Tom said:Why can't people just not be allowed to come through the turnstiles until 10am?
I think part of it was due to the concert level crush that used to happen up against the gates till they opened.
Tom said:Why can't people just not be allowed to come through the turnstiles until 10am?
GaryH said:Dave said:TheMan said:Dave said:Certainly the loss of the premium experience has an impact, i think it was Squiggs who said a few days ago to me that Alton Towers in the 90's was an expensive day out but it offered a luxary product. The issue now is they don't offer the luxary product but still charge luxary prices.
Disagree with this absolutely entirely.
Alton was a great value day out in the 90s by all accounts, it didn't feel expensive in the slightest. The place felt like good value as you moved around, the polar opposite to now.
The attractions there, were still some of the UKs best (some, arguably better, leave that though eh?). The park itself, ironically felt more complete.
I disagree back
I have been going to Towers since around 1988 when I was a kid, and coming from a family that had limited cash to hand Alton Towers was seen as expensive. It wasn't poor value for money as you got a luxury product in return but it wasn't cheap. The fact my parents saved the money to go shows they valued the product but it didn't make it cheap..... And we always took a packed lunch as the cost of food on park was even back then seen as extortionate.
I can see both sides to this - I think, for me, who has been going since 1993, the difference is that the money "grabbing" is now more in your face than it was back in 88 or 93. The car parking charge was the ultimate smack in the face when people have just paid a fortune to get in! Plus, back then, there was 1 price increase each year, now, we are seeing 2 price increases during the year.
GaryH said:Why is it when I click on my notifications in the top right corner showing "thanks" it says this topic is called "Turnips and Potatoes"????!!!! lol
aru said:I'm not sure if this is possible to answer, but how many guests does the park need to break even for the day?![]()
I would say it's around that figure, which works out around £128 000 a day to open towers up for a dayAshleeKel said:aru said:I'm not sure if this is possible to answer, but how many guests does the park need to break even for the day?![]()
I think it's around 2500, but I could be wrong.
Natalie said:Josh but if your figure is correct why do companies like John Lewis pay way more than that?
Novas said:Yea, £128,000 was given as the break even figure. Not sure what sort of margins theme parks work to but would expect a massive mark up on that (20%+?)