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Throughputs seem pretty decent, on a par with an average day at AT, and with similar staffing levels. However being a more family oriented park there are inevitably more people unused to rides, which can cause occasional delays.

While this thread seems to have deviated a teeny tiny bit from the topic.. I'll hop in and add that it's 19 years since my first visit (at the age of 18), and I'm also quite pleased to note that I'm not alone in the 'Old Men Liking Rollercoasters' category :D :D And I can't even create a tenuous...

<rant> I blame the Failbook and Twit culture for a lot of this to be honest.. it's turned many people into attention-seeking, instant fame grabbing sheep, desperate for their moment of fake glory. And the media seem to have become affected with the same disease, going out of their way to promote...

Quite.. the whole thing reads as if it's aimed at a *very* young audience, which is the audience least likely to have that sort of money.. (although I suppose some may have rich Mummies and Daddies). Personally I'd prefer a more in-depth analysis as to why I should send several days pay in...

Well today I received an email containing the following (I have removed the phone number in case it shouldn't be put here). I find it interesting that 1) while it states 'limited' it doesn't state what the limit is; 2) the phrase "swoosh past other people onto ride after ride after ride" is...

@XXBENNXX Completely agree, the only way to protest it to vote with feet and take business elsewhere. Which I have done ever since Bully's appalling behaviour in the April Jones case. Amazing how some powerful corporations have so much power to silence others.

Well call me old fashioned, but if the first thought that came into my head after seeing someone in very obvious distress, panicking and injured, was "oh, I must film them", I'd go and seek counseling. To my mind, regardless of the argument about who should call 999, I cannot get my head around...

It's you I'm more concerned about @bluesonichd, and the incredible emotional trauma you must have suffered seeing that wheel on that 'ride' in such a shocking dangerous state... are you ok? :p

This quote from the article: "Even worse, he soon realised that passers-by were videoing him on their mobile phones as he, Leah and the other casualties sat helpless in the twisted steel wreckage. ‘There was one girl who was filming me and I just shouted at her. I swore at her and told her to...

I've often thought the Efteling's various musical themes ought to be played on the three carousel organs there, rather than the random repertoire they have. I know that the Harem Theme from Fata Morgana has been arranged for mechanical organ, along with one other, I forget which. Oh, and of...

On a ride... :p

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/kay-burley-petition-to-sack-sky-news-presenter-hits-35000-after-alton-towers-interview-10316644.html While I would like nothing more than never to see that vile woman's face on TV again, realistically it won't happen, she is bulletproof. But an apology...

One of the many things, imho, Efteling excel at is the music quality on rides, and throughout the whole park. But having visited five times last year I could be accused of bias. But I'm a believer in quality over quantity, a theme park should be a complete immersive experience just like the...

According to AT, the whole article was false and the rides had no such problem: https://twitter.com/altontowers/status/609031535384215553 In which case their lawyers ought to be jumping up and down at the potential damage caused by blatantly inaccurate information.

Or... COMPO River Rapids - family claim of ride TRAUMA after witnessing malfunction "In the latest scandal to hit Alton Towers, yet another ride evacuated after claims that a potentially dangerous malfunction occurred during operation. A family of four claimed that they witnessed a serious...

It does appear that the silly season has started earlier than usual this year. Meanwhile, in the 8 or so days since the incident, 38 people have died in road accidents in the UK, with another 476 seriously injured.

This year the winter sale in January and the summer (?) sale recently both had identical prices, and prices which were still a bit higher than I really wanted to pay (as there's me and the missus). On the other hand, when you consider that they are paid for with 3-4 trips to the Towers, and...

I agree and would find it unthinkable that were the crash caused by a manufacturer defect, they would still be happy allowing all other rides by the same manufacturer continue to operate. If a railway train derails due to a track defect (infrastructure problem), as happened many years ago, the...

Well this may be complete rubbish but just as a possibility... IF (a big IF) Train travelling at 40mph, weight including passengers (1,280kg) 2,000kg, distance travelled after impact (pushing the empty train) 20 metres (a total guess) = 13,720 Newtons force, or 3,084 Pounds force. If the round...