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The World of David Walliams: General Discussion

AT86 said:
I am not sure where this consensus that the driving school is aimed at the CBeebies audience has come from?

The attraction has a height requirement of between 1m and 1.4m. This puts it in the average age category of between 4 and 10 years old.

CBeebies is aimed at those under 6.

Moving it into CBeebies would actually be reducing the number of attractions for the already underserved ‘too old for CBeebies, not old enough for the big coasters’ market.
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Exactly, at Legoland I think they even have two driving schools with one for the younger children who would be CBeebies age. Moving it to make an area with Spinball could make sense, so outside of CBeebies having a space for 4-10 year olds, but I also don't see an issue with leaving it where it is and just fixing the rest of the area.
 
I think relocating the driving School next to Spinball would be great! Itll clear for more space in TWODW for new development, and It would be nice to see Spinballs area get expanded in who knows how long. Perhaps start calling it Adventure Land again?
 
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Also think this area could do with an indoor soft play. It used to have some bouncy castle things in one of the Units. It would give parents of younger children somewhere to go it the weather is bad or they need to grab a coffee while the kids run round for a bit.
 
Relife said:
Also think this area could do with an indoor soft play. It used to have some bouncy castle things in one of the Units. It would give parents of younger children somewhere to go it the weather is bad or they need to grab a coffee while the kids run round for a bit.
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Ah yes, Wobble World.
 
Relife said:
Dring school should be relocated, the carousel could be moved as well but it would leave the area pretty redundant so they would need some sort of plan before they do that and I think Thier focus is elsewhere at the moment.
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I’d move the carousel to the bottom of Towers Street and put a waveswinger where it’s now.

Would bring more life to towers Street throughout the whole day.
 
Alphe86 said:
GG isn’t to everyone’s liking but my kids love it. In a re-theme of the area keeping the premise of the ride the same and introducing an original story and effects would be more then adequate. Not everything needs to be targeted at the enthusiast market
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The building is falling to pieces, hence the ride being closed occasionally during heavy rain as the queue floods. Needs something doing.

havaska said:
I’d move the carousel to the bottom of Towers Street and put a waveswinger where it’s now.

Would bring more life to towers Street throughout the whole day.
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Not sure where it'd sit? Carousel possibly to Adventure Land with Driving School and Spinball might work.
 
Also I’m sure one Christmas gallopers popped up in the ath garden on the chess tiles, rumour was it was going to stay there too, it would fit ath.
 
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AT86 said:
I know it very much looks like they have given up on any further development of this area.

But this new DW book looks like a ready made fit for the 4D theatre and old Ice Age rooms in Splash.

Edit: turns out this book is actually from 2018 so I am now a little confused as to what this post is promoting. 🤷‍♂️


From: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_XVKCuA55F/?igsh=MTF1Nmc4cWxiNTZ6Zw==
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Reading the description, it’s a bit of promo alongside the new ice cream flavour being launched in the area.

Interesting that they’re doing something that isn’t Gangsta Granny related all of a sudden, as I’ve heard (no citation*) that the reason we haven’t seen any expansion is because Harper Collins didn’t want the land to expand beyond the Gangsta Granny book. So if the IP is up for renegotiation, this could also be used as a method of gauging interest in the brand and if there’s room for growth.
 
Bert2theSpark said:
Reading the description, it’s a bit of promo alongside the new ice cream flavour being launched in the area.

Interesting that they’re doing something that isn’t Gangsta Granny related all of a sudden, as I’ve heard (no citation*) that the reason we haven’t seen any expansion is because Harper Collins didn’t want the land to expand beyond the Gangsta Granny book. So if the IP is up for renegotiation, this could also be used as a method of gauging interest in the brand and if there’s room for growth.
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Thanks. Didn’t even realise there was anywhere for F&B in that area for Ice Creams to be sold.
 
Mick said:
It’s not something I ever go anywhere near, but is the driving school popular at all?
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It’s the only ride in any park that my son has come off disappointed.

A major issue I spotted on the day, for my lad’s ride and the rides I could see from the queue, was ride ops not separating or placing cars for the new batch.

This led to half the kids wasting time at the start stuck on each other or wedged in corners.

Not to say that’s always the case.
 
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