None of us on here have actually been inside the area so none of us know the current state of the detail, progression and theming inside the area. You are so quick to criticise everyone who remains optimistic, but I know for a fact that this area will emulate detail and be just as immersive as everyone single one of Phantasialand's areas.
So you have never been in there either, yet my critique (which is undermined by several pictures and/videos from the area) is invalid as I have not entered the area in person, but praising it in its current state is fine.
How do I know that? Because I have the Rookburgh gazette right next to me.
I have not seen the Green Wall, the bored piles or the blank concrete in the artwork for Klugheim. The Artwork is meant to give an idea how it is supposed to look, and will focus on the features they want to include.
Regarding comments that the detail and design we have seen so far doesn't fit into the "steampunk" theme,[...]. That would be like categorising klugheim as a "medieval" theme.
Sounds fine, Klugheim feels pretty medieval to me.
Regarding the walls. Klugheim isn't categorised as a "bad themed area" just because of the huge green metal wall by Taron's extension queueline.
It's not bad themed, but this alone disqualifies the area as world class. Immersion is very fragile and you have to remain consistent in the kind of theming, so the world you are trying to build appears real. A huge Green Metal wall will break any immersion as soon as it's seen. Same goes for dark concrete walls, if the other walls in the area are handcrafted and highly detailed. It will still look good, and even world class in some places, but the immersion will be broken in places, so the whole area gets dragged down by a few oversights.
You may not like the rest of the walls in Rookburgh, but the park needed a sufficient sound barrier to block out the noise that the area is going to make so the neighbours aren't so disturbed.
I do not complain about the existence of a wall, but the look of it. Yes, walls are hard to conceal, but it's possible. Chiapas is build around one giant wall which does not feel out of place at all, Klugheim has the rockwork as noise protection.
I have no doubts that the experience of Rookburgh will live up to the very high standards of Phantasialand.
Thats were we differ: My hypetrain got derailed years ago, after I looked a little closer than the average guest. I am not talking about the details, you only see after 100 visits, but things you blend out when you just walk by 1 or 2 times a year. I really want the area to live up to all your expectations, but I don't see Phantasialand keeping the level up.
Upon closer inspection, Klugheim feels like a downgrade in quality from Chiapas, and Rookburgh currently seems like a downgrade from Klugheim. My main concern (as all of you had guessed) are the huge walls, surrounding the whole area. They look random, bare and claustrophobic. Latter one would not be an issue, but if you want everything to feel tight and claustrophobic, you shouldn't have a hole in the center with the size of a rollercoaster.
Just to be clear: I want to hit the break on all of you hypetrains, but not derail it. I just want you to have slightly more realistic expectations. Maybe I am more negative since I have seen most of it in person and pictures don't to the area justice. I expcect FLY to be a good ride with a very good flight experience, as the layout has some great looking interactions with the surroundings (hoping that it rides glass smooth to create the feeling of flight), but I only expcect Rookburgh to be a decent looking area. Not bad, not terrible. They tried.
It would be great if Phantasialand blows me out of the water when I enter the area, but as of now my expectations are quite low.
