James
TS Founding Member
What is the difference between saying it's a tragedy or it ruined someone's life. Also, this isn't the same as hydro. No one died on the smiler. Also, hydro is a completely different ride altogether. No matter what happens to the ride (rename/Rebrand/destruction/nothing) media will have a story and it will make Alton towers/merlin/theme parks in general look bad.they want people to feel traumatised by the fact that we were on that ride or we went to that park or we have been to a theme park. It is pointless trying to deny that the media control what we think and if they want people to be scared of Alton towers, they will make people scared. It all means more interest and more views for them.
[Sorry, had a whole day of "that ride isn't safe. It should be shut down. Those peoples lives are ruined" so I have a reason for being angry after spending hours explaining safety features. Again sorry]
Same as Hydro in the respect that it's a 'major' incident. Rebranding that didn't help Oakwood in anyway so if The Smiler was rebranded that wouldn't help Towers in any way either.