Although I've not got a clue when it's going to close, I thought that it would make sense if they closed it just after Christmas with an aim to reopen in time for the next Christmas period. I thought because the HNY holds the festive extras such as the character Christmas Lunch, it made sense for it to close as early as possible after the festive period and have a big reopening the end of next year, having a lovely new hotel for people to have their Christmas lunch in, etc. This would mean that they would not have the full 12 months though, probably just over 11 months, but still enough time to do the makeover

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