February 4, 201312 yr comment_149525 Neither - the rocks removal project was the best thing ever to be done to that ride, even Chessington admitted soon after how much it had improved the ride. Sauce? Cos, just... The only 'improvement' to the ride it made was the ability to put a set of evac stairs on the main lift, aside from that, it looks horrid all bare and naked... Indeed, the top of Falls needs SOMETHING, because it's so boring up there... #bringbackthefallsrocks
February 4, 201312 yr comment_149527 Neither - the rocks removal project was the best thing ever to be done to that ride, even Chessington admitted soon after how much it had improved the ride. Absolute tosh. It looks shocking now, it is much much worse than it was. I'm sure Chessington management aren't going to openly admit it, but that is a fact.
February 4, 201312 yr comment_149528 Never gonna happen, putting rocks back in now would be a costly and ponitless task. #rocksarenotrollinganymore I think H&S inspections had found issues with the rocks safety. Let's remember, back in 2005 when it was changed, it was 18 years old, then in 2008 I think, Falls was condemned because the supports under the chute after the main drop (opposite Peeking Heights) were deemed unsafe, and they were modified or replaced. It's 26 years old this year and is still in good nick. It seems that people don't like changes at Chessington generally. Shame - things do change, for the better. People just can't seem to see that Chessington needs to be bought upto date in some areas, it has been so far to an extent but is forever ongoing at a very slow pace.
February 4, 201312 yr Popular Post comment_149531 Neither - the rocks removal project was the best thing ever to be done to that ride Do you work for Imperial Leather or something?
February 5, 201312 yr comment_149611 To bring this back on topic, isn't Loggers Leap fun with its awesome double drop. Just hope they have the water running down it again this year.
February 5, 201312 yr comment_149622 IKR they never have the water on, is it for a specific reason? also how do people loose hats and stuff on it? Actually now that I think about it, it could be hats and stuff causing the water to spray or something?
February 5, 201312 yr comment_149630 To bring this back on topic, isn't Loggers Leap fun with its awesome double drop. Just hope they have the water running down it again this year. Yep, Loggers is awesome fun The water running down the drop has always been on when ever I have been to thorpe last year, as far as I'm aware, loggers has been running perfectly well last season. I visited 4 times last year(april,july,september,october) and the water has always been running down the big drop Well... maybe it hasn't(because I don't really look properly) but does it make a difference? Does it make a bigger splash or something?
February 5, 201312 yr comment_149631 I haven't been on it in a long time...Why did they turn the water off?
February 5, 201312 yr comment_149639 I haven't been on it in a long time...Why did they turn the water off? Usually it is a fault with the pump or as an operator on Tidal Wave once told me it can be because the level in the lake/water pool is too low and the pump/pipe isn't reaching the water. I think this happens a lot on Tidal Wave when there has been a lack of rain.
February 7, 201312 yr comment_149756 Usually it is a fault with the pump or as an operator on Tidal Wave once told me it can be because the level in the lake/water pool is too low and the pump/pipe isn't reaching the water. I think this happens a lot on Tidal Wave when there has been a lack of rain. Ahhh ok. I never knew they pumped it directly from the lake. I always thought they had a separate water reserves somewhere, specifically for the rides. Cheers for the answer though Matt
February 8, 201312 yr comment_149871 In an attempt to avoid the derailing of this thread any further the health and safety discussion can continue here. In case it has been missed in all that, I think one thing the we can take from the Saw maintenance photo on the last page is that as of now the tunnel appears to still be there. At least the start of it is, I wonder how long lasts....
March 4, 201312 yr comment_151718 Honestly, if that tunnel disappeared I'd not want to go on it ever again. It may seem extreme but that's just how I feel about it The double drop is fun, but if it wasn't for that dark drop I'd just find it so boring so I'd just miss it out every time. It would be like Rumba Rapids without the tunnel, there'd be nothing fun/exciting about it, just another bog-standard water ride
March 4, 201312 yr comment_151731 Or turkeys at Christmas. So has the tunnel gone completely, or is it from just after the drop?
March 4, 201312 yr comment_151732 Very poor if they haven't replaced it in my opinion. It was what made the ride and the drop actually felt reasonably big in the dark, in the light it's probably exactly the same as the first drop on Dragon Falls at Chessington.
March 5, 201312 yr comment_151747 Its only a tunnel, guys! Can't see the big deal. Well I can now it's in the daylight. Lets rename it Loggers Light.
March 7, 201312 yr comment_151983 Its only a tunnel, guys! Can't see the big deal. Well I can now it's in the daylight. Lets rename it Loggers Light. Yeah it's not as bad as that horrible massive middle finger to the eyes rope on Stealth guys I will miss the tunnel if it's gone, but I shan't be losing any sleep over it. I'm interested to see what they'll do to the area, if anything.
March 7, 201312 yr comment_152004 Hold on, rope>thematic tunnel?! Well I'm done with the world, so... NEMESIS INFERNO>NEMESIS
March 7, 201312 yr comment_152007 Well, that's a bit awkward. The first half of my post was supposed to be sarcastic.
March 7, 201312 yr comment_152009 Oh I got that sarcasm, I was talking about the post after yours, which wasn't sarcasm
March 7, 201312 yr comment_152034 I'm deadly serious, Bubbles1. Couldn't give a damn if the tunnel has gone, at least now we can see! But the Stealth rope I just hate. It's the small things which I take note of, they're sometimes key to good or bad presentation.
March 7, 201312 yr comment_152037 That's such a petty thing to mark down a ride on.... its a tiny little thing.
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