Considering this year was supposed to win our confidence in the park back, at least to a certain extent, I think they've done a pretty poor job in living up to our expectations thus far. With poor communication about ride closures, enterprise failing to reopen almost halfway into the season and the 'power of the towers' being nothing more than a marketing gimmick that the park themselves hasn't seemed to use since the beginning of the season, my enthusiasm for every visit seems to be fading gradually which is a huge shame. The park looks straight up dead in some areas with the empty space and closed food stalls everywhere. The rapids, which could almost certainly run as they used to, especially now that the modified boats have been implemented, remain the sole water ride which often fails to get you even a little wet and operations are still pretty inconsistent. Opening hours are still pathetic for a park this popular and Merlin really comes across as a business who doesn't know what to do with the place. Thorpe park has been treated much better this year with all of their smaller, almost festival-like seasonal additions which actually add incentive for some to revisit multiple times throughout the year. Towers doesn't seem to be offering any sort of reason to make repeat visits this year other than some tacky meme challenge thing and a rather tired sounding scarefest with more or less the same line-up as the last few years and, despite guest feedback about the lack of atmosphere on park, still no scare-zones. It's honestly embarrassing and it's causing me to become very cynical about a place I still love and hold very close.
End rant.
