Stokesyboy Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Theme Park Guide have been on it today and confirmed it, also had smoke in there aswell, and signs have been changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Photos taken from Theme Park Guide: Signs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Now I am excited! X without block breaks... Finally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 I seriously cannot get over the artistic beauty of this sign... I mean, so imaginative, the colours a perfect blend with the font... Quite simply, PHWOAR... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Double post, but whatever... Yeah it doesn't stop on the brakes anymore (kinda, it still stops on the 3rd one which I think is down to stacking), making it weird tbh... Does it make a massive difference to the experience? Based on what someone else on my train said, nope, it's still turdio, they might have polished it but it's clearly still not good enough for the main target audience... pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Interesting! So do the trains coast right through with momentum, or get driven through by the tyres? Do the brake runs still slow down the pace of the ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 To be fair when I rode it last week I heard someone come off and say it was the best ride they had been on I think as a family coaster it works well and its no longer a rather embarrassing ride for the park imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 To be fair when I rode it last week I heard someone come off and say it was the best ride they had been on I had someone say that on Griffins Galleon. I wouldn't read anything into that one persons opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Interesting! So do the trains coast right through with momentum, or get driven through by the tyres? Do the brake runs still slow down the pace of the ride? It's partly momentum, but the brakes can and do slow the train down (in the same fashion as any MCBR would)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Well, the lack of stopping on the brakes should make the whole experience less awkward, like how it was the last time I rode it. Still reckon I'll prefer it backwards with the stops than forwards without the stops though. Anyone know why it only happened recently, as opposed to when the ride opened? Was it to do with Vekoma? I had heard when the rumour first came about the brakes would no longer be used, so it doesn't seem to be a late of plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Well, the lack of stopping on the brakes should make the whole experience less awkward, like how it was the last time I rode it. Still reckon I'll prefer it backwards with the stops than forwards without the stops though. Anyone know why it only happened recently, as opposed to when the ride opened? Was it to do with Vekoma? I had heard when the rumour first came about the brakes would no longer be used, so it doesn't seem to be a late of plan. Probably a case of Thorpe running out of time because they wanted it open for Good Friday. Still don't know what took them so long with the signs though, they could be changed overnight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1hrisin Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Well, I think it is still a good thing. But doesn't it need to stop on the block brakes to have 4 cars running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 But doesn't it need to stop on the block brakes to have 4 cars running? That's what I thought - I hope they haven't reduced the throughput. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Well, I think it is still a good thing. But doesn't it need to stop on the block brakes to have 4 cars running? Now this is where I think something has gone wrong... Before they removed the breaks(with 4 cars) the queue was around 20 mins... Now with the breaks removed, the queue was 45/60 mins today. Surely they have removed some cars or something to see this massive rise in queue time!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 The throughput is actually alot better now. I think it's actually much improved the ride and finishes off the improvements nicely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 The lack of brakes 1 and 2 massively improve the ride and give it more sense. It still runs 4 trains just you stop on brake 3 and the one before the exit. To try and remove this waiting on brake 3 the staff were loading and dispatching each train as fast as possible today. The queue did get quite high at certain points today but you've got to remember more people can ride it now and it did close twice that I saw due to 'essential cleaning.' Yes people are still being sick on X even though it's going forwards now. Overall today the experience was great. Lots of haze throughout the building creating what you could call tunnels of light due to the lasers. Love the way they've randomly numbered the trains with train 3 having 3 red pieces of tape and train 4 having a 4 on front made out of masking tape My only complaint is the lack of music in the zig-zag queue line part where you are often likely to have to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 The throughput is actually alot better now. I think it's actually much improved the ride and finishes off the improvements nicely! Well if the throughput is better... How come the queue time has tripled in length? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Well if the throughput is better... How come the queue time has tripled in length? Because the park is busier? Dan9, Mark9 and Ryan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Bank Holiday Weekend = possibly busiest day so far of season. Surely that equates to higher queue times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Bank Holiday Weekend = possibly busiest day so far of season. Surely that equates to higher queue times. Forgot that it was bank holiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graw Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Bank Holiday Weekend = possibly busiest day so far of season. Surely that equates to higher queue times. I'm not sure if you're talking about today, but when I went on Saturday the queue's weren't actually that bad at all. Most I queued up was an hour for front row Stealth, including a delay of like 10 minutes when they had to put the second train in. I got on like 13 rides, all the big coasters, shortest we queued was walk on for Saw at the beginning of the day.. So this Saturday.. wasn't actually busy at all, and club nights were on aswell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Okay so, it's very busy today swarm is around 100 minutes for both back an forwards. Anyway, X is considerably better with the no stopping situation with other addons with music no audible all the way through the queue! Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 never really like X No Way Out... but having been on X today, really enjoyed it, the lighting was really cool, and going forwards made it a lot better, especially without the dropping backwards on brake sections... instead went pretty much straight through/up apart from the 3rd one which we just stopped for a few seconds. the music did sound a bit on the quieter side when on the ride, but was still good; I think the music is loud though because you can hear it when queuing next to it going into the Colossus station, just appears quiet with the noise of the ride I'm guessing. I would have happily gone on it again (whereas before would have refused to go on it again, after once was bad enough!), and I feel it is a great improvement and gives the ride the new lease of life it needed! Queues today for it seemed to stay around 30/35 mins... although walked straight on it in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Have to agree with you on the music front. It did seem quiet inside the ride but my goodness was it vibrating like crazy in the Colossus queue so can see why they probably won't turn it up anymore than it currently is. The building would probably fall down if it was turned up anymore! OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokesyboy Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Gutted the other day... Got to the baggage hold only to be told that all the lights, lasers and smoke wouldn't be working as they were all broken. I've ridden it with the lasers n lights before but wanted to see the new stuff they had put in there as well as not stopping on the block breaks... It was weird going forwards in the dark though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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