Dipper_Dave
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Revolution is a good starter coaster at BPB too, being intense but very short.
Really? The backwards part would terrify first time riders. It still terrifies @rob666 and myself decades on !
Revolution is a good starter coaster at BPB too, being intense but very short.
Hence why it's a good start- handle that and you can handle anything.Really? The backwards part would terrify first time riders. It still terrifies @rob666 and myself decades on !
Hence why it's a good start- handle that and you can handle anything.
And if you dont like it for your first coaster, it might put you off all the others.Hence why it's a good start- handle that and you can handle anything.
Brother sent me a text yesterday evening about a Blackpool Gazette article about BPB. The article was their headline story at the time, and started ‘Horrified thrill seeker flees Blackpool Pleasure Beach as’ then ended and when I clicked on it, it said ‘article not found.’
I am guessing the rest of the headline said something like ‘guests packed like sardines’ as it showed a photo of an extremely busy and crowded looking River Caves ramp. You reckon Mandy had the article taken down? Did anyone read it?
That photo looks suspicious to me. Maybe an old photo.The article is still avaliable here.
I won't copy and paste the entire article, but it talks about crowds with no social distancing.
Doesn't look good in this photo...
Credit: The Gazette, Jennifer Gibson
That photo looks suspicious to me. Maybe an old photo.
It doesn't show a single person wearing a mask and on my visit yesterday there were plenty of people wearing masks while walking round the park.
Also there was clear signage telling people to keep left which people were mostly doing, but you can't see any signs in that photo or any evidence of people keeping left.
So I suspect they have just used an old photo.
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Glad I’m not going this week anymore now...The article is still avaliable here.
I won't copy and paste the entire article, but it talks about crowds with no social distancing.
Doesn't look good in this photo...
Credit: The Gazette, Jennifer Gibson
Glad I’m not going this week anymore now...
That bit isn't too bad, if you are outdoors and continuously moving the Covid risk is quite low.
Its the queues that would be the problem as you are near those people for longer than 15 minutes and why it is rude of people not to distance. The risk is lower outdoors than indoors (I think masks should be mandatory on indoor queuelines as well) but people should be keeping 2m apart if stationery or slowly moving such as queues, faster moving areas such as that ramp shouldn't be as much of a risk.
The thing is, I hate crowded theme parks regardless of coronavirus, so to add the stress of being in a pandemic to the stress and claustrophobia of those crowds... it’s a no go from me. I understand most parks look like that at the moment though, Phantasialand, Europa park, Thorpe park etc the pathways are all that crowded.