Rita: General Discussion

[Rob F]

Rita was built with corkscrew standing….

 

[AltonLover123]

They should've removed the corkscrew and used that space for the station instead of awkwardly wedging it in like they have.

There really isn't much else they can do with the area now until it's removed, which will be soon hopefully.

Agreed. The only way to make Dark Forest better would be Rita being demolished.

You’d have the entrance where it currently is. With Rita and its garage gone, you could place a dark ride next to Thirteens lift utilising that space (perhaps a Danse Macabre style). Where the current food outlets are, I’d use for a station and maintence facilities for a newer Mack/intamin multi launch. Family though. Very terrain hugging through the bottom half of the current dark forest. With the main plaza now sited a little further to the right, you’d have plently of space for another flat ride and you’d still have two coasters in the area.

I’d make dark forest a lighter theme. Not whimsical but maybe based on what happened after the Earls experiments on the branch. The forest is already taking over so just re jig the theme and tie it into Hex. It’s the perfect transition as you walk from Hex into DF. Some enchanted/magical forest type deal.

 

[Jb85]

Agreed. The only way to make Dark Forest better would be Rita being demolished.

You’d have the entrance where it currently is. With Rita and its garage gone, you could place a dark ride next to Thirteens lift utilising that space (perhaps a Danse Macabre style). Where the current food outlets are, I’d use for a station and maintence facilities for a newer Mack/intamin multi launch. Family though. Very terrain hugging through the bottom half of the current dark forest. With the main plaza now sited a little further to the right, you’d have plently of space for another flat ride and you’d still have two coasters in the area.

I’d make dark forest a lighter theme. Not whimsical but maybe based on what happened after the Earls experiments on the branch. The forest is already taking over so just re jig the theme and tie it into Hex. It’s the perfect transition as you walk from Hex into DF. Some enchanted/magical forest type deal.

Biggest problem with the dark forest theme is that’s it’s not really Dark enough….

 

[Slugjc]

Biggest problem with the dark forest theme is that’s it’s not really Dark enough….

It works during scarefest at night. If it's well lit.

 

[Jb85]

It works during scarefest at night. If it's well lit.

That’s very true in fairness. I think that is because it’s, well, Dark then.

If we had what was on the original concept art I think the area would be great. Rita unfortunately is a victim of poor long term planning.

 

[James]

It’s the worst area on park for me. Th13teen could do with a re-theme, Rita removed (replaced with a multi-launch coaster in DF or elsewhere), the current row of buildings demolished and the area given a new path/route, a second coaster, a flat ride and new buildings.

 

[Poisson]

There's potential to make it all work with a heavy retheme and some rebuilding work, without losing either coaster.



Blue is the replacement line of outlets, green a new path, FR are for flat rides. Close off the existing path by Rita, completely revamp the queue to get rid of the cattle pen. Retheme the area to something to do with racing. 13 has the perfect test drive gone wrong setup for a retheme.