Kerfuffle Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 On 5/14/2014 at 2:58 PM, Jason said: Thorpe are saying they are hoping to get Slammer going again, they have said they are not scrapping her yet THAT'S a relief! Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 That's good to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernoMartin Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Some of us have been talking in chat and some people who went today have said at around 4:30 slammer did some testing ( not any spinning but going up and down) =D It looks good for the future of slammer if its testing again You have to love them engineers the amount of money and effort they keep putting in her! Cal and coastercameron98 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Wooo! That's good news! Hopefully after a lot of testing, we will see Slammer open again! To be honest, after the testing every day stopping and no work continuing on Slammer, I thought that they had given up with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Keep watching, told by an "angry bird" today that it should be back in operation very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Today witnessed Slammer at the top with its pins retracted (?) - basically it was holding itself up there; and it was doing it for pro-longed periods of time on a couple of occasions. Again, no spinning; but glad to see some work going on. Water dummies have also been removed - don't know if thats good news or bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Same stuff it was doing at MAP weekend... Can't predict if it will open again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Well if they had a period of no testing, and now they are doing the same sort of tests again, they probably had a problem and had to fit another part. Can't wait until it opens again :D Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 I think this will be a case of "Don't get your hopes up" - To save yourself from disappointment, personally would love to see it open again, but let's be honest if it's playing up this much, it's been closed almost a year now! Then I can see them giving up completely. paige 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 It's nice to see them trying though, as a lot of parks would have given up by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Even if they dio get it up and running again, I can see it getting so worn out over summer that it'll be dead again by the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 I'm surprised it hasn't been given up on yet, but even without getting our hopes up we can still praise the park for making active efforts. Personally I like it being closed. When I rode it early last year a couple of times all it did was give me horrific headaches and blood rushes to the head - that ain't fun nor thrilling. So the longer it's closed the longer I go without being dragged on it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Not so much the parts being obtained and fitted but other procedural matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Apparently slammer is ready to open. Only problem is that there is no evac producers so there reluctant to open it. (according to towertimes anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 It was at the top of the ride for a while today, then saw them lowering it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 I think that was one of the problems last year. It would get stuck at the top and it took them often half and hour to get people off. So that would explain why they are stopping it at the top and having the pins taken out to see if it can support itself and then lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Maybe they'll try to get it open at the same time as AB Land? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 ^ They'll probably open it as soon as they can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Quote THORPE PARK Official Slammer is undergoing extensive refurbishment and we hope to announce details real soon/ Thanks She should be open real soon! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 On 5/18/2014 at 2:31 PM, Project LC said: Apparently slammer is ready to open. Only problem is that there is no evac producers so there reluctant to open it. (according to towertimes anyway) TowersTimes thought that a roller coaster could have a washing machine element hidden inside it - they're not the most reliable, believable, intelligent, or pretty much any of the above of fan sites - especially when it comes to Thorpe. #Burn I now refer back to Ricky's post. "Don't get you're hopes up". pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 On 5/19/2014 at 12:23 PM, Flipper said: TowersTimes thought that a roller coaster could have a washing machine element hidden inside it - they're not the most reliable, believable, intelligent, or pretty much any of the above of fan sites - especially when it comes to Thorpe. #Burn I now refer back to Ricky's post. "Don't get you're hopes up". I am aware there not the most reliable source, hence why I said I got it from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernoMartin Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Any updates about Slammer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Slammer was testing again today - I'm guessing it must be getting close now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 You've been saying that all season Sidders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Rumours today were to expect it tomorrow. Emphasis on rumours. I think we should consider any staff who've rode it lucky; as they're likely to be the only riders this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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