Merlin Entertainments: General Discussion

[owenstreet7]

For all we know there might be a few who only know Merlin from The Sword In The Stone, and think it must be Disney.

I'm surprised someone hasn't turned up to Disneyland with their Merlin Pass and tried to get in

Merlin and Disney being the same company would be crazy Even if they're experienced at running Legolands which is effectively a cheap Disneyland in a way

 

[John_P]

Merlin will clearly concentrate their investments on large population areas.

Minecraft at Chessie and Legoland could work.

Alton has gone from the crown jewel to prince harry

There's certainly an argument now with Nick Varney gone from the top of Merlin any sort of special treatment Towers may have been afforded is now gone and any sort of future investments will be done based on looking at the visitor numbers, guest satisfaction etc.

 

[jon81uk]

The general public (non-enthusiasts) will unlikely know that the same operator owns Thorpe Park and Chessington.

I think a lot of people do know, just from the Kellogg’s offers and similar where you can use the same code across multiple parks.
Also the annual pass has linked the Tussauds/Merlin parks for at least the last 23 years and has been pushed quite a bit since Merlin took over Tussauds 15+ years ago.

 

[QTXAdsy]

Think we can all assume then that most people are idiots then?

 

[flyingguitar]

Or people who go to Disney World and think it's Merlin.

To be fair there will probably be no difference between the two in a few years the way Disney are going

 

[Ash]

Merlin will clearly concentrate their investments on large population areas.

Minecraft at Chessie and Legoland could work.

Alton has gone from the crown jewel to prince harry

I am amazed at the change in investment at Thorpe and Chessington.

The rumour has always been despite Legolands slightly higher attendance Alton is still the theme park cash cow. And I’d argue still considered “the” theme park in the UK in the eyes on the public.

But for what it’s worth there’s around 20m people in a 90km circle around London. And 18m around Alton.

But i suppose despite its unique location, a big part of Alton’s problem is access. But on the other hand it has the space to have lots of options, id argue they have utterly failed with for 20 years.