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Poisson
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Why is it Aspro's move? They'll strip the park at leisure and transport the rides to their new homes if they have any at the new parks closed season? They're leaving the UK market for theme parks, they won't be bothered about PR as not may will link the aquariums and castle to the owners of Oakwood. The current location of the rides is free storage on the balance sheet, plus if they remove the rides slowly they'll need less boots on the ground and can probably spread the costs over several months which will also help with the balance sheet.
Unless RLP has any confirmed funding that's enough to make it worth stripping what they want and moving quicker or can offer enough for the park as is, why would they be fussed?
Unless RLP has any confirmed funding that's enough to make it worth stripping what they want and moving quicker or can offer enough for the park as is, why would they be fussed?
That's probably trueIt isn't odd when you remember it's just someone having some fun
With Oakwood closed what on going costs have ASPRO got with the site at the moment? I'm not clued up. Obviously it's just sat there vacant so are there still business rates if they are not trading? Electricity etc?
I assume there's some on going costs so wondering if the assets currently there are worth sitting on to remove slowly to their other parks
GooseOnTheLoose
TS Member
The timing feels incredibly reactionary to the comments here last night, rather than mere coincidence. I feel like we may have rattled someone, or hurt their feelings.
Must be a Welsh word.
And completely not a drain on already stretched local resources.
Validly..."with a sound basis in logic or fact; reasonably."
English word, dodgy syntax/grammar.
I do not believe a word of this, still.
Thoosie vapours, in my humble opinion.
I remember Zeri!
Who???
Exactly.
Rereading and doing further checks...
My thoosie detective powers fade with age, but, I think the best shot is...
The Tory politician who first went to the bbc over the trespassing, he's been going fishing for future funding in the senned and local businesses.
Samuel Kurtz is as good a guess as any...shadow economic secretary to boot.
"We"...him and his group of cronies who might generate a few quid and votes out of it all.
Scratch any theme park hard enough and the right wing streak will bleed through.
My thoosie detective powers fade with age, but, I think the best shot is...
The Tory politician who first went to the bbc over the trespassing, he's been going fishing for future funding in the senned and local businesses.
Samuel Kurtz is as good a guess as any...shadow economic secretary to boot.
"We"...him and his group of cronies who might generate a few quid and votes out of it all.
Scratch any theme park hard enough and the right wing streak will bleed through.
Enter Valhalla
TS Member
I have seen several people in TikTok and Facebook comments (yes I know not the most reliable source, but still) saying theyāve driven past Oakwood and the lights leading up the driveway are all still switched on. One commenter even went on to say that the bulbs in the lamps have been changed to white bulbs. If this is the case, electricity is still on.That's probably true
With Oakwood closed what on going costs have ASPRO got with the site at the moment? I'm not clued up. Obviously it's just sat there vacant so are there still business rates if they are not trading? Electricity etc?
I assume there's some on going costs so wondering if the assets currently there are worth sitting on to remove slowly to their other parks
Thereās also been (uncorroborated) footage of Megafobia being sent empty one evening, filmed by someone who was staying at Bluestone next door. Again, not the most reliable source, and no proof that the footage was actually filmed since the closure, but from what Iām hearing, thereās still a bit of life left in the park and I therefore assume that some bills are being paid.
We know 100% that the site is still staffed, and basic facilities such as toilets and microwaves have to be provided for employees. These things do cost money to run.
Matt N
TS Member
I think itās hard to say.
As we gradually ascertain whether or not RLP is legitimate (With them now having revealed a plan costing Ā£250m, Iāll admit Iām now a tad more scepticalā¦ Ā£250m on a loss-making park in West Wales doesnāt seem like the most viable business proposition), or ascertain whether anyone wants to buy the park and reopen it, I think weāll get a better idea.
In the grand scheme of things, it is still very early days, and a lot still stands at Oakwood. Iām not saying for sure that it will reopen (no one can say that with any degree of confidence), but I also wouldnāt say for sure that it wonāt or canāt either. Enough still stands that I think the right person with the right idea could still make it work.
If it were like American Adventure a few years ago, where someone was trying to crowdfund to reopen a park with no usable remnants that closed over a decade ago, I would be more certain in saying that it would most likely never reopen. At that point, youāre basically having to build a new park from the ground up. But considerable usable foundations still remain at Oakwood, and if recent reports about lights being on and Megafobia being cycled are true, the site is evidently still operable in some fashion.
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Is that the dog version?