RicketyCricket
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Wicker Man pre show is great because you're only in there for around a minute and it's actually very entertaining.Wicker Man is water too, Oblivion and Galactica are broken and havnt been repaired for whatever reason.
That Galactica's portal lasted only about 2 years is a bit silly
I'd love some kind of preshow experience but personally I've never thought video preshows in Merlin parks actually add anything. Especially when almost every ride seems to have a preshow video now, it's like "whats the video gonna be to tell us the theme on this one?".
The way Merlin often do them, they interest only geeks who read backstories on Wikipedia and don't actually add anything to your anticipation of the ride.
But look at Wicker Man on how to do a good preshow for a themed coaster, it's as much about the room and the theatrics (all simple stuff but done well) and the video on the cloth just makes it feel much more in keeping with the theme. Or Hex, because the video is actually worth watching. Great parks abroad tend to make better theatrical/scenic buildup that don't necessarily have a video on a screen in an empty room.
I think Smiler's interior queue and station shouldnt be empty breeze block rooms for a start, then there could be really cool setup to the coaster ahead.
5-10 min boring pre shows become very tedious when re-riding.
*Looks at Dinosaur at Animal Kingdom*