Dan9
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(It seems I've missed a lot but I literally can't be bothered to go through it all).I just genuinely don't understand though why Thorpe continue to feel the need to add new attractions year on year on year as they've done every year (bar 2008) since the turn of the millenium, and then not run their current rides on full capacity because they apparently have to 'save up for more new attractions'. Surely it's best to spend some time and money making sure your current attractions can run on full capacity without feeling the need to break down so often, before installing yet more new rides?Personally I think Thorpe would have done fine in 2011 without a new attraction as they'd still be reaping the benefits from the last two Saw attractions, and also without a new attraction they wouldn't have to be worrying about saving as much money and could have spent the year making sure their current attracions were properly maintained for the long term future (it would probably have also have given them a slightly bigger budget for the 2012 coaster). But if now they need to 'save money' for new attractions in 2010, it worries me what next year may be like when the year after they're installing another major new rollercoaster, and the MTDP shows so much new flats on the horizon that it's difficult to see when there won't be a time when Thorpe are forced to be doing things like this.EDIT: A 10 minute queue is not what I'm arguing against, I can just see this getting worse and worse with the way Thorpe want to keep adding more and more attractions, and I'd rather not see a repeat of the days when Thorpe were having 5 rides down on one day with everything else on reduced capacity.
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There were people there today saying Stealth had a 10 minute queue and two trains could have worked, and since they were there are could physically see the queue for themselves then I believe them. Because the opportunity is there to have a smaller queue than 10 minutes, so why not take it? And waiting for trains to fill up doesn't really matter because it means it's the smallest possible queue it could have, which is surely what the idea is. I didn't know you worked for Thorpe Park? If Thorpe are so stripped for cash then why do they keep adding new attraction after new attraction, if they can't afford to keep their current main attractions running at full capacity in the first place? Once again, across 2008 I remember Thorpe ran two trains on Stealth basically every day, whatever the gate figure. If they were rich enough to do it then, then running two trains shouldn't be draining them out of cash now. Yes. All I'm saying about the forum is that it's impossible to come here anymore where it seems I'm free to have an opinion or debate about something, without someone coming to me and reading one park regulation or another and generally doing the parks job for them. Here is a good example... When fastrack, something universally agreed on by theme park enthusiasts as a waste of space is advertised on a fan forum, it sort of sums it up. And even if having one train is good for their business, I don't care because from an enthusiasts point of view two trains would be better, and if we all have to look on things as a business decision then we're more or less working for them. So if we aren't allowed to have an opinion or a good old moan about something without being told off from the 'parks perspective', it just gets very boring and loses the point of a 'discussion' forum.
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Because it makes it a shorter queue, which is the general idea... And no, having two trains is not going to mean they are 'struggling to fill seats' if the queue was 10 minutes before. And for one whole train to be empty every launch it would mean there would only be 20 or so people in the queue to fill that one train, and 20 people on one train operation doesn't equal a 10 minute queue so no, there's no logic there I'm afraid. Seriously though, how can people actually defend Thorpe on choosing to run one train operation over two when other parks manage it fine even on quiet days? It makes me wonder whether people are being genuine in their beliefs on the place or whether this forum is also becomming more of a marketing tool instead, where Thorpe can do no wrong.
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You didn't word it very well then .And please don't try and insult my intelligence just because of one misunderstanding.
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Please don't make me start giving you Physics lectures . Oh well...Yes there are some areas which Science has yet to prove, but you were picking on Gravity which is what got me. We see the Sun most days right? (when it isn't cloudy) Of course we do, it's because of Gravity... without it Earth and all the other planets would just keep heading in a straight line. Need a diagram?I'd quite happily write you out some lovely equations which prove theories like this but once again, this is maybe not the right time or place. Philosophy is very interesting sometimes, other times it's a bit silly, especially when bozo's try and claim they know better than already pretty well proved theories. Moral of story, THE EARTH IS ROUND.Or I could be wrong and life could all be a lie. Trololol. EDIT: God how did this happen?
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That was a theory, it is a fact that the Earth is round because of many scientific reasons, but you can get the jist of most of these quite quickly if you LOOK AT THE PICTURE. No believe me, there are many people saying this and that about Gravity but it really couldn't, please don't make me go into it in this topic. Bah off topic Physics rant, I'll be quiet now.
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Er, this...Notice how nice and round it is?
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Eh? Well if we're choosing to be picky...2012 Coaster: No we currently don't know anything, and as far as I'm aware nothing has been confirmed.2015 Coaster: No we currently don't know anything, and as far as I'm aware nothing has been confirmed.2018 Coaster: No we currently don't know anything, and as far as I'm aware nothing has been confirmed.Every other Coaster they may want to introduce at some point in the future: No we currently don't know anything, and as far as I'm aware nothing has been confirmed.
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What's this got to do with your mum...? It's helpful to know for people who are planning to go soon to see which rides are unavailable, so if one of two of their favourites aren't running they can wait until they're back up again before going. Simple as.
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No we currently don't know anything, and as far as I'm aware nothing has been confirmed.
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To be honest I agree the last meet was a major fail, but I've been to nearly every meet for the last two years and that one has been the only damp squid in the pack. Every other one has been brilliant so don't be put off forever because there will be better meets in the future.I don't get why Marc felt the need to make a new list but yeah as I said before, I'll be there.
Everyone was gay when they were 7.
I even gave you a bloody arrow.
I'll be there.
Did you even see the picture I posted?
Because as you said the ride was opening later in the day? It's usually closed off during prolonged periods of closure incase any vehciles (such as lorry's or cherry picker's) are required since they take up a lot of space considering the area outside Slammer is fairly small. And considering the only reason you'd need to walk onto that path is to access Slammer it doesn't make much of a difference anyway.
Most likely because bands don't expect people to go to so many gigs on the same tour, they just expect their fans to go to their local show and that be the end of it (hence the point of the tour), so to them they have every right to throw out the same show every night if they want because to them they're playing to a different audience.
