2026: General Discussion

[DiogoJ42]

They have a business plan?

 

[Burner]

I’ve no idea but it’s right on the main road. I’d imagine it could be additional staff parking for the spaces they are losing to the Bluey coaster?

No staff parking has been lost for the Bluey. The footprint of the coaster doesn't encroach onto the administration building parking.

 

[AltonLover123]

No staff parking has been lost for the Bluey. The footprint of the coaster doesn't encroach onto the administration building parking.

Fair.

Well it won’t be anything guest related since, it’s on the main road and adjacent to the staff road in between it and the CBeebies land itself.

 

[Ash]

They have a business plan?

Giving guests more expensive and worse food is a strategy decision…

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

Giving guests more expensive and worse food is a strategy decision…

Just not Merlin's.

 

[Jb85]

Always looked more Blue and Gold to me

Have you ever been to the park ?

 

[Matt N]

Have you ever been to the park ?

To be fair, I can see what @Hid is saying. I’ve always thought certain pictures make the corkscrews and entrance plaza look more dark blue than purple.

Of the shades of purple you could paint it, I’d argue “Alton Towers purple” is a more blue-y one!

 

[Hid]

Have you ever been to the park ?

Serveral times I see it as blue though struggle with some coloura to tell whoch they are.

For example Light Brown and Red I sometimes think can look similar

 

[Bowser]

Why didn’t they paint it in the original colour?

 

[AT86]

Why didn’t they paint it in the original colour?

I believe the planners wanted it darker, so it couldn’t be seen from outside the park.

They settled on the corporate colours of the park of purple and gold.

 

[Poisson]

Also yellow, surrounded by trees and without the help of trains passing over would look grubby in about 5 minutes.

 

[Blackrock]

I was under the impression all that stuff on the main road was to do with the construction of the Bluey coaster, just moving dirt round/storing a few materials etc. I don’t think they actually building anything there.

 

[Poisson]

Wouldn't be massively surprised if they permanently kept it clear and used it as a staging area for deliveries etc

 

[Blackrock]

Wouldn't be massively surprised if they permanently kept it clear and used it as a staging area for deliveries etc

Well they have direct back road access to Cbeebies Land from this small plot of land, the other car parks even the disabled car park are blocked off to traffic aren’t they, meaning they’d have to drive all the way round.

 

[Poisson]

Also if there's in season delivery of plant they can offload it in the staff car park rather than somewhere in the main car parks.

 

[QTXAdsy]

They have a business plan?

Thought you were referring to the Bottom live show when they say "we actually have a script this time?"

 

[flyingguitar]

there is some more work happening this closed season:

From: https://x.com/rickcooper02/status/2020425258663318012?s=46

 

[Mattie boy]

Was there something wrong with the other blocks ?

 

[havaska]

Is this repairing/replacing existing block pathways or was it tarmac here previously?

 

[Benzin]

Was there something wrong with the other blocks ?

Does there have to be?

Replacing paving/other things before it's half broken is what we are wanting from the park.