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Wicker Man - General Discussion - Part Two

BarryZola said:
I think I've been reasonably respectful to people tonight, except for some randoms. Especially the guy with the beard.
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To be fair, I looked at his profile and his beard is indeed a bit embarrassing.....

Reading that thread reminded me of exactly why I rarely post on social media anymore. A genuine question was asked by yourself then tonnes of attention seeking keyboard/touchscreen warriors jumped in with totally irrelevant drivel that had nothing to do with the discussion. Loads of pictures of snow and "it iz shut coz of da snow innit lol and cuz it be like well danger uz 2 opin it is obvyus m8 pmsl emoji emoji" type comments. Bloody morons.

Happy with the response though, well done you. At least now we have clarity that they intend to open it as soon as they can.
 
matthewgcole said:
To be fair, I looked at his profile and his beard is indeed a bit embarrassing.....

Reading that thread reminded me of exactly why I rarely post on social media anymore. A genuine question was asked by yourself then tonnes of attention seeking keyboard/touchscreen warriors jumped in with totally irrelevant drivel that had nothing to do with the discussion. Loads of pictures of snow and "it iz shut coz of da snow innit lol and cuz it be like well danger uz 2 opin it is obvyus m8 pmsl emoji emoji" type comments. Bloody morons.

Happy with the response though, well done you. At least now we have clarity that they intend to open it as soon as they can.
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Thanks Matthew. I was obviously really pushing to get a clearer response than they would usually give. I think and hope I got that. It's as clear as they were ever going to give today, so respect to them for that. No arguments here. Just takes a bit of work getting through the morons to get there in the end :)

Edit - And when I say morons, I mean some of the general public. The AT staff either answered in their usual way or actually gave a sensible answer in the end.
 
Shockadelica said:
I'd be miffed if they kept it closed purely so next Saturday's 'official' opening (how many do they need?) had more impact.
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I think people are overthinking the potential for any impact. I suspect it will open tomorrow.
 
Is Saturday or Sunday this week likely to be busier - I really can’t decide? Also, do people think Wicker Man will be attracting 1+ hour queues during ERT?
 
DW_0505 said:
Is Saturday or Sunday this week likely to be busier - I really can’t decide? Also, do people think Wicker Man will be attracting 1+ hour queues during ERT?
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Both will probably be busy, wicker man will probably have a max queue of 90 mins - 120 mins for the day imo. ERT will probably be around 40 mins max maybe, depends on how many people turn up.


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It's gonna be busy next Saturday especially. It'll be the grand opening of Wicker Man (again) and generally Saturdays are busy anyway. Also, even with the negative publicity of the new ride not opening a couple of days ago, it will now be in the minds of people. More peeps will fancy a weekend to AT for the new ride. They'll have most of a week to plan. plus you'll have all of the enthusiasts from this past weekend who couldn't ride the Wicker bloke, they'll be back. Oh yeah. Even Andy Hine who I saw podge into the near front of the queue on opening day on Saturday. Seems to be a thing with enthusiasts who should know better. See a mate, talk to 'em for a couple of minutes, then stay there and walk through the turnstiles. I see you Andy, I see you.
 
Alastair said:
Max 10 min 5°C is not even close to weather conditions that would prevent any ride from opening. Baffling really - can only assume that it's a cost cutting measure to save a few quid on staff over a few days under false pretences.
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Nonsense.

Wicker Man, and other coasters, will still be covered in snow from yesterday. In places this will have turned in to ice. Rollercoasters do not operate with ice on the track. The temperature at Alton Towers today is not forecast to get over 3°C, with it remaining freezing until around midday.

I'd say that there is no chance of Wicker Man opening day, the tracks will not be clear in time for there to be sufficient safety checks and test runs before opening it to the public. It looks much more likely to be able to open on Tuesday.

:)
 
Rob said:
Nonsense.

I'd say that there is no chance of Wicker Man opening day, the tracks will not be clear in time for there to be sufficient safety checks and test runs before opening it to the public. It looks much more likely to be able to open on Tuesday.

:)
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I'm not even that confident about tomorrow now tbh. A high of 3 today doesnt bode well really especially if there's more frost over night tonight.

I think we might be looking at Tuesday afternoon at the earliest sadly.
 
I suppose it depends if the sun comes out, if it does that will help a lot with the melting of the snow and ice.

:)
 
Rob said:
I suppose it depends if the sun comes out, if it does that will help a lot with the melting of the snow and ice.

:)
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Fingers crossed. I've decided to cancel Monday and just come early Tuesday now. I hope it's running first thing but I have my doubts personally.

If it's not then you have the quandary of waiting nearby to be ready or riding other available rides and risking the queue building up.

Bloody weather eh?
 
Just come across this on Facebook. All in all I don't think it's been a great few days for Towers.
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