How about keep the front facade but otherwise demo the show building?
IIRC, aren't there offices within that building too?
IIRC, aren't there offices within that building too?
Escape From Pompeii
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Not really. The maze takes up about half and the Pompeii mechanics shop and ride electrical is the the rest. There's one room operations uses as an office for the Italy area. All of which are downstairs. Upstairs is all show.
I feel like this is an appropriate time to bring it up, but for anyone curious it's 77 steps to the top of Pompeii. (I'm pretty sure I remember that correctly)
Yeah, I wasn't inferring there was an office on the show floor, but I was under the impression that there were managerial offices in there.
Of course, as a topic for another thread, it'd be interesting to know about all the hidden-in-plain-site spaces around the park. I recall years ago seeing what appeared to be elevated walkways, marked doors, and other indications that there's functionality behind some of facades.
Any chance we could see a modern water ride system put in its place? Also what are the other attractions being discussed?
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Probably a Sesame Street expansion.
Based on information I can't share highly highly unlikely.
I’d be pretty shocked if they didn’t re-use the building in any way
'the new ride will be so good you won't notice the lack of theming'
Looks about on par with what SWSA did for Rescue Jr. BGW can and would do better fortunately.
They better not fucking get rid of this ride. It’s so good and it’s one of my favourite rides in the entire park, it’s actually in my top 5 for BGW Rides of all time
I'm a big fan of Pompeii, but the park WILL get rid of it. It's inevitable. Expensive, problematic, aging, prominent, large, and seasonal. That's a bad, bad combo for a ride right now.
Assuming it reopens, get your rides in. Knives have been out for Pompeii for a while, but rumors have really been heating up.
Assuming it reopens, get your rides in. Knives have been out for Pompeii for a while, but rumors have really been heating up.
What they going to do with the building and the music oh God, no not the music it’s the best soundtrack in the park
That building is so important for so many other things not just a ride it’s used for Italy operations other maintenance controls not just for Pompeii, but for Loch Ness as well, a howl o scream haunted house, they made one of the best themed haunted houses in there. They can’t just spend up all that money and get rid of it.
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I am increasingly concerned that the odds may not be in it's favor for 2026.
I’ll always wonder if the water blasters they added had any negative impact on the ride’s attendance. I know I for one started riding Pompeii a lot less after they added those damn blasters. It turned the ride from something you could ride anytime it was remotely warm (where you’d usually get lightly splashed at worst) into a ride you’d only in the absolute heat of the summer, like a rapids ride. The water jets are so strong, compared to other water rides with blasters like KD’s log flume which spritz you rather than dumping laminar ropes of water on you, that they just made the ride not fun if you didn’t want to get drenched. It largely ruined the appeal of the beautiful theming and effects for me.
Pompeii was always on borrowed time, but I can’t imagine those things helped its ridership numbers. At the very least, if this is the end for Pompeii, I’ll resent them for dramatically reducing the amount of rides I had on it over the past several years.
I’ll also say this: I think we’re starting to see a trend of parks overly relying on nostalgia and recycling past themes in lieu of new creativity. But I do hope we see the Pompeii theme stick around after the ride. The building has always been elaborate and gorgeous, and would make for an impressive facade for a future attraction. And the area’s soundtrack of dramatic, foreboding classical pieces is one of my favorite theme park playlists anywhere.
Pompeii was always on borrowed time, but I can’t imagine those things helped its ridership numbers. At the very least, if this is the end for Pompeii, I’ll resent them for dramatically reducing the amount of rides I had on it over the past several years.
I’ll also say this: I think we’re starting to see a trend of parks overly relying on nostalgia and recycling past themes in lieu of new creativity. But I do hope we see the Pompeii theme stick around after the ride. The building has always been elaborate and gorgeous, and would make for an impressive facade for a future attraction. And the area’s soundtrack of dramatic, foreboding classical pieces is one of my favorite theme park playlists anywhere.
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Once those damned things went in, my enthusiasm to ride Pompeii went way, way down. They nail just a couple of riders with an Epcot jumping fountain-style shot. It is completely unenjoyable on-ride IMO, and feels oddly personal.
A towering shower-spray type blaster would indeed be a different situation.