Nicky Borrill
Strata Poster
It is the minimum, and yet the previous owners were still failing, the park was on it's arse. Much like LWV, like Oakwood and many others before, except in Fanny's case it was failing despite having a captive audience who had little choice... Mellors came in and the difference was evident within a year. That's another thing that made it so impressive, was the speed of change.
Fantasy Island has ALWAYS felt like a collection of fixed and travelling rides, always, right back to the 90s. It doesn't need to be anything else, it's an amusement park, not a theme park, and what's more, it's a seaside park. It doesn't need to be adding a massive new coaster every decade. Their audience is captive, holiday makers, their main target market, are going to be in the area either way. As long as they get the basics right, make it a nice place to spend a day, and give those guests a fun time, they'll return next time they're holidaying in the area... There's very little alternative.
It is due a decent permanent addition though, would definitely be nice. Not sure what or where, but maybe a decent dark ride is the most practical answer. I had kind of hoped that at some point BAL would convert some of their pitches into expansion space, but that's obviously less likely now that they've disposed of the amusement park. :/
Still better than the new Thorpe park logo though.
