MattyMoo Posted August 29, 2023 Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 Blowing the dust off this topic but I see that Legoland have announced Viking River Splash will close permanently from 25th September... opening in 2007 that's 16 years of operation. Rumba Rapids laughs in the face of such failure, and will raise you 20 years on top of that and counting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted August 29, 2023 Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 Weird how my gut was telling me there would be a closure at Legoland this year, but maybe not this one. Assuming this will be removed rather than re-themed, given it’s not closing at the end of the season? I get the impression popularity, reliability and running costs are likely the reasons. Not to mention it wasn’t running like it used to in recent years. Another water ride falls down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted August 29, 2023 Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 I’m actually kind of gutted about this - I love water rides and haven’t ridden Viking River Splash in years as it’s always been closed with the exception of 2021 where it had an absolutely massive queue (so I think that popularity isn’t necessarily an issue?). My only criticism of it is it can be incredibly rough and I wouldn’t feel comfortable taking a child on as it hits those side with such force at time that you really have to brace yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 Also - the new coaster at Legoland seems to be flying under the radar a bit doesn't it? Being overshadowed by Exodus I guess, and SW9 speculation and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 4 hours ago, MattyMoo said: Also - the new coaster at Legoland seems to be flying under the radar a bit doesn't it? Being overshadowed by Exodus I guess, and SW9 speculation and such. Correction. TWO new coasters as its duelling. However, I feel no one cares because its at Legoland. Which I agree with. Mattgwise and MattyMoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 Legoland arrest as woman, 27, is held on suspicion of neglect I just hope it’s not a staff member, they get paid too little to be arrested on the job. Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 I highly doubt a staff member is going to be arrested for child neglect of a 5 month old baby that suffered a cardiac arrest. Full story below: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-68962869 Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Went to Legoland on Friday (RAP at Thorpe was fully booked by time could book it. So that went well). It's. Weird. Speedway is so weirdly positioned though a fun coaster with more weird loading procedures. Landscaping is an absolute disaster though. Miniland looks a fair old state still and the abandoned Viking Rapids is just... ew... RAP is also a real faff on some attractions. It's shocking that newer ones have seemingly zero consideration towards how these will be incorporated. Monster Party you have to leave wheelchairs in the pre show room then grab it after the pre show after your ride has finished. What's the point in that? Ninjago has the "go on onload issue" that seems prevalent recently and Sky Lion also had weird loading procedures. Also there were like, no staff to scan the RAP codes. So that meant abuse could be rife (not that it would've worked on Ninjago since you join a 20 minute queue anyway, thats dumb). Strange park. Will go back when lil 'un has hit 0.9m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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