No competition in the UK, easy answer here, go abroad...
There are plentiful options for easy to access parks abroad that would probably cost less flying out and an entrance ticket than paying on the day at Thorpe...
Open your minds to beyond the UK...
If the food outlets open at all...
That last hour in Studios is always so dead, those walk ons for well, EVERYTHING...
10-6 should be the base hours for the UK parks... Plus whatever ERT the hotels are offering...
They really, REALLY shouldn't be doing that, unless they're now banned from manually releasing individual restraints...
Even then, if it's a small bag, they can usually take it off without releasing the bars, that what I used to try and get done...
Age of Ultron was fab... Lots of action, lots of depth, lots of humour and lots of pieces flowing into place for the next phase of films...
James Spader should be in every film now... Just have him as the bad guy in everything...
"Wooden Truss Construction"
To me, that sounds more like a Hybrid than say a GCI/GG style coaster...
But then again, a decade ago we were all hyped at the potential of a cross-valley woodie, and that just didn't happen...
Once it starts being built, then one can get excited...