Mark9

Lets see.We had depth Charge down because boats were flipping. That lasted a few days.We had Tidal Wave down for two-three days because of a large incident. We had Samurai down because of a gear box problem which required a cherrypicker.In that same time Chessington had Dragon Falls, Tomb Blaster and Kobra closed for an entire day (and more) and a day where at one point Vampire was the only major ride running.And we're saying Thorpe is really bad when it used to go days with Vortex, Quantum, Rush, Colossus, Samurai and No Way Out closed all day. Are we being serious here.

Hilarious Josh. You must have your eyes closed for the last 6 months then. I'm really struggling to not swear at you right now actually as Thorpe has had fantastic reliability this year. But as soon as it has three rides down, you come out the woodwork declaring a ride is always broken. That is rubbish and it makes me dispair, it really does.

*sighs*

Hmm. I used to think that to. I then went to the Doctors and it turned out I had mild depression. Since then I've always tried to think of the good things and not the bad. Now I'm more happy then I have ever been. So what you really mean is..Teenage years are ****. 22 is when it gets good

After watching Pyramids of Mars I couldn't give a damn anymore. It's not about individual stories or the journey, it's about stupid plot arcs which ultimately come to nothing.

Well it's your phobia, so yeah not his problem. I hate snakes, doesn't mean I'd want to destroy hundreds of species.

Make sure you ride Griffins Benin!

Thats on 7 cars. The ride can run 8 cars but it makes it far more likely for a block shutdown if for instance, an alignement gate went or an error on one of the drives. It really hates 9 cars though and refuses to run normally.Generally, one car is being refurbished in the maintenance sheds and another car is on the transfer track in case a car already on the track starts to misbehave.

650 is about the maximum if there are no hold ups and the ride has no errors. It's more likely to get 600 an hour though.

I'm really starting to think you don't like anything... Just for clarification (so that people don't just assume I back everything that happens on TPM) I said this to marc about half an hour ago.

Mate, I didn't even notice the difference on Kobra.

It's amazing how much life that Nemesis legend has isn't it...As for the press release, all the crap about it being a record breaking Italian ride is there. Gotta love it, 200 tennis courts.

My only real comment is if you come at mid-day, technically the parks busiest time, then inevitably you will see queues at the highest they are going to be. I also get the feeling that if you were walking round the park avoiding queues because of the wait then, yeah, you aren't going to get on much. I'm not sure what other rides you went on as your trip report only mentions Slammer, Colossus and Stealth (albeit, both front rows which makes up for lack of other rides) but if you had gone on things like Fish, Storm in a Teacup, Quantum, No Way Out then you would have got on far more..

I see..So if there was no cherry picker there people would say "oh but they aren't doing anything, they are so lazy"But when there is a cherry picker "oh but they aren't doing anything with it, they are so lazy"Fan websites have a certain edge of predictability.. don't you think.

If it is busy, just plan your day carefully and you'll still get on everything..

Hey, at least I'm not people on Alton Towers facebook page. I like to play the "how long before someone posts th13teen is ****" game. Normally in the first three posts.

Question for you Micheala?I would have thought they would only evacuate the guests at the back of the train first if they were disabled. The reason I ask is that there is a video on youtube (I'm in a rush so can't go and find it) of a train which has been evacuated from the back at the top of a lift hill and because they had started from the back, the train was front heavy and started moving.Could you shed some light?

Thrursday.

Please don't quote me like that again Outfit. I don't really appreciate it especially from someone I have respect for.

How about guests/fanboys who previously worked at the park and on the very ride itself. Benin and I have been the main people saying how stupid that restriction is so are we the ones that rarely realise its the law? And if it is the law then why aren't they enforcing it at Alton Towers on Blade? One rule for one park, one rule for another. Sounds a bit like the Fury/Spinball thing to me...So by saying "if people don't like it, thats their problem" does that mean you like the idea of people not being able to ride who could previously, having no free choice where you are able to sit or people queuing 70 minutes for a ride that three years ago had a 5 minute queue max all the time.

Fact:- If people keep making little knocks and jibes at each other then I am going to have get the banhammer out.And I really like you all so don't make me do something I'll regret.Play nice guys.

Oh you know me Mikey, my favourite rides are things like Dragons Fury and Megafobia so I stand by my view that Th13teen is an average ride. It has it's moments of greatness but I always feel like it's trying to be something beyond its capabilities and is never fully allowed to be this immersive, amazing ride. That's ignoring the hype because I didn't know the layout or the secret when it opened. For me it was all a surprise and whilst not overwhelmed, I wasn't overexcited either.

Are we talking about the days when the only major rides were Colossus, Vortex, Detonator and Zodiac? Nice comparison there.

Normally because there just happens to be capacity crowds at the park and they are only open for half the day