{"id":8016,"date":"2020-12-31T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=8016"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:04:58","slug":"8016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=8016","title":{"rendered":"Things From 2020 I Hope Remain In The 2021 Theme Park Season."},"content":{"rendered":"

I feel this year has definitely been crazy, thank god it\u2019s the final day. Let\u2019s hope 2021 is better. However 2020 hasn\u2019t all been bad as there\u2019s been a few changes to our UK parks which I personally would love to see remain for the future. Let\u2019s have a chat!
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach E Tickets\/No Wristbands:<\/span><\/h2>\n

This is something I and many others wanted to see happen for years, the wristbands scrapped. It just works so much better without them in my opinion. I think the E-tickets was easily the best thing to come from Pleasure Beach this year.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

Oktoberfest:<\/span><\/h2>\n

Unfortunately we didn\u2019t get a chance to visit Thorpe Park or Pleasure Beach. However, we did visit Alton Towers. It\u2019s one of those events that I never really had much interest in before actually visiting. Alton Towers smashed it and genuinely we had the best time at this event. I\u2019d love to see it return across the parks next season too and hopefully experience each parks version!\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Distancing In Queues:<\/span><\/h2>\n

I\u2019m not sure whether it\u2019s just my anxious self who hates people that stand basically in your bags. Like the distancing when and where it\u2019s worked during this season has been blissful. It\u2019s so nice to have personal space within queue lines, I really hope it\u2019s something the people more than anything take into consideration going forward.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

Maximum Capacity:<\/span><\/h2>\n

I\u2019m not entirely sure that everywhere went with maximum capacity on their rides. But I know for sure Thorpe Park did. Visiting Thorpe Park during an off peak day was glorious. The rides had next to no queue and those that usually have a queue during off peak barely had one. But also the queues move so fast as well.\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Scare Zones:<\/h2>\n


\nOf course, this is a Halloween based edition. But it was fab to see the reintroduction into scare zones (looking at Thorpe Park). The fact Fright Nights 2020 was made up of basically scare zones with two mazes was really fun. I\u2019d love to see scare zones continue to roll over to 2021 but more scare mazes brought back for Thorpe Park. But would love to see scare zones has a whole added to other UK Halloween events!\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s some of the things from 2020 I\u2019d love to see remain across our UK theme parks. Is there anything I\u2019ve missed which you\u2019d like to see stay? Let us know in the comments\/ across our socials!<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for reading\"\" <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I feel this year has definitely been crazy, thank god it\u2019s the final day. Let\u2019s hope 2021 is better. However 2020 hasn\u2019t all been bad as there\u2019s been a few changes to our UK parks which I personally would love to see remain for the future. Let\u2019s have a chat! Blackpool Pleasure Beach E Tickets\/No Wristbands: This is something I and many others wanted to see happen for years, the wristbands scrapped. It just works so much better without them in my opinion. I think the E-tickets was easily the best thing to come from Pleasure Beach this year. Oktoberfest: Unfortunately we didn\u2019t get a chance to visit Thorpe Park or Pleasure Beach. However, we did visit Alton Towers. It\u2019s one of those events that I never really had much interest in before actually visiting. Alton Towers smashed it and genuinely we had the best time at this event. I\u2019d love to see it return across the parks next season too and hopefully experience each parks version! Distancing In Queues: I\u2019m not sure whether it\u2019s just my anxious self who hates people that stand basically in your bags. Like the distancing when and where it\u2019s worked during this season has been blissful. It\u2019s so nice to have personal space within queue lines, I really hope it\u2019s something the people more than anything take into consideration going forward. Maximum Capacity: I\u2019m not entirely sure that everywhere went with maximum capacity on their rides. But I know for sure Thorpe Park did. Visiting Thorpe Park during an off peak day was glorious. The rides had next to no queue and those that usually have a queue during off peak barely had one. But also the queues move so fast as well. Scare Zones: Of course, this is a Halloween based edition. But it was fab to see the reintroduction into scare zones (looking at Thorpe Park). The fact Fright Nights 2020 was made up of basically scare zones with two mazes was really fun. I\u2019d love to see scare zones continue to roll over to 2021 but more scare mazes brought back for Thorpe Park. But would love to see scare zones has a whole added to other UK Halloween events! There\u2019s some of the things from 2020 I\u2019d love to see remain across our UK theme parks. Is there anything I\u2019ve missed which you\u2019d like to see stay? Let us know in the comments\/ across our socials! 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