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UK Theme Parks Close Early Due To Coronavirus

Thursday 5th November 2020

Theme Parks and Attractions throughout the UK have had to close early, due to Cornavrius. Earlier this year, during the first lockdown, everything was forced to close and reopened 4th July 2020. 


Previously Alton Towers had announced it was to remain open an extra weekend until 15th November 202 and Chessington would have been open until 29th November 2020. 


Posted on the Merlin Annual Pass Website, they've announced that all Annual Passes will be extended an extra month and pay monthly pass holders will have their payments frozen for this month. 


https://www.merlinannualpass.co.uk/coronavirus


Update 5th November 2020 @ 3pm


Following the recent update from the UK Government on its response to the COVID-19 outbreak, we will sadly be temporarily closing our UK attractions until 2nd December 2020 as a precautionary measure, in line with the latest legislation. 


As much as we were looking forward to welcoming you all for even more fun and adventures at our attractions during November, including our Passholder Exclusive Days, the health and wellbeing of our guests and teams is always our top priority. However, we are happy to share that we will be operating Passholder Exclusive Days in 2021 and will confirm details of these closer to the time. 


To account for the time our attractions will be closed, we will be adding a one month extension to current expiry dates for all Merlin Annual Passes active as of 5th November. Pass extensions will happen automatically, and you don’t have to do anything about it. 


For Membership Passholders, all payments have now been frozen and will resume from 5th December. This will happen automatically, and you do not need to do anything to activate this.


We once again thank you for your patience with us during these strange times and look forward to seeing you all back again once we can reopen.