Alton Towers: It is the largest UK amusement park. Here, there are two types of park: Theme Park and Water Park. However, I am going to talk only about the Theme Park. It has different kinds of rides and attractions: Thrill Rides, Laughs & Frights, Magic & Young Fun and Attractions.
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Thrill Rides include: Air, The Blade, Enterprise, Nemesis, Oblivion, Rita – Queen of Speed, Ripsaw and Submission.
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Laughs & Frights include: Congo River Rapids, Duel – The Haunted House Strikes back, Hex – The Legend of the Towers, Runaway Mine Train, Spinball Whizzer, The Flume, Twirling Toadstool, Skyride, Marauder’s Mayhem, Battle Galleons and Haunted Hollow.
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Magic & Young Fun include: Squirrel Nutty Ride, The Beastie, Wobble World, Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryTM: The Ride, Frog Hopper, Peugeot Driving School, Gallopers Carousel, Heave Ho!, Riverbank Eye Spy, Old MacDonald’s Tractor Ride, There’s Something in the Dung Heap, Berry Bish Bash, Doodle Doo Derby, Old MacDonald’s Singing Barn and Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE.
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Attractions include: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Mutiny Bay, Shows and Entertainments, Extraordinary Golf, Old MacDonald’s Farmyard, The Gardens and The Towers.
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Barry Island Pleasure Park:
This is an effective piece of advertisement because firstly, it shows three illustrative pictures of its three main types of rides. These pictures are very colourful and show what it will possibly be like in the rides. Not only do the red, green and orange colours make it more colouful, they imply that the rides will be very thrilling and adventurous. This would urge people who love thrilling things to go to the park immediately to try out the rides. Additionally, on the top right hand corner, there is a box that tells people the discount in price. This would make people think that the price will be cheap and therefore, will try out the park. Moreover, the box in the bottom right hand corner shows happy people who have just visited the park. This would make other people think that the park is really fun.
Alton Towers:
This is an effective piece of advertisement becausee it shows all the main types of rides included in the park. Also, the pictures are very attractive to children and adults alike. They are very colourful and cartoon-like, which implies that the rides will be very fun and exciting. Additionally, on both sides of the page, there are some additional information about the park and people can click on them in order to have further data about the park.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach:
This is an effective piece of advertisement because it has a very special feature compared to other advertisement: it has a short video to illustrate what the Infusion ride would be like. This would make people very excited and eager to try out the Infusion ride. Also, it has other types of rides written on the left side, so people can have a look on them easily. Additionally, on the top of the page, we can see a very colourful and fast-rotating big wheel, which urges people to try it out as soon as possible. On the right hand side, there are some additional and helping information of the park. Finally, there is a quotation under the video which is of a person who tried out that ride before and tells others his experience of the ride. This would make the advertisement more realistic.
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a) In my opinion, the park that provides the best value of money is the Alton Towers. This is because its ticket price includes the entry price and the rides price. As it has the most rides amongs the three, people who visit the park would not have to pay more to enjoy all the rides and therefore would save a lot more money. They only have to pay only once and could enjoy as many rides as they want!
b) Because Mayhem Manor has just opened, the price has to be lower than other parks in order to attract more customers. I think the price should be like this:
I believe that if we follow this ticket charge, our park will attract a lot of customers because it is lower than other parks but not too low at the same time. Because there will hopefully be more customers, we will be able to recover the construction fee soon.
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Barry Island Pleasure Park: This park also offers restaurants, hotels, guide dogs, disabled access, cash machine, toilets, payphone, lost property, lost children, first aid and baby changing.
Alton Towers: This park also offers spa, hotels, restaurants and water park.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach: This park also offers restaurants, hotels, disability access, wheelchair hire, assistance animals, first aid, baby changing, cheque cashing, toilets, cash machine, parking, public telephones and left luggage.
