September 21, 201411 yr comment_192652 Yes, but she put two of us in the back row and one in row 2 which is not on. I am all for filling empty seats, but not by splitting up groups. (SRQ hint hint Chessie!) So still on the same train, why you moaning? Bet if there were empty seats you'd be moaning at them for not filling them... Go Chessie, fill those seats up...
September 21, 201411 yr comment_192665 not many people go on their own, so if there are odd seats and it's a busy day it's likely groups may be split up. And it makes even more sense if the group is an odd number anyway,
September 22, 201411 yr comment_192684 Never understand why groups moan about splitting but being on same train. It's not like you can speak to them during the ride or anything.
September 22, 201411 yr comment_192693 I believe Vampire is on 2 trains regardless of busyness now. That's pretty good! It was definitely on one train last Tuesday 16th FYI
September 22, 201411 yr comment_192696 Whaaaaat. They lied!! Fair enough, my dreams have been shattered.
September 22, 201411 yr comment_192752 Whaaaaat. They lied!! ...As they so often do! Rule 1. Chessington Lies. But seriously, I REALLY want to see Vampire back on 3 trains anytime soon!
September 22, 201411 yr comment_192791 Shame it's still not on 3 trains (yet) At least they do physically now have 3 trains so if train 1 or 2 get broken, they should still be able to run 2 on the track.
September 22, 201411 yr comment_192794 Its not the same as the stealth situation is it with 3 trains?
September 23, 201411 yr comment_192847 There really is no need for two trains on weekdays though, I think the park is just about hitting a 1000 people mid week.
September 26, 201411 yr comment_193149 Wouldn't be surprised. It barely went over 600 per day midweek when I worked there.. so a thousand sound about right nowadays.
September 28, 201410 yr comment_193269 Why does The vampire only operate 2 trains now, what stopped them operating 3?
September 28, 201410 yr comment_193273 H&S Bullcrap. *Awaits an angry pluk to give a link to the Health and Safety thread and explain the lack of three trains isn't H&S-related*
September 28, 201410 yr comment_193275 Wasn't it just a lot of faffing about with 3 trains? I mean, the current ops don't seem to be able to manage 2 well...
September 28, 201410 yr comment_193277 That's why. They basically had 40 seconds to load and dispatch the train. If they didn't there'd be a high chance that they could collide. Something like that anyway...
September 28, 201410 yr comment_193285 The computer would not let the trains collide. Although I've heard stories of the trains touching each other at the bottom of lift 2 in the old days, before Vekoma redesigned the whole operation system. Not sure about the validity of that, but a lot was changed in terms of blocking and brake timing during the redesign.
September 28, 201410 yr comment_193293 I don't know if this is true or not, but when vampire had Arrow trains when stacking occurred, the third train never used to stop on lift 2 and instead waited behind train 2 at the back of the brake run or something. Could someone please confirm if this was true as I know when vampire did 3 train op with the vekoma trains, the third would stack on the lift. Sadly didn't see the original trains as my first visit there was 2006, four years after the new trains were brought in,
September 28, 201410 yr comment_193299 There used to be blocking brakes earlier on the transfer track, which are now inactive and the train just goes straight through further into the darkness. I think this is where the third train would wait if the station and holding area were still busy. The transfer track is also welded closed now because it is too short for the Vekoma trains.
October 2, 201410 yr comment_193638 Vampire seemed a lot rougher and more Jolty than I've ever remembered
October 8, 201410 yr comment_194130 ^ How's that a bad thing??? I think its great news! I get the feeling it's a picture from the past, rather than current operations... Besides, it rarely ran 3 trains over Halloween because it kept stopping at lift 2... The system just couldn't take the cold and the constant change in running operation...
October 8, 201410 yr comment_194236 Yes, sorry folks. It was an old picture. I was reminiscing of the 'good times' and operations, sadly no more…..
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