When Vikings area was announced it was December 2021 when the teasers started.
No one had a clue what they were installing for the 2023 to the construction walls went up for the Feb half term event so I doubt u will hear anything to Jan/Feb 2026 for the new ride for 2026
Unless they are doing it when no one is in the park, I liken you to Curse of Alton Manor which was done within 7 months if all prep work is done before hand it takes less time. Also the building and foundations are all ready there the Ride will need work true and brought up to code but the biggest time has already been done building the buildingYou are clutching at straws. If the ride was re opening next year, lots of work would be happening now I think.
You have stated that the scenery in a dark ride is quick and easy to build and have used that as justification for why there is no work happening right now.
May I ask, how many dark rides have you worked on / built?
I ask because the scenery inside a dark ride is usually always the most time consuming thing to be built, by far. Sets have to be assembled, painted, lit, animated, they take a long long time.
I will tell you how many dark rides you have worked on building, none, zero, because anyone that has ever worked on building a dark ride will tell you that set building is by far the longest process.
Considering nothing is going on, no construction vans around the site nothing, and given the scale of the ride, at this point it is pretty safe to say it is doubtful anything is happening for next year. If there is, the quality is not going to be good, as they have left it a long time for a ride of this scale.
Not a single construction van has been seen around the ride, not one. The workers dont run on magic. Nothing is happening inside at the point.
Unless they are doing it when no one is in the park, I liken you to Curse of Alton Manor which was done within 7 months if all prep work is done before hand it takes less time. Also the building and foundations are all ready there the Ride will need work true and brought up to code but the biggest time has already been done building the building
No one knows if something is happening in there or not, the question is why is the maintenance door open it should be always shut if not in use.
Also generally Drayton open new or refurbished attractions around summer time to. So they still have time even later in the year
Are we not allowed to be optimistic there nothing suggesting something isn't happening or if something is happening, its such the obvious next place for redevelopment in the park given its large space it takes up. I remain open minded something will happen to it whether it's next year or beyond.The majority of Curse of Alton manor was already in place as Duel. They modified some scenes yes, but the vast majority of the ride that you ride today was already in place since 1992, it is easy to take 7 months when you are only modifying scenes and updating them.
Pirate Adventure is mostly an empty shell inside, a very different beast, most scenes in the main ride, which is a huge, cavernous space, would need building from scratch.
There is more evidence to suggest absolutely nothing is happening in the ride right now, than there is to suggest work is happening, aka none.
Why would they work after the park has closed only? They didnt do that with Curse, contractors will work Monday to Friday normal hours mainly, that is how the world works.
Who says that the maintenance door should be shut if not in use? You? Why cant it be open, its been open for years, well its more ajar not open. But it has been like that for years, the ride is used for storage for alot of thing in the park.
The ride also needs major fire sprinkler equipment, there has not been a single contractors vehicle for general building, themeing or fire suppression seen. They are not going to hide the vans, they would be next to the maintenance door providing easy access for materials.
There is alot of hope from everyone wanting to see the ride re open. But logic, reason and general common sense seem to have totally gone out the window by people hoping something is happening, not to mention the serious mental gymnastics too.
And it's not mental gymnastics I use logic all the time whenever I am thinking of different of places for new ridesOh and one more thing, you say the biggest time is already done in building the building?
Are you a builder?.
For perspective, Alton Towers Haunted House had an 18 month construction time back in 1991 / 1992. The building was built within 3 months, this included all foundations and concrete work, of which there is lots.
The other 15 months were time spent in actually building the scenes of the ride.
The building is a steel construction with sheet metal sides, they can be put together in weeks and are put together in weeks up and down the country.
Forgive me for being brash, but this is exactly what I mean with mental gymnastics. People with little to no experience in the actual work involved, then basing their opinions and views on incorrect information to form an incorrect picture. This point about the building is a perfect example.
The biggest and hardest work in any dark ride is building the scenes inside the ride. It does and always has taken the longest amount of time..not sure where anyone has got the notion that it doesnt, because it always has. Even as far back as Disneys first major dark rides in the 1960s.
I think it is the next spot to receive something they kinda started the overhaul of Pirate Cove already with refurb of Jolly BuccaneerOf course people can be optimistic, I am optimistic, I want to see something done with the building.
But, there is a HUGE difference between being optimistic and outright stating as fact, that something is 100% happening, which has been happening a lot recently in discussion around the ride. The 'logic' used by people to state the 'fact' something is 100% happening, is using mental gymnastics on another level.
