Zip wire. Top of Snaefell to Laxey

[2112]

2 hours ago, Roger Ram said:

Good

We need interesting things here and when we do them they should be bigger and better than you can get elsewhere.

Why not build some really innovative and impressive adventure activities and push the island as a location for an interesting weekend away?

The island has very little to offer that you can’t already get elsewhere.  We need to look at ideas to bring people here.

There is very little to attract someone in there 30s to the island for a break and yet the UK is full of DINKS with money to spend on weekends away.

Who knows, some of them might end up liking the place and relocating which is exactly what we need.

What you describe is Center Parcs. Doesn’t the island have a HNWI who made their money out of leisure and tourism, in the UK and overseas, and are actively involved within the leisure industry? Looked what happened when they tried to invest? 

[Happier diner]

2 hours ago, Roger Ram said:

Good

We need interesting things here and when we do them they should be bigger and better than you can get elsewhere.

Why not build some really innovative and impressive adventure activities and push the island as a location for an interesting weekend away?

The island has very little to offer that you can’t already get elsewhere.  We need to look at ideas to bring people here.

There is very little to attract someone in there 30s to the island for a break and yet the UK is full of DINKS with money to spend on weekends away.

Who knows, some of them might end up liking the place and relocating which is exactly what we need.

I can just picture the shearings coach loads waiting for their turn on the zip wire. 

[Roger Ram]

54 minutes ago, Two-lane said:

What is the purpose of Visit Isle of Man? To advertise what is here - desolate beaches, no drive-by shootings?

Or to build something that will attract visitors? Why do that?

Maybe they should buy London Bridge.

The intent of pretty much everyone - gov. and people on this forum - is to have more. More residents. More visitors. Because more makes things better.

But when you get more, all people will want is even more.

What a depressing outlook.

[Gladys]

27 minutes ago, 2112 said:

What you describe is Center Parcs. Doesn’t the island have a HNWI who made their money out of leisure and tourism, in the UK and overseas, and are actively involved within the leisure industry? Looked what happened when they tried to invest? 

Wasn't there rumours or talk of Center Parcs having a look to come here?  It was years ago, I think before we moved back, and I don't know what dissuaded them. 

Who is the HNWI? 

[Two-lane]

What the IoM needs is more tourists. The with-and-without photos:

[Twitch]

1 hour ago, 2112 said:

What you describe is Center Parcs. Doesn’t the island have a HNWI who made their money out of leisure and tourism, in the UK and overseas, and are actively involved within the leisure industry? Looked what happened when they tried to invest? 

I think he's gone back to live in the Uk now. Can't blame him really.

[Roger Ram]

20 minutes ago, Twitch said:

I think he's gone back to live in the Uk now. Can't blame him really.

Cant blame him at all.

If I didn’t have family dependant on me here I would do the same.

This place is so backward looking and anti progress it makes you wonder why people bother.

This thread, and pretty much every post on social media make you realise it’s not just our government who are anti progress, it’s the general population as well or certainly the portion who comment on stuff online.

The whole island is hamstrung by people who want to live in the past and never try anything new.  It’s infuriating because we could be such a great place to live and work.

[emesde]

Ziplining is considered a safe activity, although minor injuries do happen from time to time. There are about 3,700 injuries reported per year, yet only 12% of them require hospital visits.

4 Jul 2023

Gosh this is going to require it's own specialist team of civil servants to run.

Visits to see sites worldwide Specialist Health and safety and HR people employed . Probably more employees than customers.

[lfc84]

3 hours ago, Two-lane said:

What the IoM needs is more tourists. The with-and-without photos:

Cheaper travel prices

[Radiolistner]

8 hours ago, Roger Ram said:

Nobody said anything about someone relocating here because of a zip wire.

Just a troll then. Well that’s answered. 

[John Wright]

On this thread and, historically, others, there’s been a suggestion that the IoM could do with a centerparc type operation. It’s clearly not going to happen as such. But that doesn’t mean the IoM can’t create its own virtual centerparc.

When you arrive on the IoM you’ve already entered a fenced, gated, holiday camp, destination, with a huge number of attractions. The fence is the sea.

Perhaps what the Visit agency should be developing is a digital pass that includes bus, train, MER, MNH, swimming pools, sports centres, and private entertainment/museums, plus a meal per day outside their accommodation. 

Clearly there’d have to be limits, can’t have the Edina and Patsy’s of this world turning up and swigging a dozen bottles of bolly. And there’d have to be a way of apportioning and dividing up entrance and admission fees, and allocating food spend/reimbursing.

[Gladys]

10 minutes ago, John Wright said:

On this thread and, historically, others, there’s been a suggestion that the IoM could do with a centerparc type operation. It’s clearly not going to happen as such. But that doesn’t mean the IoM can’t create its own virtual centerparc.

When you arrive on the IoM you’ve already entered a fenced, gated, holiday camp, destination, with a huge number of attractions. The fence is the sea.

Perhaps what the Visit agency should be developing is a digital pass that includes bus, train, MER, MNH, swimming pools, sports centres, and private entertainment/museums, plus a meal per day outside their accommodation. 

Clearly there’d have to be limits, can’t have the Edina and Patsy’s of this world turning up and swigging a dozen bottles of bolly. And there’d have to be a way of apportioning and dividing up entrance and admission fees, and allocating food spend/reimbursing.

Thar would be Nirvana for the CS.

[John Wright]

12 minutes ago, Gladys said:

Thar would be Nirvana for the CS.

You outsource the running, marketing, booking. All done as a package to include ferry or air fare.

You can also offered pay for add ons, like trips to the Calf, diving, fishing trips.

[The Phantom]

On 6/15/2024 at 9:13 AM, MadAsHell said:

At least double the longest zipline in world? How much do we pay these Walters?

Exactly.  It's complete bollocks. So many reasons why. 

I've done a lot of big ones worldwide (Wales, Costa Rica, Laos) and have a lot of experience rigging rope access. 

The one in Snowdon is in a quarry/valley.  The other ones I've been globally are also generally similar, between valleys or off cliffs.   Snowdon is 1.5km.  The longest in the world is about 3km and in the mountains of UAE.  

Key to all of them is that they are relatively sheltered and have a significant drop in elevation. 

Snaefell to Laxey is too long, too windy, not steep enough. 

That's not to say we couldn't put one in somewhere else.

[HiVibes]

11 minutes ago, The Phantom said:

Snaefell to Laxey is too long, too windy, not steep enough. 

That's not to say we couldn't put one in somewhere else.

Also too prone to low cloud / fog, I assume line of sight needs to be maintained with the payload, plus they would have to cross a public road that is sometimes open, and that valley is pretty featureless and boring. A much better option would be down Peel Hill or Bradda, or even across to the sound to the Calf.