I'd much rather they just scrapped the whole thing and started again. Maybe even remove all of the boat ride and install a new path too as it's just far too short now.
How would I theme it? A gigantic joke shop!
They can't go for sweets, they can't go for toys, Bubbleworks has already done fizzy pop and soap, so something crazy needs to happen. As much as fitting the ride in with the rest of CCL appeals to me, I can't stand the random nature of the rest of the place. It needs a new concrete theme, no interfering IP's and a better upkeep of the place.
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory could become a new experience whereby you get told to go inside the stock area of the shop to search out a joke thief who's pinching ideas for his own store. But the joke shop isn't any old joke shop!
Inside the store there'd be massive pairs of glasses with eyes popping out over your boat, huge whoopee cushions being tested by those guns which fire a boxing glove which empties the cushions out at the boat, colossal hand buzzers filling a room with electricity, a sack of explosive throwing caps going off, fake poop machines, big wind-up chattering teeth, bubble blowing tests performed by squeaky rubber ducks, stink bombs growing on a stink bomb tree, spinning bow-ties being hand-stitched by hand puppets, a stock room full of all kinds of clown shoes, a sweets room, a Stretch Armstrong stretching room, baseball caps that can make you fly, laughing gas dispensers being tested on some misbehaving teddies, over-sized squeaking rubber chickens that bump into your boat, dancing magic worms, giant jumping beans, pipes full of slime and creepy crawlies, mice testing bubble gum finger snappers, machines that turn regular coins into chocolate ones, water balloons and flowers which spray riders with water, etc...
The simulator could be moved to be incorporated into a fun house if they couldn't work it into a new ride, or something?
I imagine the whole land being rethemed to a wild, colourful village with twisted buildings, crazy topiary, wobbly roads and the residents are all completely wacky. There'd be loads of hidden surprises to interact with, and nothing would be what you'd expect it to be.
I won't go into listing new rides, as this isn't the topic for that.
I guess it still all sounds a bit CCL meets Toyland Tours though.