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Hex [2024 Refurb]: General Discussion
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PhalanaxOperativeA1127
TS Member
Exactly. The park's still not open and some people are already moaning
Can't see anyone moaning per se, its just disappointing to see a ride that's been closed for practically a whole season ... closed a little bit longer.
Danscott22
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- The Smiler
Considering it closed on April 1st 2023, I think that’s very poor that it won’t be open come opening day. It’s not like it would detract from Nemesis either
Squiggs
TS Team
I think we're all very, very aware of this by now. This is exactly the conversation we all had this time last year... theoretically the park have now had a full 12 months to order, receive and install parts for this ride.
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Is it though? Unfortunate is the word I'd go for personally. It is what it is
Skyscraper
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- Favourite Ride
- Nemesis
PhalanaxOperativeA1127
TS Member
I wonder if this will be a May opening in the vein of Sub-Terra? 
Mattie boy
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- Favourite Ride
- Shamballa
Surely they would have known Hex wasn't to open at season start when they released the promo a few weeks ago for 2024 with Hex on it !!
PhalanaxOperativeA1127
TS Member
One thing to note, don't forget that video was for the upcoming season as a whole and what we have to look forward to across the year. It wasn't a "this is what's open from day 1"
I get what you're saying, but I think it just showed a confidence in it reopening at some point rather than day 1.
Mattie boy
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- Shamballa
Yes of course yet arguably very misleading , a small disclaimer would have been good if they knew then.
Squiggs
TS Team
Everything points to the fact they were fully expecting it to be open at the start of the season and some additional maintenance issue has come up.
When they made the big deal about it a few weeks back, they also took it off the Temporary Closure page on the site (whilst Skyride remained listed). Today it's been re-added, so clearly something has occurred in the meantime.
When they made the big deal about it a few weeks back, they also took it off the Temporary Closure page on the site (whilst Skyride remained listed). Today it's been re-added, so clearly something has occurred in the meantime.
ScottishChris
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- Favourite Ride
- Legend
As poor as this is - if they don't have the parts, they don't have the parts. If they had been ordered in plenty time and got held up - there isn't much the park can do. I remember one of the PB engineers saying [when talking about the Valhalla delays] that parts that use to take a few days to a couple of weeks to arrive now take months. If this is genuinely the case, we will likely be seeing more delays like this.
Ryan
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- Favourite Ride
- Hex
I'm gutted. I was so hopeful with it being taken off the closures list.
Nemesis, Wickerman in the dark, my boyfriend's first ride on Smiler, and Hex was all I was focused on for next Saturday.
Sunday is also a day on park with my 11 year old, 1.37m niece, and it's another attraction gone from a very weak list of rides more mature than Cbeebies but suitable for someone 3cm too small for the big rides.
BUT, if the rest of this message is sincere, and Hex will reopen later in the year feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and with a new twinkle in its (red glowing) eyes...I'll let them off
Nemesis, Wickerman in the dark, my boyfriend's first ride on Smiler, and Hex was all I was focused on for next Saturday.
Sunday is also a day on park with my 11 year old, 1.37m niece, and it's another attraction gone from a very weak list of rides more mature than Cbeebies but suitable for someone 3cm too small for the big rides.
BUT, if the rest of this message is sincere, and Hex will reopen later in the year feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and with a new twinkle in its (red glowing) eyes...I'll let them off
Steve74
TS Member
We'll never know the full reasons why Hex wont open next weekend. As others have said, the obvious cause is delays in parts, but it could even be something to do with what they say they are doing to improve the effects. By that I mean lets say the original plan when it closed last year was to open at the start of this season with it fully repaired but operating with very little new effects, if any. Then The Curse opens. Management sees how phenomenally well received it has been so plan for new effects for Hex to bring that up to similar levels of quality effects. Budgets and capex's then have to be submitted. If there is a delay getting that through (and in any corporation that can take weeks or months), that may mean that they only got the green light a few weeks ago. Then the decision is made to keep it closed and make a big deal of it's reopening after the Nemesis (and Hyperia) excitement has died down. Bianca did say in her announcement "From events to new attractions, it's my ambition that there is always something to look forward to in 2024 - long after opening"
It could also be something like resources. I'd imagine Merlin Magic Making will be involved in the improvements. Considering they are tied up with Nemesis at the moment, maybe its just a question of not enough resources to look at Hex until Nemesis is complete.
It could also be something like resources. I'd imagine Merlin Magic Making will be involved in the improvements. Considering they are tied up with Nemesis at the moment, maybe its just a question of not enough resources to look at Hex until Nemesis is complete.
