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What changes to operations should we expect post Covid-19?

To me the above sounds like a complete waste of vital resources. :( Does it sound like a place you'd love to escape to??

It's all well and good saying families/households only but we know from even the supermarkets that a lot of people don't give a toss about the rules. And who is going to enforces these rules and how?
 
Perhaps one of the most interesting developments is that Holovis (who already have a good standing relationship with Towers particularly), have developed a free social distancing app for visitor attractions to use. The contents of which I know nothing about, but it’s probably of some interest to Merlin to see how it could potentially aid any measures they may choose to put in place, should they open this year/into 2021.
 
kydog1299 said:
Perhaps one of the most interesting developments is that Holovis (who already have a good standing relationship with Towers particularly), have developed a free social distancing app for visitor attractions to use. The contents of which I know nothing about, but it’s probably of some interest to Merlin to see how it could potentially aid any measures they may choose to put in place, should they open this year/into 2021.
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I think it’s far more likely they’d turn to their existing app provider to incorporate such functionality into their existing apps, if they wanted to go down that route. I think Attractions.io have indeed already commented that they’ve developed something similar (and probably superior tbf).


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If all season ticket holders get moved to next year then surely that will leave a dent in funds. I have no idea how many people brought a season pass for this year but if they all get moved to next year then surely only a handful probably not loads will buy one. I could be wrong tho.
 
Mr Pearse said:
If all season ticket holders get moved to next year then surely that will leave a dent in funds. I have no idea how many people brought a season pass for this year but if they all get moved to next year then surely only a handful probably not loads will buy one. I could be wrong tho.
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Depending how long you have left on your current pass it will automatically be added to the end of your current pass. So if they open in September you get a extra 6 months on your pass.
 
Croftybaby said:
To me the above sounds like a complete waste of vital resources. :( Does it sound like a place you'd love to escape to??

It's all well and good saying families/households only but we know from even the supermarkets that a lot of people don't give a toss about the rules. And who is going to enforces these rules and how?
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Absolutely right. The public don't give a toss once they're inside shops and are impossible to police. Once they're in, it's a free for all. It can't be controlled.

Companies can put in as many measures as possible but it won't stop people being humans. Once they're inside the park, they'll do whatever the hell they want either subconsciously or not.

The cost of the implementation of social distance measures is very high and not that effective. There's no point in opening until most restrictions are lifted. A business like a theme park simply can't operate like that. If some businesses are allowed to reopen next week, I doubt many of them will actually end up doing so simply because it's too complex and not at all cost effective.

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Matt.GC said:
There's no point in opening until most restrictions are lifted. A business like a theme park simply can't operate like that.
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We're now at the point where most parks in Europe are announcing re-opening dates, either towards the end of May or early June. Whilst the UK is a week or two behind other countries in Europe, I think it's quickly becoming illogical to assume that UK parks will buck the trend, and remain closed whilst their European counterparts open with new operational procedures in place.

This of course to a large extent depends on what the government announces, but again, where's the logic in assuming it'll be wildly different from other European countries?
 
If shopping is allowed to open. It’s easy for them to stick those footprint stickers on the floor every 2 meters. Make a one way system. Then they are covered.
 
Most parks have paths over two meters wide and could put temporary barriers up if nessecary.
 
Or ya know, lines on the floor. The public will have to take some responsibility, it cannot be avoided.
 
It's perhaps useful to look at the info available on reopening of other Merlin theme parks in Europe.

Heide Park - 25th May
Gardaland - June (exact date TBC)
Legoland Billund - 8th June
Legoland Germany - 30th May

With the UK being a few weeks behind these countries a reopening date for UK parks at the end of June doesn't seem too unreasonable.
 
AT86 said:
It's perhaps useful to look at the info available on reopening of other Merlin theme parks in Europe.

Heide Park - 25th May
Gardaland - June (exact date TBC)
Legoland Billund - 8th June
Legoland Germany - 30th May

With the UK being a few weeks behind these countries a reopening date for UK parks at the end of June doesn't seem too unreasonable.
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Have you factor in the uk gov and the MSM into that :rolleyes: a law unto themselves
 
Islander said:
We're now at the point where most parks in Europe are announcing re-opening dates, either towards the end of May or early June. Whilst the UK is a week or two behind other countries in Europe, I think it's quickly becoming illogical to assume that UK parks will buck the trend, and remain closed whilst their European counterparts open with new operational procedures in place.
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Three points on this:

1) European countries are not all exiting lockdown in the same way or at the same pace. In Germany, as you may have seen in other threads, Europa Park has announced today it can reopen at the end of the month, yet in France - where a region-by-region set of restrictions was brought in earlier this week, Disneyland Paris remains firmly shut until further notice. Like with the death count, country-by-country comparisons are very tricky and therefore pretty useless at determining what UK industry might do.

2) As far as the UK itself goes, let’s say the government makes minor tweaks to the lockdown on Sunday with a review in three weeks, that takes us almost into June when we might get some more shops reopening, with further gradual easing in the subsequent weeks. I would be very surprised if theme parks were allowed to open before July - and even then there might be issues. The current thinking is that to qualify for reopening, a park would have to have substantial grounds to spread people out. Does that, then, rule Thorpe Park out with its comparatively small footprint?

3) I’m still to be convinced that people will either have the money or desire to visit theme parks in the immediate term with the added restrictions. Europa Park has confirmed that all guests will have to wear face masks throughout their stay - including on all rides. Not much fun screaming into a mouthful of cloth, I’d say, but the experiments on the continent will at least give the likes of Merlin some idea as to how visitors will respond to a very different experience.
 
I’ve honestly given up trying to see where people Are coming from. I know the uk is a few weeks behind most countries but out death rate and infection rate has been a lot of higher that’s the key. The fact we are still in lockdown till June is one thing but as I said many many times just because other country’s are doing something don’t mean we will. The parks won’t open till September at the earliest if a pub can’t open then I can’t see them letting x amount of thousands to gather in one area. I know we are still Clinging into hope but don’t keep looking about what other country’s are doing the fact we are still in lockdown shows it’s not over for a while yet and also the uk will do things completely different to other country’s
 
Why will the uk do things different to other countries?
Seems a strange claim to make.
Pubs are inside.
Parks are outside.
We are roughly a month behind continental europe.
Parks are likely to open, in the uk, under strict rules, in time for the summer holidays, to assist the overall recovery of the economy.
Probably.
Betcha.
 
It’s the amount of people in one area. Parks are mostly outside but you’ll still have x amount in one area. I can’t see the parks opening till mid August to September. They will leave the tourist industry till last as that’s the least of there concern they will want the high street reopened and then see how it goes. We won’t be out of main lockdown till June I doubt within a month they will want large groups of people in one area. It will take time to plan and sort it out
 
Mr Pearse said:
It’s the amount of people in one area. Parks are mostly outside but you’ll still have x amount in one area. I can’t see the parks opening till mid August to September. They will leave the tourist industry till last as that’s the least of there concern they will want the high street reopened and then see how it goes. We won’t be out of main lockdown till June I doubt within a month they will want large groups of people in one area. It will take time to plan and sort it out
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You realise that the tourist industry isn’t a small, insignificant contributor to the economy, right? They’ll want to restart it as soon as possible.


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Sazzle said:
A place such as a theme park that attracts thousands of people daily who use shared food, toilet and hygiene facilities for 6-8 hours could mean disaster.
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Similar to an airport. Let's see how they do it. Then there's the planes, that's going to be a bigger
rob666 said:
Why will the uk do things different to other countries?
Seems a strange claim to make.
Pubs are inside.
Parks are outside.
We are roughly a month behind continental europe.
Parks are likely to open, in the uk, under strict rules, in time for the summer holidays, to assist the overall recovery of the economy.
Probably.
Betcha.
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I agree. If airport's can open (some still are) and people can get on a plane (which they already are) then there's no reason why a theme park can't open and people can't get on a ride once we are allowed to do non essential things again of course.
 
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