The one example I know of a park replacing a Log Flume in recent years is Phantasialand with Chiapas which replaced their two Mack flumes.
That's probably why I'm thinking they're going with another water ride instead of settling with Splash Lagoon
But equally you could say that Zodiac at Thorpe Park was replaced with a newer Enterprise in 2006 (relocated from Drayton), the Beastie at Alton Towers was replaced with Octonauts a few years later, the Jumping Bean and Jumping Jack drop towers at Paultons were replaced with the more modern Water and Windmill Towers (albeit in a different location), Nemesis was replaced with Nemesis Reborn, Drayton Manor’s old log flume was replaced with Stormforce 10, Flamingo Land’s log flume was replaced with Lost River Ride.
It also shouldn't be considered a "logical" certainty either, as suggested by the OP, was more my point.
It certainly isn’t the only logical replacement. There’s plenty of other options that would make logical sense, but I also don’t think that installing a new log flume would be illogical either.
I'd have to agree with @Enter Valhalla and say that logically, Paultons would be smart to bring in their signature water ride for 2027.
Very True we could use more Dark Rides Legoland has the most followed by Towers.
That's because they have the right kind of bad weather. We consistently have the wrong kind of bad weather.
It’s worth bearing in mind that Paultons has a lot of quite short and (relatively) tame rides, which may be less affected by adverse weather than some of the larger rides at, say, Thorpe Park.
I'm genuinely interested how Pirate Ship can operate at 50 mph when Mr Monkey's Banana Ride which is a similar ride and size can operate up to 35mph
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Don't want to go too off topic but Blackpool has 3 Dark Rides Ghost Train, Wallace, Gromit Thrill O Matic and Alice in Wonderland unless you count Valhalla which consider more water ride then it has 4. Same amount as Towers that has 4 rides.
