Thirteen: General Discussion

[MaxPower]

Even the old beggar woman couldn't compete with the Intamin curse.

Never really liked how they did that station, always felt like a bit of a cop out.

 

[Bert2theSpark]

You forget how ugly it looks, when they eventually get around to re-doing Dark Forest, they should definitely replace this with some cladding and maybe even some mural. Hell, maybe even plant some shrubbery and trees in front of it. It would be relatively cost-effective and end the maintenance of constantly having to replace the scaffolding...

 

[idleross]

It’s a shame how the station looks from the outside because I really like the aesthetic and atmosphere on the inside

 

[venny]

Sir John advised that the scaffolding was (unsurprisingly) a cost driven decision. They manufactured casts to mirror the stone used for the Towers onto sections of the station, but that construction method was apparently very cost prohibitive and thus large sections of the station ended up with the scaffold.

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

Expect in the coming seasons for everything to be stripped off, revealing the corrugated metal underneath. Paint it black and you'll have taken it to the next level of Merlin theming. If you can't have a shipping container, make it look like a shipping container. Genius.

 

[Dave]

Sir John advised that the scaffolding was (unsurprisingly) a cost driven decision. They manufactured casts to mirror the stone used for the Towers onto sections of the station, but that construction method was apparently very cost prohibitive and thus large sections of the station ended up with the scaffold.

Partially true, the side facing the Towers always had the scaffolding on the planning permission (with broken flying buttresses sticking out of it). I think the planning team were not keen on a faux ruin being visible from fountain square.

The rest of the building was meant to be stone effect clad though, and the buttresses seemed to disappear.

 

[MaxPower]

I think the planning team were not keen on a faux ruin being visible from fountain square.

Hilarious to think of the planning team being fussy over that when you consider it was a garish poor mans Flintstones land for a decade or so.

 

[Mick]

Expect in the coming seasons for everything to be stripped off, revealing the corrugated metal underneath. Paint it black and you'll have taken it to the next level of Merlin theming. If you can't have a shipping container, make it look like a shipping container. Genius.

The Phalanx Forest?