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Re: New attraction for former Beastie site? Towers Times have taken some aerial photos of the site, you do have to be a member to view the full update as its in the members section http://www.towerstimes.co.uk/blog/2015/01/06/mi7-strikes-again-alton-towers-resort-aerial-update-part-1/

Nemesis, no more is needed :P

Re: Thorpe Park construction? That's fine, it doesn't bother me in the slightest. Im glad you have taken the role of forum spokesperson though .

Re: Thorpe Park construction? Take it with a pinch of salt but I've heard the budget could be more than 30 million

Re: Thorpe Park construction? But this dark ride is going to be Merlins biggest ever investment so its hardly cutting back.

Re: Thorpe Park construction? When we had our behind the scenes tour with South Parks we were told that they have renewed the Lionsgate contract for FN's and the Saw contract so they both should be staying for the foreseeable future.

Re: Thorpe Park construction? This ride is going to be far from cheap!

Re: Thorpe Park construction? Well at least I was right about the dark ride even if the size was a bit overestimated, the ride is still going to be massive! South Parks have added another article

Re: Thorpe Park construction? So you are saying the MTDP is wrong then?

Re: Thorpe Park construction? Sorry i should have put decent length coaster, as quite a lot of the RMC's built so far are reasonably long Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Re: Thorpe Park construction? I would like an RMC too but wouldn't the length limit stop it being a decent coaster?

Re: Thorpe Park construction? Ah sorry I was told that it was performing better, maybe i should have looked into the numbers myself first, my mistake! (This was by someone different to person who told me about the TP ride) My "wild claims of ride ideas"? If you check the gringotts thread, I...

Re: Thorpe Park construction? :lol: Makes a bit more sense now :) This may well be deliberate, Legoland makes them a very high margin and TP does well. Chessie on the other hand doesn't really make Merlin much of a profit. What if for the next 20 years or so TP edges towards the family...

Re: Thorpe Park construction? How can Stealth be both?

Re: Thorpe Park construction? Whilst they might not be up to your standards, those two rides did boost the numbers visiting the park. This was similar to when collosus was built.

Re: Thorpe Park construction? ^Sorry about that dear, it wasn't immediately clear as the wording was rather ambiguous due to the fact you put become. Since they aren't looking to do this anymore I wrongly made my assumption.

Re: Thorpe Park construction? Because they are in the process of changing their target market, they are now aiming for a "first thrill" audience after alienating this group for so long by only building thrill rides. This is also part of the re branding the park with the tag line "An island...

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Re: Thorpe Park construction? No the 30m figure isnt made up, it was what was relayed to me. The hardware in the ride is what will make it expensive.

Re: Thorpe Park construction? Well they won't say it publicly but the investments over the next few years should give an indication how they feel.