Crazycoaster said:
Ben said:
Sorry but a family Woodie like that will be overshadowed and completely forgotten about if they open it the same year as Mackpool.
This is a mistake, IMO. Get something **** off and huge and wipe the competition out, don't shove something generic and short in and get forgotten about.
I completely agree.
They should be adding their **** "family" additions in the years between the big investments.
But... But guys look.
If this is simply a family woodie... What's the attached worlds first? What's the gimmick? Maybe.... Maybe there isn't one.
What if rather than rush in with a big "star" (read: gimmick) attraction, they're aiming to just add content quietly and improve the park overall in the next couple of years. That starts with stuff like the Nemesis repaint and other aesthetic improvements this season.
I know some rides are closed - but we've heard rumours that it's an unfortunate coincidence that the most important of those (Hex) is down for technical reasons and not cost cutting. Since we now know Flume was closed for a damn good reason and... Well, Sub Terra being closed is still an enigma to me tbh. I don't care how unpopular it is, if you're closing one of your newest rides that's
hilarious, but does anyone actually
care?
It's also easy to forget that we did get an investment this season in ... *fart sound drumroll* ... Galactica. Like that was literally less important in my head than Nemesis' repaint, but the point is that it is a "new" experience they are offering and it won't have been cheap to install and will continue to be extortionate to man.
Frankly, I think it's remarkable that they appear to be adding a nondescript family wooden coaster as the next "big" investment post-Smiler. Like, wow... That's really interesting.
Is that due to budget constraints, is it a lesser version of whatever was planned? It's understandable that whatever was due for 2017 has been postponed whilst they await the affects of last season. On the one hand you have to jump to action and make sure the park is worth visiting, but on the other, there's undoubtably added H&S garb constraining them along wit financial concerns and what not.
This doesn't need to compete with Blackpool's coaster, it can exist as a solid new attraction in its own right and snowball into success. Though, it would be hilarious if they had NO IDEA what Blackpool were doing, which wouldn't surprise me at all.
Perhaps we're getting a major new coaster in 2018? Who knows! Sometimes crazy things happen.