Mark9

Moved a couple of posts from this topic, you can discuss which is better out of Blackpool and Alton to your hearts content, but this isn't the topic to do that. All posts are in the Blackpool topic.

As if I have time to search through post history, I have moderating to do!

The second Phill post of the year. I shall treasure it always.

Good point, both times I went it was dead-ish and it consistently ran a three train operation even though it didn't need to. Those American B&M's are really put through their paces actually. I think people are just surprised at how drastic Hulk's refurbishment appears to be. I never thought I'd see it as a ride that would see parts of it scrapped, it's one of the most iconic rides out there after all.

I'm not going to do a trip report, cause you've heard the ride stuff all before, I just wanted to make a few comments based on my trip yesterday. - Park was empty, like it was about to close down empty. At first I found it funny but then the realisation set in how badly the Smiler incident has affected the park. Only two shuttles on Oblivion and not able to fill a single one. Five cars on Spinball, nearly all empty. One train on Nemesis, Rita, Air and only really one being used on Thirteen and only the Intamin pair being used with full trains. Barely anyone around at all, desolate. Loads of rides done but zero atmosphere on park at all. - Don't like CBeebies land. Apart from the gaudy colours which are already starting to age, the character of rides like Squirrel Nutty and Riverbank Eye Spy is completely gone. Shame that style rules over substance to get people getting into this area as I really liked the farm. - No breakdowns seen at all. All rides were running well (even if Nemesis was a teeny bit bumpy). Particularly liked Thirteen. - Smiler was moving all day and I feel for the staff who had people all the time running up to ask if it was about to open. - Saw some pheasants. Yeah, it was that quiet.

You're taking me back too a much better time in Thorpe's history. God I miss those days, before Original Source splurged awful colours over the boats, the flashing traffic lights, the dinging of the church bell, the police style fencing around the splash pool.

I've changed it to a more appropriate description.

Crikey. The first B&M to be scrapped? I never thought it would be The Incredible Hulk. Part of me wonders if this refurb means a complete change to the last part of the ride or whether it's a complete track replacement.

Lol.

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Can you stop saying things like that please.

In his first episode he was comprehensively, well and truly exterminated by his first Daleks. Which explains the earlier daleks like in Power, Evil, Master Plan and Invasion of Earth. If anything, the way Davros's return wasn't explained is true to what has happened in the past.

Mainly because he was never killed by the reality bomb, the bomb never went off. We saw him shouting at the Doctor but never found out what happened to him.

I call bull**** on this story. Neither Varney or Balch have acted in this way through the entire thing and I suspect every quote is being taken completely out of context.

Let's stay civil guys.

I think I'm basic too then, Swarm isn't in my top ten, but I think its a great ride, the second best at Thorpe certainly and definitely more enjoyable to ride then a lot of rides in Europe. Bless ya though Han, my B&M list is relatively small compared to the hardcore enthusiasts out there that chase the creds. In the UK, we're very lucky to even have five B&M's, let alone the first inverter, flyer and dive machine in Europe. Whilst a lot of people don't like Oblivion and Air, I think they're great for what they are, particularly now as both ride types have taken off quite massively in the last five years, too think for a long time there was only one dive machine in Europe, and now there's four is a bit strange.

Anyway... As we're all listing B&M's we've been on, I'll get beaten by Benin BUT SO WHAT. 1. Nemesis Inferno 2. Nemesis 3. Air 4. Oblivion 5. Silver Star 6. Black Mamba 7. Superman de Acero 8. Batman La Fuga 9. Manta 10. Kraken 11. The Incredible Hulk 12. Chinese Fireball 13. Hungarian Hungtail 14. Katun 15. Raptor (Gardaland) 16. The Swarm 17. Oz'Iris 18. Dragon Khan 19. Shambhala 20. Sheikra 21. Kumba 22. Montu 23. Dæmonen 24. Medusa 25. Tatsu 26. Riddlers Revenge 27. Batman the Ride Backwards (Magic Mountain) 28. Scream 29. Silver Bullet B&M are by far my favourite coaster manufacturer. The strength of their rides alone can be enough to persuade me to visit a theme park. Intamin are too inconsistent.

(May have ran Fury on 7 cars with the 9 car dispatch setting) (Frequently)

More importantly though, what other B&M's have you been on aside from the UK 5 and presumably, Khan and Shambhala.

Maybe he isn't anymore. Maybe he's like a butterfly flying in the B&M wind.

To be fair he said that once used to be in his top 10. That may no longer be the case.

So which B&M rides have you done then Jordanluke2009

I like people speaking up. Your post was just insulting. Did we delete it no, it's your view and I respect that but expect views that disagree with it. The scales are unnecessary. Fury's four adult rule is completely unnecessary for the same reason that Black Buccaneers adult on the end of each row rule is completely unnecessary. Every now and then, I did stop the ride because of the four adult thing. Not because I necessarily agreed with the rule itself but because it is the restriction that Chessington themselves had decided to put to place. The thing is, the initial two adult restriction rule was initially put in place because of something that happened at Fury in 2006 and as a knee jerk reaction to it, the ride could only take three people per car, two adults maximum. After advice from Maurer Sohne, a weight limit was imposed (I forget what that was in numbers) but it was essentially the weight of two large adults and two children. The reason Spinball doesn't go by this rule was because Alton Towers argued against it and severe testing on Spinball was done to prove that nothing was wrong with putting four adults in a car. For this reason you can ride the Winja twins, Salama, Tarantula, Dizz and Spinball with no problems. Chessington either don't have the finances to do this or seem unwilling to change their ride for the better of their guests. The fact that they now have to let the car stop at the end of the station now suggests to me that throughput and keeping queues down has become completely irrelevant.

The funny thing is initially, the whole weight restriction came about over nothing to do with what we're talking about now, it's just become the reason Fury ran a three (initially two) adult rule. Rattlesnakes initial restriction came about because it was built by Marurer and if Fury had to have a restriction, so did Rattlesnake. As far as I know, it's remained at three adults maximum in a car.