I’m sat watching my wife and daughter on Go Jetters, so thought I’d take a moment give my thoughts on today.
I think the park looks great, there appears to be a lot of painting up that has happened in various places. It looks bright and fresh. This doesn’t extend to certain spots (Cuckoo Cars looks a real mess - probably going to be rethemed soon judging by its neglect.).
WODW is fenced off but with staff dressed as Beefeaters walking Fountain Square and advising of it opening in May, thought this was a nice touch. Woodcutters had full menu available for the outdoor seating too, which I thought was good. The lawns look great and there seem to be about five characters milling about (seen a Yeti, a Shark, a Dodo, some sort of orange thing!) giving a good atmosphere.
Funk n Fly has a long queue but seems to eat it relatively quickly. It’s a fun little ride but I’m not a big fan of walking into Forbidden Valley and hearing Bon Jovi blaring above the classic Nemesis theme, seemed to just be me though (my wife loved it as she’s a Bon Jovi fan!). Mixtape I haven’t yet been on as the queue has been huge all day, but intend to get on it shortly. The Waltzers are really hidden away - if you don’t know they’re there I doubt you’d find them. The music seems to be hidden away too (probably due to it being an enclosed attraction). It’s sad walking through an utterly dead Gloomy Wood and the one way system from Katanga to FV feels more irritating than last year with no attractions between.
My only big complaint is the change in height restrictions on CRR and, although not publicised, The Blade. Both have gone to minimum 1.1m with The Blade having a little sticker placed above where it used to say 1.0m. This is not advertised as such on the website or app but is clearly the case from the signage. I find this sad as my daughter was riding both of these last visit, and now cannot go on either! It’s a hard thing to explain to a four year old, particularly when she loved both rides.
On a personal note, this visit was a good kick up the backside to me about weight I’ve put on in lockdown, wow! Struggled to get the bar down on Heave Ho (yet oddly no issues on Wicker Man). If you’ve indulged during the indoors periods we’ve suffered, Watch your guts folks!
