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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.

They still have Storm Surge in their park, there is no lows that they won't fall to. Not that I'm calling Doctor Who something I hate, I personally think it's a great show, a massive part of British culture and still commands a large enough audience to be the most viewed programme of the day on BBC One. They could do a lot worse then a family friendly show that is not only iconic but can have something for everyone.

It's ProjectLC's nemesis, his kryptonite if you will.

Truly a shame that then. As an operator it was such a thrill to try and keep the cars going. Creates a feeling in guests that they need to get on quickly with less faff.

Only with mega slow staff. At any time on a 7 car operation you have the three cars in the station, one travelling through the break run and the other three around the ride. Fury can be very easily run in a way that the cars never stop in the station. The problem is lack of efficiency in the station frankly. Spinball actually always has a car stop at the dispatch wheels due to block spacing but in theory Fury's cars should almost always go with stopping. It just depends how on it the staff are.

Samurai and Vortex are clearly unplanned closures. Ridership is relevant if its costing ample of amounts of money to run the thing to please a small amount of people. This whole conversation could be irrelevant anyway if it just happens to be closed for a few days before Fright Nights kicks in. It's just amusing seeing how worked up you seem to get over it. And yet you still visit so you clearly aren't that bothered about it

Half baked = One water ride closed. The one with the lowest ridership during September/October.

I'm suitably as outraged as you are. Those tens of riders are going to be missing out big time. Shall we boycott the park CoasterJamie or just keep visiting?

They're also cancelling the rest of Saturday night TV apart from X Factor. All we'll ever see on TV again on Saturday for the rest of time is X-Factor. So there's our answer, WC16 is X Factor the ride. In fact, 2.8 million more people watched Doctor Who on Saturday night then visited Thorpe Park in the whole of 2014. So Thorpe's closing as well. CANCEL ALL THE THINGS.

Every thrill seeker has a family but not every family is thrill seeking. Thorpe have really struggled in recent years because they aimed the park so severely at a target audience with little money to spend. Chessington's falling apart at the seams but it continues to bring in the big bucks. Legoland, Paultons, Phantasialand and Europa Park are good examples of parks that keep every member of the family amused and they continue to have runaway success. Thorpe fanboys in particular need to get away from this concept that thrill seeking rides are what bring people in because time and time again this idea proves wrong and eventually wears thin.

I had a dream that Scorpion Express was on two train operation, except one train was a South Eastern rail four carriage train that offered a family friendly version of the ride. The ride was also extended around the backstage area of Chessington due to the new late night firework display that happened every night outside the hotel. So instead, the new version of Scorpion took you on a tour of some train sidings until it reconnected with the ride as it is now. The night before, Running Down that hill by Kate Bush came on as an alarm but I was so desperate to stay asleep I started dancing to it in my dream.

I like rugby SWOONS

I think it only started in the last two weeks.

Read Wardley's book, The Smiler was confirmed as a 14 looper really late in the game, it was marketed solely on its logo and brand for a long time and that got people talking. If it helps Coaster Jamie, they aren't very good at getting you to spend lots of money if you spend most of your day in a 40 minute queue because of one train operations all over the place.

This topic.

It's joyous isn't it, not knowing something. Nearly everytime the spoilers are left right and centre but Merlin have been pretty good at keeping things secret until they're ready to announce.

That's pretty much what Series 8 was about.

One can't deny that less trains are sent per hour. That's undeniable. It just takes longer to get through people who are stuck in queue lines. The staff thing has always amused me though, as if they haven't cut the staff budgets to shreds already. Then again, I remember Merlin pulling the one attendant on Vampire trick back in the day.

Its a crap excuse anyway, they save very little money operationally by running one train rather then two. Engineers are still there, a train still has to go up the lift hill the same amount of times whether there's a 5 minute queue or a 45 minute queue. The only difference is how much they are willing to force to people to wait for the rides.

Unsurprising really. That last weekend in particular was always dead as anything.

Most active topic of the day award from Golden Ticket!

Fine, lets remember that Chiapas doesn't even try to be a dark/water ride hybrid and is a pure water ride. Ah Chiapas.

Take your own advice and don't judge a ride until you've done it.

Did they ride anything else...

Good question. The rides are definitely awesome at night, they take on a different personality depending on how lit up with spot lighting they are. For instance, Inferno has very little lighting around it so it's like zooming around in complete darkness and is disorienting and awesome in equal measure. Colossus is lit up like a christmas tree so isn't all that different from the day. Stealth is particularly awesome from the top as you get the briefest view of a green lit Thorpe. The Swarm is also awesome especially when the fire effect goes off. Majority of rides stay open during Fright Nights, only rides like Loggers close down for the night. It's worth a visit. Someone else will be able to answer your maze questions as I'm not particularly interested in them.