AJ Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 It's literally a 10 mins drive away - It's by the shopping centre in staines -upon-thames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Ummm so like, where is everyone? Me, Alex and Ethan are the only ones here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 WOO HARVESTER! Mer, Ethan, Han, Fish and I are here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Have fun today guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Hope you all had an awesome time guys! Seen some of your tweets and it sounds like it was a great success! Wish I could've been there but today has been the busiest day I've had in a while and I just wasn't able to make it. Look forward to seeing some of you at the MoS meet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 What a day, mine anyway, but to finish of with meeting so many of the TPM group, what a bunch of nice people; nutcases! but very nice. I hope that you all had a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Was a great afternoon and excellent event/meet! The 6 rides on Inferno was brilliant and the ride area tour very interesting, especially to see how close the track comes to the ground at certain points. Hope those who went up the lift hill also enjoyed it. What made it better is how the staff were very enthusiastic about having us, ensuring we had a good time, and about the ride itself. Also a massive thanks to Thorpe themselves for allowing this to go ahead and the admin/mod team for arranging it! Happy Birthday Nemesis Inferno! Phill Pritchard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James & Co. Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Hope you all had a great time, even if I am depressed in my room about not being able to go! Anyway Happy Birthday Inferno! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Best official meet yet got on Inferno 6 times before an awesome tour, met some awesome people, stretchy and King Nemesis to name a few, I had most on quantum or as I now call it pregnancy abortion: the ride I almost fell out of Rumba lol and I got some good photos, I'd just like to say thanks for peaj for organising and if I am correct thanks to Sidders for nagging Marc to do the birthday meet. it was FANTASTIC!! KingNemesis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 I agree with Ethan, this definitely was the best meet so far of the year, I really enjoyed getting 6 rides on Inferno, the interesting tour of behind the scenes with the ride which included seeing the tunnel area and also the restricted place where the ride's track is located which is surprisingly close to the ground. Some people were lucky enough to see the lift hill too. Other factors that made this meet the best included the great turnout of people old and new of different ages and it was great to see many new faces. I also thoroughly enjoyed the after meet meal (AMM) which was the first time I was able to attend one within a meet which I thoroughly enjoyed despite regrettably ordering a red hot sauce with my meal (). I would like to thank TPM and Thorpe for organising this excellent opportunity and everyone who attended who without wouldn't have made this possible. Additional thanks go to fish for giving me a lift from Thorpe to the Harvester and Ian for helping directions with my taxi home. I look forward til MOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNemesis Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Your too kind EC, Was lovely seeing a lot of new faces today and surprised how well we got on! (Well.. Not really surprised.. pleased more like) Glad to see that I was accepted like I had been on many trips with you before and most of all thanks to Peaj and Marc for inviting me and stretchy (as well as the other nerds) along. Thank you to Thorpe too for giving everyone this opportunity! J.S217 and Phill Pritchard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Had a great day with a great crowd and a decent ride count considering it wasn't quiet. Good to meet a few new faces and see a real spread of ages. Thanks as always to Paej and the team for arranging and THORPE PARK for hosting, loved getting into the ride areas for a ramble and a pleasing six straight runs on Inferno. Just thankful that the 'too intense' eighth carriage wasn't in use - not sure I could have handled that! KingNemesis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Well What can I say a fantastic Crowd and seeing some brand new faces was great and the ride count was very impressive despite Colossus running on 1 train in the morning but yes the ride count was brilliant and the ERT on Inferno was brilliant I think 6 runs is just enough any more I think I may have been a bit ill . Huge thank you to every one for attending,and the attempted rollback on Stealth which sort of failed A huge thank you to Peaj for organizing and making this meet incredible again a huge thank you to all who turned out. A huge Thank you to Thorpe Park for giving us this brilliant opportunity. Phill Pritchard, KingNemesis, Matt 236 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I'm glad everyone enjoyed it! Once again thorpe were great at looking after us and its nice to see its very much appreciated! So thanks to Thorpe for making it possible and Peaj in the organising of the meet! Sidders, alexander and J.S217 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretchy Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I had a brilliant day and apologise for not being my usual over hyperactive self. I loved nattering to people and felt like I spent the whole day talking to new people. I am sure that I have made a lot of new friends, even though I do feel that I accidentally failed in talking to a lot of people that I already new. It is also a shame that most of the meet missed me terrifying the poor girl working in the hot dog stall who nearly had a heart attack. The track walk was awesome. I have never done something like that before and you don't believe how much I enjoyed it. It's weird how just something as simple as standing beneath the track or walking through the tunnel can be so cool. Thorpe did a wonderful job sorting this out for us and I cant thank them enough for it, and even though it was tipping it down as we left the park, I was on an uber high. Once again, Thanks so much for inviting us, it was excellent. alexander, KingNemesis and Matt 236 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marc Posted June 28, 2013 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 The park have also kindly sent over some answers to the questions we sent on to them! Here they are below, an a big well done to the engineer who counted all them components!! Q: Roughly how many components are included in a ride train?A: There are10648 components per car (one of our engineers counted them all!). Q: How long does the average wheel last and what do you do with the old ones? How about auctioning some off for charity?A: Running wheels last about 3 years and side and upstop wheels last 7 years. Q: How much of these cars are the original ones that were delivered (I assume you replace quite a bit of the workings of them each season so I am guessing its just the seats and chassis that are original)A: 6196 components have been changed per car since the ride went in, so that's about 42% of the cars that are still the original. Q: Have you ever thought of adding lights to the trains like the eyes of Swarm?A: Unfortunately this would take an extreme amount of redesign of the train and station electrics along with the extra components. Q What is the one fact that you think the coaster geeks and nerds don't know but would be amazed by?A: It takes 5 weeks to completely strip, clean, inspect, rebuild, grease and test 1 train. This takes 2 engineers, 3 winter cleaners and 2 external inspectors. Q: Because of the Nemesis name being implemented into Inferno's name, it means they are constantly compared. Would Nemesis Inferno ever be renamed to just Inferno?A: Nemesis Inferno has become a brand in its own right and we don’t mind the comparison’s to Nemesis at Alton Towers. Both rides have their own strengths. EC!, Matt 236, J.S217 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smidget Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Really to just follow what has already been said, the meet was fantastic and a huge thanks to all who were involved in organising, and an even bigger thanks to Thorpe for allowing us to ride and enter the ride area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 My second (official ) meet down and I really enjoyed it, it was great to meet some new people and also to see some old faces. The group of us by the end of the day was phenomenal, I always try to at least talk to everyone at some point so hopefully I did - it proved difficult as there was so many of you! You're all a really nice bunch of people and I really enjoyed talking with you all. Last but not least, a massive thank you to Peaj and Marc for sorting the whole thing out and obviously Thorpe Park and all the staff (not only the ride team and those who sorted out the ERT, although we do owe you a few beers...) who made the day amazing and rewarding. I hope you all got home safely and I look forward to seeing all of you in the not-to-far-distant future Mer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkadder312 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I really enjoyed the meet I have a fear of heights but that view was great and my most favorite part apart from the lift hill we sung happy birthday to Nemesis Inferno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Glad to hear everyone had a good time! Samurai 10th Birthday ERT next year? Actually, nah, Saw ERT, seeinghow it's the only major coaster TPM haven't had an ERT for? AJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 And me with my biased views on Saw Josh for me would be the best ERT we could get James & Co. and Luke_A 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 And me with my biased views on Saw Josh for me would be the best ERT we could get I fully agree that this would be the best ERT ever! Maybe if this were to ever happen there would have to be a special car for us loony ones who wish to stay on for all possible rides available. James & Co. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Probably won't happen till Saw's birthday guys! Stealth's will be the next birthday ERT, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James & Co. Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I fully agree that this would be the best ERT ever! Maybe if this were to ever happen there would have to be a special car for us loony ones who wish to stay on for all possible rides available. I agree, I would prob stay on the ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Next ERT? Probably Saw for its 5th birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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