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streetmagix wrote:Back at Alton today and have been told that Rita 'is unlikely to open today' by the guy at the entrance.
He was right....

Other rides were, sporadically, open.  So a better day than yesterday!
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So, currently unavailable is Rita, Wicker Man and Congo River Rapids. 

Edit: Wicker Man is available again.

Edit 2: Rita now back open as well.
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Should I be worried? Looking at booking a trip for May 10th - 11th. 
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There should be no need to worry about ride availability. There is no way to predict what will be open or if rides will suffer downtime throughout the day.
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Today was good for ride availability. Wicker Man only went down once or twice all day, and Oblivion closed once. Apart ftom that, I think all the other coasters were open all day!
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wamdue wrote:Should I be worried? Looking at booking a trip for May 10th - 11th. 
I wouldn't stress too much - I'd been reading about the dire operations at the park for the past month and when I got there this week, everything was absolutely fine! Wicker Man went down a few times but I never waited more than 20 minutes. The Skyride got stuck a couple of times but that's nothing new.
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Looks very very quiet today. Interestingly, Hex is closed at the moment.
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If it's been down all day, they might be fixing the bars in bay 1 of the front row left side.
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Makes sense to do any maintenance work on a quiet day like today though. Hopefully back open tomorrow!
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The vault needs some lighting and sound work too.
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Robert.W wrote:Makes sense to do any maintenance work on a quiet day like today though. Hopefully back open tomorrow!
Well, it won't be open tomorrow, they'll be nobody to ride it.
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Mikw wrote:
Robert.W wrote:Makes sense to do any maintenance work on a quiet day like today though. Hopefully back open tomorrow!
Well, it won't be open tomorrow, they'll be nobody to ride it.
It's that a possibility? That it was kept closed because it was so quiet?
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Robert.W wrote:
Mikw wrote:
Robert.W wrote:Makes sense to do any maintenance work on a quiet day like today though. Hopefully back open tomorrow!
Well, it won't be open tomorrow, they'll be nobody to ride it.
It's that a possibility? That it was kept closed because it was so quiet?
The entire theme park is closed tomorrow ;)
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lewis97 wrote:
Robert.W wrote:
Mikw wrote: Well, it won't be open tomorrow, they'll be nobody to ride it.
It's that a possibility? That it was kept closed because it was so quiet?
The entire theme park is closed tomorrow ;)
Oh. :lol 
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I guess it could be a two day job. So closed today, and more work done tomorrow when the park is closed maybe
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It was VERY quiet yesterday (woohoo!) - the only downtime I saw was Nemesis for about 20 mins and Wicker Man for about 15 mins. Gutted Hex was closed as I love it!
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glittabones wrote:
wamdue wrote:Should I be worried? Looking at booking a trip for May 10th - 11th. 
I wouldn't stress too much - I'd been reading about the dire operations at the park for the past month and when I got there this week, everything was absolutely fine! Wicker Man went down a few times but I never waited more than 20 minutes. The Skyride got stuck a couple of times but that's nothing new.
Good to hear, but those hands, are they are ok?
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Galacita,13 and Oblivion are all down, not looking good today. All queues are ridiculous.
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I want to hear only good news this week
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Ride close time has been extended to 6pm today! 
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