Shame. I loved Storybook Land so much! Although it only have one ride, it always had that magical Beatrix potter feel to it. Its just one of those things really, you don't want something until its gone!
No doubt from what I've seen of the CBeebies land re-theme so far, it looks to become the park's third "Plastic" themed area after adventure land and Cloud Cuckoo Land. What happened to kids areas with
thought put into them like Transylvania, Storybook etc. I guess I.Ps are the cop-out for making more of an effort.
UG Land, now that was an area! Wow I will never forget the first time I walked into that area in 2007, sideshows, actors, music, bright coloured theming, the what appeared to be Huge Corkscrew in the background and the whining of its lift hill, and even Rita, yes Rita, had this huge dominating look to it with the whole 50s dragster theme was a winner for me.
Heavy theming was never needed for that ride in my opinion, just that silhouette of the three hills crossing from the entrance to the area was powerful enough! I loved Ug Land!
Now we have somewhat of a very poorly themed, dismal & quite frankly depressing area known as the "Dark Forest" despite the fact that the area is probably the most open area of the park with hardly any trees, ah well they tried. Actually no they really didn't! Where is the atmosphere in that place, and the theming? Pretty much non-existent with the exception of the newest piece of theming "scaffolding" & "Shipping Container".
OK, rant over, I will always hold faith in towers to fix these problems at some point, and create more brilliant attractions such as The Smiler, now that's how you create and re-vitalise an old area!
Lets home Candy and the team will come up with some more creative ideas for attractions in the future!
