May 26, 201510 yr comment_209603 My source who was getting trained on it today said it opens tomorrow.
May 27, 201510 yr comment_209641 Nope but the sign has been put back up, water dummies removed from what I could see. It looks as if its ready to go for tomorrow to me!
May 27, 201510 yr comment_209642 Nope but the sign has been put back up, water dummies removed from what I could see. It looks as if its ready to go for tomorrow to me! Was it testing today as well?
May 27, 201510 yr comment_209644 Yeah it did a couple of full speed tests and then at points throughout the day it raised, began spinning but stopped on an angle. Towards the end of the day they raised it with the caps off of the water dummies, and rotated it to get rid of the water in them. Pavements outside the ride were cleaned and jet washed as well
May 27, 201510 yr comment_209646 I reckon it won't be open tomorrow. Reason being after seeing it today with 3 enginerners at one time. I always thought that if they are still working on it there are problems
May 28, 201510 yr comment_209655 I reckon it won't be open tomorrow. Reason being after seeing it today with 3 enginerners at one time. I always thought that if they are still working on it there are problems I believe by the looks of things yesterday that they were finishing off the E Stop tests. The way it was stopping at funny angles and then after a while rotating itself back and lowering today seems like they are just running final checks, for the possible opening today!
May 28, 201510 yr comment_209671 *crosses fingers* Please be tomorrow. I'm going then. But going back to an earlier post, why did they empty the water out of the dummies while it was testing?Surely it would have splashed people walking past/ on Colossus?
May 28, 201510 yr comment_209677 I put my money on tomorrow if not Saturday Your acts of clairvoyance just keep coming...
May 28, 201510 yr comment_209679 And so begins the posts updating us of Slammer's operational status. I expect 100 posts before the end of half term.
May 28, 201510 yr comment_209687 Seems to be open and on a 30 minute queue according to TPQT edit: it's died again
May 28, 201510 yr comment_209701 Last year Slammer closed everyday around 2 for checks, so it's likely that the second shutdown was just because they were doing checks.
May 28, 201510 yr comment_209703 Did it just before 3. its great to see it going again! as for the breakdowns, it may well be the half day engineering checks they did last season throughout the day repeated this year.
May 28, 201510 yr comment_209717 Nice to see it back open. Thorpe's first day of full ride availability this season.
May 28, 201510 yr comment_209718 I think this topic needs to be renamed Dead Or Alive the way things are going
May 29, 201510 yr comment_209726 I may have to set up a website which sole purpose is to say if slammer is working or not.
May 29, 201510 yr comment_209728 I may have to set up a website which sole purpose is to say if slammer is working or not. One step ahead of you!
May 29, 201510 yr comment_209756 Is it possible for you to track is uptime so you can find out its reliability as a percentage?
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