Flipper Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 7 hours ago, Coaster said: Grand National opens at 11am They're operating so amazingly better than Thorpe. And their operations aren't even good... Sorry guys; I disagree. When you advertise the park to open at 10am, I don't expect to walk in the gate and then find rides advertised to open at 10:30am, 11am, and onwards. I don't really see how BPB are operating any better (or worse) than Thorpe; I'd say they really aren't worth comparing as one being better than the other, as like I've said, both and all parks have good points and bad points. Anyway, I believe you'll find theres specific Blackpool forums for licking their backsides for Anyway, back to Thorpe and such... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 At least you know when the rides are due to open, rather than turning up at Thorpe to half the stuff shut JoshuaA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Fish Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 To be fair Blackpool 10am opening is more like ERT as just a few rides open until 11am where most other rides open. When I went to Paultons park if off peak day Last year there operations were terrible. Some area like the new Dino land did not open till 11 and some 12. There was only two gift shops opens. No photo points and only two food places everything else was closed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 20 hours ago, Flipper said: Sorry guys; I disagree. When you advertise the park to open at 10am, I don't expect to walk in the gate and then find rides advertised to open at 10:30am, 11am, and onwards. I don't really see how BPB are operating any better (or worse) than Thorpe; I'd say they really aren't worth comparing as one being better than the other, as like I've said, both and all parks have good points and bad points. Anyway, I believe you'll find theres specific Blackpool forums for licking their backsides for Anyway, back to Thorpe and such... You clearly didn't read the signs/website then Thorpe staggers openings more than Pleasure Beach these days, Rumba was on a 12 noon opening a few weekends ago and several other rides over an hour late - at least BPB make it clear which rides open when and it feels like a well planned procedure rather than the disorganisation at Thorpe of not knowing which rides are meant to be open and unadvertised late openings becoming more and more common. I've had occasional days at Thorpe where operations are great but usually they are very slack, rides opening late on low capacity and then stacking when they finally go up to two trains. Not saying this doesn't happen at Pleasure Beach either as their operations are far from perfect, only that I find them better than Thorpe's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Rumba is scheduled to open at 11am on busy days, and 12pm on off peak days. That's the same with Storm Surge and Samurai (and Tug Boat and Lumber Jump before the silly rotational operation) in my experience / according to the boards at the front of rides. All other rides are meant to open when the park opens. It's not a case of disorganisation in terms of not knowing what is meant to be open and what's not, it's more a case that there are rides which open late because they haven't completed morning checks, not because they were planned to open late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 On 7/19/2017 at 0:16 AM, Flipper said: Knowing you're not thick, I believe you're meaning 'reach' capacity and not exceed. Legal stuff, and all that. I believe they have a licencing based 'legal' capacity which they can not exceed, and they also have a considerably lower self imposed 'operation' capacity which they stick to for day to day opening, but they can (and do) exceed if they fancy. Hopefully with the staffing in place to cope with it... Either way, imagine most of this week is some sort of hell to be avoided at all costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 capacity was allot higher in schools weeks due to more car park students spaces being available due to the high amount of coaches, Thorpes physical capacity was allot higher during schools weeks I'm unsure if thats still the case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Sorry I know this is a bit off topic but I just wanted to mention how bad operations were yesterday. before I rant I've got to say the batching on saw was really good as they weren't letting in big groups every 5-10 minutes, instead they were letting in 10-15 people every 45-60 seconds which kept the queue moving really quickly. samurai operations were dyer, there was only 2 cycles in front of us and we queued for over half an hour. quantum only had 2 rows on each side open. vortex and zodiac were shut all day. rush took at least 10 minutes to actually get the lap bars down every cycle, meaning that an almost empty queue line still meant waiting 15-20 minutes. due to rumbas new 'you can only ride with an over 18' rule meant that it was chaos on the loading platform, there was at least 5 groups of teens all running around the rotating platform and screaming and shouting, the 2 staff members were extremely bad at controlling it, in the end they just shut off the queue and rode it themselves with he groups until they had al been on and then re-opened the queue. nemmy, stealth and swarm were all the same as usual but they felt extremely fast after waiting for the other rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elston89 Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 Not looking great right now at thorpe looking at the app 4 out of 5 coasters down!! I dont think I've seen that myself before. Just trusty inferno (although seeing more breakdowns for this than norm this year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Are people finally coming round to the fact that Inferno is by a country mile Thorpes best rollercoaster? Not only in reliability but in quality of ride too. JoshuaA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt A Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 25 minutes ago, Mark9 said: Are people finally coming round to the fact that Inferno is by a country mile Thorpes best rollercoaster? Not only in reliability but in quality of ride too. Swarm is on par I'd say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Inferno has aged brilliantly, which is something so many people forget. It has a nice setting, some really forceful pops and a decent enough layout. I prefer Swarm, and that is also aging well (yay for B&M quality), but it's not surprising to see so many people loving Inferno. Just a shame it always feels like the middle child of the coasters. JoshuaA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Inferno is quite underrated IMO. Okay it may not be as iconic or as forceful as Nemesis, but it's still has some forceful moments, and in the back row it's bloody brilliant. It seems to get more forceful as the years go by too. B&M ConnorJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 I've grown to love Inferno too. It looks particularly good after a bit of TLC over closed season when they make sure mist, red lights, coloured wood chips etc. are all present and correct <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quorn Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 24 minutes ago, MattyMoo said: I've grown to love Inferno too. It looks particularly good after a bit of TLC over closed season when they make sure mist, red lights, coloured wood chips etc. are all present and correct <3 Agreed, towards the end of last season I noticed the mist effects rarely operating, but this season it looks better than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 May get a lot of stick for this but oh well, forums are for us to air our views. I actually think I am beginning to prefer it to Nemesis! Some real forces on Inferno and always love coming off feeling dizzy! Matt A 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega-Lite Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Nemesis Inferno is by far the best coaster at Thorpe and it just keeps riding better and better every year. 1) Nemesis Inferno 2) Colossus - From a coaster that I actually stopped riding it got so brutal, to a must ride every visit, come back of the century. 3) SAW - The more Eurofighters I have the misfortune of riding, the more I think Saw has one of the best layouts out there. 4) Stealth - Meh 5) Swarm - I get more excitement out of my computer desk chair. SteveJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPC Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 For me, Saw is Thorpes best coaster because it actually has some force to it and is the best themed ride. Then I would place Inferno for being a long ride. Swarm is probably next but it lacks any force except on the drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Saw would be the best coaster if it wasn't so rough. The very few smooth rides I've had on it were the best in the park. Unfortunately that's like 10% of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 I don't think I've known a coaster to age or progress as greatly as Inferno. Everytimevive been riding on that ride, it always gives me feelings of amazement and feels so intense and forceful now. Inferno is a ride that never bores me and highly re-rideable too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 23 hours ago, BaronC. said: Inferno has aged brilliantly, which is something so many people forget. It has a nice setting, some really forceful pops and a decent enough layout. Just a shame it always feels like the middle child of the coasters. I'e noticed this in a lot of parks, the B&M inverter always seems to become the support coaster. Whilst the newer rollercoasters grab all the headlines and long queues, rides like Nemesis, Inferno, Montu, Mamba just do what do they do best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 In Mamba's case meander slowly around the end of the course? JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Benin said: In Mamba's case meander slowly around the end of the course? (Still better then 90% of Intamins and Gerstlauers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 I went on a school trip to Thorpe 2 Monday's ago, and thought I'd share some stuff.. Firstly, operations were awful. I've never seen slower dispatches in a theme park. The Swarm staff had no urgency and were chatting to colleagues all the time - so much so that on one occasion it took 2 minutes for new guests to board the ride after the train entered the station. Secondly, I began to queue for flying fish, but didn't get to ride, because the queue moved so slowly. Bizarrely, quests would only be allowed onto the train once departing riders had completely left the exit path. This was made worse as no one was stationed in the loading bay. What's the point in a loading bay/point if we are held behind a holding point and only allowed to progress when previous riders have completely left the exit? The most inefficient loading procedure I've ever seen on a ride (Although, I'm not a regular Fish rider, so this may just be the protocol.) Finally, KFC. As you can imagine, the amount of school trips correlates with the busyness of KFC - which on this case, was heaving. KFC seemed terribly over staffed, yet understaffed of people who actually new what they were doing. There was one guy who was just standing around, getting in people's way, hindering everything. Too many cooks spoil the broth, eh?! Furthermore, The woman who served me gave me a notably grumpy look when I have her £10 for a meal that cost £5.79. Her grumpiness was presumably because of her apparent inability to work out my change, which I ended up helping her calculate. Bloomin' heck! It wouldn't take a lot for operations and service to be made significantly better. A bit of training is all that's needed, incentives for staff and numbers to reach. No staff member I had contact with seemed to want to get things done quickly - there was no sense that the park were pushing the staff to do this either. Really appalling. Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Whoops, I have intended for a week on attending TP tomorrow/today Thursday and now I find out that Stealth will not be operating, so it looks like I'll have to ride something else, and before the showers arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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