Drayton Manor Park

[Enter Valhalla]

The Brexit issue of parts taking longer to arrive could well be a factor, one which I hadn’t considered actually.

I think the biggest reason must be cuts though. As people have said, Alton Towers set the standard for other UK theme parks, just because they’re the largest and most well known UK park. When the standards are lowered at the Merlin parks it has a domino effect. Paultons seems to be the only park that looks at Merlin and says “we’re not doing that”, whereas the other UK parks seem to look up to Merlin and try to be like them, which is never going to work since they don’t have the money or resources that Merlin does. The Paultons approach of trying to be different, is a welcome change.

 

[BarryZola]

How much longer is it taking a part to get into the country compared to before Brexit? Any real world examples? I sent a 20kg package to China last week and it took 4 days to arrive at the destination, even after being held up at customs for further checks. I also received an item from China this week after a similar wait. I've had multiple items come from Europe since Brexit and I've not noticed any long delays. Have they just got it in for theme parks so are holding up their packages for a laugh? I've heard this argument before and I don't really buy it. A slight delay, maybe, sometimes, but not regular extra long wait times due to a bit of extra paper work, surely? Obviously Brexit worked out badly, but is it really an excuse for our theme parks to not run their rides reliably?

 

[Poisson]

How much longer is it taking a part to get into the country compared to before Brexit? Any real world examples? I sent a 20kg package to China last week and it took 4 days to arrive at the destination, even after being held up at customs for further checks. I also received an item from China this week after a similar wait. I've had multiple items come from Europe since Brexit and I've not noticed any long delays. Have they just got it in for theme parks so are holding up their packages for a laugh? I've heard this argument before and I don't really buy it. A slight delay, maybe, sometimes, but not regular extra long wait times due to a bit of extra paper work, surely? Obviously Brexit worked out badly, but is it really an excuse for our theme parks to not run their rides reliably?

We can get parts shipped almost instantly where I work too. Germany/Switzerland/USA no problems. Even sending technical kit for repair is fairly swift.

 

[DiogoJ42]

You get what you pay for.

 

[imanautie]

How much longer is it taking a part to get into the country compared to before Brexit? Any real world examples? I sent a 20kg package to China last week and it took 4 days to arrive at the destination, even after being held up at customs for further checks. I also received an item from China this week after a similar wait. I've had multiple items come from Europe since Brexit and I've not noticed any long delays. Have they just got it in for theme parks so are holding up their packages for a laugh? I've heard this argument before and I don't really buy it. A slight delay, maybe, sometimes, but not regular extra long wait times due to a bit of extra paper work, surely? Obviously Brexit worked out badly, but is it really an excuse for our theme parks to not run their rides reliably?

Depends on how well they the shipper does their paperwork and if they are responsive to queries from the carrier, I know from work (I'm in brokerage) stuff can occasionally get held up a few days or weeks (longer is an exception), but most stuff if it's going to actually clear it's usually very quickly.

 

[Craig]

Please try and keep things directly related to Drayton. Suggestions of why availability is a problem is fine, but let’s not get bogged down in detailed discussion about Brexit etc. We have dedicated discussion topics for that - thanks.

 

[Steve Minor]

Given the hysterical reaction of British enthusiasts, you'd think we'd hate our parks more than just like that. Honestly with the exception of Paultons, is there any UK park that's doing alright?

I hear Brean is doing fantastic. They've managed to go out of business twice this year already