Rick
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This discussion about the quality of the fireworks is similar to other conversations we've had recently in other threads. If you're really into dark rides, you'll have a very different experience on Duel as someone who has jumped on and wants to shoot anything that moves. You may have seen me equate it to the difference between someone going to watch a film with their 2.4 children to keep them quiet for 90 mins and a film critic.
It's similar with fireworks. If fireworks, lights and audio are your thing, the way that you experience, enjoy and critique a display like the one at Alton will be very different to someone like me who goes, grabs a hot chocolate and stands there and takes it for what it is (and thoroughly enjoys it, for the record).
In the same way, we went to the display put on by the local parish council the following night and we had a great time there too. If you were into fireworks I am sure you would have hated the display, not to mention the tone on the mayor's voice on the mic and the way the wind distracted from the quality of the Happy Hardcore they set the display to.
That's not to say that any opinion is wrong - that's the best thing about opinions. However, there has to be an acceptance - albeit begrudgingly if that makes you feel better, that most people want fireworks to deliver pops, bangs & flashes and Alton typically delivers by the bucketload.
It's similar with fireworks. If fireworks, lights and audio are your thing, the way that you experience, enjoy and critique a display like the one at Alton will be very different to someone like me who goes, grabs a hot chocolate and stands there and takes it for what it is (and thoroughly enjoys it, for the record).
In the same way, we went to the display put on by the local parish council the following night and we had a great time there too. If you were into fireworks I am sure you would have hated the display, not to mention the tone on the mayor's voice on the mic and the way the wind distracted from the quality of the Happy Hardcore they set the display to.
That's not to say that any opinion is wrong - that's the best thing about opinions. However, there has to be an acceptance - albeit begrudgingly if that makes you feel better, that most people want fireworks to deliver pops, bangs & flashes and Alton typically delivers by the bucketload.