The Merlin VIP Annual Pass

[imanautie]

That sounds like a Behind the Scenes at Alton Towers tour too. Clearly the Merlin Magic way of running parks spreads over the RTP estate.

The Rita BTS was highly praised, I'm not aware of anyone who did the sealife one.
I'm curious what a BTS of shadowing tech services for the day would be like.

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[Poopoohead]

Do you normally get an extra week added on to your pass when collecting renewals?

 

[imanautie]

Do you normally get an extra week added on to your pass when collecting renewals?

People do but aren't meant to, I assume it's a staff training issue.

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[Poopoohead]

Why would it be an extra week though? But strange. I’ve had it every time apart from last time, could do with it this year as it would see me through next Halloween!

 

[imanautie]

Why would it be an extra week though? But strange. I’ve had it every time apart from last time, could do with it this year as it would see me through next Halloween!

Because posted passes get an extra week to account for royal mail delaying.

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[ringo]

Is this a vip pass? Can’t be many of them left

 

[imanautie]

Is this a vip pass? Can’t be many of them left

Oh they have always been collection only, with the packs being sent out via my employer (UPS)

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[bluesonichd]

Is this a vip pass? Can’t be many of them left

A dying breed. So few left in the wild now.
They should be put on a registry and monitored.
Maybe set up a breading program

 

[Danny]

They should round the last few up, attach them to the fireworks and set them off at the end of season.

 

[imanautie]

They should round the last few up, attach them to the fireworks and set them off at the end of season.

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[BarryZola]

I wonder if some of them have stopped crying yet after Merlin didn't send them a personal email explaining that they were going to be discontinuing the passes

 

[imanautie]

I wonder if some of them have stopped crying yet after Merlin didn't send them a personal email explaining that they were going to be discontinuing the passes

The issue there was they sent some people emails but not others.
Theres a mix of quitting Merlin,moving to other VIP type programs within Merlin and dropping down to premium.

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[ringo]

How many of you are left? @ihaveaspergers

 

[imanautie]

How many of you are left? @ihaveaspergers

Not many, hard to tell as most VIPs are still in the VIP group.
I think @spinball is the 2nd the last one to go.

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[Islander]

The issue there was they sent some people emails but not others.
Theres a mix of quitting Merlin,moving to other VIP type programs within Merlin and dropping down to premium.

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Dropping down to premium. Dear god...



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[imanautie]

Dropping down to premium. Dear god...



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How else would you describe it? It's a downgrade in the experience regardless of how you look at it.

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[DiogoJ42]

Dropping down to premium. Dear god...

Hats off, sir.

Hats off.

 

[ringo]

Not many, hard to tell as most VIPs are still in the VIP group.
I think @spinball is the 2nd the last one to go.

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That another 12 months or less?

 

[imanautie]

That another 12 months or less?

Just over 12 I think.

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[BarryZola]

Come on guys, don't mock them. They probably shed tears every time they open their wallets and have to look at their Premium Pass and then remember the good old days of storming around in gangs filling up rides and stopping 6 year olds from getting on the front of Runaway Mine Train