July 3, 201411 yr comment_186258 The tolerance of the catch car is 3mm otherwise it won't launch. You can't just rock it back onto the catch car. It's not a simple push the train into position job. They'd have to manually release the dog and get positioning spot on. My source? Staring at the dog and catch car plus the computer screen showing it's in the tolerance whilst an engineer explained.
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186259 What the engineer told me was that the train had to be moved forward to get the catch car. This may have been a simplified version from the engineer but I was lead to believe this was the case.
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186260 You have changed your story far too much for it to be the mere exaggeration of one point. Plus, I believe that some of what you have claimed to have happened is rather inaccurate.
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186261 rain triple wait time? I mentioned rain because it was partly to blame for being stuck on stealth. Also I criticise merlin as they are trying to be the best, act like the best but in reality they are far from it. The problem with stealth is that it failed to launch. The train slipped off the catch car backwards by about a foot and was then stuck there. They normally move the train forward to get the train back on the catch however because of the rain the wheels were unable to move the train back to the launch position. I'm sorry but I will stop you here, Your original post stated, and I quote, "the catch car didn't line up and the wheels couldn't grip the train.". You have actually just made a complete tit of yourself right there. What you have described I am very fondly aware of. And I can safely assure you the catch car was in the correct position. What you have described very loosely is a beautiful scene. The train would never of made it to the catch car, in actual fact would barely of even moved forward in the launch sequence. Let me just very briefly explain the launch sequence. 1 - Dispatch buttons are pressed 2 - Initial train movement commences 3 - Brake's sequencing begins 4 - Train touches copper electric plate to disengage the dog from the train to then drop into the catch car 5 - Train moves back slightly to securely engage into the catch car 6 - Final computing checks analysed 7 - Train launches You are making out that the train is engaged to the catch car at all times, which is very wrong. Couldn't be any more wrong if you tried. The train CANNOT PHYSICALLY slip off the catch car, once the dog has dropped that is it the train is engaged. Stealth in the rain, as you so kindly described, struggled to grip the kicker wheels. In such a case the launch sequence 'aborts' due to a time-out. In many cases indeed the train moves backwards. Let me clear something up, they do not 'normally' move the train forward to get the train engaged back in to the catchcar. They move the train back into its safety position lined up with a metal plate which can open and close the safety bars. Please stop trying to guess how Stealth works. It's actually depressing.
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186262 My story hasn't changed at all, all taht has changed was 60 minutes to 20 minutes. You can continue to believe that I am lying but I am not. I'm willing to accept that what I was told by the engineer was wrong, but I dont see how I was meant to know that with out being told by someone else.
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186264 Okay, maybe you're not necessarily lying, but you certainly haven't got a clue as to what you are talking about.
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186267 Of all the points being mentioned I think the entrance / ticketing set up has caused some issues for MoS and summer nights, both having excessive and slow moving queues. Thought that was fixed now though as they let you collect your ticket earlier in the day rather than making you all collect them at once after the park has closed?
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186271 Of all the points being mentioned I think the entrance / ticketing set up has caused some issues for MoS and summer nights, both having excessive and slow moving queues. Thought that was fixed now though as they let you collect your ticket earlier in the day rather than making you all collect them at once after the park has closed? Did this last year with no problems then could stay in the park waiting for rides to open
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186273 I'm sorry.. but all these arguments on the past page and noones pointed out.. He said he had free tickets to the theme park.. so decides to come only for the Summer Night event, an event which is short, has hardly any attractions available, and not worth anywhere near the value of the full price day ticket (and surely also excluded from the terms of the free return ticket). Calling bull**** on this one.
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186274 I think someone did question why he went only for the 3 hours of Summer Nights, though.
July 3, 201411 yr comment_186275 I'm sorry.. but all these arguments on the past page and noones pointed out.. He said he had free tickets to the theme park.. so decides to come only for the Summer Night event, an event which is short, has hardly any attractions available, and not worth anywhere near the value of the full price day ticket (and surely also excluded from the terms of the free return ticket). Calling bull**** on this one. They gave me the chance to return to a summer night because that's when it happened. They didn't give me a ticket to return at any time. Also this is not "Bull****" it actually happened so if you want to be ignorant and not believe what I'm saying go ahead.
July 4, 201411 yr comment_186278 The only valid point you've made I'm afraid is the lack of people giving out tickets at the entrance.
July 4, 201411 yr comment_186281 That is the only thing I'm moaning about. The other points I rasied were to answer a previous question.
July 4, 201411 yr comment_186282 But you were initially moaning about Stealth's 15 minute queue and how that was '15 minutes too long'? Ah well.
July 4, 201411 yr comment_186285 Just wondering for the summer nights tickets if you buy one can you enter the park at opening and stay there till the extended closing time of say 10pm?
July 4, 201411 yr comment_186288 No, the summer nights tickets are separate to normal ones hence why you pay different prices for each ticket, summer nights being £16 for normal GP and a standard ticket being £48.50 or something like that.
July 4, 201411 yr comment_186289 Of all the points being mentioned I think the entrance / ticketing set up has caused some issues for MoS and summer nights, both having excessive and slow moving queues. Thought that was fixed now though as they let you collect your ticket earlier in the day rather than making you all collect them at once after the park has closed? You could grab tickets in the middle of the day when I went last year... It would just seem though that people tend not to think intelligently when they visit theme parks... Dunno why the park would only give a ticket to Summer Nights rather than a full day return to a moaning guest though... It's a bit strange... Although it must be said suggesting that the engineers simply rock the car back and forth onto the catch car gave me a right old chuckle this morning... Cheers...
July 4, 201411 yr comment_186298 We never moaned about it. Its just when they got us off stealth they said that becuase of the wet weather getting us soaked they said that if we headed to the entrance there were tickets to return to the next summer night as the one we were at involved getting stuck on stealth and non stop rain.
July 11, 201411 yr comment_186877 Here now - all coasters are open along with tidal wave, storm surge and dodgems. There's some live entertainment in amity and a BBQ and the flow rider open on the beach. So far so good!!
July 11, 201411 yr comment_186878 *Gannet mode activates* is the BBQ free? Or has it got a Merlin-sized price tag attached to it? Does sound pretty good so far, looking forward to seeing any potential pictures, can't wait to try this in August
July 11, 201411 yr comment_186880 Wow that does sound really good, What are the queues like? Looking forward to trying it later on in the year! Never went to a Summers night last year
July 11, 201411 yr comment_186881 *Gannet mode activates* is the BBQ free? Or has it got a Merlin-sized price tag attached to it? Why would an event which costs a fiver have a free BBQ... Come on now.
July 11, 201411 yr comment_186884 Best decision Thorpe have made all year. Nothing beats a BBQ, even if it has merlin pricing on it.
July 11, 201411 yr comment_186885 Best decision Thorpe have made all year. Nothing beats a BBQ, even if it has merlin pricing on it....the price of food isn't just exclusive to merlin, theme park food is generally expensive, it's really not that bad for money, can't wait till Thorpe get pizza and pasta
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