April 10, 201114 yr comment_112954 Yeah that is what I thought :PI suppose because it goes over the top of your head there. To be honest its rare you get a choice of seat on Tidal anyway, or I've never been given one. Front Seat is fantastic for the experience though for the bang of water, and strangely one of the driest. Would always be my preference.
April 10, 201114 yr comment_112959 To be honest its rare you get a choice of seat on Tidal anyway, or I've never been given one. Front Seat is fantastic for the experience though for the bang of water, and strangely one of the driest. Would always be my preference.I was at the front seat once, I remember because my dad was with me and it cracked his ribs from the force. Good for me though haha. Don't worry my dad is fine.
June 4, 201114 yr comment_117108 To be honest its rare you get a choice of seat on Tidal anyway, or I've never been given one. Front Seat is fantastic for the experience though for the bang of water, and strangely one of the driest. Would always be my preference.It depends on your height at the front I always seen to shield people on this ride and come of as wet as a sponge but always get thanks for people I shield
June 4, 201114 yr comment_117110 It's weather like yesterday and the day before which makes Tidal Wave seem like an amazing investment to have.
June 4, 201114 yr comment_117139 Problem with Tidal Wave is when it would actually be nice to go on it, the queue is often over an hour! I'll stick to Loggers. Or possibly just the tidal bridge!
June 10, 201114 yr comment_117568 Stuck at the top of this thing today, one of my freinds totaly freaked out felt really sorry for him . He just got the courage to go on a ride. Staff didnt help much either, I know they cant say whats wrong with ride but telling us the same thing over and over really wasnt helping him. Jake
June 11, 201114 yr comment_117595 When I went to thorpe park in the summer, tidal wave had a queue of over 3 hours, so it has not lost its popularity. I think that in the winter, if you get as soaked as you do in the summer, you wont dry off for the rest of the day :/ (this has happened to me many times)I have always wondered, is the splash that tidal wave makes natural? Or are there pipes at the bottom of the drop that are sensor activated which shoot water up when the boat goes over it? It just seems quite a big splash for a big boat. But then again, it could be the design of the boat that makes the splash. Any ideas?? haha Edited June 11, 201114 yr by Sheepie Merged your two posts.
June 11, 201114 yr comment_117598 It's an au natural splash...The designers made the boat's shape in such a way to create the splash of that size, and it's similar for other rides of it's type, though Tidal Wave is probs one of the bigger splashes I've seen on these ride types...
June 11, 201114 yr comment_117603 Yep defently the shape of the bow The boat has a slight square nosing to it on it chines and this creates a great splash
June 12, 201114 yr comment_117646 the boat got stuck again yesterday as we were queuing up! not to far up, one of the staff went up the steps to carm them down
June 13, 201114 yr comment_117758 Its quite funny how people panic badly if it gets stuck on the lift. I would be much more scared of getting stuck on Slammer. Even though getting stuck is not funny.
June 14, 201114 yr comment_117787 Its quite funny how people panic badly if it gets stuck on the lift. I would be much more scared of getting stuck on Slammer. Even though getting stuck is not funny.Very true what's the worst that can happen when you get stuck on tidal wave just sit there for ages unless the ratchet brakes and roll back down the hill .
June 14, 201114 yr comment_117827 I didnt realise you rolled back down, I thought they either got you off or the ride carried on when they got the ride working again.
June 14, 201114 yr comment_117836 when I was there it didnt roll back down they just waited till it started going again and off it went
June 14, 201114 yr comment_117850 Thats what I thought :?Think you misread Dano's post. He was taking the mickey, saying it can't be too bad unless the chain snaps and the thing rolls down the hill backwards. Like a "OMG WTF THIS IS A FREAK SITUATION" scenario
June 14, 201114 yr comment_117864 Tidal Wave has never had and never will have a 3 hour queue. With regards to shutdowns, guests dont need to know more than what the attendant tells them, they are usually very minor error messages, or common occurrences and 9,999,999 times out of 10,000,000 will never be due to guests safety being directly at risk.this was not edited for spelling
June 14, 201114 yr comment_117866 For some reason when I stand on the bridge I never get wet?You have to stand in the right place and also hope theres a really big wave, ive noticed that a lot when I go, people either stand to far back, or there just isnt a big enough wave to get people on the bridge. Ive found that when ever I stand n the bridge, its usually just my feet the get wet, not really a nice feeling to have if the rest of you is dry (not goin on tidal, just runnin onto the bridge).
June 15, 201114 yr comment_117868 You have to stand in the right place and also hope theres a really big wave, ive noticed that a lot when I go, people either stand to far back, or there just isnt a big enough wave to get people on the bridge. Ive found that when ever I stand n the bridge, its usually just my feet the get wet, not really a nice feeling to have if the rest of you is dry (not goin on tidal, just runnin onto the bridge).You need to get a fully loaded boat for best soaking IMO I got caught out walking across once
June 16, 201114 yr comment_117958 Tidal Wave has never had and never will have a 3 hour queue. With regards to shutdowns, guests dont need to know more than what the attendant tells them, they are usually very minor error messages, or common occurrences and 9,999,999 times out of 10,000,000 will never be due to guests safety being directly at risk.this was not edited for spelling That last line needs a capital letter and a fullstop love...Anyway, just thought I'd share my love for Tidal Wave :DI love the impact of the wave on the station and the way everyone's like "Aaah!" Plus it adds to the atmosphere and the theme! It was making some huuuge waves on Tuesday, probably helped by having full boats as others have said. I love the noise of it thundering down the drop then the giant, satisfying splash :DDoes anyone know why they sometimes have the water turned off on the drop? I've never really known I don't like it when they do this, it makes it look silly and takes away some of the excitement, not seeing the water flowing down the drop.
June 16, 201114 yr comment_117984 Does anyone know why they sometimes have the water turned off on the drop? I've never really known I don't like it when they do this, it makes it look silly and takes away some of the excitement, not seeing the water flowing down the drop.I have always thought this... But I noticed a couple of weekends back that the water pump motor (which you can see in the queue in parallel with the near bottom of the drop) has had some parts of it stripped down, the connecting water pipe was disconnected when I saw it last and the little mini shed that it is in was also gone. I'm not sure but I think it had a "do not use or connect this device to power" sticker on it. I then got closer to the station and saw by the maintenance shed's for Stealth that there were some new looking pipes that look very similar to the ones that take the water from the bottom of the drop up to the top. So I suppose they are in the middle of adding some new parts. That's why I think it's been turned off recently, don't exactly take my word for it, but I'm sure the pipes were for Tidal.
June 16, 201114 yr comment_117990 As far as I know, the water that cascades down the drop is known as a "show pump", which is similar to most flume rides. It is just for show and has very little to no impact to how the ride operates. Tidal Wave has never had and never will have a 3 hour queue.In that case, I want those three hours back I queued during the Heatwave of Easter 2002.
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