Alton Towers/Merlin Typos & Grammatical Errors

[The_bup]

When you order your new Merlin pass and you receive this email. Really professional, guys!

Whatever they touch forgets how to spell…

 

[Zeock]

When you order your new Merlin pass and you receive this email. Really professional, guys!

They did get 'its' right, though!

 

[Rob]

Well at least it says Merlin now! I remember when I first got one of these I wondered what the heck it was I'd ordered.

 

[Alix]

At least you got an email - was beginning to wonder where ours was and it just arrived with no warning. Not in my junk folder either..

 

[jon81uk]

The top tips here https://www.altontowers.com/about-alton-towers/blog/top-10-tips-for-visiting-alton-towers-resort/ has tip 7 - work anti-clockwise - which suggests that many people got to Spinball Whizzer and X Sector first, which is anticlockwise! Going to Forbiddon Valley or Dark Forest is broadly clockwise from the entrance.

 

[Danscott22]

Anyone know how to distinguish a fire?

 

[Skyscraper]

Anyone know how to distinguish a fire?

Or what the Fire Bigrade are

 

[Danscott22]

Or what the Fire Bigrade are

Didn't even notice that

 

[NuttySquirrel]

Anyone know how to distinguish a fire?

The words 'barely' and 'literate' spring to mind.

 

[rob666]

As a legal H&S warning notice, that must have gone past the eyes of a manager.
Absolutely appalling as a safety sign.
One button stroke on a computer would put it all right, but it needs someone to press the button.
Magic Merlin.

 

[Matt N]

I also notice that the capitalisation of Towers Street is a bit inconsistent, being “Towers Street” in one paragraph and “towers street” in another, but I think that’s a bit more pedantic on my part.