I wouldn’t like to see a wristband system, but I do think they could massively reduce the OAP price, as they are generally the market who would go and visit the gardens. And are unlikely to be doing the rides, or if they are it would only be a few family rides. You could then market the really cheap oap rate and the gardens together.
I agree they should reduce the OAP prices, in fact they should let them in for free.
Stuff the gardens.
Legoland is pretty good for non-riders or slow-moving rides only I think. The park is centred around a model village really, and "things made from Lego" for me is more important to the park than rides. There is also the train and a few other slow moving rides that are suitable for everyone. It might actually be better than Chessington for rides for all-ages.not Thorpe or Legoland though as there's not enough for non-riders at these parks).
But unless you have been to a park before you won't know which rides have higher capacity (and looking at the length of the queue or the time on the board is not foolproof either). Perhaps allow guests to reserve popular rides in advance and if required, run those rides into the night.How would you do that? I could lap Nemesis on 2 trains with no FT really all day or you could do about 4 rides if you opt for single train Rita, crap throughput Oblivion and then 3 train Smiler with a massive FT queue.
Best for guaranteeing rides is removing FT and install queue busting flats.