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The monorail is a disgrace at present. The whole experience is miserable: being held back to wait for one of two trains to arrive, sitting in a mouldy, filthy train, squinting through the microwave holes filled with filth, and making out the silhouettes of the theme park behind. When we...

The large projects involve multiple external suppliers/companies/creatives working collaboratively with MMM. So, I see little change to any future projects (if Merlin decides to continue to invest similarly). I imagine, if anything, this will affect the smaller projects (TLC to Hex) and events...

Yeah, I'm certain that MMM was notorious for overcharging. Hence, Towers go to Leek Signs for all their signage, as MMM would cost double or triple. I wonder whether this arm of MMM was a leftover from the Tussauds days and kept existing out of loyalty (for all of Varney’s flaws, he had a soft...

I don't disagree with your point, but given the history of Merlin marketing, I feel that, at least initially, they would want to go down the "The World's first Minecraft Land" or similar route to give it more of a USP. That's not to say they could explore it being added to a second park a year...

I like the ideas mentioned with a queueline/dots on the floor to manage the crowds better. At the bare minimum, I feel they need to apply better crowd control with a specific number of guests per preshow run-through. It's a fix that costs nothing to implement, maybe a small cost of giving the...

I don't think two UK parks would take the same IP simply because of marketability. You would want one park with a unique IP. Depending on the scale of a Minecraft-themed area, I think they would spread out biome themes between different rides/parts of an area.

I support organised displays that run for 2 or 3 nights over residential areas where the public will be using fireworks for weeks on end. I would support more restrictions on the public use of fireworks over eradicating organised displays. That's another topic for debate, though.

Wicker Man is great at night. It rides entirely differently. I wish they would find a suitable capacity limit for the preshow. On my visit the other week, they were cramming people in that room to the point where it was very uncomfortable in there, and when the doors opened into the station, it...

A 'behind the scenes' blog was posted on the Towers website yesterday. There is nothing of huge note, but there are a few fun facts in there, and it sounds like this year's show may be more heavily story-based...

Even if it's done lazily, it would be nice to finally see a fully themed, coherent area for the first time in ages. Hopefully it's something they can aim for in future projects. I've never liked Merlin's approach to having one new-themed ride that clashes with everything around it.

I'm so sad to hear that Flambards has closed. I visited here a lot during my childhood holidays in Cornwall, the last time in 2021 (to see all of the exhibition stuff). It's always had a fond place in my heart. I really hope they can find a way to preserve the Victorian Village and Blitz...

They should have split the indoor queue into two: one side regular queue, and the other a FT/RAP combined queue. I'm not a fan of the new batching outdoors. On off-peak/quieter days, I would guess they simply won't bother with the merge point at all. At the moment, it seems like more work with...

They were limiting Fastrack/RAP at merge points regardless of the yellow/red limit. Merge hosts were instructed by their supervisors/managers to limit the number of RAP/Fastrack guests they let through, as to not detriment to the main queues and to ensure all queue lines moved at some pace. This...

I wasn't sure where to post this. During my visit last week, I discovered that if you're a Blue Light cardholder, you get 10% off food, drinks, and retail across the resort. We didn't find out about this until our second day at the park when chatting to the staff member in the ATH shop. If you...

Sorry, double post, whip me. One thing I noticed is that if you go into the vault on the left side and sit at the very end, you can see scratches all over the wall where that piece of metal got mangled the other week. If you ever sit there, it makes for a fun 'did you know?' fact with your...

I visited on Monday and Tuesday (28th and 29th). On Monday, we did Attic, Mines, and Compound. Unfortunately, I think we had a bit of a poor run-through on all three. For context, my last visit was in 2019, so it's been a while since I've done scare mazes, and we experienced these mazes from 6pm...

I got to experience the 'new' Hex this week. Overall, I'm impressed with the lighting. It's a bit brighter everywhere, but not to the point where it ruins anything. I would say it feels more enhanced. The Octagon lighting is good and the sound effects are good. I love the focus on the generator...

This was similar to our experience on Monday. We were at the park from 12pm to 8:30pm and got 3 rides during that period. I can counter the Fastrack. After our dismal day on Monday, we bought Fastrack on Tuesday (forgive us). All Fastrack queues were very long. Th13teen, we queued for 60...

I'll write more when I have time. I visited Towers with my brother for the last two days. In all my years of visiting Towers, today and yesterday have been the worst days we have ever experienced in the park. Yesterday was a day spent walking from broken-down ride to broken-down ride. At one...

I disagree with graduated licenses and restricting young drivers. I passed at 18, and I've been driving for 14 years now with not one single accident (yet) in my life. I would have been fuming at 18 if I had restrictions imposed. Having a car and going out with friends was a massive part of...