Theme Park bloke Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Save some money, get rid of the damn ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewie900 Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Save some money, get rid of the damn ride. Give it to thorpe maybe? I don't really think it fits in chessington anymore to be honest. besides. Ripsaw is 10x better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepie Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 You say that, yet there have been queues of around 45 minutes for the ride over the past few days. Peaking at 70 minutes on Wednesday.At a park where they aim to have something for everyone, it fits in just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 I agree, and when I go to Chessington, at least one ride needs to be an intense thrill for me, and that must be Rameses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Just checking out some Rameses footage: 1.10 - 1.32 : Slammer comes to mind.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Ha , yes I agree :)Great ride op there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Ha , yes I agree :)Great ride op there mine when I went,locked the gondala in position at the top then slowly movfed the arms towards the jets with us facing then and the ground,he was going deernum deernum getting faster and faster(like jaws) untilll we were fully in the sprays and we were held there for a while,during that cylce he then spun us round and round like crazy,with a short queue he did the first ride then asked who wants to do the more extreme one,this was the extreme one,it was mentality-great fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkmad Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 You say that, yet there have been queues of around 45 minutes for the ride over the past few days. Peaking at 70 minutes on Wednesday.At a park where they aim to have something for everyone, it fits in just fine.45 mins for Rameses Revenge and Peaking on 70! I have never seen Rameses Revenge top 30 mins and that was when rides like Vampire and Dragon's Fury were over 60 mins.I personally would not queue 45 mins for Rameses Revenge due to the fact that everyone usually in that queue is pushing and it annoys me.I would rather not ride it to be honest and join a more "better" queue line.e.g. Vampire - Can't really all push in that queue line!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theme Park bloke Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 1.10 - 1.32 : Slammer comes to mind....Yes, I agree. I've been slated in the past for saying that I know what Rameses feels like, even though I've never been on it, or Ripsaw at Alton Towers. With this "Slammer effect" in parts of the ride, now will they believe me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 I agree, and when I go to Chessington, at least one ride needs to be an intense thrill for me, and that must be Rameses.Dragons Fury is far more intense then a lot of people give it credit for. Just get the right weight combination and well.. I've seen grown women cry after it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Do the Ops on this have control of the gondala braking, or is that part of the cycles??What do you mean by breaking? I.e.: Actually breaking (slowing down) or Locking/Unlocking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Sorry, wasn't very clear, meant unlocking/locking Oh right. The gondola is locked/unlocked as part of the programmed cycle. The ride ops have manual control over the water fountains, and that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Ol' Paul is correct :)I don't think there is, but is there/ did there used to be a manual control function on Rameses Revenge or Ripsaw or in fact any Top Spin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Ol' Paul is correct :)I don't think there is, but is there/ did there used to be a manual control function on Rameses Revenge or Ripsaw or in fact any Top Spin?I'm not 100% sure on this one, but I would have thought that there would be some sort of manual operation available, for use in emergencies etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 I'm not 100% sure on this one, but I would have thought that there would be some sort of manual operation available, for use in emergencies etc.That's what I figured, or there could be like an automatic return to the loading/ unloading position in the case of an E-Stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 You can if it's turned to manual, but in automatic operation (ride can be brought down in manual if it gets stuck) the ride runs pretty much from op pressing start to cycle end, automatically.The ride does have forward speed dial, backwards speed dial and brake, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Ah ok, thanks for clearing that up :PIs it/ has it ever been operated in manual or are ride op's not allowed to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Ah ok, thanks for clearing that up :PIs it/ has it ever been operated in manual or are ride op's not allowed to?I think they can, my friend (smartguy) said that the op was slowly tilting them towards the water jets, he knew it wasn't part of the automatic cycle becuase he was stopping and starting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepie Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Impossible. Rameses is one button from the operator, and one button from the platformer, which must be pressed simultanueously to send the ride.The only manual buttons the ride has is the small speed dial to bring the ride down in the case of a shutdown, but this does not control any brakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricBlll Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Wow, just found this great photographs from Rameses' Revenge's early days. Thanks a lot to whoever posted them on Photobucket. Well, I can see why they changed it, but why change it to something completely irrelevent to Ancient Egypt? If you look closely on the entrance sign and background piece as they are today, you can see marks where the bigger logos used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 The colouring is so very 90s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyT Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Well, I can see why they changed it, but why change it to something completely irrelevent to Ancient Egypt?When they changed the colour scheme, they wanted the ride to look like some kind of machine- a device that Rameses looks you into, and well... gets his revenge. Of course there's the whole backstory about Moses/ the parting of the Red Sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 ^ When was the colour scheme changed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricBlll Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 It was rethemed in 2000, according to Theme UK.Also thanks to Theme UK, I found these promotional images showing the ride before and after. It looks better before, in my opinion. Was there any need to make it look like an Egyptian 'machine' (if there is such a thing?!). I preferred it with its ancient wooden/decorative look, though somewhere between the two would have been perfect.In this promotional image, a completely different looking ride is pictured. Is it a different ride or just concept art? Notice Tomb Blaster's queueline in the background and an Egyptian statue at the bottom of the page.This time the actual ride is pictured. Notice the snake wrapping around the wooden-themed support and the old colour scheme.Promotional images for the new look ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Those Rameses photos are mine. I love the colours of old Rameses, just a shame the damn snakes on the side were the reason for its retheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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