Re: Merlin General Discussion
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 11:13 am
And sea life Great Yarmouth is missing from the map
Theme parks and attractions from another point of view!
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RMC through the castle confirmed?Justin wrote:They also list Warwick as a theme park?
Weirdly, Warwick Castle forms part of the Resort Theme Park division :-kJustin wrote:They also list Warwick as a theme park?
Yarmouth is not really worth a trip for nowadays. It has a lot less aquariums and not that many interesting fish now. IMO it's really gone down hill the last two seasons. It used to be a good Sealife.AltonOperator wrote:And sea life Great Yarmouth is missing from the map
My first visit to Great Yarmouth was in February and I'm in no rush to go back. The Sea Life looked pretty gross from the outside but we were never planning on going in, my family hate them.The only really interesting thing about the town was seeing all the places John Wardley worked as a teenager!ROYJESS wrote:Yarmouth is not really worth a trip for nowadays. It has a lot less aquariums and not that many interesting fish now. IMO it's really gone down hill the last two seasons. It used to be a good SealifeAltonOperator wrote:And sea life Great Yarmouth is missing from the map
When Merlin bought the Tussaud's Group back in 2007 (or may have been 2008), Warwick Castle was initially placed within the Midway category of attractions. I was working at the Castle at the time and remember sitting through a presentation explaining that the Castle was being placed in the same group as the Dungeon attractions and Madam Tussaud's. However, for various reasons it didn't stay in that group and was moved across to the Resort Theme Park division - whilst I don't know exactly when this change took place, I do know it has been grouped with the Resort Theme Parks since at least 2014, possibly 2013.Justin wrote:Was it listed under this before? I have a feeling it did, but in no way should it be classified as a theme park!
You will have to let me know what you think of the Sealife in it's current state. If you look carefully, some of the aquariums have ended up like the bagging drop off at Alton, they have been boarded up :lol , the black box exhibit at the end has been turned into a kids activity area. Lot of the interesting fish have gone and been replaced with boring fish. Conga eels have gone.Justin wrote: I'm actually visiting next Saturday, but I'll only go in the SeaLife centre as I have my pass. To be fair, it isn't a bad SeaLife, but it's probably one of the oldest and now smallest! I can remember a time when they had fish in the window and water used to splash up the glass.
When the Pleasure Beach is open too, then you can make more of the day, especially when you visit Joyland and Pleasure Beach.
Yarmouth is undergoing major investment with the Entertainment complex at Pleasure Beach, and hopefully in the future we will see other Merlin attractions added.
Interesting that they've created new positions of Development Director at both Resort and Midway divisions. Although given the last company update saying they were considering Midway themed hotels, could Development Director really mean Hotel Creation Director?Fiona Eastwood will move from her role as Managing Director, Resort Theme Parks to become Managing Director of Midway leveraging her three years as Global Marketing Director for the Operating Group. Ian Crabbe, currently Divisional Director, Alton Towers Resort, will assume responsibility for Resort Theme Parks. With over 20 years’ experience at Merlin, Ian has recently overseen the management of both Alton Towers and Thorpe Park.
In addition, Merlin has created two new senior management roles to support the delivery of strategic initiatives and executional excellence across the three Operating Groups. Putnam Shin, currently Divisional Director, Midway Asia will be appointed Resort Development Director, and Hywel Mathias, Divisional Director, Midway London will become Midway Development Director.
Wait... did it? I thought that was just our April Fools...?Swarm Chris wrote:Interesting that they've created new positions of Development Director at both Resort and Midway divisions. Although given the last company update saying they were considering Midway themed hotels, could Development Director really mean Hotel Creation Director?
It did... :lollewis97 wrote:Wait... did it? I thought that was just our April Fools...?
The operator of Legoland and Alton Towers is to step up the expansion of its theme parks into short-break destinations by adding accommodation and is considering themed hotels in cities where it operates “clusters” of attractions.
Nick Varney said that. Has he heard of Disney?We think we are probably the world leader in themed accommodation