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2026: General Discussion

Hid said:
So now Bluey the Ride is now open sort of leaves a void for what comes next other than Project Horizon
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Not to sound pessimistic, but - other than Aviktas later this year - I am not expecting any new rides at any major theme park for a few years yet (until Rumba Rapids perhaps gets replaced).

Regarding AT specifically: there is still a chance that they might build a flat ride in X-Sector instead of funding Project Horizon, but I am not sure.
 
Secret Weapon said:
Not to sound pessimistic, but - other than Aviktas later this year - I am not expecting any new rides at any major theme park for a few years yet (until Rumba Rapids perhaps gets replaced).

Regarding AT specifically: there is still a chance that they might build a flat ride in X-Sector instead of funding Project Horizon, but I am not sure.
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We have Minecraft and Paultons 2027 addition coming. Legoland have a new theatre coming. And Pleasure Beach might finally start doing something with River Caves.

But Towers is a mystery. Two relatively cheap and easy fixes reopen both the Dungeons and Theatre both rides and sets are their use them
 
Hid said:
We have Minecraft and Paultons 2027 addition coming. Legoland have a new theatre coming. And Pleasure Beach might finally start doing something with River Caves.

But Towers is a mystery. Two relatively cheap and easy fixes reopen both the Dungeons and Theatre both rides and sets are their use them
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Is there still no news on river caves??

Also, regarding the 4D cinema, i've heard it got condemned a few years ago
 
Given ongoing world events, and what I suspect will rapidly unfold in the next 2-3 weeks as supply shocks happen due to enormous LNG, Oil and Fertilizer constraints impacting energy and food to come (overall cost of living to increase dramatically even further) including fuel, travel and even energy restrictions to come by mid to late-April, how badly impacted over the course of a season and potentially far beyond are Alton Towers going to be in that scenario do we think - given its location and lack of public transport?

Claude seems to suggest that around 60-70% of annual visitors are probably within a 100-mile radius, which on its own isn't too bad even with fuel over £2 per litre to come. But if global fertilizer yields are down 75% on last year then your weekly food shop is about to increase in line with that too alongside energy bills uo enormously. Then it's a broader case of affordability and a wide-ranging impact to all businesses, but relevant to our interests the UK amusement industry as a whole.

I'm not sure at what % of attendance reduction things get really bad for AT, and given merlins overall operating loss of £56m from the latest report, how desperate they might have to get in terms of what assets they retain or let go of in the months and years to come.
 
Ares said:
Given ongoing world events, and what I suspect will rapidly unfold in the next 2-3 weeks as supply shocks happen due to enormous LNG, Oil and Fertilizer constraints impacting energy and food to come (overall cost of living to increase dramatically even further) including fuel, travel and even energy restrictions to come by mid to late-April, how badly impacted over the course of a season and potentially far beyond are Alton Towers going to be in that scenario do we think - given its location and lack of public transport?

Claude seems to suggest that around 60-70% of annual visitors are probably within a 100-mile radius, which on its own isn't too bad even with fuel over £2 per litre to come. But if global fertilizer yields are down 75% on last year then your weekly food shop is about to increase in line with that too alongside energy bills uo enormously. Then it's a broader case of affordability and a wide-ranging impact to all businesses, but relevant to our interests the UK amusement industry as a whole.

I'm not sure at what % of attendance reduction things get really bad for AT, and given merlins overall operating loss of £56m from the latest report, how desperate they might have to get in terms of what assets they retain or let go of in the months and years to come.
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Well, doesn't this make for cheery reading in a forum dedicated to my escapism hobby :D
 
Ares said:
Given ongoing world events, and what I suspect will rapidly unfold in the next 2-3 weeks as supply shocks happen due to enormous LNG, Oil and Fertilizer constraints impacting energy and food to come (overall cost of living to increase dramatically even further) including fuel, travel and even energy restrictions to come by mid to late-April, how badly impacted over the course of a season and potentially far beyond are Alton Towers going to be in that scenario do we think - given its location and lack of public transport?

Claude seems to suggest that around 60-70% of annual visitors are probably within a 100-mile radius, which on its own isn't too bad even with fuel over £2 per litre to come. But if global fertilizer yields are down 75% on last year then your weekly food shop is about to increase in line with that too alongside energy bills uo enormously. Then it's a broader case of affordability and a wide-ranging impact to all businesses, but relevant to our interests the UK amusement industry as a whole.

I'm not sure at what % of attendance reduction things get really bad for AT, and given merlins overall operating loss of £56m from the latest report, how desperate they might have to get in terms of what assets they retain or let go of in the months and years to come.
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I think if it does get as bad as what you are suggesting in the next 2 - 3 weeks, then we will have much bigger things to worry about in the grand scheme of things like
 
BennyBoy said:
W/C 13th April, the park seems to be open 10-4 in the week, does that mean half term is finishes that week?
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The pedant strikes yet again.
This is the end of term...half term finished around the 23rd Feb...

Most schools are off for Easter this week and next, some god bothering schools slip a week, only finishing on Maundy Thursday, so go back a week later.
Academies writing their own rules mean the term dates are not as fixed as they once were.
 
Bowser said:
As mentioned previously, people colloquially refer to all school holidays as half term despite it being grammatically incorrect (as evidenced in the question), so i don't think it needs to be pointed out every time.

Best wishes, the pedant hunter.
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The irony being that calling a factual error "grammatically incorrect" is actually an error of semantics.

It is, in fact, a lexical imprecision. Grammar refers to sentence structure alone, not the content within it.

One can hardly hunt pedants while committing a category error in the process, can one?

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Semantics and pedantics, the foundations of the nit picky thoosie universe.
Back on topic, still lots of closed coasters, but only ten minutes for nemesis...
 
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