[quote=""Crofty""][quote=""Vik""]I very much doubt Mandy will sell out to Merlin, not unless the financial situation at PBP becomes dire beyond repair, so any take over of PBP will be a long time coming.
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I think this is exactly what she would like. I'm sure she would prefer to take a lead role in the entertainment side of Merlin in exchange for Merlin taking over the running of PBP.
I hope it doesn't happen though, I don't think she deserves an easy ride.
Great news for the
Tower though! Are these still the same owners of
Blackpool tower that also own Oakwood?[/quote]
I always felt that she didn't want to run the park, was it not her who lead to the closure of Morecambe and Southport? She was just following in her families footsteps, I suppose you can't really blame her but I wish she'd just give it up already. I believe Trevor Hemmings helped her out financially in the past, it's rumoured anyway, (My cousin used to work for him), as he did with the
tower but
Blackpool's on it's own now.
Also, I've noticed a MASSIVE decrease in visitors this year, I live close by so go often, we get the free Tesco vouchers for it
, but the past few times the queues for the big one have been getting on the next train straight away, and it was only running one. I think the had close to seven million visitors last year, if they'd added something this year instead of leaving even more rides sbno, then I think they might be able to keep it up, but I doubt they'll come close.
So hopefully it will catch both Merlins and Mandy's interests to make a deal... unless she just wants it to fail altogether...
Also, it's great to finally have some more attractions up north, it'll be worth my money to start getting a merlin annual pass next year. I think they're great value as pbb pass costs more...
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