on the crowd predictor, the park should only be at 60% capacity.
https://queue-times.com/parks/273/calendar
Personally, I wouldn’t bother at that level. BPB doesn’t get the massive queues that Alton does. But then I’m a season pass holder, so I go that often that there isn’t the pressure for me to get on everything.
If you plan your rides you should be able to get on everything and not need to spend extra on speedy pass.
Park hours on Good Friday at 10 – 6. Doors might open upto 15 mins ahead of that time. but rides are on staggered opening times.
First thing is to head to Nickolodean Streak as that will be one of the first roller coasters open. It only runs 1 train, so can end up with a long queue for much of the day. Plus it shuts at 4 along with the rest of Nickolodeon land.
Next see if Avalanche is open (usually opens around 10:30-11) Icon and Big One tend to both open at 11, Look out when the Big One is testing – if it’s on 2 trains then it will chew through it’s queue. If it’s just on one, then it’ll take a bit longer. as a rough idea: one 1 train, if the queue is at the station door – that’s about 15 mins. down the external ramp, that’s about 1/2 hr
Icon tends to always run 2 trains. One train is the “Enso” train where the last carriage has 2 spinning seats, rather than 4 fixed seats. As Enso is an upcharge, and you want to ride in the back row in the normal seats, you might wait a bit longer as you can only ride every other train. If you fancy doing Enso: the i recommend only riding it Solo, and sitting in the left hand seat (closest to the air gates) as this will give you the best spin. When you ride 2 up on Enso, it’ll only sway a little side to side. But a single person gets a good spin. After the initial morning rush, Icon never really gets more than a 10/15min queue all day (queue is nearly to the bottom of the steps) if the queue is back to the Entrance Gate, then thats about 30mins.
Top tip for Grand National – sit in either the middle row of each carriage, or at the very front for a less bruising ride. Back row for the full beating :)