pluk Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I liked the part that effectively involves a victim being abused/spanked by something... That certainly wouldn't be deemed suitable these days... That is your filthy adult mind piecing that together! To a child it might play slightly wildly in their head but they would make it fit something they are comfortable with, and then enter that dark tunnel with the expectant fear I did so many times. MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 "But what if little Tarquin is mentally scarred forever because of something he heard?" [/helenlovejoy.jpeg] JamminGamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 That is your filthy adult mind piecing that together! To a child it might play slightly wildly in their head but they would make it fit something they are comfortable with, and then enter that dark tunnel with the expectant fear I did so many times. My memories of Vampire in my youf are exactly the same. Dat tunnel... with the sign about the Vampire striking - entering the station was one of the scariest parts! pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 I swear the only reason it doesn't play is because the system broke, maybe they lost or misplaced the file when they updated the audio system. I highly highly highly doubt they'd remove when it's essentially vampire station with slightly more sound effects. It was never played so loudly to make it obvious anyway, it was always subtle! pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 With all this talk about the entrance audio being REALLY loud, these days you hear the station audio playing at the entrance at a very low volume. Surely if they brought back the old audio, they would play it at that volume, if not a tiny bit higher, as if it's heard from the queueline, that would REALLY build the atmosphere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Could some one link me the creepy atmospheric music yeah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Ahem. I remember it absolutely terrifying me. It was played extremely loudly out of one or two small speakers behind the waterfall. Those horrific screams could be heard very clearly from the Vampire queue. As you can imagine, the ride had much less of an atmosphere once the track was removed, although I can certainly understand why it was stopped! If you manage to listen to the whole 23 minutes, congratulations on your achievement and I sympathise with your new mental health issues. Click link above J.S217 J.S217 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Dunno how many of you have heard the audio yet, but I've just heard something very disturbing and DISGUSTING within it! It sounds as if something is biting down on something (or someone) else, combined with the sickly sound of crunching and dripping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Calm down, Daily Mail. Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Sounds like me eating a creme egg tbh... pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 That Music is brilliant I remember hearing it by the Red waterfall and in the dark tunnel leading to the entrance with that Vampire Cackle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Fastrack was in op on Saturday, 45-60 min queue otherwise even though it was quiet. They had 2 trains and were training up staff but the loading is still fubar-ed. I can't for the life on me understand why they can't throw a bit of cash and technology at it and get rid of all this manual checking.... A pilot doesn't go and push/pull the engines and wings before taking off! Even my car tells me if my seatbelt isn't fastened.... Regardless of which, even without any safety restraint you'd have to be trying really hard to fall out of the Vampire. H&S gone mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Lol at Chessie having Fastrack on Annual Pass Day... Manual restraint checking will never go, that simple... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I can't for the life on me understand why they can't throw a bit of cash and technology at it and get rid of all this manual checking.... A pilot doesn't go and push/pull the engines and wings before taking off! Even my car tells me if my seatbelt isn't fastened.... Regardless of which, even without any safety restraint you'd have to be trying really hard to fall out of the Vampire. H&S gone mad! Really? Thing is, people are stupid. So stupid that on rides like Fury and Runaway Train they will actually sit on the restraints. Look at all the incidents in America of staff not doing their job properly, over-riding the rides safety protocols to send the train. Next thing you know, people flying out of seats. Health and Safety 'isn't going mad' like you suggest, I'm not sure it can go mad when it's keeping people alive, especially when it comes to the day to day running of a ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I can't for the life on me understand why they can't throw a bit of cash and technology at it and get rid of all this manual checking.... A pilot doesn't go and push/pull the engines and wings before taking off! Even my car tells me if my seatbelt isn't fastened.... Regardless of which, even without any safety restraint you'd have to be trying really hard to fall out of the Vampire. H&S gone mad! The pilot may not go and visually inspect but someone will before the plane takes off and the cabin crew do a visual check to make sure all passengers have their seat belts on. Most rollercoasters are aware when restraints aren't closed (Air at AT is very tempremental on this) but a manual check reassures the public and helps stop other hazards that could harm the rider or spectators as well. and I hate the phrase Health & Safety gone mad. Almost always when someone says this it is actually fear of litigation that causes the problem. Most places will have done a risk assessment and identified which risks can be allowed and which can't, some further risks that are very unlikely are also prevented because of the risk of being sued. In this case restraint and passenger checking is a simple part of the ride safety and doesn't add much inconvience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worthy9992 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 The thing is it's our culture of people I went to europa last year and all but 2 rides no restraints were check at all and as soon as all bars down it was sent. But it works because all the people who go to europa know to pull down a restraint and click In any secondary belts where as in the uk my experience of working at a theme park the type of people we get it won't work if you don't check as people leave belts out I Evan Karen people trying to sit on top of a harness on stealth before Imagineer and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry-go-girl Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 I typically have a moment of panic with restraints, as a naturally anxious person it's a relief for me to have some guy walk past and give my handiwork a little tug. But now that that I hear other people have been trying to sit on them I feel better about myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 The thing is it's our culture of people I went to europa last year and all but 2 rides no restraints were check at all and as soon as all bars down it was sent. But it works because all the people who go to europa know to pull down a restraint and click In any secondary belts where as in the uk my experience of working at a theme park the type of people we get it won't work if you don't check as people leave belts out I Evan Karen people trying to sit on top of a harness on stealth before A few parks do visual checks when possible... Using Europa as an example they don't need to physically check Silver Star because there are lights on the base of the restraint... HOWEVER, they do physically check Blue Fire and Wodan (the only 2 coasters that receive such a honour)... So then you have to think, "Why do these two get checked and the rest not?"... Is it due to simplicity of the other restraints such as on Matterhorn Blitz, or is there a clear visual marker like on Silver Star that means the work isn't required? Physically checking a bar helps the psychological aspects of the riders as well, indeed, a lot of times people want double checking and stuff (this is certainly more regular than people sitting on top of restraints, although a good ride team would ensure that all restraints should be up on something like Stealth), and as such just doing visual checks in a way also could mean some things are missed more easily... That's mainly seatbelts, and Vampire's belts are an incredibly fiddly set... Indeed, a lot of incidents happen both with physical and visual checks on a bar, because of human error (on both guest and staff parts)... But from a personal angle I think the physical checks are certainly appropriate to our parks... As an aside, Six Flags do visual checks on some rides but it doesn't feel as safe as the visual checks at the likes of Europa... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Using Europa as an example they don't need to physically check Silver Star because there are lights on the base of the restraint... I noticed that Nemesis inferno now has LEDS on the back of the seats, they are green when the restraints are released/up and when they are down they go orange. I don't know why they have them because they didn't use them, they still check all the bars. But maybe in the future, they might just look at the LEDS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Lots of rides already have LED systems on them (The Swarm, Saw - The Ride, Flying Fish etc.) but that doesn't mean manual restraint checking will be going away any time soon. Better to have a staff member check bars than have the general public sitting on their restraints instead of in them or have fanboys be trusted to push the boundaries of what an acceptable locked bar position is. (As a side note my restraint was always checked on Silver Star and I believe I last went at the same time as you Benin? I even had a staff member have a go at me when he thought I was slouching too far forward in my seat on purpose) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worthy9992 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 I never got check on silver star at all during the 4 days I were there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Lots of rides already have LED systems on them (The Swarm, Saw - The Ride, Flying Fish etc.) but that doesn't mean manual restraint checking will be going away any time soon. Better to have a staff member check bars than have the general public sitting on their restraints instead of in them or have fanboys be trusted to push the boundaries of what an acceptable locked bar position is. Yeah I know, but what I'm saying is why would they go out of there way installing them on the ride if they didn't come with it. If they aren't going to use them, what was the point putting them there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Yeah I know, but what I'm saying is why would they go out of there way installing them on the ride if they didn't come with it. If they aren't going to use them, what was the point putting them there.The ones on Swarm and Saw are used to check a seat is in the minimum closed position allowed to dispatch the train/car. Who said that staff don't use them? When it comes to slightly larger guests the lights are very useful in speeding up dispatches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 On a positive note though, there was a new RECORDED announcement when I went! "Adventurers...sit back...hold on tight...you're in...FOR A FRIGHT! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!" (Yes, this would be the line of the operators, but this was EPIC!) However, the version of the music had changed! Instead of the amazing sounding looped version we used to hear, it's basically this: Yep, you guessed it! It cuts out at the end! Also, the scream sound really is DEAFENING in the station! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 We'll...... that's alright since that is the full unedited version by Graham Smart. Usually they play a shortened loop that cuts out the choir sections and has different SFX in the station. Both are great. I'd like to hear the full version used in the station for once (looped properly), unless they are just using a file downloaded from the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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