Plastic Person
TS Member
Hmm, when exactly did Towers go down the pan? Was it a gradual heating of the water us lobsters are sitting in? Or was there one clear shark jumping moment? It must have been somewhere in the early-mid 2000's, surely? It seems so long ago now. There must be a whole generation of younger enthusiasts who will never understand what we mean when we talk about "The Magic".
Although it birthed Air, 2002 was the year the park began to feel clinical to me. 2004 was the nadir. Despite a coaster being shoehorned into a corner of the park, it really did feel like the place was about to close down. The park is in a better, fuller state now than then, but on the other hand, nothing looked as poor as Dark Forest or Nemesis do now.