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2019: General Discussion

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ihaveaspergers said:
They have also turned down the smiler lift hill 1 music.
They had a few complaints last year about sensory issues could that be why the music has been turned down on smiler and HEX?

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Hex? You must be joking?

One of the best soundtracks in the park and it’s turned down for SENSORY reasons?

I just don’t get some people.
 
Chessy Shop said:
Now for the negatives. The coaster selection is fantastic. But other than Hex, there's not really much else to do. Rather than investing in another big coaster, I really hope that Alton Towers choose to spend that money on more flat rides, water rides, dark rides etc. The park could do with a good clean as well; Dark Forrest and the Oblivion queue line/station were looking particularly tattered. The less said about Duel and the Rapids, the better.
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The lack of quality non coaster non cbbies attractions right now is just kind of sad. I love the coasters at towers but the lack of other things to do detracts from my enjoyment of the park substantially as there really isn't much to do once you get round the main coasters.

Look at tornado springs at Paultons, they are adding 2 new flat rides with their coaster and overhauling several of their old ones to compliment. Parks like lisiberg have shown with their recent flats that they can be highly themed and entertaining experiences .

Unless it's replacing Rita with a multilaunch I hope towers seriously considers adding more FREE non coaster attractions for their next major investment.

Craving flats for my first non alton trip of the year next week
 
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I’ve got a similar problem at towers at the minute, was there last weekend and my daughter measured in at 119cm (how frustrating!!) so just short of wicker man etc but has been on the CBeebies rides for ages and is.l now bored of them which left us very little to do really
 
Poopoohead said:
I’ve got a similar problem at towers at the minute, was there last weekend and my daughter measured in at 119cm (how frustrating!!) so just short of wicker man etc but has been on the CBeebies rides for ages and is.l now bored of them which left us very little to do really
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Purchase shoes with a thicker heel or what I witness last season, just before leaving the x sector, a shifty looking family went behind one of the display signs and removed his child's shoes, I thought that she had acquired a stone in her shoe, no, the dad pulled out of each shoe a screwed up ball of napkins from each shoe. Poor child, it must have been uncomfortable for her to walk in with those wads of paper balls in her shoes :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:
 
AT86 said:
I remember in around 2004/5 when Nemesis had to close for one day for emergency work on some footers and there was uproar. Rides were open every day of the season. Always.

Ah. The good old days.
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Yes to be fair I don’t remember in my long gone youth going any where and having to bother if ride x would be running or not
 
Nothing says 'escapism' more than the growing presence of a tacky outsourced up-seller expanding their unwarranted and unwanted presence in a theme park (photos from TS Facebook):

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