AstroDan said:Also - so everyone is clear, Th13teen is in a state of use and could be open (but obviously staff have not been trained, hence it is not open).
Sam said:If it was for families only, then they shouldn't have bothered having any thrill rides open. If it was for thrill seekers and families, they should have had enough thrill rides open (I know Th13teen isn't white-knuckle, but it's a decent enough replacement for Oblivion). Instead they made it clear that in part it was a thrill-seekers event (Nemesis and Air open) but then made it mediocre by having so few big rides open.
Scott said:I think something that has to be considered is how FHT is such a changeable event in terms of weather. You only have to look back to last year when the rides barely ran because the temperature was too low, there were high winds and the park had to dish out apology letters and complimentary tickets for it all... In fact, was it last Feb the park actually closed because of the appalling weather leading to safety issues? Or was that a different time?
All the same, extremely varying weather conditions add to this being a hard event to plan for.
Scott said:I think something that has to be considered is how FHT is such a changeable event in terms of weather. You only have to look back to last year when the rides barely ran because the temperature was too low, there were high winds and the park had to dish out apology letters and complimentary tickets for it all... In fact, was it last Feb the park actually closed because of the appalling weather leading to safety issues? Or was that a different time?
All the same, extremely varying weather conditions add to this being a hard event to plan for.
Alastair said:Scott said:I think something that has to be considered is how FHT is such a changeable event in terms of weather. You only have to look back to last year when the rides barely ran because the temperature was too low, there were high winds and the park had to dish out apology letters and complimentary tickets for it all... In fact, was it last Feb the park actually closed because of the appalling weather leading to safety issues? Or was that a different time?
All the same, extremely varying weather conditions add to this being a hard event to plan for.
Nope that was in April last year.
Magrathea said:Alastair said:Scott said:I think something that has to be considered is how FHT is such a changeable event in terms of weather. You only have to look back to last year when the rides barely ran because the temperature was too low, there were high winds and the park had to dish out apology letters and complimentary tickets for it all... In fact, was it last Feb the park actually closed because of the appalling weather leading to safety issues? Or was that a different time?
All the same, extremely varying weather conditions add to this being a hard event to plan for.
Nope that was in April last year.
The first day of Feb Half Term 2012, Air was the only major coaster to open (towards the end of the day) due to the ridiculous amounts of icy snow left all over the park (which was beautiful but impractical). Nemesis had a massive icicle in its way!
As a result all guests were given a letter entitling them to a free return visit and AP holders free fasttrack letters
Agreed - showing my age here, but I think October 27th, 2002 was the last time before - extremely high winds were bringing down trees and generally causing chaos meaning it was dangerous to attempt to get to the park, let alone be there. I think the fireworks were postponed until the following week.Alastair said:Did the park completely close though? I vaguely remember the April closure being notable for being the first one for a long time, years in fact. Could be wrong though.
thefatone said:Don't see an issue with ride lineup to be fair.
It's heavily marketed this year, extremely marketed, as a family event. Families have adults, and older kids, who will want to ride the one or two larger rides. They don't need to open anything else.
Not replacing oblivion isn't a biggy in my eyes, it was replaced with Ice Age which is perfectly suitable, and having oblivion to the list just adds to the thrillseeker argument (to which, there is none being an exclusively family event). If they had marketed less as a family, or tried to appeal to thrillseekers in any way, shape or form, then I'd understand. But they haven't.
3 and a half weeks til full ride lineup, stop stressing out over pointless things.