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Drayton Manor Park

Hid said:
It's only for 2 days a blast to the past, To be honest pay one fee is the better system than Pay per Ride and Free Entry.
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Again, two weekdays in termtime have sold out.
To be honest, isn't it better to have a park full of secondary spending, than a nearly dead park on weekdays with the majority of children in education?
Pay one price may be better for you individually, but there seem to be a great number of people out there who want to attend the park, maybe do one or two rides, and nothing else.
This gives them that choice...and after such a sellout success, don't you think it will be back again very soon?
 
rob666 said:
Again, two weekdays in termtime have sold out.
To be honest, isn't it better to have a park full of secondary spending, than a nearly dead park on weekdays with the majority of children in education?
Pay one price may be better for you individually, but there seem to be a great number of people out there who want to attend the park, maybe do one or two rides, and nothing else.
This gives them that choice...and after such a sellout success, don't you think it will be back again very soon?
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Technically some places are still in the easter holidays but also Pay One Price works out better. There's a reason Pleasure Changed it because they nearly went bankrupt in the 2000's and they had big investments in addition to the declining attendance
 
Easter holidays are over in every school and area I know.
These events are successful before they have happened.. they are a sell out days before the event.
Pay one price works out better for some, this event shows that one size does not fit all.
Simple.
Hid said:
...There's a reason Pleasure Changed it ...
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Who changed what?
 
rob666 said:
Again, two weekdays in termtime have sold out.
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Mr Pedant here. It's still the Easter Holidays for many schools around the area, including LEA schools in Birmingham (only the second week).

School term dates | Birmingham City Council

School Year 2017 to 2018 Spring Term 2018 Term Starts: Monday 8 January 2018 Half Term: Monday 19 February 2018 to Friday 23 February 2018 Term Ends: Thursday 29 March 2018
www.birmingham.gov.uk www.birmingham.gov.uk

They haven't sold out. They aren't selling entry, which is your entire premise.

They are fully booked out, with free entry, for two weekdays of the Easter holiday.

I pity those who pay £10.00 for The Wave, with its recent operating throughput. I would not want to be the 283rd person in that queue.
 
rob666 said:
Easter holidays are over in every school and area I know.
These events are successful before they have happened.. they are a sell out days before the event.
Pay one price works out better for some, this event shows that one size does not fit all.
Simple.


Who changed what?
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So true. Although the Midlands kids are still on hols until Mondays. Costing me a damn fortune. Gone are the days of kicking a ball around the park and riding your bike until the sun comes down.
Modern society. Sucks.
And Damn those pesky kids…….
 
GooseOnTheLoose said:
Mr Pedant here. It's still the Easter Holidays for many schools around the area, including LEA schools in Birmingham (only the second week).

School term dates | Birmingham City Council

School Year 2017 to 2018 Spring Term 2018 Term Starts: Monday 8 January 2018 Half Term: Monday 19 February 2018 to Friday 23 February 2018 Term Ends: Thursday 29 March 2018
www.birmingham.gov.uk www.birmingham.gov.uk

They haven't sold out. They aren't selling entry, which is your entire premise.

They are fully booked out, with free entry, for two weekdays of the Easter holiday.

I pity those who pay £10.00 for The Wave, with its recent operating throughput. I would not want to be the 283rd person in that queue.
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£10.00 for the wave is reasonable you charge roughly the same amount for Olympia Loopinf its also that price to prevent too many people going on it at one time
 
Hid said:
£10.00 for the wave is reasonable you charge roughly the same amount for Olympia Loopinf its also that price to prevent too many people going on it at one time
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Olympia Looping reportedly has a throughput of 2,880 people per hour.

The Wave has a throughput of 282 people per hour.

If I were 283rd in the queue, it would take my just over 5 minutes to get on Olympia Looping. It was take me over an hour to get on The Wave.

It would take The Wave 10 hours to put 2,880 through it. Longer than the park is open for.

On top of all of that, The Wave always runs with one row empty and the back two rows are always reserved for Easy Access / Fast Access Passes.

The throughput, of the main queue, on The Wave is a little over 190 people per hour.

I would not want to pay £10.00 for The Wave and be the 283rd person in the queue.
 
GooseOnTheLoose said:
Olympia Looping reportedly has a throughput of 2,880 people per hour.

The Wave has a throughput of 282 people per hour.

If I were 283rd in the queue, it would take my just over 5 minutes to get on Olympia Looping. It was take me over an hour to get on The Wave.

It would take The Wave 10 hours to put 2,880 through it. Longer than the park is open for.

On top of all of that, The Wave always runs with one row empty and the back two rows are always reserved for Easy Access / Fast Access Passes.

The throughput, of the main queue, on The Wave is a little over 190 people per hour.

I would not want to pay £10.00 for The Wave and be the 283rd person in the queue.
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You may not but other people might Wave does need some work to increase capacity
 
Jb85 said:
I’m more intrigued as to how Olympia achieves that throughput
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5 trains, 28 per train, many blocks and 35 seconds dispatch intervals. Anton's designs with proper operations. I think in extreme times it can have 7 station hosts. Messing about isn't allowed and there is 1 queue so the air gates are full and ready.
 
The entry/wristband system was excellent for my mum as she use to take my grandad and they would go round the zoo while me and my sister would go on the rides.
Even when it was just the 3 of us she would buy us wristbands and tokens for herself as she only would go on Splash Canyon, Pirate adventure twice (she hated the drop but would close her eyes as she loved the ride), Jungle Cruise and watch the Jungle Palladium.
I remember a time before Pirate adventure opened we would mainly only go for the zoo and my mum would buy us tokens and me and my sister use to argue who would drive the dodgems as it was 4 tickets per car.
 
Poisson said:
5 trains, 28 per train, many blocks and 35 seconds dispatch intervals. Anton's designs with proper operations. I think in extreme times it can have 7 station hosts. Messing about isn't allowed and there is 1 queue so the air gates are full and ready.
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At Winter Wonderland it had 2 queues (fast track) and I’m pretty sure it was not on 5 trains when we visited. TBH seemed like it was only on 1 but it was morning.
 
Hid said:
You may not but other people might Wave does need some work to increase capacity
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The park is fully booked, it has a capacity of 15,000 people. It is open for 10 hours on the 24th and 25th of April (longer than normal operating hours, which I used above in my calculations).

Presuming that no one has a re-ride, and there are no stoppages, 2,880 people will be able to ride The Wave once, on either of those days.

Fewer than 20% of booked visitors will have a chance to ride the park's "signature coaster", and even then the queue for it will be horrendous. Throw in that you're paying £10.00 for the privilege of riding that coaster once and you're going to have a lot of angry customers.

Guest Services is going to be a bloodbath.
 
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