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2020: General Discussion

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Mr Pearse said:
I’m guessing the whole cleaning the ride x amount of times is probably to do with the government saying what they have to do to reopen.
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As far as I am aware there is no government guidance on that sort of thing and it is up to businesses to write their own risk assessments. I think AT are currently going over and above what is probably needed.

For example TfL are only cleaning/disinfecting tube trains once a day.
 
Ethan said:
I expected maybe upto hour queues due to cleaning and empty seats but due to the low capacity I don't think anyone expected the queues to be as long as they are
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I was expecting them to be longer to be fair. You can limit all you want but if half the people on the park want to ride one ride then that’s what happens.
 
To be fair if coronavirus wasn’t a thing and you visited Alton Towers at this time of year you would probably be waiting well over an hour for every coaster as the place would be overrun with school trips until mid July.

So the queues at the moment aren’t really any different to any other year, it’s just different reasons as to why.
 
Hearing reports that Battle Galleons has opened today , which puts paid to the idea that Duel is closed because the guns are a high contact area . I expect we’re just waiting on staff being brought off furlough for the rest of the closed attractions (bar Th13teen)
 
tayspru said:
Hearing reports that Battle Galleons has opened today , which puts paid to the idea that Duel is closed because the guns are a high contact area . I expect we’re just waiting on staff being brought off furlough for the rest of the closed attractions (bar Th13teen)
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I hope Rita is open as my family enjoy it and it'd be a shame for them. Well it's a lose lose situation as if it's closed my family will moan and it will put them in a bad mood, and if it's open then they'll force me to go on it
 
A cut in VAT from 20% to 5% for hospitality has been announced just now. This includes food, accommodation and attractions.

That would mean the current online adult ticket price of £34 would become £29.75 and the gate price would go from £58 to £50.75.

Let’s see if Merlin pass this reduction on to customers....
 
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AT86 said:
A cut in VAT from 20% to 5% for hospitality has been announced just now. This includes food, accommodation and hotels.

That would mean the current online adult ticket price of £34 would become £29.75 and the gate price would go from £58 to £50.75.

Let’s see if Merlin pass this reduction on to customers....
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We can expect to see an update to accesso passport.
To move costs onto package not vat.
 
AT86 said:
A cut in VAT from 20% to 5% for hospitality has been announced just now. This includes food, accommodation and attractions.

That would mean the current online adult ticket price of £34 would become £29.75 and the gate price would go from £58 to £50.75.

Let’s see if Merlin pass this reduction on to customers....
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I imagine it'll just stay the same so towers get more money
 
On park today and yes queues are taking longer but obviously towers staff trying to keep to new procedures, for example on nemesis one row is allowed to drop off bags and get on at a time then the same process when exiting.
People seem to be adhering to social distancing in queue and staff are fab with new procedures. Only issue I’m seeing is that on the main paths instead of sticking to the left, like the signs tell you, many are spreading themselves out across paths making it hard to social distance and hard to get past if you’re going the other way!
Also chevrons in queues are starting to rub off, especially in extended queue lines. Hoping someone gets the old paint out and gives them a touch up!
 
VerticalLoop123 said:
Only issue I’m seeing is that on the main paths instead of sticking to the left, like the signs tell you, many are spreading themselves out across paths making it hard to social distance and hard to get past if you’re going the other way!
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In supermarket the other day where a family had taken up the whole of an area that should have been two way I just stood still until they realised they can't walk through me. People need to realise in general that even without filling the entire width of a path is not polite.
 
AT86 said:
Me too.

But let’s not forget Mr Varney has been pushing for a reduction in VAT for a long time, articles online as far back as 2014 cite him as wanting lower VAT so they could have lower ticket prices etc.
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Yes, there was a time when they were clearly being very passive aggressive and all the prices were being blatantly advertised with and without VAT on park.

Given their history on the matter I hope they will pass this reduction on to customers.


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