James Allgood Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 It was testing for the afternoon today! Dunno if it ever opened though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Saw it had 3 members of staff at the entrance so if it didn't open it was close to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappomatic Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Slammer was open today: opened late and seemed to be up and down like a tart's knickers all day. MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Nice to see it open! But I seriously think its Slammer time to go to the graveyard. I go to Thorpe quite frequently and seeing Slammer in operation is very rare, plus it takes up a decent chunk of space. #RIPSlammer&Samurai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, imindetonator said: Nice to see it open! But I seriously think its Slammer time to go to the graveyard. I go to Thorpe quite frequently and seeing Slammer in operation is very rare, plus it takes up a decent chunk of space. #RIPSlammer&Samurai Slammer has had a good year so far, opened on annual pass day and that was like the 2nd week its been closed all season. Mattgwise and JoshuaA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slendercat Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Slammer, as great as it is, has been needing to be thrown in a skip for the last 4-5 years really. We should probably realise by now that Thorpe aren't going to get rid of it in the next couple as either they can't be arsed when they have a ride that still works a quarter of the time or they just like throwing money away. Fingers crossed Slammer still has a dignified end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Mae Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 @slendercat, Thorpe can't get rid of Slammer because the man they lease the land from has said no, as its the world's only and he likes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 5 hours ago, Celia Mae said: @slendercat, Thorpe can't get rid of Slammer because the man they lease the land from has said no, as its the world's only and he likes it. The owners who they lease the land from will have no say in any way what rides the park has - will be totally down to Thorpe / Merlin Im not sure it's time is up just yet - after all the work it's had it runs fairly well - apart from the last couple weeks of course! Cal and Matt A 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Slammer is truly unique, but as I've said before I don't consider it "re-rideable", I.e. once a day does me if I have time. Today, I noticed it doing a test run, so went and chatted to the staff, not much information there, but I chose to wait; five minutes and it was ready, first on, and had a spin, nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkLover Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Slammer was up and running today. No ones been on this forum for ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Yep she was working on Saturday We did note that after doing the first cycle, she CBA to level out completely and just starts going back the other way! ImLucifer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 4 hours ago, MattyMoo said: We did note that after doing the first cycle, she CBA to level out completely and just starts going back the other way! I noticed that as well actually! That and it raising and lowering quicker are really noticeable changes. Opened at half 9 on Sunday - was shocked it beat 4 of the major coasters to opening. Go Slammer ImLucifer and MattyMoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 I forget how much I love Slammer until I ride it - definitely a ride to do at the start of the day before you get too fatigued! Awesome stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 Anyone on park got any info on the slammer incident today? Just seen a few bits on facebook today understand it was stuck for ages and parts of the ride were apparently stripped down/ unbolted by engineers to lower and release guests Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 34 minutes ago, RobF said: Anyone on park got any info on the slammer incident today? Just seen a few bits on facebook today understand it was stuck for ages and parts of the ride were apparently stripped down/ unbolted by engineers to lower and release guests Where'd you see this? It closed at half 2 and didn't re open so would make sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Oh dear. At least it was the right way up this time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Hopefully this isn't the end of slammer. Are Thorpe Park aware that the enthusiast love the ride? (that's what it seems like at the moment, which is great). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Well Slammer was open this morning. It's now saying closed again, but it did open so it was probably just a standard procedure to manually release the compressed air to lower it or something. Cal, pluk and MattyMoo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 SLAMMER WILL NOT BE SLAIN. ConnorJ and Celia Mae 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Yea Slammers open - probably sounds a lot worse than it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan currington Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 slammer is one crazy ride its good but it gives me head rush all the time I'm on it and would not like to be on it if it break down hope they keep it as it what make Thorpe park a very good theme park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh3103 Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Slammer has been closed for the last 2 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 On 10/29/2016 at 4:25 PM, Josh3103 said: Slammer has been closed for the last 2 days ...and according to TPM facebook has now had its signage removed, as it has in previous yours when it hasn't quite made the season. I went to Thorpe last Monday and one of the things I was going to say if I ever got round to writing a trip report was how wonderfully Slammer was running. A couple of years back it felt like it was limping through its rotations, but now it was really whipping through. The whole structure felt solid, it accelerated to an impressive speed really quickly, and I saw no issues with it all day. It was running full of people and even loading and unloading pretty swiftly. Of course, when the signage comes down the immediate rumor is that's it, it's gone for good. In previous years, although I'd have been sad to see it go as I really do enjoy it and love having something so unique here, I thought that might be for the best as it had been struggling so much. Would be a real shame if now they had it running so well for so long it finally dies for good. David B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 I doubt we need to worry about it going ! There are engineers there at the moment and it's slightly raised so it's being worked on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Slammers actually be running quite well this season to the brink it's worked well. Certainly been more reliable than Samurai and the Ghost Train, the former of which will surely go before the fly makes its final swat. ste193 and CallumSyxr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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