Marc

No idea if it is the cable , just a guess from what I saw on park. They will struggle to stop people going under / near the launch though at Stealth with sunken garden, the entrance, then towards the end of the queue.

It looks like its having cables changed, saw some on the floor earlier! I wonder if its to do with Rita or its just due, they are usualy changed around this time in the year.

I'm pretty sure it couldn't happen on Stealth... The newer launch coasters cable run through a runner down the launch track so when / if it snaps any metal fragments will be contained in this area and not cover the train... I guess the only way we would find out is if a cable does snap but I cant see that happening. Also Stealths now running well again and no longer needing to wait so long between launches!

It had this problem a couple of years back, I seem to remember the ride seems to take longer to be ready to launch a train so staff slow down to save guests sitting in their seat for ages waiting, I'm sure it will be fixed soon

I do wonder if this is as bad as it looks? If new cables on site already there's a good chance it will reopen tomorrow, if that cable did fling over there at speed would merlin open it, keep stealth and it's other rockets going knowing full well it could be very dangerous around that area if a cable snapped? I'm not so sure

Sorry I meant newer launches

Judging by my last visit all the issues have been resolved yeah

I'm pretty sure the launch's are designed so that if it does snap it wouldnt harm anyone on the ride, not sure how the cables ended up over there though I thought it would just wrap its self around the drum!

I dont see why it would take too long, I guess will just be a standard cable replacement but the old one being slightly easier to get off!

Not sure about smoke but it has flashing lights / sound effects..

Depends what you define as public, id say a forum on the net is public

The irony

Hi all, Its been bought to our attention that members have entered restricted ride areas at the park recently and images have been posted on the forum. I'd like to remind all members that ride areas are cordoned off for a reason and are dangerous even if the ride is un-available at the time. Any questions please PM me or one of the team directly. Thanks Marc

That seems a crazy journey considering you can almost see Stealth from the hotel!! Id look into possibly getting a taxi straight to the park, call a few local firms to see how much it would be.

Quite cool video showing how to get to the top of Stealth quickly!

I guess thats why it has 2 belts, so if one fails, its not a huge safety issue Of course if 2 failed thats a different ball game, but id guess its very unlikely.

Err? Theres a choice of 6 which the operator chooses based on the queue times etc.. unless thats changed in the last few months?

Gota love a saw car just casually being stuck in the first one

Whislt one train op isnt great, I think on Saturday they opened up Colossus, Nemesis, Saw and Rush all till 6:30 to try compensate for it. Dont like that fastrack is sold for it whilst on one train though. Id like to see the effects back up soon, but id guess that some of the engineers working on it to try get it back up to 2 trains will be the ones who eventually look at the effects.

I wouldnt read into the message too much, it was changed yesterday because Inferno was unavailable.

There was some delay with the ERT starting due to having to turn the ride off so staff could safely enter the ride area to collect a guests camera in the area, its sometimes quite hard to predict these things but we will bare this in mind next time

We hope you all enjoyed the trip, and hope to offer more like this in the future.. Please post any reports here, and if there's anything further you would like to add feel free to contact me or Ian direct.

Id guess around 7pm maybe? A number of drivers will be there so lifts to staines after we are finished should be no problem

List updated Thanks all for the support, we appreciate its short notice!

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