Ian-S Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 No, this Lucille.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 5 hours ago, Ryan said: Lucille? This post is never going to get the appreciation it deserves. MachoMachine, ThemeParkLover and Ryan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 Still good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 I wonder where the 'reviews' section of Thorpe's Facebook page has gone? It wouldn't be an attempt to hide all the dissatisfied customers who visited Fright Nights would it? Josh3103 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexChewee Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 5 hours ago, Ian-S said: No, this Lucille.... Too soon man. Ian-S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkLover Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 I hope this is finally the year that Thorpe really 'clean up' the park during closed season. It would be great to see them do something like the Towers Loving Care thing and just make some minor improvements. I doubt it's gonna happen though. Josh3103 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 It would be good but I think you've got more chance of seeing a flying pig pass you on the tophat of Stealth than the park being cleaned up. Josh3103 and ThemeParkLover 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 Shocks me year after year that at the start of the season the condition of the fences, ride signage, weeds etc are the same as before. if family run theme parks like Paultons and BPB can keep these things looking fresh I don't understand how Merlin doesn't. Coaster and Josh3103 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 29 minutes ago, Mattgwise said: Shocks me year after year that at the start of the season the condition of the fences, ride signage, weeds etc are the same as before. if family run theme parks like Paultons and BPB can keep these things looking fresh I don't understand how Merlin doesn't. Because they care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 I would say that the park employees do care actually, they're just not given any form of budget to do anything about it as it's not a priority... ImLucifer, Matt 236 and JoshC. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 3 hours ago, Benin said: I would say that the park employees do care actually, they're just not given any form of budget to do anything about it as it's not a priority... That's exactly what I meant. The employees care, Merlin don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 I don't think that Merlin don't care - Merlin are just a much bigger company who have more to worry about, it's much different to the family run parks, I expect each Merlin park is allocated a budget for things like that and it's spent as seen fit. I do also think more gets done that people realise, park signage for example over the past few years every ride has had new restriction boards, Stealths had a new sign and had one of its trains completely refurbished with all the black vinyls being replaced, also During stealths closure the steps were all repainted, the photo / ride baggage had its green edging repainted - quite often its easy to not notice these things. It would be nice for all the queues across the park to get a lick of paint over the closed season then very much continue in the same direction as they have been, we've seen Tidals and Infernos effects fixed over the past few years both of which have been dead since the Tussauds days (although infernos are still inconsistent). Would be great to see the Colossus pit tidied up and working again actually! ThemeParkLover and Josh3103 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkLover Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 I think Merlin definitely care...look at towers, the TLC thing worked really well. I think Thorpe should do the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 5 minutes ago, ThemeParkLover said: I think Merlin definitely care...look at towers, the TLC thing worked really well. I think Thorpe should do the same Did it? The Nemesis repaint was great, but aside from that it was mostly just general maintenance (things that should just be done) passed off as "Towers Loving Care." ThemeParkLover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkLover Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Didn't think about that....they were just showing what would be done anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Just now, ThemeParkLover said: Didn't think about that....they were just showing what would be done anyway. Essentially. It was also a way to try to "justify" the budget cutbacks in terms of closed rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Technically its still 2016 so this post is still ok.... but guess what I found today Josh3103 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkCrafter Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 So... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh3103 Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 I still don't see it reopening I think those logs will be sold or something but if it does reopen and its a massive IF I will be ecstatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh3103 Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 23 minutes ago, James Allgood said: Technically its still 2016 so this post is still ok.... but guess what I found today I still don't see it reopening I think those logs will be sold or something but if it does reopen and its a massive IF I will be ecstatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Ladies and Gents your new theming for The Big Top 2017 Josh3103, Olistjj and Kerfuffle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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