BigShadowtinytree
TS Member
Had a great day at AT today. Wasn’t overly busy, but ride downtime did seem to push queue times up on other rides. We still did well though ride count as follows:
Wickerman x2
Alty Mans x3
RMT
CRR
Kids did driving school x2
Thirteen
Also had a walk round sharkbait reef to shelter from the rain.
My partner reckons something hit him on the head as Rita passed over us in the Thirteen queue. No idea what, must have been a small item though not a phone or anything like that and he wasn’t badly hurt fortunately, more shocked than anything. Rita is looking very dirty.
CRR is so much better with the waterfalls working. Thoroughly enjoyed our ride on it today. “Please remain seated” is repeated on the soundtrack far too much though, it’s a bit excessive.
Alton Manor sits firmly as my number 1 UK dark ride. Nice to see them looking after it, although I know it’s still early days. Didn’t notice any effects not working today. The actors in Gloomy Wood were brilliant.
There was one incident today which we found upsetting, and it wasn’t anything to do with Towers staff, operations or anything like that, it was something another guest did. There was a duckling and its mother walking around the mutiny bay courtyard looking for scraps whilst we were sat eating our picnic. At one point a teenage girl on a nearby table decided to pick the duckling up which made the mother duck incredibly distressed, the adults on the table with her found her actions hilarious rather than telling her off, she then practically threw the duckling to the ground, maybe it bit or pooped on her (deserved imo), but it was horrible to witness. The ducks then left the area which was a shame as it’s lovely to see them, especially the babies up close. But when guests treat them like that they won’t want to be around us. Horrible the way some people treat animals.
Aside from that one incident we really enjoyed our day after a not visiting for a couple of months. Although I am really missing Hex and Skyride now so I hope they can both open up soon. No sign of testing of Skyride from what I saw today.
Wickerman x2
Alty Mans x3
RMT
CRR
Kids did driving school x2
Thirteen
Also had a walk round sharkbait reef to shelter from the rain.
My partner reckons something hit him on the head as Rita passed over us in the Thirteen queue. No idea what, must have been a small item though not a phone or anything like that and he wasn’t badly hurt fortunately, more shocked than anything. Rita is looking very dirty.
CRR is so much better with the waterfalls working. Thoroughly enjoyed our ride on it today. “Please remain seated” is repeated on the soundtrack far too much though, it’s a bit excessive.
Alton Manor sits firmly as my number 1 UK dark ride. Nice to see them looking after it, although I know it’s still early days. Didn’t notice any effects not working today. The actors in Gloomy Wood were brilliant.
There was one incident today which we found upsetting, and it wasn’t anything to do with Towers staff, operations or anything like that, it was something another guest did. There was a duckling and its mother walking around the mutiny bay courtyard looking for scraps whilst we were sat eating our picnic. At one point a teenage girl on a nearby table decided to pick the duckling up which made the mother duck incredibly distressed, the adults on the table with her found her actions hilarious rather than telling her off, she then practically threw the duckling to the ground, maybe it bit or pooped on her (deserved imo), but it was horrible to witness. The ducks then left the area which was a shame as it’s lovely to see them, especially the babies up close. But when guests treat them like that they won’t want to be around us. Horrible the way some people treat animals.
Aside from that one incident we really enjoyed our day after a not visiting for a couple of months. Although I am really missing Hex and Skyride now so I hope they can both open up soon. No sign of testing of Skyride from what I saw today.
