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2019: General Discussion
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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):
I was going to say, Alton's latest accommodation for next season?
Nope! Back then the rules were "if you used your shoes to make the 1.4m height restriction, you had to wear them onto the ride". As soon as they took their shoes off, you could re-measure them & refuse a ride if they were under 1.4m.
Back in the early 2000's it was a real bone of contention - girls could wear "Spice Girl" type wedge shoes to add a good few inches onto their height. I - as doubtless other ride hosts have - been offered money by parents of "too small" children to turn a blind eye and let them on the ride. You could not make it up!
Doublethink
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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):
Merlin themeing ladies and gentlemen, second to Disney you know....
RicketyCricket
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Not a bad effort but my favourite is still the Original Source shower gel van bang outside the Wicker Man entrance just a few weeks after it opened.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):
themeparkfan
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Has anyone heard which theme park was most visited last year ? Looks like legoland is getting a slating about staff operations and offering. Oh how time changes as I thought that was the merlin jewel in their crown
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):
Tussauds/Merlin are like the WHSmith of theme park operators; once loved but now just notable for being ubiquitous and deeply cynical.
Dave
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It’s not an unusual model, Europapark decide their closing time on the day based on crowd numbers and weather (obviously their closing is a lot later in general than towers), they announce closing time around midday.
So I was at the park yesterday and got to say one of the best times I've been in years. Hour extended, 23 rides on a relatively busy saturday. It was brilliant.
Im gonna however talk about the operations on oblivion which quite frankly were disgusting. 4 trains out of 7 and ONE station. With reduced throughout the queues were fairly big for it most of the day (compared normally to how quiet it is). Come on towers it's your highest capacity ride and you're wasting a very reliable and efficient ride by reducing capacity, making the queue just as big as other rides!
Im gonna however talk about the operations on oblivion which quite frankly were disgusting. 4 trains out of 7 and ONE station. With reduced throughout the queues were fairly big for it most of the day (compared normally to how quiet it is). Come on towers it's your highest capacity ride and you're wasting a very reliable and efficient ride by reducing capacity, making the queue just as big as other rides!
Ye it was stacking so didn't help with queues
bluesonichd
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could it be ride programming not being able to run any less shuttles
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