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The Retrosquad: General Discussion
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You just want some fire effects at towers though don't you?This is the only acceptable level they should aim for if they are being serious about flat rides.
Skyscraper
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Cough Wicker Man
Jonathan
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You're talking to the guy who enjoys Rammstein, remember.
Trooper Looper
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CAN YOU CUT IT?!This is the only acceptable level they should aim for if they are being serious about flat rides.
Poisson
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As much as my love of fire and Talocan makes me want to see something similar, I mean the setup and themeing. At its core it's just a great ride type and a nice themeing wall set up with some effects as icing on the cake. The angry, flippy cake.
However if Towers did decide to do things like this I wouldn't object
However if Towers did decide to do things like this I wouldn't object
QTXAdsy
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As I said in my alternative history of Towers...Ripsaw REMASTERED!This is the only acceptable level they should aim for if they are being serious about flat rides.
CAN YOU CUT IT TWICE OVER?
Matt.GC
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Talocan is indeed an awesome set piece to behold and there always seems to be massive crowd in the viewing area just watching.
Although it wasn't in the same level, Ripsaw always drew crowds of spectators, especially those wanting to watch their friends and loved ones get sprayed in the face. I loved the whole setup with fountains, back drop and bridge over the pathway. The RS do add crowds around these previously baron areas which is always good to see, but many of them are bag holders rather than spectators.
They are just tacky fair ground rides at the end of the day just dumped on the spaces of removed permanent flats. I welcomed their hasty installation as the alternative really was nothing but it's time for some permanent themed showcases now. I still maintain though that we won't get that. They'll be quietly removed and that'll be the end of it.
Although it wasn't in the same level, Ripsaw always drew crowds of spectators, especially those wanting to watch their friends and loved ones get sprayed in the face. I loved the whole setup with fountains, back drop and bridge over the pathway. The RS do add crowds around these previously baron areas which is always good to see, but many of them are bag holders rather than spectators.
They are just tacky fair ground rides at the end of the day just dumped on the spaces of removed permanent flats. I welcomed their hasty installation as the alternative really was nothing but it's time for some permanent themed showcases now. I still maintain though that we won't get that. They'll be quietly removed and that'll be the end of it.
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Crying out for permanent additions more than ever - Funk’n’Fly has been closed for about 6 days now!
I can think of a better name for it, but there are minors here…
BigShadowtinytree
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I hate the retrosquad. There I said it, it’s been bothering me for ages.
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Thameslink Rail
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I like Spinjam and Flavio (shame about the operations on Flavio), Funk 'n' Fly is alright but I would have liked something more thrilling. Roller Disco is the worst waltzer I've ever been on.
BigShadowtinytree
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I just think a park like towers should be doing better than hiring in funfair rides. For one season fine, not ideal but I get it with everything that’s been going on the last couple of years. Now they need to sort themselves out and get some proper, permanent flat rides in.
Danscott22
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I think at the start of 2021 I’d have said I’d accept it for 2 seasons max - the issue really needs to be sorted over winter. But then if we get them removed and nothing to replace them, I’ll have wished they stayed.
Alton Towers hiring travelling flats is like buying a house off Wish.
This is the U.K’s premier theme park apparently!
They served a purpose when capacity was reduced due to covid, but I think it’s time to get a bulk deal on a minimum of 2 high throughput permanents now.
This is the U.K’s premier theme park apparently!
They served a purpose when capacity was reduced due to covid, but I think it’s time to get a bulk deal on a minimum of 2 high throughput permanents now.
Matt.GC
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With Enterprise looking like it's finally passing to the other side, Walliams World being embarrassing as it is even with the Sizzler there and Blade being older than me, we could be talking about a good 6 attractions needing some sort of permanent solution here in the long run. The 4 temp flats alone are carrying the weight of previously removed attractions before you consider the other 2 long standing permanents going, the Dungeons having it's day and the abandonment of Sub Terra needing some sort of solution, even if it's just removal.
Even if you replaced the Blade, Enterprise and the Dungeons with permanent attractions, we'd be looking at many £milllions and that's before we even consider the fun fair rides being replaced with something permanent.
What a hole to dig themselves into. A hole I don't suspect they have much of plan to dig themselves out of..
Even if you replaced the Blade, Enterprise and the Dungeons with permanent attractions, we'd be looking at many £milllions and that's before we even consider the fun fair rides being replaced with something permanent.
What a hole to dig themselves into. A hole I don't suspect they have much of plan to dig themselves out of..
Squiggs
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I think it would be a really good use of an SW-sized budget.
Adding a significant number of attractions in a single season, which fill the obvious gaps in the park's line-up, could provide a really strong marketing campaign to bring in new/lapsed guests. A 'compilation' style advertising campaign (in a similar vein to the famous 'Magic Map' add from the 90s) could do the park wonders right now to draw back their lost audience (just so long as they fix some of the real-world problems that have driven those gusts away first)
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