I've defended them more than most. I've understood the need to remove small scale attractions in the short term, but this is taking the Mick.
Forbidden Valley, open from 12?
Rapids, one of the few rides that can really soak up the crowds shut most of the season.
AT, have a potentially great new coaster that they can aim at a wide demographic to get the gate back up. They have an opportunity to really give those people who come back a great day, leave them wanting more and turn them into repeat visitors.
What they will have is guests entering one third of a theme park, queuing even on quiet days for non headline attractions and these people will not return.
Bad service, bad VFM, , bad publicity, and bad business.
I suspect, they will do what they did with the Scarefest opening hours a few years ago, namely backtrack on PART of this and act like they are doing everyone a favour.
A million apologies will not be enough this time.