Category: Theme Parks
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Monday, May 28, 2018
Theme Parks 2 Min Bar Hang Challenge - Normal vs Spinning / Rotating Bar / ConsumerWatch / Theme Parks
By: Anika_Walayat
Summers here and everyone's off to the theme parks where your likely to come across the 2 Minute Bar Hang Challenge to win a prize! Seems easy enough, but only one problem, the bar rotates! So see how much more harder hanging from a spinning / rotating bar's is as compared to hanging from a normal fixed pull up bar as Anika who can easily hang for more than 2 minutes from a normal pull up bar does the comparison test, so one would expect should stand a good chance of beating the 2 min bar hang challenge at theme parks such as Alton Towers. Now watch exactly what the difference is between the two in terms of difficulty before you decide to hand out your hard earned cash and have a go!
Friday, May 25, 2018
Merlin Passes Top Tips for Buying and Using Premium vs Standard, Theme Parks UK / Personal_Finance / Theme Parks
By: HGR
Summers 2018 has arrived and families are busy planning their summer holidays that usually include many trips to Britain's Theme parks where the king of UK attractions is Merlin with it's 32 theme parks spread out across the UK such as Alton Towers, Chessington, Legoland, Thorpe Park and the Dungeons and Sea Life centres, including a dozen clustered in and around London. So here are my top tips for buying and use of Merlin passes of whether you should buy Premium, Standard or a mix of both. Also we find out exactly what you get in a Merlin Premium Pass holders privilege pack, so find out if it's worth paying that extra £50 or not.
Thursday, May 03, 2018
Top Tips for Beating Spinning Pull Up Bar 2Min Challenge at Alton Towers Theme Park / Personal_Finance / Theme Parks
By: Anika_Walayat
Britain's summer theme park season is about to begin, when theme parks will be packed full of visitors where you are likely to see the pull up bar challenge such as at Alton Towers. Basically you have to hold on with both hands palms in the same direction for 2 minutes. If you win you get giant cuddly toy. Current price for a go at Alton Towers is £3. So, here Adnaan aged 16 and Anika aged 9, who can hold onto a standard pull up bar for a good 3 minutes thought it should be pretty straightforward to hang on for 2 mins and win the challenge.
Sunday, April 08, 2018
Legoland, Alton Towers Theme Parks ... Grown Ups and Mates Go FREE 2018 on Kellogg's, Crunchy Nut... / Personal_Finance / Theme Parks
By: Anika_Walayat
We still have another week to go for the easter school holidays 2018 and with the summer holidays just around the corner parents are seeking ways to keep their kids entertained during holiday season that will likely include several trips to the major UK theme parks. We'll here is some great news for you all as many breakfast serial and chocolate snack bar producers such as Kellogg's are running promotions that allow entry into the UK's top theme parks for ther whole of 2018 for FREE! So plenty of time to use the vouchers to gain entry into 14 UK theme parks that include Alton Towers, Legoland, Chessington, the Dungeon, Sea Life, Shreks Adventure and Madame Tussaud's etc...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
How I Broke My Hand on Alton Towers Dangerous Rides! / ConsumerWatch / Theme Parks
By: N_Walayat
It's SCAREFEST October at Alton Towers again when Britain's most popular theme parks stays open until late, well past nightfall. Just becareful on the rides especially in the dark because it is very easy to get injured if one lets ones guard down. For instance even going into a ride such as the HEX could prove dangerous as was my experience, going in all smiles, coming out with a fractured hand!
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Monday, October 16, 2017
SCAREFEST 2017 - Take Care on Alton Towers Dangerous Rides! / ConsumerWatch / Theme Parks
By: N_Walayat
It's SCAREFEST October at Alton Towers again when Britain's most popular theme parks stays open LATE, well past nightfall. Just becareful on the rides especially in the dark because it is very easy to get injured if one lets ones guard down. For instance even going into a ride such as the HEX could prove dangerous. Of course not on par with the catastrophic failure of the Alton Towers SMILER ride a few years ago. But nevertheless injuries sustained can ruin the day and take several weeks to recover from as this video illustrates.
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Saturday, August 12, 2017
How to Alton Towers Half Price Discount Entry 2017 and 2018, Any Time, No Pre-Booking! / Personal_Finance / Theme Parks
By: Anika_Walayat
We are now well into the 2017 summer holidays, and whenever we have a rain free day many UK families will be off on day trips to the UK's various theme parks, with Alton Towers definitely at the top of the list especially for 12's and over's. But Don't pay the GATE price! In fact don't pay the lower online price either! that requires pre-booking, which means your gambling on the weather.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
TwinLakes Theme Park Summer Super 6 FREE Return Entry for Real? / Personal_Finance / Theme Parks
By: Sami_Walayat
Find out if upto 4 people really can easily gain FREE return entry to the TwinLakes theme park situated near the city of Nottingham via the easy to achieve Summer Super 6 challenge cards and thus save between £40 to £60 on what one would have paid for entry as we return to the Theme park with the promised FREE entry during a September weekend cards. So if you have a Twinlakes super 6 card then you still have time to capitalise upon it!
Friday, August 19, 2016
Tesco Club Card Vouchers Days Out Tokens Cheapest Theme Parks Entry / Personal_Finance / Theme Parks
By: Anika_Walayat
All who shop regularly at Tesco's will each year build up a sizeable balance of clubcard vouchers that can be used for a whole host of purchases from groceries in stores, to restaurants, and cinema tickets. However, in many cases the most cost effective use of clubcard vouchers is to exchange them for tickets and tokens for entry into 180 venues across the UK including major theme parks as explained in this real world example of how Tesco vouchers converted into tokens are the cheapest route into many of Britain's theme parks such as Pleasure Island.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
TwinLakes Theme Park Summer Super 6 - FREE Entry / Personal_Finance / Theme Parks
By: Sami_Walayat
TwinLakes theme park situated near Nottingham are running a summer super 6 challenge, which results in an easy to obtain free entry for a family of 4 people to the theme park during September. Find out how it works in this video.