June 21, 20178 yr comment_250330 Apparently X is closed for the rest of the month. Anyone know what's happening with it?
June 21, 20178 yr comment_250331 Thorpe felt you didn't have much new to moan about so decided to close it for the lulz...
June 21, 20178 yr comment_250335 3 hours ago, Benin said: Thorpe felt you didn't have much new to moan about so decided to close it for the lulz... They needn't have bothered, plenty to moan about already. Anyone have a useful answer?
June 21, 20178 yr comment_250341 8 hours ago, Coaster said: Apparently X is closed for the rest of the month. Anyone know what's happening with it? I haven't been to Thorpe in the peak of summer in a while but could it be due to the heat? Can't imagine it is the most pleasant building to work in or even queue in for a period of time. Plus, increased heat could be causing more people falling ill so they may just want to reduce the risk.
June 21, 20178 yr comment_250344 I've always found the indoor queue section on X to be ridiculously hot even on not particularly hot days - but no idea why they would close it for the rest of the month as the temps are meant to be going down - unless they are doing maintenance?
June 21, 20178 yr comment_250346 1 minute ago, Han30 said: I've always found the indoor queue section on X to be ridiculously hot even on not particularly hot days - but no idea why they would close it for the rest of the month as the temps are meant to be going down - unless they are doing maintenance? Could be maintenance, or could be a case of Thorpe not wanting to make a daily or several times daily check on the temperature of the building so they'd rather keep the ride out of action until the temperatures drop to something more certainly manageable and roster staff elsewhere. They could also take advantage of the time for tweaks.
June 21, 20178 yr comment_250349 I'd be very surprised if it was weather based given that it's been fine in all other years, and Ghost Train probably has more troubles with indoor temperatures and that hasn't closed. As ever with lengthy closures, they're almost always related to waiting for a new part or (as seen in recent years) to allow for modifications related to new procedures under the H&S mask. I doubt anyone knows the exact reason though.
June 21, 20178 yr comment_250360 I wonder if it's part of the "world's first attraction" announcement Thorpe made today opening this summer. It wouldn't really take a lot of effort to improve it in my opinion, at least fix the broken lights and clean the dust & dirt away. I could still see a fright nights ticket under the track in the station.
June 22, 20178 yr comment_250374 Seems like it isn't unfortunately! But what on earth could it be then?
July 9, 20178 yr comment_250731 Serious question, why wasn't such an upgrade done in closed season? Was it down to the engineers having to put all focus on fixing Derren Brown? If so, then real questions over staffing need to be asked...
July 9, 20178 yr comment_250733 40 minutes ago, Benin said: Serious question, why wasn't such an upgrade done in closed season? Was it down to the engineers having to put all focus on fixing Derren Brown? If so, then real questions over staffing need to be asked... The couple of days before it closed it seemed to be down for large parts of the day - I maybe wrong but I guess they may have just made the most of some time it was down for. Also just re-rode it - the light show in thetr seems to be syncing up with the imascore track playing in there - very cool!
July 9, 20178 yr comment_250737 Perhaps the new soundtrack wasn't ready in time for the ride to be upgraded? If the light show is in sync then it would make sense to delay opening since it all needs to be implemented at once.
July 9, 20178 yr comment_250738 Hopefully its capacity issue is sorted now and back to running more than 2 trains.
July 9, 20178 yr comment_250739 7 minutes ago, Mattgwise said: Hopefully its capacity issue is sorted now and back to running more than 2 trains. Its on 3 today
July 9, 20178 yr comment_250740 Was pleasantly surprised to find X open today and the improvements are fantastic, really shows the difference a small expenditure can make between a mediocre and amazing experience. The ride is looking the best it has in years - the entire queueline has been repainted, new lighting effects and the "dance version" of the park's main theme is such a good idea. Well done Thorpe!
July 9, 20178 yr comment_250741 5 hours ago, Benin said: Serious question, why wasn't such an upgrade done in closed season? Was it down to the engineers having to put all focus on fixing Derren Brown? If so, then real questions over staffing need to be asked... A lighting and sound upgrade wouldn't be done by engineers though The upgrades they've done to the ride experience don't sound like they'd have taken a month, so part of me wouldn't be surprised if they were waiting on a replacement part / parts, and used the time to tart the ride up a bit rather than wait till this coming winter.
July 10, 20178 yr comment_250756 17 hours ago, Benin said: Serious question, why wasn't such an upgrade done in closed season? Was it down to the engineers having to put all focus on fixing Derren Brown? If so, then real questions over staffing need to be asked... I highly doubt they closed it purely for this upgrade, it's probably a case of it needed maintenance so they used the time to give it a refresh.
July 10, 20178 yr comment_250766 So the only music it plays is the IMAscore now? With all the pop music gone from the island and now the ride I wonder if some accountants realised they’d save money by not needing to pay the PPL fees? Genuinely change for the good though.
July 10, 20178 yr comment_250767 15 minutes ago, Ringo said: So the only music it plays is the IMAscore now? With all the pop music gone from the island and now the ride I wonder if some accountants realised they’d save money by not needing to pay the PPL fees? Genuinely change for the good though. The queue line still has the pop music loop it had before - the IMAScore stuff is playing only within the coaster section!
July 11, 20178 yr comment_250771 6 hours ago, Ringo said: So the only music it plays is the IMAscore now? With all the pop music gone from the island and now the ride I wonder if some accountants realised they’d save money by not needing to pay the PPL fees? Genuinely change for the good though. The park will always have to pay for a PRS License, because they will play normal music in Fins Bar & Grill, and other areas probably. Anywhere they are publicly playing normal music will require a license, no matter how loud or where it is
July 13, 20178 yr comment_250821 PRS licenses will be for individual shops and restaurants within the park therefore why none of the kiosks and queue line shops are allowed to play music
July 17, 20178 yr comment_250958 I really do like the new music for x and it does work with the ride a lot better. They have done a good job of doing to the queue line and putting some lighting on it, but I'm sure it wont be long until its all been gratified again.
July 18, 20178 yr comment_250988 Has anyone got a recording of this new imascore soundtrack?? Desperados cantina to hear what it sounds like
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