yeah Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 On 8/5/2016 at 7:42 PM, Marc said: What ever the issues were seem to be resolved as X is runnung 3 trains Expand But seemingly only 2 with people on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 All 3 were loaded last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 On 8/6/2016 at 1:49 PM, Marc said: All 3 were loaded last night. Expand Not when I went on. It came into the station and stopped then the ride host pushed the bars down and dispatched it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 The magic of the passage of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkLover Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 It seems they fill 2 then don't fill the 3rd, they were doing that last time I went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Never seen this video before, memories of dat queueline <3 My favourite quote though: "Going for the longest, the tallest, the fastest is most parks answer for putting in a new attraction" slendercat, Mattgwise, Kerfuffle and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Never even knew X had a queue like that! Anyone know when that was removed and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 On 9/11/2016 at 12:50 PM, ThorpeAddict said: Never even knew X had a queue like that! Anyone know when that was removed and why? Expand Parts of the original queueline were repurposed for Fright Nights (Freakshow 3D, which later became Hellgate, and now Cabin in the Woods). The spinning tunnel you see in the video is the same one that is now the "static" tunnel in CITW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 I thought that while watching it, theres no way that would fit in the current queue line. Just knew nothing about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 On 9/11/2016 at 1:00 PM, ThorpeAddict said: I thought that while watching it, theres no way that would fit in the current queue line. Just knew nothing about it Expand Maybe, there's no way out they could fit it even in seriousness, it's interesting to see what was then a highly influential ride at the park, which is now basically Liquid-The Ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt A Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Might have been removed due to health and safety, heard from one of the staff members that that's the reason most of the queue is done outside instead of inside now. Shame really, interactive queue lines don't really seem to exist anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 That's what confuses me here in the UK queues are restricted so much by laws not allowing people in buildings, yet across all the rest of Europe, and even the whole world, some rides have fully indoor queues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 It's a weird one, the indoor queue did get dreadfully hot over times, and the lifts were probably more burdenous in modern times... Like most of the original design, it was a daft idea that never really worked as a concept... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Another point to note is that there's now a huge area of the old queueline unused, as (if I remember correctly) Hellgate used to use the entire rectangular section of the building, whereas CITW uses less than half of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Fire saftey and number of staff needed to evac the building meant the ride could originally queue indoors, other time the staff levels were cut back to the point D started to be run with bag room, onload and operator. X used to have lift operators, offload (now back in use), photo unit ect which meant more people were able to support clearing the ride/ building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Still annoying though how from experience, there are parks in Europe which have the same amount or less ops and are allowed a full indoor queue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Is it an UK thing though? Hex, Duel and Laser Raiders all have indoor queues that are used on a regular basis (as in the outdoor extensions of Hex and Duel are never used)... Come to think of things there aren't that many rides that do have completely indoor queues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 But in all those cases, they have fairly short queues, with few people in them, bar laser raisers, so they are said as fine, and laser raiders from memory has a ridiculous amount of fire exits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I think you have your answer with your last point - it has a lot more to do with building regs than anything else. A properly designed modern building can safety hold a lot more people than a 30 year old one which is made of wood partitioning with few fire doors and many obstructions, some caused by the internal fire doors themselves! X is safe as it is, but to safely hold more people an amount of work would need to be done which is not economicly viable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 There were lifts in X? I didn't know that EDIT: Oh they were fake, of course. I love the way it's referred to as X Colon Backslash No Way Out. CATCHY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNemesis Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 On 9/15/2016 at 3:27 PM, MattyMoo said: There were lifts in X? I didn't know that EDIT: Oh they were fake, of course. I love the way it's referred to as X Colon Backslash No Way Out. CATCHY! Expand There still are. The lifts are the hexagonal rooms you walk into just before the station, in fact the lift doors are still there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt A Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 On 9/16/2016 at 9:33 AM, KingNemesis said: There still are. The lifts are the hexagonal rooms you walk into just before the station, in fact the lift doors are still there! Expand Ohhhhh that's what that is! I could never understand why that room was like that! KingNemesis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 I was discussing with other members today, that I first attended Thorpe Park when X No Way Out opened, with my children - my goodness, that was twenty years ago, and my kids are older than I am now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 On 9/25/2016 at 8:29 PM, planenut said: I was discussing with other members today, that I first attended Thorpe Park when X No Way Out opened, with my children - my goodness, that was twenty years ago, and my kids are older than I am now. Expand Ahhh 1996 - the year I left school I remember winning 4 free tickets to the park that year and no bugger wanted to go with me! I never got to ride X:\NWO until a few years later and only went on the damn thing once - how I didn't vomit was a miracle My sister was sat in front of me so it would have gone all over her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 On 9/25/2016 at 9:43 PM, Han30 said: Ahhh 1996 - the year I left school I remember winning 4 free tickets to the park that year and no bugger wanted to go with me! I never got to ride X:\NWO until a few years later and only went on the damn thing once - how I didn't vomit was a miracle My sister was sat in front of me so it would have gone all over her Expand Wow, the things we reveal. Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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