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19 years ago. 17 years ago. 26 years ago. You just like making me feel old today, don't you? -
Nothing too exciting but Bluey the Ride now appears on the Alton Towers app. No new details about the ride though and the map still...
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No The Smiler didn’t need planning permission for its rollercoaster structure, it was covered by the GDO. The bits that needed...
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Is this the same way Towers hid The Smiler inversion record from the original plans?
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Retrospective planning permission has been a thing for a very long time. A bit risky, but generally, if things are "within expected...
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It's quite fascinating. Reading through the planning documents, as essentially Merlin have been going back and forth with the council... -
Benzin replied to the thread Ride Access Pass and Disabled Access - 2026 Discussion.Using Oblivion's queue as an argument is strange given it's pretty much the only fully accessible queues (bar the steps for Fastrack)... -
The building was made smaller in order to reduce the number of trees that would be lost.
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The planning officers know if something is likely to get permission (the plans changed early on as the building was made smaller...
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Apologies if I’m missing something, but how is it that planning permission has only just been granted when the ride is practically fully...
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Right on queue (pun intended) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626zl95yj5o -
Double post... Wicker Man is now showing as open on the AT app. 😅
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Which suggests they are probably actively working on reconfiguring the app for today's operations as we speak.
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Yeah that's a fair point, although Spinball has been removed from Ride Times as well.
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Sign can't catch a break From: https://x.com/dean8001/status/2023741755498144157?s=20
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