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Slammer is not closed because of understaffing.

There was soo many dodgy people around tonight, and really did ruin the atmosphere. While we were waiting for containment, people were throwing rubbish and filled up bottles from the top of depth charge down on the floor and near containment. Staff must of shouted at least 5 times threatening to call security, we just said to them 'Please get them out' and they just laughed and said we would if we had a radio. We just had our photo for Saw Alive and suddenly there was an evac, staff and actors were all very serious and got people out very quick and was all caused by someone 'abusing' an actor. When we did Saw Alive again later that night the roaming actors were banging the fense and making a laughing sound (being clowns.) The person in front of us in the queue then started having a go at them, saying 'Come to this side of the f****** fense then' and then attempted climbing over, a member of staff then stepped in and shouted saying if he continues to behave like that she'll get him kicked off the park. There was also other incidents which I won't go in to, but staff just don't do enough. Way too many chances are given to people and lots of people in the park that just shouldn't be there. Anyway, operations were amazing today both on rides and on mazes, throughputs on mazes seem a lot higher than previous years. Didn't see a single ride have a shutdown, but is a shame to see Slammer down again. Maze wise there was one shutdown on Saw Alive as mentioned and one time when we tried to do MBV it was closed due to a technical issue. They said it was due to the lights and it had happened 4 times that night. I will write proper trip report tomorrow.

Ah I rode it at around half 7ish, there was certainly a lot more than 4 full swings though.

Saw engineers working on it in the morning so wasn't expecting it to open, so was happy to see it open later. Possibly the best ride I've had on Vortex, like said reaching maximum height very quickly. Cycle didn't seem any shorter to me, if anything it felt longer?

2nd time this year it dies the day before I go So this leaves 4 rides unavailable now, Samurai Vortex Tidal Wave and this. Not good.

No. Neither of them have been operating for ages.

Have you seen any work/testing on Vortex or Samurai the last 2 days?

Any update on wether containment has been working tonight?

The Colossus audio sounds awful... https://www.facebook.com/thorpeparkmania/videos/vb.283706330623/10156204252015624/?type=3&theater

Thats not great to hear, why not?

Agreed, it has run very well this season. Also, all scaffolding has been removed now. (Image from UK theme parks) Hopefully it'll open this weekend!

Samurai is back together again! (Image from UK theme parks) Could it open this weekend?

Yay, Vortex seems to run really well after it's been closed a while as well! Hoping it'll be ready for Sunday

Thanks Lew, is Vortex still covered in scaffolding?

She has indeed, hopefully it'll make it to the end of the season again!

Glad the park music has changed for Fright Nights this year, I loved some of the older stuff. Can't wait to hear it.

Went the same day last year and all rides were walk on from 6, and mazes were around half an hour. It was raining all night though so will probably be slightly busier this year

That track looks gorgeous

I'm there the 11th. Can't wait. Hopefully it won't be tipping it down all night like last year.

Don't know if this was aimed at me, or a joke or whatever. The fact Vortex is closed hasn't put me off visiting at all, I just thought that it was worth mentioning that it won't be available for at the least the first few nights of Fright Nights.

That new box now has a padlock over it, so I doubt it'll constantly be in use. My bet is that when it breaks down, the ride will need to be reset from that box to confirm the track has been looked at? Can't think of what else it could be.

Haven't seen Vortex with this amount of scaffolding before, looks like we won't be riding it in the dark this weekend (Image from theme park incorporated)

Only just started being constructed or nearly completed?

I did Altons mazes in 2012 and only really enjoyed COF, thought the mazes were no where near as intense as Thorpes are. Odd but there must be a reason for it.

This picture shows the water effect as well...