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  1. Craig

    Alton Towers - Monday 18th March

    Moved into Trip Report thread. As already mentioned at the start of the topic - the queue times thread is for discussion of queue times. Pop your trip reports in a dedicated topic - thanks :)
  2. Craig

    Food & Beverage: The Aramark Era begins

    Oh wholly agree on that front, hence the "should" - since I know it's not always occurring at the customer facing end. I seem to remember them doing the old teflon shoulders excuse with the first hygiene ratings at Chessington too. It's lazy and shouldn't be happening when they're selling food...
  3. Craig

    Food & Beverage: The Aramark Era begins

    Eastern Express is sadly very expensive too. You're look at £12 for a mixed wrap I think it was when we looked? It's nice enough, but the price isn't. I can only say anecdotally, but I'm sure the portion sizes have shrunk as well over the years.
  4. Craig

    Food & Beverage: The Aramark Era begins

    Oh yeah, I get what you mean but I would be absolutely amazed if Merlin handed a contract to Aramark that said the equivalent of "charge what you want, we don't care how high it goes". There'll almost certainly be caveats in there that allow and require involvement from them. It's Alton's name...
  5. Craig

    2024: General Discussion

    Just a polite reminder now that the season has begun that the General Discussion topic is for discussion about the park, not about updates about queue times/ride counts. If you want to talk about day to day queue times/operations, I've created a 2024 topic to allow discussion. Like last year...
  6. Craig

    Food & Beverage: The Aramark Era begins

    We won't ever have an idea of the commercial terms of the Aramark deal. But regardless of who controls what price wise, guests see it all as Alton Towers, not as Aramark. It's a really poor show and regardless of who controls pricing and who gets what, it reflects poorly on the park as a whole...
  7. Craig

    Food & Beverage: The Aramark Era begins

    In my view they're walking a very fine line that's close to people just outright not bothering to buy food. The lack of single items is really concerning, especially with longer opening hours on a weekend when people will most likely want to eat twice. Does that requirement to purchase a full...
  8. Craig

    Forbidden Valley: Future Changes?

    Yup I'm by no means completely slating what they've done, but at the same time I do think it's important to balance the recent positivity with what's going on with other parks in Europe - which are becoming more and more accessible and in some cases advertising to UK markets. The general public...
  9. Craig

    Forbidden Valley: Future Changes?

    We have zero proof of what Europa-Park pay for their rides, but aside from that are we just forgetting that Efteling and Phantasialand were also mentioned as examples in the previous post? That's two other parks that don't own a company that manufactures rides that have shown they are capable of...
  10. Craig

    One Day Trip

    The original poster asked a question on where to visit, not to turn things into an argument back and forth about the what's and why's of which method of transport is most environmentally friendly. Yes, this is a discussion forum, but at the same time we have off topic forums to allow debate on...
  11. Craig

    Alton Towers Merchandise

    Yup when things are selling out and there's a queue to enter the shop at present, you're highly unlikely to see them selling online right now. If it approaches the back end of the season and they have stock to shift, then maybe we'll see a few bits on there. But for the time being a visit to the...
  12. Craig

    Ride Access Pass and Disabled Access - 2024 Discussion

    Joking or not can we try to keep things on topic and constructive to discussion please from here on in, as this is being dragged way off topic.
  13. Craig

    Quick Questions

    Woodcutters in front of Dark Forest is your best bet. Try and avoid peak times at midday unless you want to be waiting a while.
  14. Craig

    Queue Times/Operations Discussion 2024

    If you'd like to discuss day to day queue times/operations on resort, this is the topic to do so. As a reminder, if you're on park we recommend you refrain from constant hour by hour updates as it's of little use for discussion on the forum. Enjoy your day, and save your thoughts to compile...
  15. Craig

    Quick Questions

    When we checked in tonight we were left wristbands for the hotel entrance in our room, so I'd recommend checking with reception when you arrive
  16. Craig

    2024: General Discussion

    I've moved discussion that took place about the building next to Gloomy Wood/Alton Manor to a single topic over in Alton Towers Future. Thanks :)
  17. Craig

    Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2024 Discussion

    What people enjoy/don't enjoy about any coaster is subjective - when it comes to classic rides like Nash even more so. Those opinions aren't going to be changed just because other people believe the opposite. This is a Blackpool Pleasure Beach discussion topic, and most are looking at this topic...
  18. Craig

    [2024] Europa-Park General Discussion

    Good to see they're addressing the current state where it switches from turnstyles to ticket kiosk depending on time of day/what day it is! Much more understandable for visitors now! I can imagine the LED boards will be put to good use, conveying the truly important information to guests
  19. Craig

    [2024] Europa-Park General Discussion

    Add whiskey tasting to the list now Dave, expensive trip these days :D Glad they're setting expectations now though, it's certainly in a better position than it was a couple of years ago. I agree with Rob though, I really hope that they work on getting the hotel bar opening sorted. That was...
  20. Craig

    TS Voltron Voyage: 30th March - 4th April 2024

    That's the joy of being an enthusiast though. You take a punt, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Not like the park is a dud without it being open, so it's fine by me missing out!
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