Project LC

Those towers are support frames for work around slammers columns. They are there so engineers can inspect and work on it. I take it slammer is being slammer and hence why the scaffolding is still up.

True people would still be buying fastrack but they are not going to be buying a fastrack that lets them use it over and over again.

Going to have to disagree there. I'm very anti the premium and standard pass thing, VIP is just a whole new level. Multi tier systems shouldn't exist. If they are to exist then the pass above should be made better without affecting the one below it. Something Merlin has not done.

The VIP passes are just a mistake from merlin. They shouldn't exist. They just annoy guests. I was unaware of people getting rerides, just the unlimited fastrack was annoying enough but if I was a guest and someone tried to reride I would put up quite a fuss.

The imrovements done are good but they are standard and should have happened anyway. I'm not going to knock them for it but I'm not going to say well done either.

Sunday the 15th is mothers day. Very Very quiet normally but as its opening weekend it may be just a little busier than a normal mothers day. If I had to guess everything below 20 minutes providing everything is on 2 trains.

I wouldn't go as far to say merlin are wonderful. There are still many things they could be doing better (get rid of VIP for one). However for the time being it would seem Thorpe have done a good Job.

As its just the bolts probably something maintenance did. I don't think they would try a test coat of paint now seeing as their next chance to paint it will be the end of November.

I was talking as if you still had all 8 rows. The loss of a row if it isn't because of easy of moving will be to try and lower the G force's. Along with the problems of station design.

The weight of the train and the coefficient of friction would be the same backwards as it is forward. The only change is the centre of mass would be moved ever so slightly, not enough to make a difference. I'm not sure why the backwards train has one less row, I'm assuming it's so it can go to any six flags park. However Nemesis backwards would be possible and in theroy still have all of its rows.

Really it requires a whole new train? I just assumed it was simple as six flags kept changing them round. Lets just ignore everything I said then.

It would provide something new for thrill hunters at a relativity low cost. This does seem to be very much just a rumour. Only turning 1 train around would cause chaos in the station so that alone I don't think they would do it. Also if you were going to do that, they would have advertised it a bit more. No point in adding something new if you don't tell anyone.

Personally I just think its a thing to say nemesis is 21 years old. Sit back its fright time is just its original slogan. Then again why would they have coming soon in the picture.

Well to run it backwards I think it would have to be the whole train rather than select rows. Not sure on that but I do believe that is the only way they can do it without having to build new custom parts.

Well it is a simple conversion to run the trains backwards. It doesn't need major new parts made like swarm did. I doubt they will run it backwards though, however I guess it is possible.

It's annual pass day. Everyone got in for free. Not much room to complain. No where near the complaints they would get on a normal day.

The lack of work in that area at feb doesn't support the idea. No matter how much I wish it was true.

Are they fools? If people still pay it and it doesn't generate complaints then really it was a sensible move. However £60 does strike me as the point where people just won't bother.

Service just doesn't seem the right word. I'd say 1 train operation but it's not like it matters. Its just how people say things. As for not enough time to strip the trains. That is a complete lie. Yeah they are complex, but if they wanted to they could have had full capacity going. Not that it was needed. Other parks manage it as does Thorpe. Just because they are running 1 train does not mean the other isn't ready.

I've been looking at Disney and the cedar fair parks and I haven't come across a price that is higher. How much do they charge?

Is there any park that charges more for 1 day than Thorpe are?

They didn't have enough staff for 2 trains. They would have needed another staff member to be on offloading. I don't think they really needed a 2nd train on. After all as Thorpe once told me not running the second trains saves the environment.

Thorpe I thought had an issue of people thought it was expensive. I don't think trying to charge £60 on the day is going to help. Regardless of if people get discounts its still the fact that it seems like they were trying to charge you £60.

Have you tried turning your eyes on and off again

It's blue and black end of. Your eyes are broken if you see it differentlY and you can trust me on this as I'm partially colour blind.