August 21, 201312 yr comment_166324 Great thorpe! Its fantastic you still want to bother with the thing after its terrible downtime record so well done
August 21, 201312 yr comment_166325 A working Slammer is a scary sight - one fit for Fright Nights indeed! (But glad to hear it will hopefully be working for the park's busiest period )
August 21, 201312 yr comment_166334 May as well just make the rides permanent opening schedule March until May and September to October. This happens most years.
August 21, 201312 yr comment_166338 Good to know the park are dedicated to keeping Slammer running! Look forward to it reopening
August 22, 201312 yr comment_166381 This is great to hear! Well done Thorpe, good to see that they are still prepared to get it running again.
August 22, 201312 yr comment_166459 I'm very pleased to hear this. Slammer is unique ride and will surely be an impressive one ridden at night.
September 25, 201311 yr comment_169267 Looks like Slammer isn't going to open for the rest of this season: http://www.thorpepark.com/downloads/plan-your-visit/thorpe-park-gatemap-2013-FN.pdf Disapered of the map for fright nights
September 26, 201311 yr comment_169347 Keeps your fingers crossed as there was a sign saying Samurai was not going to re-open until 2013 last year, but they got it up and running for Fright nights
September 27, 201311 yr comment_169361 I think noone thinks it'll reopen - gone from the map, signage gone, restraints gone. Slightly different pretending it doesn't exist rather than having a sign saying it'll come back whenever!
September 27, 201311 yr comment_169369 How do we know the restraints are gone... This isn't Rameses revenge
September 27, 201311 yr comment_169371 If it is going, I really hope Thorpe don't leave it SBNO for the 2014 season, that area near Saw Island is bad enough with CCR remains and Saw Alive being derelict for most of the season!
September 27, 201311 yr comment_169391 No I reckon it will reopen for the 2014 season tbh, but how do you know restraints are gone?
September 27, 201311 yr comment_169392 I really hope that Slammer does re-open next year. It is a unique (and in my opinion very good) flat ride and I will really miss it if it goes.
September 27, 201311 yr comment_169395 I really hope that Slammer does re-open next year. It is a unique (and in my opinion very good) flat ride and I will really miss it if it goes. Couldn't agree more, My favorite flat ride, and to be honest, it fits like the space that it's in perfectly, and it never has a que But Thorpe said they panned on getting it open on Fright nights, which they now say is very unlikely, So I'm pretty sure it'll open next year
September 27, 201311 yr comment_169397 I would be interested to know the faults that the ride is having as many people have mentioned that the ride is often down for most of the year. Is it the same part which keeps going or is the fault different each time?
September 28, 201311 yr comment_169408 Well I know what was wrong last year as I was told by a member of staff, but I'm obviously not aloud to say. But if it's something to do with the restraints or something to do with under neath the ride, it's not the same problem as there was last year.
September 29, 201311 yr comment_169437 I'm going to play this one by ear as you never know we may have Slammer open for 2014, it may well be removed or it could indeed be replaced by something better.
September 30, 201311 yr comment_169582 I wouldn't pin any hopes on it being replaced, planning permission would have been submitted by now and we have none...
September 30, 201311 yr comment_169585 I wouldn't pin any hopes on it being replaced, planning permission would have been submitted by now and we have none... Whilst I agree it's unlikely to be replaced, I wouldn't count it out just yet. There's still time for a replacement to be sent in, etc. Though the park would have to stick to a tight schedule to open it for the beginning of the new season. Then again, it could just be replaced by something which doesn't require planning permission; a picnic area or something for example.
October 1, 201311 yr comment_169659 How do we know the restraints are gone... This isn't Rameses revenge You can see the lack of restraints quite visibly from the Colossus lift hill. There's a rather large skip next to Slammer now and that's where I'm hoping it'll end up. They could always replace it with Slammer shaped hedges.
October 1, 201311 yr comment_169690 My last couple of trips to Thorpe Park I've seen Slammer out of action for a lot of time now. I think they should get rid of it and build a new flat ride, because slammer has been out of action for ages. Maybe this could be a new possibility for something new next year, or maybe they're not giving up with slammer just yet! Bring on 2014. Edited October 1, 201311 yr by Tommy Grammar and capital letters
October 1, 201311 yr comment_169694 It's unreliable but still popular with guests. Will it go? Maybe. Will it stay? Perhaps. And after literally a year of dull discussion we still do not know. Edited October 1, 201311 yr by Tommy Merged topics, thanks
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