QTXAdsy
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The other night there, me and my non theme park friend were having a typical pub chat about the operations about the running of the Merlin parks and the various problems with them such as having a monopoly of the UK theme park scene and about the rather 'questionable' choices they've done over the last few years and even my friend saying how appalled he was of the running of the system and stating that the people who operate Merlin have all the business skills of Del Boy Trotter, TBF, that wasn't far off how I see them.
Of course, me and my friend love all these 'what if' scenarios and I believe that many of us on here have had our own many times, so then we came up with one such scenario, what if Alton Towers broke away from Merlin ownership or was sold off at quite a pretty penny, knowing Merlin, if they can sell off Alton for a quite a large sum of money, you can bet they'll do anything for £££.
I have mentioned this a few times on the forum, but the idea is quite an interesting one that has it plus and minus. Having an ownership that is based right at the park and not a hundred miles away, plus giving a bit of competition for Merlin and the new Paramount Park does make things look more interesting. That said, if Alton was running by itself, would it have enough money to keep up with the costs of running it year after year? Never mind installing new attractions.
So what do you think, would Alton be better off being on it's own?
Of course, me and my friend love all these 'what if' scenarios and I believe that many of us on here have had our own many times, so then we came up with one such scenario, what if Alton Towers broke away from Merlin ownership or was sold off at quite a pretty penny, knowing Merlin, if they can sell off Alton for a quite a large sum of money, you can bet they'll do anything for £££.
I have mentioned this a few times on the forum, but the idea is quite an interesting one that has it plus and minus. Having an ownership that is based right at the park and not a hundred miles away, plus giving a bit of competition for Merlin and the new Paramount Park does make things look more interesting. That said, if Alton was running by itself, would it have enough money to keep up with the costs of running it year after year? Never mind installing new attractions.
So what do you think, would Alton be better off being on it's own?