I do agree but until the ride offering is complete on the top half of the park I don’t believe they can solve the catering problem at hand. If you think about it , until the new coaster arrives the top end is practically dead. Drunken barrels have always been a walk on 0 person queue on our visits as not many people either know it’s there or justify walking to that end of the park. It seems like the biggest queue for food tends to be the burger bar when it’s raining and the chippy. The ice cream parlour is a large unoccupied space that even when it was open couldn’t pull in the numbers. Park food tends to be expensive and in these financial struggle times families are opting more towards bringing their own food. I can imagine for the grill it would require someone with the relevant food degree to operate and there is far too many outlets for the numbers Drayton are pulling in. I can imagine as well just like for us, costs have risen for Drayton for catering supplies. I miss the curly fries that you used to be able to get.
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Unused Kiosks/Outlets
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RustyShackleford
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I think the other big issue is turnaround time.
Mrs. Kyndleys queue seems to be very slow in moving this year. Always seems to have one till operative and one person doing the orders. It means the person doing the orders is doing a lot of work whilst the other is standing about. It also seems that they'll run out of stuff quite quickly and there is no chance of a restock. I can imagaine the frtustration at queuing for 30 minutes to see the person in front of you decide they want the last slice of pizza.
The chicken diner turns round the food orders round much quicker, but the tables aren't cleaned quickly enough and so you have real blockages in terms of getting somewhere to sit.
The same goes for the pasta and pizza safari place. Its not so much of a problem if the weather is conducive for sitting and eating outside but when its wet the table churn is poor. The quality of the food and value has diminished from the past offerings too. Pizza isn't bad but the range isn't great.
The fries place is good, but again the wait time seems much larger than it should be. You really thought this would be a real quick rotation outlet.
Never been in the burger kitchen. I think more could be done to attract custom into the ice cream parlour, but even when its open it looks shut.
Mrs. Kyndleys queue seems to be very slow in moving this year. Always seems to have one till operative and one person doing the orders. It means the person doing the orders is doing a lot of work whilst the other is standing about. It also seems that they'll run out of stuff quite quickly and there is no chance of a restock. I can imagaine the frtustration at queuing for 30 minutes to see the person in front of you decide they want the last slice of pizza.
The chicken diner turns round the food orders round much quicker, but the tables aren't cleaned quickly enough and so you have real blockages in terms of getting somewhere to sit.
The same goes for the pasta and pizza safari place. Its not so much of a problem if the weather is conducive for sitting and eating outside but when its wet the table churn is poor. The quality of the food and value has diminished from the past offerings too. Pizza isn't bad but the range isn't great.
The fries place is good, but again the wait time seems much larger than it should be. You really thought this would be a real quick rotation outlet.
Never been in the burger kitchen. I think more could be done to attract custom into the ice cream parlour, but even when its open it looks shut.
alfie8
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I have one complaint with the fries place - they don't even sell regular fries. Either I'm just dumb and didn't read the menu properly, but I seriously don't think they sell them. If you want regular fries, you have to go to the Burger Kitchen, which is inconvenient because the queue in there is quite big and you have to wait 10-15 minutes just to get a large fries which cost £4!
RustyShackleford
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Never thought of that!
Could you get fries at the chicken diner? I'm guessing its their fries that the place uses.
Themeparksandy1981
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Yes they do normal fries as I ordered the 3 cheeses on my chips and my wife/kids had normal fries.
With my discount them 3 trays cost me £11.48 which I think was a good price for a theme park. Also both 2 diet cokes, an Oasis drink and some sweets £8.60 so I don’t think that’s bad for just less than £20 spend on food and drink at the park.
alfie8
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Honestly, I only glanced over the menu and never asked a worker there if they did sell them so I guess that was my mistake lol
Themeparksandy1981
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Can’t believe the old Hot dog stall is still there
No update on the former Thomas exhibition home
No update on the former Thomas exhibition home
RustyShackleford
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If you listen at the door you'll know its full of parrots.
alfie8
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Could this become the new parrot area? Maybe a much smaller version of something like Lorikeet Landing at Twycross Zoo. If the parrots went in here, this could also explain in the 5 year plan 'redevelop existing enclosures' for 2023.
RustyShackleford
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There are a lot of parrots.
But the lorikeet area is something that is very popular at WMSP too. And it provides a 1000% profit income stream from selling thimblefulls of sugar water.
But the lorikeet area is something that is very popular at WMSP too. And it provides a 1000% profit income stream from selling thimblefulls of sugar water.
Themeparksandy1981
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The former shop is currently been changed
The Rumours point to the former buildings been removed/up dated as in an interview with Victoria Lynn she said they want a modern entrance area. Which could be coming in the closed season as they use the Viking entrance from November to the start of the season.
The Rumours point to the former buildings been removed/up dated as in an interview with Victoria Lynn she said they want a modern entrance area. Which could be coming in the closed season as they use the Viking entrance from November to the start of the season.
RustyShackleford
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They also use the Vikings Entrance during the week apart from school holidays.
alfie8
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Sorry for the blurry image, but is this where that old shop used to be? Bit random, I remember buying an ice cream from here at the end of the day when in the summer I was younger. If it is here, does anybody know what year it closed?
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Themeparksandy1981
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I think it was the end of the 2019 season as it didn’t reopen after the lockdown and the other gift shop that you exited from the Haunting closed at the end of the 2020 main season.
Themeparksandy1981
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The rental centre is now open
alfie8
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Yes, I noticed it was open when I went today.
Themeparksandy1981
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I wonder what will be going here
alfie8
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Probably just more arcade machines since it is technically part of Neptune’s Amusements. Either that or it could be a new midway game?
This is the old hornblowers hot dog kiosk. Behind the wood at the back there was the kiosk. The undercover bit was like that for customers too. Just the sides were not filled in. The fake wooden colums are still exactly the same as they used to be.
I used to work in this, a long time ago. 2005 to be exact!
Themeparksandy1981
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Was thinking the former Thomas exhibition could be getting reused for the Halloween event.