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Food & Beverage: The Aramark Era begins
This is part of the issue though, it is OK value with 20% off. Effectively its not an annual pass discount any more, its a tax on those without one.- jon81uk
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Futuroscope General Discussion
I went on a school trip around thirty years ago, it was cool back then but mainly just different combinations of IMAX type screens and 3D glasses, plus a few weird outdoor "rides" like water tricycles. Does seem like the park has changed significantly since to get closer to a traditional theme...- jon81uk
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- Forum: European Parks and Attractions
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2026: General Discussion
As has been said many times, it was a very wet winter, it’s highly likely some things could not have been done during the winter weather. Also issues with the lift hill chain may not have been found until part way through closed season and then there is the wait for the new parts.- jon81uk
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- Forum: General Discussion
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[🌎 Universal GB] General Discussion
They are only building churro stands anyway From: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWlwk9rDSED/- jon81uk
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- Forum: UK Parks and Attractions
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Wicker Man - General Discussion
Originally when Oblivion opened there was a deditcated bridge to the front set of airgates and a seperate one to the back set of airgates. Later on when Fast Track was added they dedicated the back bridge to Fast Track, this means at times they make people from the main queue move from the front...- jon81uk
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Monorail Refurbishment
If they are working on the train it is moved inside the trainshed. The storage yard is usually only for storage of trains. Same as most other railways, they have indoor spaces for maintaining the fleet and outdoor spaces for storing them.- jon81uk
- Post #1,707
- Forum: Future Discussion
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Food & Beverage: The Aramark Era begins
You didn't get annual pass discount at KFC, McDonalds or Burger King (and still don't at Thorpe Park).- jon81uk
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Food & Beverage: The Aramark Era begins
The are the operator of the park though, from the guests perspective the issue has nothing to do with who the data controller is, its a simple "Alton Towers installed touch-screen order kiosks and now I can't easily get my annual pass discount". Looking purely at guest experience it is Alton...- jon81uk
- Post #2,698
- Forum: General Discussion
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Food & Beverage: The Aramark Era begins
and none of this should be the guests problem. Alton Towers should have worked this out with Aramark prior to allowing them to install the self-service kiosks. If we didn't have Aramark then complaint is still the same, AT should have solved the AP discount before going ahead.- jon81uk
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- Forum: General Discussion
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WDW Magic Kingdom: General Discussion
I think you'd have to use a VPN or similar to make the official Disney site think you are in the USA and show the US pricing.- jon81uk
- Post #440
- Forum: Rest of the World Parks and Attractions
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2026: General Discussion
The hi-vis is part of the after dark theming, the frogs have all got hi-vis on too.- jon81uk
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- Forum: General Discussion
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2026: General Discussion
There may not be any more freedom in designing a new area at Universal compared to designing one at Chessington, Gardaland or Alton Towers.- jon81uk
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- Forum: General Discussion
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2026: General Discussion
You can post images relevant to the discussion but have to host them elsewhere and link to them. Would be really have ridden Battle Galleons in March? I’d expect it to re-open as the weather improves.- jon81uk
- Post #687
- Forum: General Discussion
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2026: General Discussion
I'm sure this has happened every March for the last few years, they remove a few rides from the app that are unable to open for the buyout days. Someone posts that those rides are never to open again. They reappear on the app and open as normal.- jon81uk
- Post #677
- Forum: General Discussion
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The Swarm: Brave it Backwards
Jumanji Mandril mayhem is a boomerang coaster, if you go forwards to start with, you come back backwards. So you are either front row outwards and then going backwards on the return or front row for the return but backwards going out the station.- jon81uk
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- Forum: UK Parks and Attractions
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Eurovision 2026
I've listened to Denmark's entry and its pretty good, a nice balance of soaring balled to slightly more electronic background. Also of course we now have our entry, Eins Zwei Drei. Its good fun, maybe a little too repetitive, could have done with more of the beats in the foreground and a bit...- jon81uk
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- Forum: Entertainment Hub
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[2026] Bluey Coaster in CBeebies Land
A kiddie coaster themed to an IP will have different theming compared to a hyper coaster- jon81uk
- Post #997
- Forum: General Discussion
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Chessington World of Adventures Resort
I'm an adult and disappointed I can't have a go!- jon81uk
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- Forum: UK Parks and Attractions
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Chessington World of Adventures Resort
Is the slide actually for guests or is it just theming?- jon81uk
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- Forum: UK Parks and Attractions
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Corkscrew
Other than Blackpool I don't think there was so many big parks, so its probably that no others could really afford it. I imagine boomerangs were cheaper too. Also why get the same thing as somewhere else, why not look for a point of difference? Look at 1994, three big new rides all opened but...- jon81uk
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- Forum: Talbot Street
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