We'll just have to wait and see tommorow if the park is openPark usually runs a pair of buyout weekends but I imagine post pandemic it might be a bit hard for companies to justify it.
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2022: General Discussion
WallisDan
TS Member
John LewisDoes anyone know if tomorrow is a buy out day? I know Sunday is but just wondering if there's one tomorrow as well?
Danscott22
TS Member
Ah is it? I had a feeling it might be!John Lewis
Danscott22
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Looks like Flavio’s Fabulous Fandango and Roller Disco are going to be operating tomorrow
Looking at the app x sector won't be open todayLooks like Flavio’s Fabulous Fandango and Roller Disco are going to be operating tomorrow
BarryZola
TS Member
ERT had become a bit of a joke in the end anyway. Going back a decade or so it was genuinely a really good perk. You'd get an hour with a few good rides open that seemed to alternate every several months. It was only open to hotel guests and annual pass holders and there were seemingly far fewer pass holders back then. I can remember at ERT opening most of the time that there wouldn't be that many people in the separate ERT queue. Some hotel guests and a spattering of annual pass holders. The queue for non hotel and annual pass holders was usually a fair bit bigger and they would look on in profound sadness as they saw the special gate opened for you to go in and enjoy yourself when they had to continue to stand there for another half an hour or full hour (sometimes they let them in a bit earlier than normal ride opening time but you couldn't get to ride without showing a pass or hotel booking). It was really good and worth turning up early for. Then over time they introduced ERT for those booking online, then went mad on selling loads of cheap annual passes and also reduced the time down to 30 minutes. Eventually pretty much every guest had ERT so it was hardly fit for purpose any more. I won't mourn the loss of the modern ERT.
Danscott22
TS Member
It's actually been 9am they've been letting people in! We've been in queues last year at 9:10!To be honest, I personally quite like Towers’ current strategy of letting all guests in at 9:30am and allowing them to queue outside of their desired first ride before it opens.
But what's the point of that? Someone explain how that's a good idea? So you wait for ages before the rides even open when you could get there at 10 and queue much less timeIt's actually been 9am they've been letting people in! We've been in queues last year at 9:10!
Danscott22
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You're not really queuing though because the rides aren't open. It also wouldn't be much less time at 10 because the queue will have built up (for certain rides). You can smash an area out by 10:10am if you're there super early.But what's the point of that? Someone explain how that's a good idea? So you wait for ages before the rides even open when you could get there at 10 and queue much less time
Burbs
TS Team
Say you arrived at the park entrance early one day at 9.15/9.30am (for argument's sake), would you rather be couped up on the plaza with everyone else rocking up for 45 minutes or be able to roam the park for a bit? I know which I prefer.But what's the point of that? Someone explain how that's a good idea? So you wait for ages before the rides even open when you could get there at 10 and queue much less time
I think they should let guests in early yes but personally I'd rather stroll around for a bit before it gets closer to 10 rather than standing waiting at a ride entrance for agesSay you arrived at the park entrance early one day at 9.15/9.30am (for argument's sake), would you rather be couped up on the plaza with everyone else rocking up for 45 minutes or be able to roam the park for a bit? I know which I prefer.
Burbs
TS Team
You can do this. No one's making you join a pre-queue.I think they should let guests in early yes but personally I'd rather stroll around for a bit before it gets closer to 10 rather than standing waiting at a ride entrance for ages
Matt N
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If you join the pre-queue, though, you’re ahead of the crowd joining at 10am; by the time 10am rolls around, you’d be practically on the ride if you joined a pre-queue early enough, and then you’d be able to join another queue straight after. And if you go to the right area (I often find Dark Forest works well to start a day in, personally), you can have the whole land knocked out by 10:30am or so, possibly earlier!
On my last visit, I got 2 rides in on Rita within the first 15 minutes, before then proceeding to a practically unheard of 10 minute Smiler queue, as Thirteen was broken!
On my last visit, I got 2 rides in on Rita within the first 15 minutes, before then proceeding to a practically unheard of 10 minute Smiler queue, as Thirteen was broken!
Danscott22
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Yeah I agree with this - I'd done Rita, Roller Disco, TH13TEEN, Galactica, Nemesis, The Blade and Funk'n'Fly last year within roughly 80 minutes by waiting in Dark Forest from about 9:10 - it's definitely a strategy that works!If you join the pre-queue, though, you’re ahead of the crowd joining at 10am; by the time 10am rolls around, you’d be practically on the ride if you joined a pre-queue early enough, and then you’d be able to join another queue straight after. And if you go to the right area (I often find Dark Forest works well to start a day in, personally), you can have the whole land knocked out by 10:30am or so, possibly earlier!
On my last visit, I got 2 rides in on Rita within the first 15 minutes, before then proceeding to a practically unheard of 10 minute Smiler queue, as Thirteen was broken!
Danscott22
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Yeah they're taking quite the bashing on Twitter for telling people in advance all rides would be open, when in fact all of X Sector, CRR, Go Jetters, Peter Rabbit and Get Set Go are closed all day - and Duel, Hex, TH13TEEN are yet to open as well. They seem to be blaming X Sector on the recent adverse weather causing a routine maintenance delay but I don't know how much I buy into that?
AT86
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There’s a heck of a lot of rides closed today. I wonder if John Lewis knew this ahead of paying for the buy out?
Probably not in so many words. But JL come back year after year to have the park for a day in early March and ride availability is always awful, so they should know by now what they are in for.
Squiggs
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It's not like this, though. Normally it might be a handful of rides down and there is some chance of rides re-opening later in the day.Probably not in so many words. But JL come back year after year to have the park for a day in early March and ride availability is always awful, so they should know by now what they are in for.