Posted August 2, 200718 yr comment_12910 Whether you rode it there or not, it certainly created alot of controversy when it became common knowledge that Samurai was moving to Thorpe.Many say Samurai was at its best at Chessie, fitted in better, and was a major attraction for the park.Let us remember samurai as it should be remembered- back in its righteous home! ( I couldn't think of the right word, so insread I put righteous )
August 3, 200718 yr comment_12922 Awww the good old days. 3 rides really got me into theme parks; Vampire, Rameses Revenge and Samurai at Chessington. Nothing can beat the memories of walking into the South entrance and seeing a 6 armed gondola swinging majestically over the treetops. Samurai's reputation was one no other UK flat ride can beat. The ride had queues regularly over 2 hours, filling the whole of Mystic East and queues spreading way outside of the area.Oh and the ride was simply fantastic. I remember my last ride at Halloween well with the mister on and manually swinging round. Simply sublime and something it can never replicate at Thorpe is the out of control feeling.Samurai at Chessington: Can you handle it. Ooh I've got goosebumps
August 31, 200718 yr comment_13744 when I went to chessie I was always too samll to ride samurai untill I went to thorpe in 04..... samurai was fine then but I'm wonderin what it was at chessie... some1 fill me in... was it better at chessie or is it better at thorpe? :S
August 31, 200718 yr comment_13763 Chessington Samurai pisses all over Thorpe Samurai, although the latter has improved since opening it is still a shadow of it's former self.At Chessington it just did everything better, it was faster, had manual operation, better setting, better lighting. Inversions would last longer, it was much more forceful and much more of a dominant presence within the park.Take a look.
August 31, 200718 yr comment_13767 had manual operation, better setting <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought it was Manual OR settings?
August 31, 200718 yr comment_13771 Indeed, samurai is run slower at thorpe, out of thorpes control but it is run slower.
August 31, 200718 yr comment_13776 I thought it was Manual OR settings? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The settings were indeed better, but I was talking about setting as in location!
September 12, 200717 yr comment_14514 I wish id been on it a chessington <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ahh so do I, Considering how I think its great at thorpe, so if it was better at chessie, makes me feel annoyed I wasnt born earlier to ride it. Looked Uber.
October 30, 200717 yr comment_16354 Whenever I go past where it used to stand I feel sad. I even remember when it first came to the park. Did it 3 times on the bounce 1 day and didn't feel too good afterwards.
January 30, 200817 yr comment_20552 Can you handle it?!EDIT: Love it how the photo of people riding it at the bottom was taken on Rameses. LOL!
August 6, 200817 yr comment_30479 Sorry to spoil the memories, but for anyone who is interested in when Samurai was removed from Chessington, click here.
August 6, 200817 yr comment_30508 To be honest, hence the name, it was more suited to CWOA than Thorpe. How is the name "Samurai" linked to a lost city.
August 6, 200817 yr comment_30515 I see your point there. Samurai is a mighty warrior.But meh...another one of Thorpe's "things" to go tits-up.
August 6, 200817 yr comment_30516 I didn't realise until now its 9 years old :-|I wish they'd get it properly fix and done up so it can run in Chessie standards again. At least then the huge queues will be worth something at the end.
August 14, 200817 yr comment_30794 Low capacity rides will always have long queues regardless of settings or speeds.
August 14, 200817 yr comment_30797 I didn't realise until now its 9 years old :-|I wish they'd get it properly fix and done up so it can run in Chessie standards again. At least then the huge queues will be worth something at the end.Why fix whats not broken?The VAST majority of the people there would not of been on a topscan so to them, samurais great.And its not really about fixing it up, it had a complete refurbishment, the point is the rides are designed to be used in a travelling fair, samurai running any faster would require more maintenance on it, meaning it be unavailable more throughout the season.
August 15, 200817 yr comment_30851 Can you handle it?!EDIT: Love it how the photo of people riding it at the bottom was taken on Rameses. LOL!They've done that on Thorpe's website, they've used people who are riding Nemesis Inferno, to advertise Stealth. You can tell that they are riding Nemesis Inferno because they are wearing red B&M restraints
August 17, 200817 yr comment_30924 And its not really about fixing it up, it had a complete refurbishment...Is it normal to have one that early in a rides life?
August 17, 200817 yr comment_30925 I think it was more taking the chance to refurbish it while it was over in Holland being repaintd and stuff too, ready for it to be installed at THORPE PARK WORLD OF ADVENTURES.
August 19, 200817 yr comment_30991 Samurai is a fair ground ride, its not designed to be run a minimal of around 8/9 hours a day (much more in summer/fright nights) through out pretty much the entire year, thats why the ride needed a refurbishment when it did, and may well need future work on it to.
August 19, 200817 yr comment_30994 I'm not sure what makes everyone keep on about wanting the 'old' settings back. Enough people get a thrill for it at THORPE PARK, and everytime I go I see people not wanting to go on it because it looks 'scary'. Surely, by making it more intense, it could gain less riders?Also, as Marc said above, it is a fair ground ride, and working alot more hours anyway, a greated setting won't really do the rides parts much good.
August 20, 200817 yr comment_31024 I'm not sure what makes everyone keep on about wanting the 'old' settings back. Enough people get a thrill for it at THORPE PARK, and everytime I go I see people not wanting to go on it because it looks 'scary'. Surely, by making it more intense, it could gain less riders?What an absolutely terrible justifcation for having a slow ride. People are scared by it anyway so it doesn't need to be fast? The biggest WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ever. I know that I can only speak for myself when it comes to Samurai, having ridden it a lot at Chessington and knowing how awesome and punch the air it can be when you get a decent ride on it. Suffice to say I've had that about twice since it moved.
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