The park was a misery today. Felt considerably busier than at any stage last year with crowds all over (probably not helped by the aforementioned "day"). Absolutely no enforcement on masks, and indeed I think there were probably a considerable majority of people not wearing masks anywhere - certainly not in the queues. Social distancing was completely non-existent, and I was in a number of queues where other guests were consistently within a foot of me at nearly all times. Feeble staff annoucements did nothing to help the matter, though I don't blame them given some of the contingent on park today. There were burly security all over, plus police, seemingly consistently removing people from the queues for various misdemeanors - most notably in the Oblivion queue where one fine chap was extricated by 7 security staff for setting upon someone else.
I have no idea what's going on with Thirteen, but it had a 2 hour queue for much of today which meant I went nowhere near it. RAP on Wicker Man is a disgrace, and though the ride is being operated very well, I witnessed a consistent equal number of RAP & FT being let through versus normal guests which must be degrading the guest experience enormously, not to mention going straight against the park's new "up the ride count per head" policy.
Positives today were the weather, which was perhaps the saving grace of the day, plus the fact that the park emptied quite a bit after 7pm - which meant Nemesis with sub-5 minute waits (though Thirteen was still on 90 minutes after 7!) Overall though, I absolutely won't be going back until after the indoor attractions have reopened and certainly not again on a Sunday around Easter!
