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No opening hours have been released yet, but tickets and hotel booking are open for next year so we can see what days the park will be open next year. - Season will start on Friday 19th March, giving a week before half term starts unlike last year - Couple of closed Wednesdays during April, 21st and 28th - 1 closed Wednesday in May, 12th - 3 closed Wednesdays in September, 15th, 22nd, 29th - Looking at hotel availability, Fright Nights seems to follow the exact same structure and amount of days as this season starting on 1st October and ending on the 31st October So pretty much the exact same as this year apart from 1 closed day in May. It was one of the quietest days this year so no surprise really. Hoping there aren’t any cuts to opening hours, and we see the continuation of the 9pm closes outside of Fright Nights as they were great! Also seen this for next season: To be honest I'm really not a fan of the fact when you're held in the entrance/launchpad area till 10. It just always looks pretty chaotic, and much prefered how it used to be when they would let you in from the turnstiles at 9:30 and you could access the whole park. I think the whole entrance procedure could do with a re-think to be honest, including the security queues. I don't see how that platinum perk could be useful to you if you're stuck in the large security queue outside, not that 5 minutes is much of a perk anyway...

Something big and thrilling is needed in my opinion, to drive some excitement back into the park. Something that's just as entertaining off ride than it is to ride. Going to Blackpool and Towers recently was an eye opener for me. At Towers the amount of people standing round watching Toxicator, getting videos. Same for Aviktas, you've got loads of people standing round watching and recording on the bridge. I can't think of a flat at Thorpe that has that same effect anymore, maybe Samurai to some degree, but nothing on the scale of Aviktas and Toxicator.

Went to Towers on Friday for Fireworks for the first time, and had one of the best days at Towers I've had in a long time. I know it should be standard and probably shouldn't need praising, but it was so refreshing to see Oblivion on dual load and Smilers bag drop open from 10am. Oblivion was pretty much walk on all day, and Galactica was running 3 trains across 2 stations. The teams across all the rides were smashing it. Easily some of the best operations I've seen at Towers in a long time. Toxicator was running Gamma cycle all day, even though it was completely walk on, which I found quite bizarre. Normally they switch between cycles depending on queue length and run Beta when it's quiet. In the evening I got an app notification saying they'd be running Mu for the final hour of the day, which was a nice surprise as I hadn't done it before. Great fun, definitely my favourite cycle and easily one of my favourite flats in the country. I've never been the biggest fan of Wicker Man, but the more I've ridden it this year, the more it's grown on me. Back row night rides on this thing are incredible. It absolutely hauls round the track. The amount of smoke around the area is great. Nemesis and Wicker Man are 100% my favourite night rides in the country. As for the fireworks, hands down the best fireworks I've ever seen. The lighting, smoke, lasers, sound and of course the fireworks were all top tier. I loved the music choices, and thought there was a really good balance between towers/ride music and general music. The wicker man section was a particular highlight for me, as well as the finale, which just seemed to go on and on. I'll definitely be back next year!

Lucky it happened for a big company like blue light. Can’t imagine the complaints if it was shut for jacks event