Mattgwise Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 I actually think it has overall been very reliable this year. It has been open on all my visits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 I actually think it has overall been very reliable this year. It has been open on all my visits.I agree with this, it's been open on all of my visits except for one a couple of weeks ago... On the whole this season it's been pretty good up until it's had this prolonged time of downtime, which always seems to happen just before or in the middle of Fright Nights. However I think the worst ride for reliability this year has to be Samurai, it didn't open right at the start of the season, has had quite a lot of 'odd days' where it's down and also was down for about a week when Slammer went down firstly too.Slammer is a brilliant ride, but as Benin said it struggles with capacity and loading times. Although fastrack for it is only £2 for some reason, great price if it's queue's big This is a bit of a stupid question Lol, but does anyone happen to know if it might open by next weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smidget Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Anyone have any idea what's wrong with Slammer recently? I'm determined to drag my sister on it on the 16th - does anyone think it'll be open by then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Anyone have any idea what's wrong with Slammer recently? I'm determined to drag my sister on it on the 16th - does anyone think it'll be open by then?No idea what's wrong with it, but they must be waiting for a major part as it's been in the same state for about 3 weeks now... been down almost a month. As I said in my earlier post, one of the motors which turns the main boom doesn't have it's belt attached, so it must have something majorly wrong with it, with the motor or gearbox possibly... Hopefully it'll be up again before the end of the season, although I wouldn't be surprised if it's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorpeFanDan Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I wouldn't be surprised if it'll never run again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smidget Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 No idea what's wrong with it, but they must be waiting for a major part as it's been in the same state for about 3 weeks now... been down almost a month. As I said in my earlier post, one of the motors which turns the main boom doesn't have it's belt attached, so it must have something majorly wrong with it, with the motor or gearbox possibly... Hopefully it'll be up again before the end of the season, although I wouldn't be surprised if it's not. Oh no! That actually sucks :'( I haven't been on it since '09 and was really looking forward to giving it another go! Thanks for the information though I suppose I should tell my sister she's safe then ... Still making her go on Rush though, being the lovely big sister I am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 I wouldn't be surprised if it'll never run again.Slammer re-opened yesterday afternoon. Coaster XTREME, AdamY and Tom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 And had a queue of 40 minutes for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Great news, find it quite funny that the ride was down for around the same amount of time last year and give or take a week it has practically reopened at the same time. So shall we expect it to go down again for about 6 weeks in September next year. It seems to hate the beginning of Fright Nights.But apart from this I think Slammer has had a good year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Absolutely shocked to see this ride *actually* working, complete with riders today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Jonny Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 No it's not working I'm stuck on right now Mark9, AdamY, ThrillSeekerMatt and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Jonny Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 After being stuck on slammer for 30 minutes I got a free hot drink and fast track for any ride so it wasn't so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinxy Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 If Slammer was actually reliable it would be a good ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 After being stuck on slammer for 30 minutes I got a free hot drink and fast track for any ride so it wasn't so bad.Reminds me of last day of season 2005. Though the hot drinks machine was broken, so they were trying to offer people ice cold coke. On a freezing wet cold November day. Amazing memories <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokesyboy Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 After being stuck on slammer for 30 minutes I got a free hot drink and fast track for any ride so it wasn't so bad.And you were sitting down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 What, Slammer is working?! I couldn't tell you the last time I rode it... I have a love/hate feeling towards the sensation it gives you of your head feeling like it's going to burst! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinxy Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 The ride is a failure. Even S&S admit that as they no longer produce it and theres only two in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 The ride is a failure. Even S&S admit that as they no longer produce it and theres only two in the world.Makes us even more fortunate that we have one and it's only bloody open! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 It offers a completely unique experience and swinging over forwards never fails to make me laugh. It's a shame that you have to go through an extraordinarily lengthy loading procedure for effectively a ride which only delivers for half of the cycle, but as a ride experience it has good potential, so calling it a failure is a tad harsh in my view. Tom, Luke_A, Drawin and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 If 2013 is a quiet year, and the other Sky Swat in the world closes, Thorpe could advertise Slammer as a "world first" :DI do ride it whenever it's open - fingers crossed now it is open, Slammer has a good year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 If 2013 is a quiet year, and the other Sky Swat in the world closes, Thorpe could advertise Slammer as a "world first" No they couldn't, that would be fraud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 No they couldn't, that would be fraud.That's never stopped them before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 It wouldnt surprise me if Slammer dont last much longer, its had a terrible last 2 years with over a month of downtime each year, its slow to load, its not very popular and it seems to now shutdown each day just after lunch for "checks". Its hardly ideal for the park and if it has another bad year wouldnt be surprised in the slightest if it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Indeed.It is running at a considerable loss, more money is invested in maintaining it, than running it. Why attempt to run something that is failing to run most of the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Dumb question time, but what is wrong with it? Is it the same thing going wrong over and over, or is there a long list of issues with new ones occurring all the time?Surely S+S must be held financially responsible for issues which have never been resolved since installation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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