Don't give them ideasjackandylan123 wrote: I just don't get the Ropers argument, yes The Smiler is a lot louder than Oblivion, but even so, you can't hear it unless you're next to X-Sector. Anyway, it isn't even a place they go to most of the time, it's their second house for god sake! If they have the money to sue Merlin for this 'noise' then why don't they sell that house and get one that's not right next to a theme park! IT'S SO SIMPLE!!! *rage over*
I will second this.rosco1982uk wrote: Wow. The attitudes of some posters on this thread borders on frightening.
The Ropers appear to have been a thorn in the side of Alton Towers for some time now. Their ultimate motives have been questioned by plenty.
However the bottom line is that they have a property which borders the park. The noise generated upsets them. Is it justified - I don't know, I don't live in their property.
I do however live near Glasgow Airport and near Bellahouston Park (recently hosted Eminem, Avicii, the Pope, Kings of Leon). The noise from the airport borders on ridiculous at times and the general level of traffic, noise and general mess created by concerts is significant also.
Should I just stop being a moaner and sell my property (making a loss) because some people want to jump about to music 3 or 4 times a year? No. I was here before the music.
Don't get me wrong. I love Oblivion. I'd love to see what Alton Towers could become without the treeline restriction, without the noise restriction. But if (and it's a big if) the noise is a nuisance, then they have every right to complain. Some very selfish attitudes of "well if they don't like it they can move" being banded about - more often than not by people who don't live in the area.
I propose an experiment. Ask your neighbour to go and turn their music up so you hear it as a dull beat or hum for 8 hours a day. See if it annoys you.
(not sure if anything I said made sense, if it didn't make sense...don't judge me 
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I live under the flight path for gatwick and my garden backs onto a railway line. I can imagine living near Alton towers is annoying but there are so many worse places for noise. This not in my back yard policy everyone has adopted is stupid just like HS2. It has to go somewhere and it's a train every 30 mins to an hour after 2 weeks you wouldn't even notice a train that makes a slight noise that lasts for a second.ladyofthelake wrote: I can see this from both sides.
When you move somewhere that is relatively peaceful you don't expect to have something to expand the way Alton has and introduce increased noise levels. My family and I live in a village that is about to be disrupted by the HS2 rail line. Although it's not going through the village, it is going to destroy the historic woodland next to us. Not only will we get several years of construction noise and traffic, but we will also get the noise of the regular high speed trains. We moved to the village 10 years ago, before the government even thought of HS2 and are understandably very angry, especially as should my parents wish to sell the house has been devalued because of the future noise pollution. If we had the money we'd be adding a further legal challenge to those already in place with HS2, especially as my local train services will not receive any additional benefit.
Very unlikely any court would allow such a move by Merlin, or any other company.lf2001 wrote:Wouldn't they just tell the people complaining (is it still the ropers?) just to move house. I definitely don't see any rides being removed just because a few people are complaining.
The wheels of justice can move quite slowly in the High Court. The legal landscape has changed a bit recently and a lot of Court time appears to be taken up with interpreting the Jackson reforms from April 2013. One of two things is likely to have happened/is happening:-stealthsmiler wrote:I just thought it was odd that the Ropers could take AT to the high court then just dropped it. Didn't know if I was missing anything when I was looking it up, so thought I'd ask.
