oh absolutely. If he'd insisted we'd have moved without reason, but especially for this onenicky.borrill wrote:I just read about that on your review... It reminded me of the inbetweeners :lolAltonOperator wrote:We just happened to be given the back row then he tried to move us to the front and we said we kinda wanted the back and he was very cool about it he just said yeah that's absolutely fine and left it at that.
To be fair, if it was important he only had to explain the reasoning and I’m guessing you’d have obliged...
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It’s brilliant at night, absoloutely amazing. Got our last ride of the season on it last night and I was batched with a TT and TS member some of you may know.
It was great meeting and talking to you, I tried to find you after I’d regrouped my family to have a chat but you’d dissappeared into the night. Hope you don’t mind me posting this here, pressume it was your last ride of the season too so feel free to take it.
It was great meeting and talking to you, I tried to find you after I’d regrouped my family to have a chat but you’d dissappeared into the night. Hope you don’t mind me posting this here, pressume it was your last ride of the season too so feel free to take it.
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Yes that's me on the left, I hope you don't mind, I've downloaded a copy of the pic to my laptop. It was great meeting you. It was a great weekend, The fireworks were amazing. It was a great end to the season.nicky.borrill wrote:It’s brilliant at night, absoloutely amazing. Got our last ride of the season on it last night and I was batched with a TT and TS member some of you may know.
It was great meeting and talking to you, I tried to find you after I’d regrouped my family to have a chat but you’d dissappeared into the night. Hope you don’t mind me posting this here, pressume it was your last ride of the season too so feel free to take it.
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Don’t mind at all, I had hoped you’d like a copy when I put it up, last ride of the season and all.ROYJESS wrote:Yes that's me on the left, I hope you don't mind, I've downloaded a copy of the pic to my laptop. It was great meeting you. It was a great weekend, The fireworks were amazing. It was a great end to the season.
The fireworks blew us away, highlights for us were the “Greatest Show” “Wickerman” “The Power” and of course the finale.
Operations yesterday were world class, we got on EVERYTHING except for Battle Galleons (our choice,) having arrived first thing. The park was extremely quiet until after 3pm. We got on Smiler and Oblivion twice. We got out of the firework area in around 10 minutes. We got out of the car park almost instantly.
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This evening, Alton Towers posted a short teaser video on their social media channels for 'Wicker Man Winter', asking if "you are ready to reignite with the chosen ones". Whilst it doesn't give much away, the tone of the post and the video seems to suggest that Wicker Man may potentially be opened at some point over the closed season.
What do we all think - could we be seeing Wicker Man open in some form (possibly for hotel guests staying for a winter break), or is this just a tease for the Resort doing some form of behind the scenes feature on their social media over winter?
What do we all think - could we be seeing Wicker Man open in some form (possibly for hotel guests staying for a winter break), or is this just a tease for the Resort doing some form of behind the scenes feature on their social media over winter?
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Don't think it would just be for hotel guests if they are making a big deal out of it on social media. Wasn't there a post on a Merlin Annual Pass social media account a few weeks ago about "two extra months of Wicker Man" that got removed?
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The wording of the post put out by Towers certainly implies that they may be looking to get Wicker Man open in some capacity over winter. If this were to happen, I’d definitely look in making a trip to get some winter Wicker riding
Obviously the biggest variable in this happening is the weather, as we all saw how the park struggled over opening weekend.
Obviously the biggest variable in this happening is the weather, as we all saw how the park struggled over opening weekend.
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By the sounds of it, Wicker Winter will be a series of YouTube videos going into detail the behind the scenes of the ride.
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So the original video was just a teaser video for this teaser video :lol
Slightly underwhelmed but hey ho, good so see them producing some more geeky videos for us over the closed season
Slightly underwhelmed but hey ho, good so see them producing some more geeky videos for us over the closed season
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So it's been a year since Wicker Man was officially revealed to the public.
How do you feel the ride has performed being a year on and do you think its been the right decision by the park?
How do you feel the ride has performed being a year on and do you think its been the right decision by the park?
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The park needed an additional solid, reliable, landmark ride and I think Wicker Man was the right choice.
As much as an RMC would have been my choice, the ride appeals to a very wide audience and should age well, if they look after it.
Wicker Man definitely bought some of the appeal back after a slow few years prior.
As much as an RMC would have been my choice, the ride appeals to a very wide audience and should age well, if they look after it.
Wicker Man definitely bought some of the appeal back after a slow few years prior.
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I totally agree that Wicker Man was absolutely the right choice for the theme park. It's a solid ride which appeals to a wide audience, especially with it having the 1.2 metre height restriction as opposed to a 1.4 metre restriction.
The ride really showcases what Merlin can do when they get things right - both in terms of the ride itself, but perhaps more importantly the themeing and story. We can only hope that we get something of a similar standard at Thorpe soon. Sure, the ride has a few technical issues to start with, but that is to be expected for any new ride, and as far as I'm aware the ride was operating through Scarefest with very few issues.
What we really need to hope now is that Alton take the momentum they have gained from Wicker Man's opening to help further boost visitor numbers and develop both the attraction offering and guest experience. I think this coming season is going to be key to see if the Resort's recovery can continue.
The ride really showcases what Merlin can do when they get things right - both in terms of the ride itself, but perhaps more importantly the themeing and story. We can only hope that we get something of a similar standard at Thorpe soon. Sure, the ride has a few technical issues to start with, but that is to be expected for any new ride, and as far as I'm aware the ride was operating through Scarefest with very few issues.
What we really need to hope now is that Alton take the momentum they have gained from Wicker Man's opening to help further boost visitor numbers and develop both the attraction offering and guest experience. I think this coming season is going to be key to see if the Resort's recovery can continue.
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They used the template from the Thorpe videos but they didn't pull it off as well. Still, it's good to see a little bit behind the scenes and also to reassure people that they take ride safety seriously. They were pretty vague about the work going on with Big Bob though, I hope that's covered in a future video! Are we expecting any changes to the ride before it reopens?
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I was expecting it to be a little longer than 45 seconds - but nice to see the park do this kind of thing regardless.
I hope the guy who has to check all of those bolts doesn't have a bad back!
I hope the guy who has to check all of those bolts doesn't have a bad back!
Maybe it's a trailer for things to come?
As for new things, I think the only thing that has been mentioned is the final tunnel as a possible development area. I'm guessing the work mentioned here was maintenance.
As for new things, I think the only thing that has been mentioned is the final tunnel as a possible development area. I'm guessing the work mentioned here was maintenance.