Some random photos from the 07-08 close season, including the arcade enxtension construction, Pharaoh's Fury, Scorpion, Barnstormer, Green Scream and Sky Drop.


23/11 - Arcade extension construction - to house the bowling alley


23/11 - Arcade extension construction


29/11 - Arcade extension construction


5/12 - Arcade extension construction


7/12 - Arcade extension construction

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26/11 - Pharaoh's Fury stripdown


29/11 - Stripped Fury car fronts


7/12 - The fronts are back on, and the steel has been painted pink. WHY?!

29/11 - Scorpion's red arm is having a check over


29/11 - Red Scorpion cars


29/11 - Dismantled red arm

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29/11 - Barnstormer cars

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5/12 - Green Scream cars on the ground


5/12 - The front of Green Scream still on the track


10/12 - Green Scream front car


10/12 - Cars in the tunnel

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13/12 - Sky Drop's had a bit repainted

Quick one, Bowling alley and Kiddies Korner...


07/01 - A look at the current structure


07/01 - From another angle


07/01 - Kiddies Korner dismantled on the ground


07/01 - Pieces of Kiddies Korner

08/01 - Sk8Borda in an unusual position.


08/01 - Mini Mega has had some cars taken off.


08/01 - Bits of the Mini Mega on the ground.


08/01 - Mini Mega car shell.


08/01 - Archelon seats.


08/01 - Green Scream cars in the tunnel.


08/01 - Vortex stripdown.


08/01 - Vortex cars.


09/01 - Ramba has its wheels replaced.

31/01 - Bowling alley


31/01 - Hook a Duck is moving...


31/01 - It's going here by the Crooked House.


06/02 - The Football has moved.


06/02 - It's here, right in the middle of the path.


06/02 - Maybe it's just me, but I think this is an awful location...

that is a stupid place to put it.

14/02 - The Bowling Alley opened this week. Check out the wonderfully themed interior. Ahem.


14/02 - £2 a game. Wonder how popular this'll turn out.


14/02 - The old Clappsville station figure is now residing here on the Choo, as the beginning of the Devil's Creek area starts to form.

Hook a Duck is up in its new position with brand new signage, and it looks fantastic...





It will be opening tomorrow.

I think its going to be weird aeeing hook-a-duck there :blink:

26/02 - Bowling Alley building has been themed a bit.


03/03 - Tidal Wave queueline has been painted.


03/03 - So currently there's no graffitti...


03/03 - But I fear this queueline will suffer the X:\NWO curse.


03/03 - So enjoy its loveliness while it lasts.

The bowling alley has got its fascia sign up...

Cool sign :D

Food Bar has a nice new front:


The new sideshow structure on east is getting the games put in...




Now... I know it's been said the park steals from Disney but they don't really. Only their themes:


And logos.

New sideshow building...


18/03 - Looking closer to being done. Could do with some signs though...


18/03 - Here we are then.


18/03 - Hopefully the rest of the building will be themed up...

What an awful looking building.

Hope is an understatement, more like pray for a miracle... :lol:

Look at some of Thorpe Parks attempts at theming these kind of sideshows and let's be honest, Thorpe is hardly famous for their good theming but at least they've made a great attempt in the examples below (That is hard for me to say, especially as I have a huge dislike for Thorpe Park).

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It seems that not even the most basic levels of theming are even being attempted at the moment at AI, such a shame, it can make things look far more appealing and adds in making the park look far more impressive as well as helping the removal of the image that AI is an over exaggerated fun fair.

We can only pray that the thing will get some timber to make it look a bit more appealing, as for theming, I highly doubt it, it's the parks biggest weakness.

It's going to be called Sideshow Sam's Big Barn Bonanza. I think it should therefore be themed as a barn, put timber around the cladding and paint it red, then put some white timber on to theme it in a sort of |\ /| shape.. Something along the lines of how Giant Swing at SDC is themed: Clicky.

Kiddies Korner on the east side is being removed to be replaced with the refreshed steel structure from the west side.

Kiddies Korner update, morning of 18/04

Kiddies Korner is fully built now, very bright.

Pic from 21/04