CrashCoaster
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Typical **** Merlin.
EDIT: Fixed the image link for you. You have to link to the image address, not the page the image is on. Hixee.
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Typical :emoji_poop: Merlin.
EDIT: Fixed the image link for you. You have to link to the image address, not the page the image is on. Hixee.
What would be the difference between "coming soon" and "come back later" anyway?
Tbh, that image screams "we've had an issue with our queue time website" more than "nothing is open" to me. It doesn't help that there's no way of knowing when that screenshot was grom. I believe everything aside from Colossus is open right now anyways.
I understand rides breakdown, but it seems like Merlin Parks, particularly this season have an excessive amount of downtime and breakdowns with their rides compared to other parks. What is the reason for this? Is it lack of maintenance staff or just poor maintenance on the rides in general?
It seems to be effecting the way the ‘general public’ see the parks too though. I’ve seen countless posts and had conversations talking about Thorpe Park and Alton Towers along the lines of, “Do you fancy going to Alton Towers soon?” With a reply along the lines of, “will everything be open” or “No point, everything was breakdown last time I went.”
Now I’m unsure if the constant news articles when a ride breaks down might be a factor behind this, but I feel like I very rarely seen ‘general public’ care about ride availability before planning a trip?
There's plenty of free parking available near Thorpe. I usually park up in Holland Gardens which is less than a ten minute walk away from the entrance.£7.00 car park charge?!
Now I have a theory...I understand rides breakdown, but it seems like Merlin Parks, particularly this season have an excessive amount of downtime and breakdowns with their rides compared to other parks. What is the reason for this? Is it lack of maintenance staff or just poor maintenance on the rides in general?
I understand rides breakdown, but it seems like Merlin Parks, particularly this season have an excessive amount of downtime and breakdowns with their rides compared to other parks. What is the reason for this? Is it lack of maintenance staff or just poor maintenance on the rides in general?
It seems to be effecting the way the ‘general public’ see the parks too though. I’ve seen countless posts and had conversations talking about Thorpe Park and Alton Towers along the lines of, “Do you fancy going to Alton Towers soon?” With a reply along the lines of, “will everything be open” or “No point, everything was breakdown last time I went.”
Now I’m unsure if the constant news articles when a ride breaks down might be a factor behind this, but I feel like I very rarely seen ‘general public’ care about ride availability before planning a trip?
Many people weren't too happy with Alton for their original decision to not show any of the World Cup on park, so Alton have listened to those who criticised them.^Listened to what?
I agree on some level, but not fully ('cos I'm not much of a sports watcher). I visited Grona Lund a few years back and, whilst it's a very different type of park to Alton Towers, there was a huge number of people in the park purely as part of their 'day out'. At the time there was some football event on (don't know what) and there were loads of groups of people entering the park primarily to watch the game. At half-time, and at the end, they were all heading off to ride the rides. There was loads of beer and food, and everyone was having a great time. The park was reasonably busy, but the longest queue was only about half an hour.^But you go to theme parks to ride rides, not watch football.
I just wanted to highlight that Merlin in particular adds what it calls an "extra layer of safety" to it's procedure after the smiler incident. Which increases downtime (and ironically makes the rides seem less safe). It is frustrating and I really don't agree with it. I mean if the HSE are happy and the ride manufactures are happy, why add MORE procedures