March 17, 201411 yr comment_178557 15 people will be absolutely nothing to do with weight restrictions, so I imagine it's just staff wanting to take their time.
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178578 15 people will be absolutely nothing to do with weight restrictions, so I imagine it's just staff wanting to take their time. And you know this how?
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178597 Surely Ripsaw and Rameses should have exactly the same restrictions?
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178603 And you know this how? I'm guessing he knows because it's a new rule for this year, they never use to do this. Also they test the ride with no one on it? So why would it make a difference if 10 people were on it rather than 15?
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178644 I don't know but maybe It could be for evacuation/breakdown reasons? Samurai for instance is the same in that they won't operate it with less than 15 people. I was once told it was so that if the ride cut out it wouldn't shift to the 12 o clock position (which it does with less than 15 people but instead around the 8 or 9 o clock position, preventing you being stuck in an awkward position if it cuts out.
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178649 Samurai is to do with weighting as you say - 15 people allow it to move under it's own weight to the platform to allow evac should there be complete failure. Rameses is completely different. It had absolutely nothing to do with weight or ride running, I've got many years experience working with top spins, so know it's not to do with that.
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178669 could it be just so that it doesn't operate as many cycles in a day, therefore extending the life of the ride?
March 18, 201411 yr comment_178676 Were they running the cycle they always use to, with 2 parts? Loved that cycle, compared to ripsaw anyway
March 18, 201411 yr comment_178678 Oh yeah I so hope they still do the two part cycle, as I swear (unless the guests shouting for a better ride saying it was boring) ripsaws cycle is just the 1st part of the one they have had Rameses revenge on, so I'd be seriously gutted if they've changed it!
March 18, 201411 yr comment_178685 The 2 cycles are still running. I'm back on Saturday so I'll see if I can get any info on the whole 15 people rule.
March 19, 201411 yr comment_178804 Yeah, if 2 cycles are running then that's the maintenance suggestion out the window. Ripsaw has a cycle longer, more intense and involves all of what Rameses includes and is in almost constant use, so I never understand this Ripsaw bashing. Having ridden both, countless times, I know my favourite.
March 21, 201411 yr comment_178970 over the last two or 3 years having ridden both in excess of 10 times, I have only ever experienced a good cycle on ripsaw once, and that was last year when the people on the ride we're shouting is that it, so they sent us round again with a more extreme cycle and managed 4 spins/flips... rameses revenge every time gives 2 cycles and 3 flips on the second part of the cycle (whereas ripsaw only doesn't even do one!). as far as I remember ripsaw does the first part of the 2 part cycle on rameses. so that's why I'm hating on ripsaw.
March 22, 201411 yr comment_179016 The 15 people rule is to do with the breakdown last year (weight distribution)... In additions chains have been added to the side to assist should the situation happen again...
March 22, 201411 yr comment_179018 The 15 people rule is to do with the breakdown last year (weight distribution)... In additions chains have been added to the side to assist should the situation happen again... How would 15 people limit make a difference? There was 39 on when it broke down in June,
March 22, 201411 yr comment_179020 In the incident last year, they were able to lower the ride after releasing the locks. Presumably it would not lower properly with less than 15 people. These are all just extra precautions to ensure such incidents can never happen again, nothing wrong with them.
March 22, 201411 yr comment_179022 Interesting, Ripsaw has had no changes to their rules whatsoever even though it's exactly the same ride and should have the same fail safes.
March 23, 201411 yr comment_179044 Interesting, Ripsaw has had no changes to their rules whatsoever even though it's exactly the same ride and should have the same fail safes. You seem to be forgetting that Alton is a well run theme park and Chessington makes up rules completely on the fly.
March 23, 201411 yr comment_179089 No. Compared to Chessington? Yes... Of course, such claims as to why Towers is apparently (in your opinion) awfully run would be nicely supported by reasonings...
March 23, 201411 yr comment_179093 Compared to Chessington? Yes... Of course, such claims as to why Towers is apparently (in your opinion) awfully run would be nicely supported by reasonings... Of course they are compared to Chessington, I think almost any park is. I never said awfully run, but they aren't well run consistently IMO. I've never seen a park have so many breakdowns on a regular basis, or the way they deal with them sometimes. Secondly, for a place that call themselves a "theme park," I can't believe that they still have that scaffolding under Rita! Thirdly, two words; The Smiler.
March 23, 201411 yr comment_179101 Of course they are compared to Chessington, I think almost any park is. I never said awfully run, but they aren't well run consistently IMO. I've never seen a park have so many breakdowns on a regular basis, or the way they deal with them sometimes. Secondly, for a place that call themselves a "theme park," I can't believe that they still have that scaffolding under Rita! Thirdly, two words; The Smiler. You never went to Thorpe between 2005 and 2012 did you? That's what happens when you have people obsessed with H&S, see also the Punjabi Prison fences on Tomb Blaster/Rameses... Plus Bubbleworks and it's current 'theme'... New ride suffering teething problems, just like other parks (including as an example Saw, or indeed, Stealth)... Bit harsh really to pick up Towers on those 3 points when other parks in the Tussauds/Merlin group have been much worse...
March 23, 201411 yr comment_179106 You never went to Thorpe between 2005 and 2012 did you? That's what happens when you have people obsessed with H&S, see also the Punjabi Prison fences on Tomb Blaster/Rameses... Plus Bubbleworks and it's current 'theme'... New ride suffering teething problems, just like other parks (including as an example Saw, or indeed, Stealth)... Bit harsh really to pick up Towers on those 3 points when other parks in the Tussauds/Merlin group have been much worse... Considering that my original point was that I don't think towers is well run, I don't see why they should be let off just because the other parks are worse.I started going to Thorpe in 2008 and have been going every year a lot since - I've had some appalling days there but Towers seems to have more consistent breakdowns (don't think I've ever been there on a day without at least two).
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.