After seeing Towers' page on booking out the park for £17 per person, minimum of 5000, how many UK enthusiasts do you reckon there is in total (maybe from other countries too!)
I wonder how possible it would be to organize an Alton Towers Enthusiasts day - booking the whole park out for Theme Park Enthusiasts/Lovers across the world.
http://www.altontowers.com/conferences- ... heme-park/
Sounds interesting!
Enthusiasts Only Day?
This was my thought too. I'm a MAP holder and would most certainly not want to pay extra to have the park just for enthusiasts. When it costs about £30 in petrol there and back, then food/drinks etc, it's just not worth it. Principle idea is brilliant just not sure about the practicalities or costings.bensaund wrote: Most UK enthusiasts already have MAP or on Alton Towers pass, so they would not want to pay extra, This does sound a great idea.
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I went to the park on a corporate day once, at lunchtime they opened up air for 3 sets of groups.
I was in the first group with the grand total of 3 others, we rode front row, again & again about 5 times in total before the next group of around 20-30 turned up.
Was bloody brilliant
I was in the first group with the grand total of 3 others, we rode front row, again & again about 5 times in total before the next group of around 20-30 turned up.
Was bloody brilliant
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Thorpe Park have a pass holder's day. Doe Alton not do something similar? Getting a walk-on, front row on Swarm in the snow was well good.
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How many people do alton get a day anyway to see if it really is worth it?
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That's only £85,000.... That's actually really cheap! Surely it doesn't cost that little to run the park for 6 hours?
If it does, then surely that sheds some light on the corporate finance strategy...
If it does, then surely that sheds some light on the corporate finance strategy...
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I think instead of the keys to the park, it would be more viable to hire a single ride such as Nemesis or an area such as Forbidden valley for an hour after the park closes. It would be hard finding 5000 members to pay £17 who can make it to that day...
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I have a MAP - I saved it from last time I went?? :P
Maybe I would go. I guess the advantage is you can all talk to each other, but there is not much advantage for someone who doesn't seem to make that many friends on these places (*cough* e.g. me). An event afterwards might be nice - one that happens after closing time cause its no good having things cut into ride time.
Maybe I would go. I guess the advantage is you can all talk to each other, but there is not much advantage for someone who doesn't seem to make that many friends on these places (*cough* e.g. me). An event afterwards might be nice - one that happens after closing time cause its no good having things cut into ride time.
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