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2026: General Discussion
Matt N
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Thorpe Park has also put every day of the season up to £66… seeing as the website still advertises £32, I’m going with some sort of centralised glitch rather than a sudden stealthy hike of the prices!
Someone should really have deployed to test before making a change to the booking system… this seems like the sort of issue that may have been introduced by a change!
Someone should really have deployed to test before making a change to the booking system… this seems like the sort of issue that may have been introduced by a change!
Secret Weapon
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I wonder what happens to the people who paid £68 during the brief period that the prices were high
Will they be refunded, or not?
If not then I wonder if this glitching could become a regular habit...
They will be both refunded and sectioned simultaneously.
Enter Valhalla
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Which is one of many reasons why it still baffles me that the old-school Pleasure Beach fans are so desperate to get rid wristbands and go back to the PPR system. What’s in place now is clearly better value.
Dave
TS Founding Member
But might explain why quality has dropped across UK parks.
If BPB was taking on average the equivalent of £60 a head in 1990 and now takes £30 a head today then something has to give.
Although weirdly according to the Google god Towers was £15 a ticket in 1994 which is only around £30 in today’s money so a think profit greed is more to blame there.
VerticalLoop123
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This opening the gates business at 9:30 is chaotic- already about 9:10 this morning the plaza was full. All of the queues are now maxed out and the flow of people from the entrance road entry point isn’t being controlled.
I’m sure lots of people would buy a coffee if they were allowed to enter- Merlin are losing money here!
Not at great first impression - especially if you’ve come in on the rail replacement bus
Edit: almost as if they’ve heard the pitter patter of fingers of my keyboard they’ve opened they’ve let some people through the security checkpoints as they likely saw it was getting very crowded
I’m sure lots of people would buy a coffee if they were allowed to enter- Merlin are losing money here!
Not at great first impression - especially if you’ve come in on the rail replacement bus
Edit: almost as if they’ve heard the pitter patter of fingers of my keyboard they’ve opened they’ve let some people through the security checkpoints as they likely saw it was getting very crowded
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Dave
TS Founding Member
The big issue with the drive in is people turning right into premium parking. They should send premium parking up to the traffic lights then right into coach park and down to avoid the right hand lane on the drive getting clogged up.
Not at peak times it isn't!
Used to turn up, pay £20, and actually go on half a dozen rides each as a couple in an hour or two, every last time.
Then go and play out elsewhere.
Impossible now.
That same process now takes all day, any day that isn't quiet.
Never a queue of more than ten minutes apart from "the big new ride" for decades.
Then pop arrived, operational incentives nosedived, queues doubled overnight, and income to bring in new rides, every year(!), was lost.
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