Personally, if any ride was to be given a roof I would want it to be Rita. Unfortunately, budget restraint has led to several popular rides at ATR not having rooves and it's bad for staff, guests, wear and tear... the lot!
Rita was intentionally designed without a roof to fit in the the original 'theme' of a racetrack. The idea being that open air would give more of an impression of being a drag strip which obviously wouldn't have a roof. Although I do see your point I have to agree with the original logic and say it is better without a roof.
Anyway I would like to say that I have been very pleasantly surprised about this program. When I first heard about the program I was as cynical as most of you and assumed it was just a front for closing rides for budget cuts but credit where credit is due they have done a great job.
yes I know it should have been done every year but it doesn't mean we shouldn't be happy and, I know this is tough for some of you but, be thankful and praise the good work going on!
None of us expected such good work to go on including nemmys station and the track repaint (even if the station is over two years to ensure they can get the proper quality of painters doing it justice) and even the loss of Rita's infamous scaffolding tunnel.
The program is in theory three years long (if they can be bothered). So I would be hoping over the next two years we will get a Smiler repaint as it is a state (and maybe if we are really lucky they might even aligne the projectors!) a reopening of hex and maybe N:ST with fixed theming and restraints/parking issue sorted. Towers Street could do with a bit of attention as well as duel.
I just hope they give a budget for maintenance every year after this is finished so they don't make the same mistake again and the park can look top quality all of the time. But my biggest worry is that we don't hear about this project again and the budget disappears and the park is left to rot away again.
