Ah you see the problem there is that I only visit towers
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. I bought that pass because I wasn't willing to pay £30 more for the same park just with scarefest added on. But now they've introduced this cheaper one it seemed like a good option
jon81uk
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Well technically gold compared to discovery adds a lot more dates, its not just scarefest as discovery excludes the whole of August and almost all Saturdays.Ah you see the problem there is that I only visit towers
But yes the Silver pass also has a lot of the school holiday exclusions and the single park one is only £10 more than discovery.
If you are mainly a weekday visitor though Discovery is still a great deal if you might go to the other attractions.
I do visit a lot so I'm happy with the pass still. I'll only go to scarefest maybe once a year anyway. Last season I went at least 25 times on the off peak dates. Off peak if you can visit then is truly amazing because sometimes it feels like you've got the park to yourself when it's really quiet. The only negative is I just abused the rides to an extent where I got bored so I don't think I'll visit as much this year as I do actually need to enjoy it, that's the purpose of going to these places
Skyscraper
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Yeah I'm hoping to go on an off-peak day this season. Not had the chance before, and it will be nice to be able to ride everything as much as I like without the queues. Only downside of course is the 4pm closes, but that's a small price to pay in my opinion.
On a proper off peak day, I wouldn’t worry about a 4pm closure.
I’ve had plenty of true off peak midweek visits with a 4pm closure and I’ve had time for a sit down lunch, plenty of re-rides and come half 3 and 16 rides later, a 4pm close seems perfectly reasonable.
BarryZola
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Just got to watch out for those pesky school & college coachloads turning up on off-peak days like last year. Ruined many a traditional off-peak day. Hopefully that was just a legacy of cancelled trips that should have happened during Covid. I have a feeling that Towers may have actually started offering lower priced packages to colleges etc at off-peak times or something though. But yes, hopefully quite a few quiet days will be forthcoming.
Skyscraper
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Yeah that's unfortunately a risk of going on a term time weekday. It's like a lottery as to whether there'll be coaches or not.
Just go in March, start of April or start of October. Those were the quietest times I found. May and September some quiet times too but more coaches than normal last year. Obviously the no go months are June and July for school trips. Especially the last 2 weeks before summer holidays it was packed
Has ever been thus...
Avoid also the first sunny days after rain, and the week before scarefest starts is just about perfect.
djtruefitt
TS Team
The start of summer holidays are also traditionally quiet as most people go abroad or away. The end of the school holidays are the worse as people get bored and then plan day trips to theme parks!
AT86
TS Member
The story regarding the YouTube video from last week has made its way to the local news, with a statement from the park, wonder if this will actually lead to any charges being brought.
www.derbytelegraph.co.uk
YouTubers get into Alton Towers and stand on top of Oblivion
Out of Society posted the video on their YouTube channel. Staffordshire Police have launched an investigation
Since when was trespassing illegal.The story regarding the YouTube video from last week has made its way to the local news, with a statement from the park, wonder if this will actually lead to any charges being brought.
YouTubers get into Alton Towers and stand on top of Oblivion
Out of Society posted the video on their YouTube channel. Staffordshire Police have launched an investigation
AT86
TS Member
As per the quote from Towers, they have an injunction, whether that covers the two individuals when tested in court is way beyond my legal knowledge.
jon81uk
TS Member
As stated, in 2018 Merlin Entertainments Group was granted a High Court injunction against all unauthorised access to all our sites across England and Wales.
By having that in place, they have entered without authorisation and it is trespass.
Lots of discussion as to how enforceable the injunction is a few pages back
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Don't put the video up, you are giving the idiots further promotion.
towersstreet.com
AT86
TS Member
What about the bolded, taken from their website:
Trespass Injunction | Alton Towers Resort
Merlin Entertainments Group has obtained a High Court injunction in order to deter unauthorised access into any of its attractions.
www.altontowers.com
That is the precise part that has not been tested in law, and means basically anybody...which is what makes it unenforceable.
You cannot take out an injunction against anybody..."persons unknown" is used differently under other criminal law, mainly against squatters.
You would also have to prove that the "offender" was aware of the injunction...how would they do that exactly?
For that point to be enforced, individuals would have to recieve previous warnings...Laws group have, this group haven't.
This group broke no laws, Towers own security was very poor, the group weren't even invited to leave at any time!
There will be zero police action, probably legal warning letters regarding future conduct.
You cannot take out an injunction against anybody..."persons unknown" is used differently under other criminal law, mainly against squatters.
You would also have to prove that the "offender" was aware of the injunction...how would they do that exactly?
For that point to be enforced, individuals would have to recieve previous warnings...Laws group have, this group haven't.
This group broke no laws, Towers own security was very poor, the group weren't even invited to leave at any time!
There will be zero police action, probably legal warning letters regarding future conduct.
AT86
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I have no idea. That’s one for Merlin’s lawyers. They are currently talking the talk. Let’s see if they attempt to walk the walk and test it in court.
It was one of the urban explorer site legal topics that covered it in length, at the time of the injunction first being served.
Even though it was of dubious legality, the section was allowed to remain as a warning to other associates of Law, but it cannot be used against random trespassers without giving them reasonable prior notice.
Single postings of the notice outside main entrances and on websites is not sufficient...even if it looks good.
Even though it was of dubious legality, the section was allowed to remain as a warning to other associates of Law, but it cannot be used against random trespassers without giving them reasonable prior notice.
Single postings of the notice outside main entrances and on websites is not sufficient...even if it looks good.
I know people on here have mentioned the security, or lack of, but it's embarrassing that supposedly 2nd to Disney in the world Merlin is so easily accessible. Whilst no one condones their actions, they've just proven that merlins security for such a large organisation is beyond a joke. These guys were screaming and shouting, playing music and flashing torches and yet no one noticed? Seems to me like whoever was working on security that night needs to be sacked