Ringo
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Are the Dungeons at Towers run as a midway or are they “Alton Towers presents The Dungeons”?
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What I find more shocking is if it’s not finished then why is it open and why are they charging money for it?
- SteveJ, Martin Doyle, Marhelorpe and 1 other
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So much for future of theme parks then.
But in reality correct decision, they didn’t update with new videos / alternate journeys so it got boring extremely fast and the quality was poor
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2 hours ago, Portvls said:
I actually thought it was a decent idea at first.. Not one I’d personally be that interested in, but it’s something different?
But £27 a ticket? And £35 if you want a seat provided for you? Come on...
Remember this is being done by a third party, not Thorpe Park. Upcharge on seating and even cushions is the norm at these outdoor cinema events
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1 hour ago, StevenVig said:
It doesn't take a genius, it's to save money obviously. It might be a free day for the guest, but it still costs money to open and run the park.
That said, it seems silly to merge them, the expectation of a friends and family guest would be not to see several thousand entitled MAP holders brandishing their bright yellow lanyards everywhere.
Not forgetting those silver coloured ones expecting fastrack when they can pull themselves away from the hospitality marquee.
But apart from cost cutting it really is madness to mix the event with staff & pass holders
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55 minutes ago, pluk said:
While it's not for me at the mo, this is a very good idea! Hope it works out.
I wonder if it's hit by bad weather they could move it in to pirates? Yeah, pirates. It'll always be pirates.
Pirates ?
These screening things usually go ahead even in heavy rain, they advise you to be prepared although they will upsell ponchos etc
Like you it’s not for me but it will appeal to some.
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22 minutes ago, JoshC. said:
I would assume this is what the Stealth tweet was referencing...
https://thelunacinema.com/thorpe-park
Outdoor cinema screening of Back to the Future and Bohemian Rhapsody during the May Bank Holiday.
Tickets start from £27.50, including 2 hours of ride time on Stealth, Dodgems, Detonator and Teacups, with the film's starting at 9pm, and the screen being set up by Stealth.
Interesting idea I guess, but no appeal to me personally
Interesting so that’s a private hire of the park for the two nights and therefore the risk is moved away from Merlin if it was to be a failure.
Actually very good to see other companies wanting to try something new with the park.
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1 hour ago, Ivsetti said:
Presumably to make up for lost money during the GameFX period?
Also, why are people complaining "oh, they're doing nothing special for their 40th birthday!"?
Is 40 special or something because technically every year is their birthday or is it just 40 is a nice divisible number?
People tend to celebrate 30/40/50 as bigger milestones than 37 years old.
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8 minutes ago, EpicSmatty said:
I'm not sure if they actually make any profit for Merlin, while I worked at Chessington the lockers were almost always broken and guests would complain about it. I'm fairly sure another member of staff told me that an external company manages them but not sure if the money goes to them or Merlin.
Yep that’s the same for the Towers ones, they are managed externally and as you said they almost always broken. Last year at Chessington I tried to rent one and it gave me a locker that was already in use!
The ones at Lego & Thorpe are just old fashioned key ones and given the state of them at Thorpe I’d assume they own them and if they do rent them then the locker company is laughing all the way to the bank as they aren’t maintaining them.
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The lockers are pure profit as they have been there for many years, it’s £2 every time you open it and want to lock it again.
Before the price doubled we would use one and probably spend £5-£8 as it was easier to leave drinks there instead of messing with baggage drops.
If you got rid of baggage drops then you’d need a massive amount of lockers and they also take up space. And if they were free you’d lose money with idiots keeping keys. The electronic ones at Towers & Chessington are more trouble than they are worth.
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The simplest thing would be ANPR on entry, self serv ticket machine that let you pay the fee, pay via app etc.
To control the flow of exit traffic stop go traffic lights that alternate a set time allow the roundabout to clear.
Only thing that would need working on is how to securely allow pass holders to use it without letting them continually change vehicles (to stop card sharing when they aren’t visiting)
Of course that would need investment but Merlin could recoup that with fine for non payment.
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If they tarmaced a section then there’s no way it would be for general use, Express parking at £30 a space.
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28 minutes ago, EpicSmatty said:
Chessington says hello
Chesington at £3 is a bargain especially since they claim at least 10% goes to the Chessington Conservation Fund, I’d have no issue paying that £3.
The Thorpe money brings us the ultra successful additions like Love Island, Walking Dead, and for 2019 jungle maze and an inflatable.
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4 minutes ago, Coaster said:
Turning the screens off if it's a poor day probably helps with those guest satisfaction ratings.
They don’t even turn them off, when they don’t want feedback they get set to ask where you are from and your email address if you’d like to opt in to marketing. And then it helpfully says thanks for your feedback.
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2 minutes ago, Jack95 said:
I could be looking into this a little too much, however was looking at Thorpe Parks website and interestingly I noticed Rumba Rapids was the only ride which had “Will return in 2019” listed.
Could this possibly be a nod towards a retheme or more realistically it’s just left from Fright Nights?
Left over from last year
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23 minutes ago, Project LC said:
Thorpe posted something about infinite possibilities for 2019 which has resulted in this gem of comment.
And if this was a park serious about turning guest satisfaction and the experience around they’d of replied with something like how they are working to improve across the park etc
They still don’t get when it’s appropriate to go all jokey
edit, later replies they do say how they’ve been working hard to ensure 2019 is great
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So a “help” section has been created - maybe if they’d maintained the ride it wouldn’t of lost its magic?
https://support.thorpepark.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002574552-Will-Loggers-Leap-be-re-opening-
QuoteQ: Why have you decided not to re-open the Logger’s Leap ride?
Sadly in recent years, the ride lost some of its magic and we feel now is the time to bid farewell to the Logs and look ahead at how we continue to create new and exciting experiences for families in the future.
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10 minutes ago, Marhelorpe said:
This to me seems like an easy way for Merlin to push people into buying their season pass instead to gain more money, nothing more but that.
Exactly why they’ve done it, some get drawn in by the tag “pay for a day come back all year” they think it’s a great offer, which it is if you are going to hammer it.
Plus Varney gets to boast about how many new sales they’ve made and then spout the on average our pass holders spend XXX in our world.
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So Summer nights hours have been reduced from 10pm to 8pm which isn’t surprising but they brought back 6pm close on Sunday.
https://www.thorpepark.com/resort-info/opening-times-and-travel
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Is it still that enthusiast who’s in control of social media?
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41 minutes ago, Benin said:
Least Towers can say the their stuff got cleaned between dispatches...
I don’t know about that when it opened they were using 1 wipe to clean 1 row so the dirt was simply moved from each headset meaning only one headset actually got cleaned. Whether that’s changed now who knows as I certainly don’t queue up for VR but it was noticed by a lot at the time
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Buying VIP on the day would get you exit entry treatment but that annual pass version won’t unless there is specific instruction from management (front row, special event etc)
Considering the event was also staff day it could of been a manager or management friends family or even ride host friends family.