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Everyone else is jumping on the bandwagon, why not Thorpe?
 

I think it's just down the operator, one out of the three times I've visited this year it's been on. One of the times It kept going on for like a second but then it just stopped back and went to the sound effects. The sound effects are very annoying and just doesn't suit it at all in my opinion. In the station the music has been very quiet this year and it's mainly only been playing the dispatch and then silence between loading.
 
I hope they start putting the main theme on in the queue again and I'd love to hear the dispatch theme nice and loudly like it was last year.
 
Whilst on the inferno topic, people who have been recently is the mist still working on or has it given up? 

Yes, and even though I'm an avid fan of baggage holds I honestly think they should scrap it on Swarm and get something like both heide and garda has which works so well!

Although that's not complete - put your bags in (2 peoples worth obviously) then it rotates so its hidden away whilst other is loading! Very cool indeed.

Then all you need where the baggage point is is a merge point and left and right queue (where people decide). Then batch exactly 14 people each side each time a train goes out, and boom!

Well, that'd be perfect if they didn't have backwards facing seats.

Quantum and Samurai have re opened today! First time this season every ride has been open at the same time, yayyy

Okay, I was really looking forward to this and it didn't disappoint.
I really enjoy all the effects used; worked really well with the film and certainly felt like a complete experience. It was quite immersive at times at well; I bet younger children will really think they're apart of the film, which is really good too.
Quick spoiler with my only complaint:
But yeah, all in all, very good; certainly my favourite 4D cinema!

Tidal wave closed about 5 yesterday and hasn't yet opened today. It's a shame and well strange that when it's hot and there's high demand for it, it always seems to break down but during the first couple of months and on fright nights it's fine. I guess it's just used a lot more?

Okay I didn't know whether to post it here or in the meet feedback thread, but I guess here is more appropiate
Basilcally, a few of us were talking on Skype yesterday about how it can be a struggle to get/arrange lifts if you can't get up to a meet easily- especially if you're a new member and this may be your first meet- and also how it can be hard to know who you can stay with if it's a long distance trip such as Towers.
So I came up with an idea. What if the site were to have a section which had a list of people who require lifts, need to book a hotel and would like a few others to split the price with as it's a bit extortionate, or would like to go 2 for 1 with someone or something as they're not a MAP holder? It'd be a lot more efficient than spamming in the meet thread in the hope that someone who can help you sees. Also, if you were someone who could give someone else a lift for that particular meet, you could 'register' to be notified whenever someone states they need a lift. Someone in need of a room mate or someone to go 2 for 1 with could also be notified if someone states they need the same thing as you. You could even go as far as using people's locactions so they can be given 'suggestions' or 'people to look out for' to make thing quicker and easier.
Just a thought

Well, I've updated this...



Board is looking nicer, and there's slightly different positioning on the board now (complete conversion list below )


So it's still a work-in-progress a year on, but it's certainly getting there. Character pieces and other Chance/Community Chest cards are coming soon!

Jason added a photo on his Instagram of the flow rider today, I did wonder if they were going to leave it bare...

Looks a lot better, can't wait to see people surf the cloud

Quantum and Samurai have re opened today! First time this season every ride has been open at the same time, yayyy

It should be that every day, 5:30 is not enough.

It should be that every day, 5:30 is not enough.

Amazing... Actually amazing...
As it would appear you don't really know what a ratchet system is, here's a pic of a basic one off Wiki...

Notice how component 1 and component 2 rest upon each other? Now when the restraint is pulled down, component 1 will rotate in accordance, meaning that component 2 will move... Constant usage in a theme park environment of course will mean the two components are constantly moving against each other, which will cause friction, and of course that in turn causes wear upon the two components...
Friction is caused by two objects rubbing against each other, this electromagnetic repulsion is only to do with preventing solid objects from passing through each other... They are not the same thing...
As for releasing restraints during an evac, again, when manually releasing a train it tends to be done per individual row, as there is no physical way (lack of current connector or release mechanism) that the restraints can all be released simultaneously during an evac... This may be true of things like Saw mind (sure someone who's worked on it could provide insight into their evac procedures), but that doesn't have seatbelts so doesn't link with your viewpoint that it prevents an entire train of people getting out during an evac...

Very recently updated my background; really love this graphic!

I'm going to miss listening to loud chart music in the toilets
What music is playing, the entrance theme or the music from the new video?

Yes, but there's a difference between it lowering it by 50pph (what it should be) and 50% per hour.

It was probably just due to lack of staff maybe? They didn't have enough for someone to be in the queue?

Prepare to endure the full throttle, rotating, free-fall experience of Banner.

Why would you want rumba to get seatbelts?

Happy Birthday Mark9

I'm going to miss listening to loud chart music in the toilets
What music is playing, the entrance theme or the music from the new video?

I don't really like the font in the video.
Thorpe do have some pretty decent ride logos, so why not show them off in the video? Would create a more complete feel and show how the major coasters have quite separate identities even further!

Yeah it's good, but I'm not sure why we were told "for the forseeable future" when it was just a few days. Either way, well done Thorpe!

Probably because it was closed most of the time.

Tree Trains? That might be their problem...