: If you're not on park today, keep an eye on TPM's FB for more 2015 improvements!
February 14, 201510 yr comment_202786 I'm very impressed with Fin's bar and grill. Had a burger there earlier today. It's like bar 360 but it's better plus feels more coherent. Pizza Pasta looks very nice too but is currently closed.
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203013 Photos of the newly refurbished Pizza Pasta have been released by Themepark Collective Looks great in my opinion, much better than Pizza Hut and if any further changes this season are as good as this one, I will be very happy.
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203015 I expected almost no change, so it's a pleasant surprise Hooray for AP discount! Edit: I don't even have one...
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203016 Looks really good in there, hopefully it won't be as much of a crush around the pizza areas now!
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203017 Looks like its now Inferno themed, hence the mountains and Jungle vines on the wall! :lol:
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203018 It looks quite good, also nice to see that they have incorporated Inferno's theme into it.
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203019 Some great detail there! Thorpe really do seem to be going all-out with the jungle theme this year!
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203021 Anyone remember when it was Sleepy Joe's Rib Shack many years ago? With the hanging monkeys travelling around the restaurant above you? The restaurant looked great then, glad it's looking a little better now.
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203022 Anyone remember when it was Sleepy Joe's Rib Shack many years ago? With the hanging monkeys travelling around the restaurant above you? The restaurant looked great then, glad it's looking a little better now. I only just remember that! (2003 being my first season) I reckon Pizza Pasta should feature the return of those monkeys.
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203023 Yes shame I don't have any pictures from it. Looked amazing and full on jungle, I think the monkeys were carrying bags of bananas? (real bananas or not I don't know! But it looked cool!)
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203027 Seems weird that they have gone for outdoor style tables at an indoor restaurant
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203032 Are those tables and chairs permanent? as they look like they just used to be the outside seating for pizza hut.
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203033 It's possible that they're only temporary - remember it's only open for today and tomorrow to AP holders to get guest feedback about the new place and to presumably make some improvements.
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203037 I'm pretty certain most of the seating here is juts tempory, considering the park only partially open at the moment and there is still at least another 3/4 weeks before the main 2015 season begins.
February 18, 201510 yr Author comment_203041 So basically the email a lot of us received said the trialling was open 1-3... So we arrived about 1.20 to be told they're running out of food and we can't go in... Some other people were complaining so we stuck around and the patient worker outside tried to find a solution for the 15 of us stood around. In the end he said look he can't guarantee there is enough food left, but if we'd like to wait we can go in free of charge, the others walked off taking the blokes name really not impressed, we chose to wait as it was free, waited 5 mins for a table and off we went in and had no issue with lackof food aalthough could see it was coming to an end but sufficiently to finish everyone off in there. It's nice and large inside now, the themeing is decent although would have been nicer if they used actual fake plants/ivy rather than painting it on the beams, but the food was like any other pizza pasta buffet so decent enough, plus they had ketchup sachets you could ask for so I was happy as none of them have every had ketchup before; the only downside was tiny plates but as it's unlimited just go back up and get little bits at a time. And it was free so all good!!
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203044 Merlin are obsessed with making all the eateries look massively bland... The wall murals are nice (or at least, the volcano one is), but it just reminds me of Lego's Pirate Burger Kitchen, a vast empty bland area... Bill's mention of Sleepy Joe's shows how much difference a decade makes...
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203047 Is the Buffet bar still separated from the kitchen, or have they moved it to where the oven is like at Alton Towers? That was probably one of Pizza hut's biggest downfalls that they could never keep it topped up well enough at peak.
February 18, 201510 yr Author comment_203067 I can't remember how it used to be, but it is surrounding the kitchen now in a U shape
February 18, 201510 yr comment_203072 Merlin are obsessed with making all the eateries look massively bland... The wall murals are nice (or at least, the volcano one is), but it just reminds me of Lego's Pirate Burger Kitchen, a vast empty bland area... Bill's mention of Sleepy Joe's shows how much difference a decade makes... It's still an improvement none the less as surely going from no theming to a fair amount Of it is not a step backwards. We're not talking disney or Univerdal quality here, but in its current state it's definitely better. Beats Pirate's Burger Kitchen Hands down IMO.
February 19, 201510 yr comment_203085 It's still an improvement none the less as surely going from no theming to a fair amount Of it is not a step backwards. We're not talking disney or Univerdal quality here, but in its current state it's definitely better. Beats Pirate's Burger Kitchen Hands down IMO. I'll tell you what is Universal and Disney standard though, Thorpe's KFC. This wall with a volcano painted on it hardly compares.
February 19, 201510 yr comment_203089 It's still an improvement none the less as surely going from no theming to a fair amount Of it is not a step backwards. We're not talking disney or Univerdal quality here, but in its current state it's definitely better. Beats Pirate's Burger Kitchen Hands down IMO. Waiting for hate but I swear most of Universal is screens so I think Thorpe with themeing being up to scale may be on the same league as Universal by 2018
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