Tom Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 11 hours ago, Ian-S said: No but I'm afraid some people have tight knickers and don't see the funny side of things. Just a different humour. As others have pointed out, the joke has just run it's course, it's at the end of the line you might say. David B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt A Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 2 hours ago, MattyMoo said: I predict that "SUSPENDED" on the queue time sign will now be in lower case, that will really get the forums buzzing. Well it changed back to UNAVAILABLE if that's worthy of knowing MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L7123456 Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Nothing's really happening today. Staff were training in the shop today and fire doors are open around the building but nothing is visible. Photos aren't very interesting, but they're here anyway I don't think we have long to wait now; just a few weeks I'd say! 400400 and David B 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 4 hours ago, Tom said: Just a different humour. As others have pointed out, the joke has just run it's course, it's at the end of the line you might say. Your knickers are perfectly fastened, "end of the line" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joester Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 I'm going to have to come up with a list of jokes about a ride about trains being late. But those pictures look great! Hopefully its just the interior that needs most of the work done to it, and that it won't be delayed for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 I dunno if this has been posted yet.... But!! EC!, Islander, Whatever and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Anyone order some pillars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hutson Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 They're an interesting size - maybe they're for some forced perspective trickery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Evidentially the pillar makes for a good coffee table! Haha Ian-S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Hey You may notice a few posts have gone missing from today / yesterday - this is due to a server error - we recovered what we could. Sorry about that! Thanks to Jon for fixing! Marc KingNemesis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Well I did order the ride open a while back, but that didn't happen then. Oh well, SW8 should be exciting. David B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNemesis Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Conveniently all of the ones about Fastrack have gone #conspiracy Haha! Only joking! But seriously, Back to DBGT chat, I think Thorpe have seriously missed there chance on this being a huge huge hit. The delays have meant that the hype has died massively and quite a few people have lost interest (myself included) I may not even ride it this year as I don't know if I can be bothered to trek down south when there is a much better park about an hour away... Cal, MattyMoo and stretchy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 I think its natural hype will die down - the biggest problem with this than say Smiler's delay is that when you visited the park you would see Smiler going around testing, you could see the progress. Where as with DBGT the building looks largely the same as it did when the park opened, of course progress will be being made but unfortunately we cant see any of it from outside! Han30 and KingNemesis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNemesis Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 22 minutes ago, Marc said: I think its natural hype will die down - the biggest problem with this than say Smiler's delay is that when you visited the park you would see Smiler going around testing, you could see the progress. Where as with DBGT the building looks largely the same as it did when the park opened, of course progress will be being made but unfortunately we cant see any of it from outside! Yes, hype will die down, again look at Smiler... First couple of months it was the next coaster coming of christ, now it's... Meh. The problem is hype is extremely good for visitor numbers, "Oooh that looks epic let's go on that" You have to make the most of hype as indeed it is a fleeting thing... I think if it opened when it should, Gate numbers would have been much greater. I think it will still be popular, but not as much as it would have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Smiler is still the most popular ride at Towers though, even with the crash... It's anything but meh outside the enthusiast circles... Assume once Thorpe finalise a date (again), then they'll advertise it to all and sundry... There are no brakes on the hype train after all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 I think once this eventually opens, word of mouth will play a massive part in getting people in. Once a date is set, the social media push will come again and that will hype up enough people to get the initial jump in gate figure for the first few days/weeks. Word of mouth will then spread and - assuming it is well received - people will hear "You've got to go there and do it", which will just continue and improve numbers all the more. David B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNemesis Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 9 minutes ago, Benin said: Smiler is still the most popular ride at Towers though, even with the crash... It's anything but meh outside the enthusiast circles... Assume once Thorpe finalise a date (again), then they'll advertise it to all and sundry... There are no brakes on the hype train after all... Most Popular and Rubbish Throughput are two very different things There may be no brakes but I think it's missed its stop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 I agree it's slowed down and even I have lost interest also. It's been a slow enough construction topic and now with everyone pouring over SW8, Alton Towers have nabbed the limelight a little. Sure this will be popular and I'll ride it, but it's getting close to that time of year, where I won't bother visiting. Too bad they can't reveal something to reignite peoples interest, as right now their secrecey is killing it. KingNemesis, Celia Mae and holtjammy16 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 1 hour ago, KingNemesis said: Most Popular and Rubbish Throughput are two very different things There may be no brakes but I think it's missed its stop! Getting around 800 to 1'000 an hour in the peak operation times is not what could be termed as rubbish throughput... It certainly gets more now than Galactica does I'd wager... Which would make it the 4th highest throughput coaster on park now I believe... Don't write opinions as facts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Photo frames are out on display KingNemesis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNemesis Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 2 hours ago, Benin said: Getting around 800 to 1'000 an hour in the peak operation times is not what could be termed as rubbish throughput... It certainly gets more now than Galactica does I'd wager... Which would make it the 4th highest throughput coaster on park now I believe... Don't write opinions as facts... Galactica does about 28 per hour I think. I timed it once and got about that number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 It's not just that the hype has died down between us enthusiasts, it's as is it is being actively suppressed by Thorpe. Like they want us to forget it exists at all, no teasing been going on for a while now. I'm supprised they've not used those mirrors on the outside to make it appear the building isn't even there. Move along, nothing to see here. This does not fill me with confidence that the opening is anything like imminent. MattyMoo and KingNemesis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 The resort have stopped advertising full stop, not just with Ghost Train. While I see your point the resort has begun posting on social media channels again, and with the photo frames I'd like to hope the ride will be opening soon-ish. Then again, I'm not really expecting anything in the next few days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Someone please change the topic name to "New for 2017" David B and KingNemesis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNemesis Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 1 minute ago, imindetonator said: Someone please change the topic name to "New for 2017" Wow... Someone's being presumptuous... Please, Change it to "New for ????" JoshuaA, pognoi, Coaster and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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