March 15, 201411 yr comment_178361 Slammer was closed all day today. (Samurai and Zodiac were as well).
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178449 They haven't even put the signage back up for Slammer either. It's weird they decided to print it on the map. If they're going to reprint it in 2 months for Angry Birds they may as well have just omitted it, unless of course they expect it to open sooner rather than later
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178450 Thorpe stated in the questions to TP topic Slammer should be back up and running for open day on Thursday
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178460 Not open today either... Possibly optimistic it opening Thursday...
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178466 When was the last time Slammer has actually been open to the GP? I'm sure the last time I rode it was in like 2011 if that, so either I've had awful luck whenever I've gone or Slammer has acted as a monument for the past 3 years.
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178467 It last operated around last June/July. A lot of the time it is a bit of a monument and it's amazing Thorpe even bother with it anymore.
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178472 I'm going to Thorpe in April as well as during FN so I should actually get a chance of riding it, that's if they haven't lost all hope by then, which is seeming more and more likely at the moment.
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178479 Place bets now on how long till it goes bang again. My bet is it will shutdown before the end of the day :/
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178482 Place bets now on how long till it goes bang again. My bet is it will shutdown before the end of the day :/ Write your own jokes Hope it holds out this season, I will be shocked if Slammer has another season for serious downtime and it survives to tell the tale another year.
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178485 It's only been testing today, no sign of life around it as of 5 min ago!
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178489 Only sign of life was them testing it shortly after I'd originally posted today...
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178492 It was testing today, although very slowly. Seemed to get stuck at various places as well.
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178525 I didn't see it 'In action' but I saw it coming down, it took like 6-7 minutes to come back to ground level. Got a little bit of it on video.
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178853 so any news if slammer was open today? going tomorrow and not sure whether to get my hopes up or not aha!
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178855 so any news if slammer was open today? going tomorrow and not sure whether to get my hopes up or not aha! Wouldn't get your hopes up, it was testing on Sunday and wasn't right. Apparently there was no sign of testing today.
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178856 thanks, ah well with another trip end of next trip, I should hopefully get to ride it after it being closed before may last year which was my first visit of the year!
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178873 No opening, no signage, no testing, nothing. I cant say I had my hopes up but I had hoped for some kind of life after the park's comment saying "It will be open on Thursday" whereas instead it sat gathering dust again in the corner.
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178876 at this rate if I do get round to riding it... I'll be too scared of it breaking down on me (as if I don't get enough thoughts in my heads with other rides! #paranoid)
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178878 I'm bored with this ride, it's too much off a maintenance nightmare, if it was at Alton, I'm sure they would have done what they have done with Submission but about 2 years ago. I mean I like it but to me the park are just wasting their time with it now...
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178879 at this rate if I do get round to riding it... I'll be too scared of it breaking down on me (as if I don't get enough thoughts in my heads with other rides! #paranoid) When the the ride is actually working, I've never actually seen this ride break down during operation, where as I've seen nearly every other ride on the park break down, so I wouldn't be too scared.
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178881 When the the ride is actually working, I've never actually seen this ride break down during operation, where as I've seen nearly every other ride on the park break down, so I wouldn't be too scared. that is true indeed, although I did hear last year that people we're stuck on it for an hour or two last year up in the air, and then was closed for the rest of the year... my problem is I get uncomfortable and clausterphobic being stuck aha - Colossus, although one of my favourite rides, is horrible restraints wise!
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