This is common on normal days now unfortunately
Any top tips of things not to miss, best place to get some lunch etc? Much appreciated thank you!
How has your day been? I would love to go back and take my 7 year old after not visiting for 9 years (where does time go?!) but the price puts me off and the fact you have to pay for under 3s (we are SE England so not close either).On our way to Blackpool for first time in probably 25 years. Taking the thrill seeking 7 year old for her first visit. Just got back from Efteling and prepared for a very different experience
We chose a horrible grey and cold day to go which I'm sure makes everything look worse and more sad but the park definitely looked neglected in some areas. We had fun, minimal queues on most things we rode. Didn't seem like the Big One was running (that lift hill is too much for me so we wouldn't have done it anyway!). We didn't brave Valhalla due to being absolutely freezing cold while dry, not fancying getting absolutely soaked. The scan in at each ride was absolutely crackers. I knew about it from reading here but my husband was completely baffled by it. My daughter loved Big Dipper and Derby Racer. She also enjoyed the little coasters in Nick Land, and Wallace and Gromit. I was gutted River Caves was closed as that's something I remember so vividly from childhood visits. I hope they aren't just going to get rid of it.
I went for the first time a few months ago, and this was probably one of the worse thing there, as there isn't a reason to have it unless they have non rider passes, and the turnstiles can probably relitivley easily be turned off (either queue worked arround them or take off the arms allowing for people to walk through or just constantly trigger the overide the staff use when the tickets don't scan) not only dose it become very anoying, as each ride you have to mess with your phone and try to get it to scan for like 3 mins, but also almost all the rides had an extra staff member just for handling the people stuck on the turnstile (to allow them through) this no doubt has a pretty sizable impact on running costs for no extra profit, and the only outcome is just annoying a lot of the guests.
Let’s face it, even if she had made an announcement, the only positive one would be her resignation.
You forgot option 4
Number 2 if true is a major problem. If the foundations are compromised it's going to be a hard fix. PB won't be able to replace River caves given it's awkward location and I'm not convinced they has the resources to repair it. Hope it doesn't get stuck in SBNO hell
That's a massive chunk for something a fair size.
Why not just demolish half the park lol. They would need more than one ride for that area. I highly doubt Mandy has discovered a magic money tree and Id prefer if they fix River Caves tbh.
