March 20, 201411 yr comment_178907 Sorry but, this is now six attractions that open at 11am; regardless of the time of the year. Now, if you're paying to enter; that isn't a great start to your day. It's something I hate parks like Pleasure Beach doing; and Paultons Park on off-peak times; but in a mainstream park, opening six attractions an hour after the park opens regardless of the time of year. Mixed with the fact you're losing out on Submission... I also feel it's quite limiting for those with accessibility issues, such as those in wheelchairs. It's basically limiting what they can easily access within the first hour of the day - and anyone who's tried to take a wheelchair user to Alton Towers will know how difficult it is getting into areas like X Sector, let alone getting up to Forbidden Valley.
March 21, 201411 yr comment_178918 I do wonder how long Sub Terra will have though, if it's popularity dropped off a cliff last year and was only busy during scarefest. Shows that as much as market research says it wants it.. scare attractions don't really work all year round.
March 21, 201411 yr comment_178932 I love nemesis sub-terra!!! Just creates such a tense atmosphere that scares me every time aha...
March 21, 201411 yr comment_178934 The Skyride opening at 11 is unacceptable. Now 15/20 minutes of the first hour will be spent walking to your first ride. Stupid park.
March 21, 201411 yr comment_178936 The Skyride opening at 11 is unacceptable. Now 15/20 minutes of the first hour will be spent walking to your first ride. Stupid park. Still is if your first destination is Oblivion or Smiler... Or indeed, Rita or Thirteen, since Skyride would actually take longer than a walk...
March 21, 201411 yr comment_178982 I plan my day by going on sonic first and then (or) straight to 13 and rita whilst they're quiet, and then walk accross the valley to forbidden valley and do the rides there a couple of times, and then back through to mutiny bay, then cloud cuckoo, and then x sector, can get it all done between about 10 and 2/3 with lunch stop included even when it's relatively busy - so now I get ERT with my annual pass it just annoys me the ERT rides are over the other bit of the park which leaves 13 and rita to be done when it's a lot busier later on in the day, so probably won't use ERT, but would just be in my mind the fact that I got it and am not using it!
March 22, 201411 yr comment_178991 Lets not forget that Woodland Walk will be open for ERT like it was last year... So you don't even have to go to the main entrance anymore...
March 22, 201411 yr comment_178999 Oh that's good am staying in the hotel next week... Completely forgot about that, think I done it once probably about 10 years ago in all fairness!
April 4, 201411 yr comment_180186 I went down Alton Towers yesterday, on are way out we was going through Mutiny Bay and we stopped at one of the claw machines and on the button was a picture of Nicolas Cage. I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this
April 15, 201411 yr comment_181009 Legoland and Chessington extended their opening hours until 7pm today. Alton Towers still closed the rides at 5pm - crazy! Even after several of the coasters had periods of downtime during the day and it's so busy being Easter holidays. Madness...
April 15, 201411 yr comment_181012 Legoland and Chessington extended their opening hours until 7pm today. Alton Towers still closed the rides at 5pm - crazy! Even after several of the coasters had periods of downtime during the day and it's so busy being Easter holidays. Madness... Good for Legoland and Chessie - what the hell is wrong with Towers?!
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181020 Good for Legoland and Chessie - what the hell is wrong with Towers?! Practically everything!
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181023 I would guess a big reason is that Legoland and Chessington are both in the London surrounds, with access roads and transport network to support the influx of people leaving the park. AT is in the middle of nowhere, and I'd imagine that the locals would start getting extremely pissed off if the roads through the village were still gridlocked at 8.30pm. I think AT have to negotiate very carefully when they're going to be open late and the like. That's pure speculation btw, it could be more to do with the fact that the place is a shambles!
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181025 Or that it is not a shambles? By that I mean Alton had a very busy day and for the most part coped with it, queues were not excesive and it was possible to have a decent day out within the standard hours. Chessington and Lego fall over operationally so staying open late was kind of necessary to head off thousands of complaints.Again, just a theory. It's still true that Altons opening hours suck for a park of that size and popularity.
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181027 Or that it is not a shambles? By that I mean Alton had a very busy day and for the most part coped with it, queues were not excesive and it was possible to have a decent day out within the standard hours. Chessington and Lego fall over operationally so staying open late was kind of necessary to head of thousands of complaints. Nope, as I know of other UK parks that have extended these holidays despite having good operations.
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181030 It may well be the case that that happens elsewhere, but doesn't mean my guess isn't right here. Extending hours as a response to a park not coping is a regular melin tactic (I've had it happen at Towers too) but I've never seen it happen just because they fancy it like Blackpool seem to do. Sent from my GT-I8190N using Tapatalk
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181046 It may well be the case that that happens elsewhere, but doesn't mean my guess isn't right here. Extending hours as a response to a park not coping is a regular melin tactic (I've had it happen at Towers too) but I've never seen it happen just because they fancy it like Blackpool seem to do. Sent from my GT-I8190N using Tapatalk I see what you mean now - yes extending an extra hour due to crowds is good but not at the expense of park operations. Blackpool seem to manage both and they are a family owned park, come on Merlin!
April 17, 201411 yr comment_181155 Just a quick question and I don't know if I can expect an answer since I couldn't find one via a Google search but does anyone know what the origins of the monkey doll branded with an Oblivion 10th anniversary thing that I have gained possession of? XD It's like a Monkey hand puppet and the foot is branded with the oblivion logo and a 10th anniversary thing. It was found in a charity shop and bought cheaply by my mother who works with kids before I noticed the oblivion branding. Can anyone shed any light on this since I can find next to no references to it online besides a brief mention of one on the towers forum in a list of merchandise someone had?
May 15, 201411 yr comment_183276 Goes well with the new queue time boards they're getting in... CBeebies Land is also opening for ERT over half term week, which will probably be the only time in the season where it's not completely and utterly HELLISH...
May 15, 201411 yr comment_183300 They're testing that out at the moment (hence lola appearing a few times). The idea is that all rides will appear on the new queue system, however maybe not necessarily the app (all Cbeebies will be on app though)
May 22, 201411 yr comment_183850 Does anyone know what time the monorail starts in the morning? Can't find it on the website.
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