Project LC

Top thrill dragster has 5 trains to get ready and they manage it every day. Lack of staff should never be a problem. Simply not excusable. It's time they get rid of slammer and samurai replace them with something worthwhile. That would take some weight off of their shoulders.

Numbers over 2012 fell from the previous year. Business wise it was labelled as a failure. Now I don't think the ride was to blame but Merlin do. The swarm is by no means perfect, it's way too short for me personally. Merlin won't get another wing rider as they have already got them. They don't need to offer the same experience a few miles down the road. As for out of touch I would agree. The amount of negativity they are picking up on fan sites is crazy. Visitor numbers may be increasing but I feel that is more to do with the economic recovery and the more people in work than wise investment.

For what thorpe park is all the throughputs are too low. The only ride that has what I would consider a decent throughput is The Swarm. The others are just way too low. They need rides in the 1500pph where as their highest is 1200pph. Saw and storm surge are just a joke. They knew they had problems with queues when they installed those so its just madness that they chose them. Ill just hope WC16 is a 1700pph + thing. That should help, however I suspect that it wont even be close to that.

The problem with the railway is that it is a custom gauge so introduces a whole load of problems that other railways don't have. I doubt it will make a return.

China doesn't really have the concept of copyright. Anyway mack sold the ride layout so not really seeing the problem. Yeah it isn't original but I doubt many people in china will have been on the real blue fire and I doubt many people who have been on the real one will go on this one.

I don't mean to give the impression I know everything, especially about chessington. I very rarely comment in the entire chessington section as the park just doesn't interest me as they have done almost nothing in 12 years. However basic park operations are the same everywhere and no bags in the station always speeds up loading. I research a lot and I have a photographic memory so generally I don't forget things. Ill admit I do come across as condescending but that is more my personality.

A good thing with the reliability of these coasters is that the main fix seems to be a waiter with a large stick.

At a park which is aimed at families with younger children it is very hard to achieve the maximum throughput. The lack of a baggage room as well causes delays. Also from what I remember its not a very well designed station. Yes 3 trains is good if they can get it work and it should be possible as they did it in the past. I see no reason why it cant run a max and dont really understand why the lifts need slowing but then again I know nothing about the workings of vampire.

Well maverick has just been changed to intimidators restraints.

Launched RMC.

The world of sequels and remakes. Once upon a time in a land not to different to ours there was a thing called an original idea...

Maverick rides really well for what it goes through. Minimal rattling. It's no B&M but it's certainly no Colossus either. Intensity wise more comes down to the layout than manufacture.

Still higher than IAC. If thorpe, owned by a multimillion pound company, concluded that a throughput of 100 was fine then I'm sure bpb will do just fine with this.

It could be Madame vastra, Jennie and strax from doctor who in a spin off of sorts. After all there story is set in Victorian London.

Now that sounds like stealths 2nd train (or launch system) has a problem. Which is something that cant be helped. But that doesn't let Thorpe off the hook, people still have a right to complain and apply pressure to them to make them improve their customer satisfaction. That can be in the form of adding a second train to meet demand or informing people in why the 2nd train is not in use.

Hmm a warehouse you say. Stick the word abandoned in front of it and you have yourself a merlin theme. Maybe they could turn the rotting crypt into a corridor made of shipping containers.

Stealth requires another staff member to have a 2nd train. It needs someone on the offloading platform where as when on 1 train op the boarding side restraint checker doubles up as the person on offloading. Swarm does not require more staff so should be more straight forward in adding a 2nd, however the swarm trains take a lot of time to check with swarm often being one of the last rides to reach 2 train operation. With that being said I don't think that optional reduced capacity is ever justified . Off peak is called that for a reason. It shouldn't be getting near the level of queues as a peak day and yet it is a regular occurrence. Unless a 2nd train is slowing down operations I think that it should be added. It may cost a small fraction more but it improves guest satisfaction and means that they stand a small chance of removing the title of the UK's queue capital. People don't go to parks as they expect long queues so any time they can be avoided they should be.

Maverick is a better version of a multi launch in my opinion. Although I think thats becuase I like intamin over mack. However maverick does have a great layout.

Rita is a pile of junk. Maverick is the sort of ride they need.

Ah, if the money was spent on making the park safer then that was not done out of choice. Chessington would have been forced to spend that money. The investment per year does not live up to that of Thorpe or Alton. CWOA may spend more on upkeep than the others but that's because there is no where else to spend it. CWOA can not expect to keep increasing gate figures year on year with dying rides and no new major puller. Seeing as the council would never (well almost never) grant permission for a new coaster I doubt we will see anything major at chessington any time soon.

So you are telling me a park can keep growing at that rate for years to come when they can't build anything. Also how on earth can CWOA be spending £7+m a year. Although that's worked out with altons average spending, I'm quite sure Thorpe's is/will be higher.

Funny you mention it has the most potential. I would say it has the least. They can't build anything as most the park is in the green belt. They spend very little year on year. The park has a low capacity and 90% of the rides are dying.

Thorpes approved MTDP has stated lengths and heights of which the rides can be. I do believe it's 900m for the next coaster and it can stand 50m tall. Swarm I think was limited to 800m.

I'm not sure why it is only 1 train. There may actually be 2 trains with adjustable seat belts but as there is 3 trains the current 2 in use only one of them has it. As for more space I expect it was just that your seat hadn't reached the next "click".

Well that ride is 400m too long. It's height is 2m to tall so not a major problem there. Although the island is no where near that size and it leaves the development boarder. The scale is off by the looks of things. And it is near impossible for Thorpe park to dig down. Apart from that it is a very nicley themed. Seeing as after WC16 the next investment would be around 2019 onwards (depending on the hotel) it is way too early to start discussing what it may be.