April 17, 201411 yr comment_181200 Who'd have thought a few years ago that there'd be all this love for 17-year old X! Just goes to show what you can do with a bit of effort. Can you finish the ponds off properly in the middle of Flying Fish now, Thorpe?
April 19, 201411 yr comment_181325 Love hearing that X is playing some proper edm music now, still they could use there own music on the playlist as that was pretty good. They need to play some trance and Knife Party maybe Skrillex and all other edm (More SHM), Defiantly need to play Sandstorm! Cant wait to ride it now they have updated it looking forward to the rave
April 21, 201411 yr comment_181501 Love hearing that X is playing some proper edm music now, still they could use there own music on the playlist as that was pretty good. They need to play some trance and Knife Party maybe Skrillex and all other edm (More SHM), Defiantly need to play Sandstorm! Cant wait to ride it now they have updated it looking forward to the rave I could've sworn I heard Sandstorm being played while I was on it earlier in the month. Also heard parts of Pendulum's The Island being played several times, which made me happy, pretty much some of the only EDM I like.
April 21, 201411 yr comment_181502 I could've sworn I heard Sandstorm being played while I was on it earlier in the month. Also heard parts of Pendulum's The Island being played several times, which made me happy, pretty much some of the only EDM I like. they are both remixes but yes I have heard them playing while waiting for the ride and some of the most reconisable dance music out there!
May 6, 201411 yr comment_182593 Went on this ride today, I must admit the new baggage area is something I dont understand as since the ride always has queues the old one was ideal as people were already waiting there, the baggage room itself looks like an unlit cupboard with the collection point being a tiny hole in the wall. Besides that I loved what they've done to the ride, the new lighting layout is fantastic and the laser behind you on the lifthill creates a really good effect. One other point is that there is one track on their playlist that seemed to last about 10 minutes that was just a continuous beat, at first it was good but after a coupla minutes it was just irritating; luckily it changed when I got on!I think the reason the bag drop has been changed was due to the fact that empty trains were being sent round while there was still a long queue outside. People were waiting to put their bags in while there was no one in the station. With it now at the entrance, the queue has a constant flow meaning it can achieve its maximum throughput when it's busy. Correct me if I'm wrong here?As for X itself, I pretty much love everything about it. The music and lights are absolutely brilliant and I would only make the track longer as an improvement(if that was even possible!). I don't know how but when I get off I feel like the lights and the darkness have made me very dizzy somehow Anyway it is a great ride and I really appreciate all the work put into it!
May 6, 201411 yr comment_182649 Sad to say when I last went on X they had way to many lights on, and not just lasers and stuff... they had like normal lights on in places and you could see loads =O dunno why the did that but it seems to have been remedied =3
May 6, 201411 yr comment_182662 Only time I've had that problem was shortly after an evac, maybe that happened shortly before you rode? You were unlucky, the lighting is really rather good now!
May 6, 201411 yr comment_182663 I have never had this problem but would love to see the internals of x and I have rode this ride meany a time
May 6, 201411 yr comment_182670 I saw it in the light back in 2010 when they operated it with the lights on for some weird reason, it was surprising to see just how compact it really is (although you can sort of see that now with the light show if you look for it).
May 8, 201411 yr comment_182771 I thought the main reason for operating for a time with lights was to reduce the amount of vomit induced shutdowns
May 8, 201411 yr comment_182774 When it went backwards, apparently so... There should be no point for it now, especially considering how the lighting system used now lights up the entire building anyways...
May 8, 201411 yr comment_182780 Good thing I was responding to Coaster Jamie about the lights being on in 2010 when it was backwards then...
May 8, 201411 yr comment_182781 Good thing I was responding to Coaster Jamie about the lights being on in 2010 when it was backwards then... Yeah that was the reason, it was stupid though!
May 9, 201411 yr comment_182854 Yeah that was the reason, it was stupid though! Maybe it was a smart 'test of the market', if they hadn't tested the lighting improvements we may not of seen the new story of 'X' nowadays.
May 10, 201411 yr comment_182878 Maybe it was a smart 'test of the market', if they hadn't tested the lighting improvements we may not of seen the new story of 'X' nowadays. I was talking about having X No Way Out with the emergency evacuation lights on back in 2010, which had nothing to do with the development of X.
May 11, 201411 yr comment_182930 I was talking about having X No Way Out with the emergency evacuation lights on back in 2010, which had nothing to do with the development of X. And where is your proof? They may have planning and developing different ideas for years, who are you to say when they started planning this.
May 11, 201411 yr comment_182931 And where is your proof? They may have planning and developing different ideas for years, who are you to say when they started planning this. Well, what's operating a roller coaster with evacuation lights on got to do with lasers? I'm not talking about the LED lights that were added over one of the stops, I'm talking about when they ran the ride in the light (not effects, just bright evac lights) on. How could that be related, as with the lasers it's not that light?
May 11, 201411 yr comment_182933 I guess the idea could be to see if guests preferred the idea of riding with lighting inside the pyramid or not. Regardless of what type of lights they use, using lights would create a different atmosphere, and the park may well have planned to use the 2010 idea as a tester to see if that atmosphere would be well-received. But alas, we'll probably never know, so let's not worry about it all, ey?
May 14, 201411 yr comment_183245 So, I rode on the new X for the first time yesterday...I have to admit...I love it this way. I particularly liked the use of the laser projection on the lift hill I can only really sum it up as a nightclub on a track. I never used to re-ride this when it was 'No Way Out', but I rode it a few times yesterday.Only a few things got to me about it really - 1) The queue is stupidly long although, I'm not sure if they could really shorten it by much without causing too much hassle. 2) The gaping hole where the old baggage hold area used to be. Probably could've been covered up or kept in use maybe?3) I personally think that as great as this overhaul has been for X, it needs to be thrown out there a bit more. I was asked twice, whilst outside it - "Is this ride closed or open?". It seems like no-one knows that it even exists, and part of me feels Storm Surge looming over it doesn't help!
May 23, 201411 yr comment_183913 Also rode for the first time today. The younger folks on the ride loved it, and it was a good filler between bigger rides. But we only went on because my wife saw the wait time on one of the LED displays. I had assumed it wasn't even there anymore.
June 24, 201411 yr comment_185757 The new baggage area obviously wasn't working because it has moved back to the old place.
June 24, 201411 yr comment_185760 The new baggage area obviously wasn't working because it has moved back to the old place. Yayyyyy I thought the reason they moved it is because of the photos though? Is this not happening anymore then?
June 24, 201411 yr comment_185761 The whole thing with the baggage was very awkward on Sunday. We were sort've standing at the baggage area at the entrance for a while only to discover it wasn't being used. There also seemed to be a bit of a backlog at the other one though and they were making various announcements telling groups to allocate one person to take the bags- unless it's a new thing they're trying to make things easier(?) Although, when I went back in April they were using the bagging area at the entrance. Albeit the park was considerably empty then so maybe the alternate it to correspond with how busy or quiet the park is.
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