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2026: General Discussion
John
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I'm never going to complain about FT being expensive, if anything I'd like to see the price for gold pushed higher still given what it offers.
Can't see many people opting for bronze at peak times this year, it seems to only exist as a means to make the silver price appear acceptable. £15 per ride is wild when it explicitly excludes the worst queue in the park
Can't see many people opting for bronze at peak times this year, it seems to only exist as a means to make the silver price appear acceptable. £15 per ride is wild when it explicitly excludes the worst queue in the park
Mattie boy
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Love it or hate it , will be here to stay. Good to see sub terra and toxicator included on the top package.
Was reading a comment about someone saying to charge higher peak rate at scarefest and fireworks fine as there is a added layer with dark rides yet charging a peak on a 5 or 6pm close seems a bit stingy just due to it being "peak season"
Was reading a comment about someone saying to charge higher peak rate at scarefest and fireworks fine as there is a added layer with dark rides yet charging a peak on a 5 or 6pm close seems a bit stingy just due to it being "peak season"
jon81uk
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I would say silver is too cheap, about £6 per ride if you do all 15.
Also the old packages spread people out a bit as you couldn't just pick the top five rides. Whereas new bronze might just have a lot of people wanting the same few rides.
GooseOnTheLoose
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"Some" is an undetermined number, being less than all, but more than one.
Gold Merlin Annual Passes are only restricted for Fireworks at Alton Towers, and even then the upcharge is nominal. Merlin offer three tiers of Annual Pass.
For all but one of their UK attractions, only one Merlin Annual Pass restricts access.
Squiggs
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Expense aside, this new version of Fastrack at least seems like a better thought out offer. I think the one of the more outrageous elements of the old system was that Bronze would see people paying over £30 and being forced to use their fastrack on the likes of Hex or The Curse, where there is next to no benefits to skipping the queue on anything other than the very busiest days.
Obviously, when I say 'better' here, that is 'better' within the context of the capitalist nightmare we find ourselves living in
Obviously, when I say 'better' here, that is 'better' within the context of the capitalist nightmare we find ourselves living in
John
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In theory, offering a package of rides accessible to those under 1.4m seems a sensible thing to do but in practice most guests would rather have such a package include the likes of Thirteen and WM rather than Hex and Curse. You could make the argument that having bronze FT only valid on less desirable rides was just a means to sell off the surplus FT capacity those rides had, whilst the fact that it included Spinball seems to suggest they weren't expecting to sell all that many.
For the most part FT on the more minor rides largely seems to exist just to make the high-tier packages look better value than they are when compared to the old silver FT. Getting 15-17 rides compared to six sounds impressive but really the extra value was almost entirely just the extra coasters
For the most part FT on the more minor rides largely seems to exist just to make the high-tier packages look better value than they are when compared to the old silver FT. Getting 15-17 rides compared to six sounds impressive but really the extra value was almost entirely just the extra coasters
Secret Weapon
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I can confirm that the free golf parking has indeed found its way onto YouTube (see link below at 1:07 mark), just a day or so after it was mentioned on this forum.
If I didn't know better, I'd think that the vloggers read these posts ;-)
From: https://youtu.be/bsvEo75d6Vw?t=67s
NuttySquirrel
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Not sure how using the Galactica entrance to exit the park is either money-saving or unethical?
The need to present a completed scorecard to get your £5 parking isn't mentioned either.
Secret Weapon
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I'm curious whether any work has been done on Project Horizon (I doubt it, but you never know).
I'm also wondering whether the Corkscrews at the entrance will be painted in a different colour, or will still be purple?
I'm also wondering whether the Corkscrews at the entrance will be painted in a different colour, or will still be purple?
I’m actually surprised no one has bothered to launch a drone to have a nosey
evilcod
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I flew mine up there start of last season, a week later there were "No Drones" signs by my chosen launch site. Whilst the signs have no legal standing I'm not a fan of making things difficult.
Thameslink Rail
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The X41 from Stafford has, the 32a from Stoke is still showing so should still run.
Psh, if there's not a NOTAM they can pound sand, that sign is probably as enforceable as those old "no ball games" ones you used to get in green spaces on council estates. They're still really upset by the people who "spied" on Nemesis' construction aren't they.
On a tangential note do Merlin have a policy this year on smart specs? Everywhere seems to be going through a flurry of banning the things but can't recall if Merlin have said anything about them.
