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And all we can do now is wait...Wouldn’t surprise me; a fair bit of work happened last off-season!
Time will tell us I guess, for the better hopefully.
And all we can do now is wait...Wouldn’t surprise me; a fair bit of work happened last off-season!
I doubt it's anything to do with the age it's just general standard maintenance which for most other companies wouldn't be necessary as it would've been kept on top of in the first place.Well, if The Conga River Rapifs is having a little work done to it, I don't see why Duel shouldn't, as they both areas are coincidentally turning 30 this year with evidence of work being done.
Well, still, fingers crossed that the Waterfalls do come back this upcoming season.The work to CRR is far more likely to do with the outcome of the Drayton rapids incident than anything to do with the 30th year of Katanga Canyon.
I'm looking forward to your review.And all we can do now is wait...
Time will tell us I guess, for the better hopefully.
Sometimes i just don't know if people are being legit or sarcastic on the Internet XDI'm looking forward to your review.
Also looking forward to that Professor fella's review of the new improved Beaver Creek.
Funny how people who praise the Haunted House are most times the same who also want to see the original scenes and props ripped out, just saying.
Nope, not true at all.Funny how people who praise the Haunted House are most times the same who also want to see the original scenes and props ripped out, just saying.
Apologies. Its just on SM as a whole sorry, not the forum, and I don't wanna name individuals. I can't blame you for not believing me. All I can say is, SM is a weird place full of weird people XD with opinions that don't make sense sometimes.Nope, not true at all.
Who are these "people"?
Where are their posts?
HH was the best of the two by a very long way.
If I may defend these folks for a second, what I’d say is that you can both appreciate the HH for what it was at the time and hope for a mostly new ride in 2023. Hoping for a mostly new ride in 2023 does not have to mean that you didn’t like the original HH or that you didn’t appreciate it; liking the original HH and hoping for a mostly new ride in 2023 are not mutually exclusive.Funny how people who praise the Haunted House are most times the same who also want to see the original scenes and props ripped out, just saying.
Lovely description and explanation there Matt! Even if I highly disagree.If I may defend these folks for a second, what I’d say is that you can both appreciate the HH for what it was at the time and hope for a mostly new ride in 2023. Hoping for a mostly new ride in 2023 does not have to mean that you didn’t like the original HH or that you didn’t appreciate it; liking the original HH and hoping for a mostly new ride in 2023 are not mutually exclusive.
Whatever your thoughts are on the ride within the modern market, I think few would deny that the HH worked wonders in 1992. It was hugely successful, resonated with the market massively, and was truly unique and ground-breaking for the time. With that in mind, most who experienced the HH at the time are bound to have fond memories of it.
However, the world has moved on. Just because the ride worked very well between 1992 and 2002, that is not a sure-fire sign that it would resonate with a 2020s audience. The original HH was built 30 years ago. More than a quarter of a century has passed since the ride originally opened. Heck, a fifth of a century has now passed since the ride closed. 30 years is a long time in the theme park industry, and dark rides are built very differently now to how they were when the HH first opened.
Even if someone raved about the HH in 1992, that does not mean that they would rave about the same ride in 2023. The goalposts of what constitutes a revered dark ride have shifted considerably since then, and I’d (perhaps controversially) wager that at least some of the Haunted House’s present high praise is based on nostalgia and an appreciation of how brilliant it was for the time rather than a belief that the 1992 ride exactly as it was would work wonders and stack up in 2023.
Before I ramble on too much, my point is; just because someone wants mostly new scenes in 2023, it does not mean that they can’t praise the Haunted House for what it was in 1992 or that they didn’t like the 1992 Haunted House.
They might simply believe that while the ride undeniably worked well in 1992, 30 years have passed since then, the goalposts have shifted, and it’s time for something new rather than a “revival” of the old.
I do get your argument about the Haunted Mansion. “That too is an old ride, so shouldn’t that also be replaced and updated?” is certainly a valid question to ask given my previous post.Lovely description and explanation there Matt! Even if I highly disagree.
Just to make it quick since this is a forum about TT and the HH, I just still find it odd that people say that the HH is a product of its time and wouldn't work in today's world, well, then why does the Haunted Mansion at DisneyLand still exist? Its over 60 years old, surely by those sayings it should be replaced ASAP with a new ghost train, but people still enjoy it as much as when it opened back in 1969, with only a few refurbs over the decades, it still has most of its original elements, sfx, props, and music.
Just to make it quick since this is a forum about TT and the HH, I just still find it odd that people say that the HH is a product of its time and wouldn't work in today's world, well, then why does the Haunted Mansion at DisneyLand still exist? Its over 60 years old, surely by those sayings it should be replaced ASAP with a new ghost train, but people still enjoy it as much as when it opened back in 1969, with only a few refurbs over the decades, such as new scenes, audio, but it still has most of its original elements, sfx, props, and music. I just think that's how they should treat Duel/HH. Give it new spooks and ideas, but keep old elements at the same time and still being the same ride in its core all those years ago but freshened up to prolong its lifespan.