October 27, 200816 yr comment_37525 Look, rides re open as soon as it is physically possible. There are no if's or but's about it.Yes, it broke on Friday, but it won't instantly be on the website, and obviously didn't break at 4am leaving time for the website to be updated before your visit.
October 27, 200816 yr comment_37536 Hey Stealth Supreme, I'm about to disporve everything you just said, so enjoy this.Firstly the engineers attempted to get it open on Friday. They didn't succeed because the ride wasn't having any of it. I was in the park on Friday between 12 and 5. I saw engineers in the control box, on the ride platform and at the top of the lift hill.Secondly, Friday and Saturday had equal amount of guests. There was a couple 100 more on Saturday but not nearly enough to justify them closing Fury for a whole day just to piss a few people off. You may also notice Fury is back open, Bash Street Bus is not. The fact they got Fury open at all when it was due to be closed for the rest of the season shows that Chessington's engineers put their best into getting it open for half term week should be complimented, not criticized just because it wasn't open on your visit.Frankly your point about Falls and Tomb is neither their nor here. Fury's staff aren't just split round those two rides, they aren't part of the same area. To add to this it costs more to run Dragon Falls per hour then Fury so surely if they were cutting costs they'd get Fury open straight away.Now Stealth, here's the crux of things. Alex and I work at Chessington. You can believe what you want but when we say they were trying to fix the rides, we're telling the truth. Its the same for all of the Merlin group. If rides are down behind the scenes the engineers are working their arses of to get them open.
October 27, 200816 yr comment_37539 The fact that it was never mentioned on the official site was also rather annoying. There though, you have a valid point IMO.
October 27, 200816 yr comment_37540 That's true HOWEVER, at the entrance it was made explicitly clear Dragons Fury would not be available on Friday.
October 27, 200816 yr comment_37543 Granted, but that unfortunately dont really help the people who have already travelled to the park
October 27, 200816 yr comment_37545 Granted, but that unfortunately dont really help the people who have already travelled to the parkThats such a moot point. If people are travelling 100's of miles to be at Chessington they probably wouldn't be able to access the internet that easily. If they did its doubtful they would cancel a trip on that basis anyway. Secondly, as you said a ride status can change very quickly. I agree, should be on the website but Cwoa and Alton have never been good at that. We had no idea Hex was to be closed and I didn't know Oblivion was closed for the first day of my two day visit last month. Thorpe are the only ones who have ever been good at that sort of stuff. But that's the only credit I can ever give to them.
October 28, 200816 yr comment_37563 The lights on the immelmann was also pretty. :PYeah, the flames were good, they really added a lot to the atmosphere.
October 28, 200816 yr comment_37653 The flames on top of Fury today were pretty.They have flames on the fury !Very nice Where are they on top of the lift hill?
October 29, 200816 yr comment_37667 On the station, pretty much the same as the ones on Thorpes entrance.
October 29, 200816 yr comment_37685 On the station, pretty much the same as the ones on Thorpes entrance.Oh nice!Never have been to a Chessington Hocus Pocus but sounds like they've done a lot with the themeing! Fury in the dark sounds good fun with the flames and lit up immelman turn.
January 14, 200916 yr comment_42827 Looking forward to riding Dragon's Fury as during the closed season it seems to take forever to go and then when the season is open it goes soooooo quickly!Anyway... back to Dragon's Fury I love it and can't wait to ride aswell as Vampire!
January 18, 200916 yr comment_43010 Dragon's Fury is the best ride at Chessington and far superior to Spinball at Alton Towers. The ride is brilliantly themed and I think that it's an excellent family ride. Although I wish capacity was better as the queues are often huge but, I suppose you can't have everything...
January 18, 200916 yr comment_43012 I agree Dragon's Fury is very well-themed and I love how its encloses the entire area. Spinball may have 2 Immelman Turns but the whole coaster hasn't got a lot of themeing and is very cramped. Wikipedia says the themeing is limited - what a load of crap.Not to mention that Df is longer at 1770+ ft whilst Spinball is only 1500-ish.DF might have long queus but only because its the joint-star attraction along side Vampire. Maybe if there were more rides and attractions, the ride will be less busy?
January 18, 200916 yr comment_43017 Nah, the very nature of spinning rollercoasters means they always have ridiculous queue lengths. Only good for funfairs IMO.
January 18, 200916 yr comment_43024 Maybe if spinning coasters were made longer - they have more cars on track?
January 18, 200916 yr comment_43030 It would be minimal to be honest Will. Fury is one of the longer spinners out there (and it can potentially run 8 cars), but to get the best out of that the staff have to work very very fast. With the.. difficulties of guests, its impossible to run efficiently.
January 18, 200916 yr comment_43034 Well tbh even if it was longer and had more cars on the track it would still be loading at the same speed, there would still be the same number of cars in the station.
January 19, 200916 yr comment_43059 It would be minimal to be honest Will. Fury is one of the longer spinners out there (and it can potentially run 8 cars), but to get the best out of that the staff have to work very very fast. With the.. difficulties of guests, its impossible to run efficiently.Dragon's Fury can run 9 cars not 8!
January 19, 200916 yr comment_43060 themeparkmad, Mark runs the ride, I think I'm sure he knows how many cars can run on it....Take Cobra for example (probably won't know it), it has 6 cars but is only feasible to run 5. Therefore at least always one car is off for maintenance etc.
January 19, 200916 yr comment_43064 Fury always has one car off as the ride would stack up at the end brake run as it takes too long load the cars and have all the cars on at the same time.
January 19, 200916 yr comment_43069 Fury has nine cars, it is able to run with a maximum of eight therefore one is kept off to be used for parts. All eight cars are rarely seen in operation as using them all increases the risk of there being a block shutdown, as cars need to be unloaded/loaded and then dispatched much quicker than with seven cars.These are facts. Gracias.
January 19, 200916 yr comment_43074 Well tbh even if it was longer and had more cars on the track it would still be loading at the same speed, there would still be the same number of cars in the station.They could extend the station, or have one exit station and one entrance station.
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