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Cedar Point's weather policy is the ****ing worst.

It's gently spitting, shut it down! There's a gentle breeze, shut it down! When we went Gatekeeper, Raptor and Dragster were closed all day because of gusts about 20mph. Dragster I can sort of get but the B&Ms! No excuse! Maybe it's coming from the UK where we run everything in anything and nothing ever happens but Jesus, man up.
 
The inconsistency throughout the Six Flags chain parks with enforcing rules.
SFNE was the worst at dealing with seating. You cannot have your two flagship rides with assigned seating and having ops bark at guests for trying to be reasonable about it.
 
Ben said:
Cedar Point's weather policy is the :emoji_zipper_mouth:ing worst.

It's gently spitting, shut it down! There's a gentle breeze, shut it down! When we went Gatekeeper, Raptor and Dragster were closed all day because of gusts about 20mph. Dragster I can sort of get but the B&Ms! No excuse! Maybe it's coming from the UK where we run everything in anything and nothing ever happens but Jesus, man up.
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You should see Kings Dominion's policies. They've shut flight of fear down because of rain. Like what the heck?? WHY???

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Sythe said:
You should see Kings Dominion's policies. They've shut flight of fear down because of rain. Like what the heck?? WHY???
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They certainly weren't like that during my visit last summer! There had been a big storm in the area overnight (there were trees down and the power was out along many of the roads as I was driving up from Richmond), but it seemed to have missed the park for the most part. It was very overcast and raining early on in the day and they were still running most of the coasters. I definitely rode Dominator, I305, Volcano, Anaconda and Italian Job in the rain. I don't recall doing Flight of Fear until later in the day, but I certainly don't remember anything being closed.

Thankfully, by lunchtime it had almost completely cleared, giving way to some gorgeous blue skies. It was at that point that I decided to do another few laps of the park with the camera. ;)
 
Hixee said:
They certainly weren't like that during my visit last summer! There had been a big storm in the area overnight (there were trees down and the power was out along many of the roads as I was driving up from Richmond), but it seemed to have missed the park for the most part. It was very overcast and raining early on in the day and they were still running most of the coasters. I definitely rode Dominator, I305, Volcano, Anaconda and Italian Job in the rain. I don't recall doing Flight of Fear until later in the day, but I certainly don't remember anything being closed.

Thankfully, by lunchtime it had almost completely cleared, giving way to some gorgeous blue skies. It was at that point that I decided to do another few laps of the park with the camera. ;)
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Well yeah. Sometimes they close everything and sometimes they don't. It's confusing lol

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Pleasure Wood Hills runs Wipeout every seven minutes cos of some noise restriction placed on the park. o_O

Why does the UK have such crap rules?:mad:
 
Gangster4Life said:
Pleasure Wood Hills runs Wipeout every seven minutes cos of some noise restriction placed on the park. o_O

Why does the UK have such crap rules?:mad:
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It's not the entirety of the UK. The area the park is in places the rules on the park. You don't see the US Government placing a height restriction on every Six Flags park, right?
 
MestnyiGeroi said:
Six Flags over Texas won’t allow single riders in the back row of any coaster.

Any other parks do this?
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I believe Lagoon does something similar. No single riders in the back/front of the train, since they might hurt themselves or something. :p
 
Legoland Windsor doesn't allow single riders on any water ride, never really understood why apart from some loose description about insurance.
 
Legoland Malaysia also didn't allow single riders on the log flume... but as I walked up another single rider was being turned away so they placed us in an empty boat next to each other... and made us sit in the third row, leaving the first two empty. Uhhh
 
EVERYTHING about Dinoconda's loading and unloading sequence.
 
Pokemaniac said:
Well... Alton Towers opened as a theme park in 1980. It is entirely possible, not to say overwhelmingly likely, that the Ropers estate has been around since way before then, same goes for the people who currently live there. They didn't move next to a theme park, the theme park opened next to their house.
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TLARides said:
First off, why the :emoji_zipper_mouth: would you buy a house, 100 yards away from the most popular theme park in England? Why would you even consider building one there?
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@Pokemaniac and @TLARides; according to Tales from the Towers, the Ropers purchased their estate in 1968, 12 years before Alton Towers became a theme park.
 
My grandma went to the Towers in the thirties in a charabanc with the church ladies, full day out, flower show, fun fair and dancing. Five am to midnight, five hours each way from the north west back then.
My mum went on the Daily Mirror days out in the fifties and sixties, car show on the lawns, brass bands and fireworks. Queued half an hour to get in.
I took her back for the opening of the Corkscrew.
The 1870's guide ran to sixteen pages.
1980 my bottom.

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Sorry, back on topic, stupid park restrictions.
Why do I have to have a brat dangling from my wrist if I want to ride the Antelope?
 
^ you don't.
You might well need a brat to get entrance to the park... or you ask the park very nicely and they let you in anyway.
 
rye playland has bizarre loading policies on their dark rides - only using the front row if there are 3 or 4 riders..., but no singles rules really pi$$ me off!
 
rob666 said:
Why do I have to have a brat dangling from my wrist if I want to ride the Antelope?
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Yeah that was a good one, my friend and I managed to argue our way in eventually but it was pretty embarassing, I won't be bothering with Gulliver's Valley.

On planning restrictions, Fantasy Island wanted to build a 250 foot plus coaster when they build Jubilee Oddyssey but the locals objected. If you have ever been to Ingoldmells you'll know it is not exactly an area of natural beauty - all you can see from the top of the rides is static caravans as far as the eye can see. Completely ridiculous that they weren't given planning permission and it makes me think we'll never get a coaster that size in the UK.
 
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