September 1, 200916 yr comment_68492 That so makes me laugh.I don't understand why an electrician is coming all the way from Alton Towers though?
September 1, 200916 yr comment_68559 That so makes me laugh.I don't understand why an electrician is coming all the way from Alton Towers though?Who said someone was coming down from Alton Towers.
September 1, 200916 yr comment_68564 Some dude near the top of the page.Ah yes... yeah that's wrong I'm afraid.
September 2, 200916 yr comment_68581 There was no evidence supporting it anyway, as I'm quite sure that Chessington have qualified electricians of their own!
September 2, 200916 yr comment_68583 Dan-Rush said it's apparantly waiting for a new part to come down from Alton Towers. I don't know who got the Electrician thing from.
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85882 One of my favourite rides at Chessie. I really enjoy the lift hill becuase it goes up so fast you don't really have much time to think about what comes next. That made me nervous when I was younger lol. There's also a lot of decent airtime on the ride and the track layout is great imo. Sadly, I only got to go on once last year as it had an hour que. I really like the section where the ride goes very close to the ground and provides the sensation of "OMG it looks like I'm gonna hit the floor" lol. Also the first drop (and second) is really fun and full of airtime.
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85904 ^ I remember when I first rode Dragon's Fury and I thought exactly the same regarding the lift hill :PAnd yeah it always has a long queue of usually around 60 mins. Or whenever I usually go anyways.However, overall, Vampire is usually the most popular then Dragon's Fury.
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85910 Vampire is usually the most popular then Dragon's Fury.I Disagree, I would say the general throughput of each ride is equal.
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85911 I Disagree, I would say the general throughput of each ride is equal.Well then you would be wrong :unsure:I know they try to get through a 1,000 Adventurers onto Vampire an hour and I don't think Dragon's Fury reaches that throughput target.However, if I am wrong, please correct me!
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85913 If I remember correctly, from my day at the park, when on 3 trains the target is 800 people an hour for Vampire.Whilst Dragons Fury's was 500/600
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85914 ...when on 3 trains the target is 800 people an hour for Vampire.I think if I remember on the operating control window; I think it says 960 hense why I said 1000
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85915 Ah right, I'm not going to question anything about Vampire with you
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85917 Right... Dragons Fury's target is 700 which is nigh on impossible, Vampire's is 1000 where again is pretty impossible.Rememebr, those target things are absolute crap, the Carousel one for instance is 700, which works out at 10 rides an hour, every seat full and only a 90 second setting.And how often do you think all that happens..Vampire is the more popular ride, arguably Fury is a better ride experience.
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85920 Ah thanks Mark, so what things make it so difficult to reach those targets? I assume just guests being slow?
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85923 Guests being slow is one factor, the other being even if you run the ride perfectly, it just cannot get that throughput because the ride isn't capable of doing it. The final thing is the ride faulting. A lot of the time on Fury for example was drive over-speed which would just cut the drive out.
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85928 Throughputs are too loosely based on averages to ever prove an accurate rate of guests on a ride each hour... Since they imagine every single seat on every single car/train will be full...Filling every single seat is an absolute nightmare on most rides... Hence the issue...And those signs... 300 people an hour on Trucks? Never EVER going to happen... EVER...Doesn't Fury's book say the throughput based on 8 cars as well Mark? (even though it cannot run on 8 without throwing a fit)...On the subject of Fury itself, it's definitely the best spinning coaster I've been on... But it cannot really be compared to Vampire as they are so different from each other... So I like to think that they are both equal and awesome in their own right (especially as Vamp is the best Suspended Swinger in the world now with Big Bad Wolf gone)...
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85935 If anything it's less likely when the ride is new as new rides usually have teething problems.Also, in Maurer Sohne's technical specification of Dragons Fury, the ride apparently has a theoretical capacity of 950 PPH. If only... That PDF file is on the Maurer Sohne website for anyone that is interested
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85972 Fury at a push with all staff working flat out and it being on the right setting for motor speeds, will make 700. Vampire, again at a push can get 1000.However, impossible doesn't exist if you have the right guests (bags STRAIGHT to the other side, shoes on and on the train in time as cast member passes up check restraints), staff (unclipping seatbelts as fast as they can and pushing up restraints, and being fast on the platform) and no ride issues.
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85974 Right, and how often do you have a ride that wants to work, staff that are on the ball, guests that are ready and on the ball, all seats filled, all bags and shoes and stuff on exit platforms.I worked there for five years and saw that once at Fury...
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85976 ...staff that are on the ball, guests that are ready and on the ball...Get some people off of here and you have got one hell of a throughput figure!!
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85977 I'm pointing out that it can be done and was done a fair few times last year, I never said everything would be perfect all the time.
March 12, 201015 yr comment_85981 I'm pointing out that it can be done and was done a fair few times last year, I never said everything would be perfect all the time.And I am just pointing out the only time I ever saw a 700 throughput was on 8 cars and a ride with single rider.
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