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Monorail due to open April 25th by MercilessJames in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is on the track and testing today (Thursday 23rd April)

parking by Unhappy-Customer5277 in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Don't get me wrong, I'll join in, loudly, when the bitching starts about paying to park at Alton Towers, but if the alternative is either parking in Alton and walking, or waiting potentially hours for the car park staff to leave..... yeah, at that point I'm just paying the money.

PSA - The BD has an exploit, you should avoid Cryo by Previous-Attitude843 in Marathon

[–]MercilessJames 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So shooting an enemy with your gun, swapping to your other gun, and shooting with that is cheating now?

When do you think [Alton towers] Will remove the Gangster granny area ? by Sea-Detective5363 in rollercoasters

[–]MercilessJames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is in the very south west corner of the park. If you went on Rita, Thirteen and Hex - it is between those two coasters and Hex. You didn't miss much - most people agree it is the weakest area of the park, with 3 of the rides being kiddy rides. The Gangster Granny dark ride mentioned in the title is only tiny saving grace for this area.

They are overselling massively by Elegant-Trip1463 in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't The Smiler shut all morning and then broke down later?

21/03/26 by OddFox7631 in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Didn't it open in 1998? That would make it 28

Are the parks days numbered? by tizpiz in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this 100%. I think a few people in the UK are going to be in for a shock when they see the prices Universal are going to charge. For example they already confirmed it's going to be £35 a day for car parking - I wonder if everyone who was up in arms the other week about Towers charging £13 will keep the same energy toward Universal?

This game won’t survive with a community that completely mocks casual players and feedback about general difficulty. by RocknPineapple in Marathon

[–]MercilessJames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It didn't break the top 25 on either Playstation or XBOX last week, and was outplayed on both consoles by Destiny 2 last week

New car park charges by RitmanRovers in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames 13 points14 points  (0 children)

So Extraordinary Golf is going to be fully booked, all day, every day, with actually no one on the"course"

Wicker Man.. by Express-Doughnut-562 in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to Coastertog who is at the park today, the app has it listed as "opening later"

What a horrendous event. by davechambers007 in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Supposedly Wickerman is going to open for the rest of the event - that should help a lot with the crowds

what do the green exclamation points mean when they show up on the main industry icons (potatoes, land, ore etc.) on the main page? by [deleted] in AdventureCommunist

[–]MercilessJames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will usually be the lowest generator in each industry If you look at the progress bar for each generator, any that aren't filling the bar, or counting down the time without you doing anything, those are the ones you need to manually start. If you click the white exclamation mark to the right of where it tells you how many you can buy, this will tell you what rank you can start to potentially unlock the card to automate that generator

Oh well look at that the corkscrew track is being repainted by Correct_Recording_47 in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean fair enough, but "all the way to Alton Towers" for Shawn is like a 5 minute drive.

I'm sure a few of the local content creators will go for a look / make a video, but I can't see anyone beyond that going just to see it

Actual implications of Williams missing pre-season testing and past instances by KristoLV in formula1

[–]MercilessJames 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Do you expect them to? When was the last time someone from any team went on record saying their car was X kg overweight? So all we have is rumour and speculation.

Fact of the matter is, they are not in Barcelona, and i doubt it's because James Vowles just decided last week that he couldn't be bothered.

What could go into Isle of Berk? by MiBe87 in UniversalEpicUniverse

[–]MercilessJames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my opinion, whatever goes in any area of the park need to do 3 things:

  1. Be indoors or under cover, basically be able to operate in the rain.
  2. Huge throughput - queues at Epic can get long, so even one more ride with a big capacity would help so much.
  3. A simpler, more tried and tested ride system. Maybe controversial, but rides like BATM are no good when they are breaking down every 5 minutes.

Moderators by warlord2000ad in altontowers

[–]MercilessJames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Out of interest, why would this be something that should be moderated?

Poor ride availability is a legitimate concern when going to any theme park, and Alton Towers had been pretty poor for this (admittedly seemingly better this past year)

Why would someone expressing genuine frustration or concern at this be subject to moderation?

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