Marc Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I meant it would have been nice to do that before it closed. Then again, they might not have been expecting it to close until the end of the season, but maybe something has happened which caused it to close sooner? Slammer is definitely not closed out of choice at the moment! Hopefully they can get it back up and running to see the season out Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James39 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Slammer is currently operating! OldFarmerDean and Glitch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Slammer is currently operating! I was about to question that lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Oh slammer, you are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Great to hear, especially considering Thorpe were saying it would be out for the rest of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James39 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 30 minute queue currently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Gave me a good old slamming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Strange as a post on twitter two hours ago says slammer and tidal wave are the planned closures in response to a ride availability tweet. It was also completely dead yesterday with no work being done. But nonetheless if it is open then great news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Best news since Dreen Brown! Slammer, keep on slamming. Celia Mae, Mattgwise and Kerfuffle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James39 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Strange as a post on twitter two hours ago says slammer and tidal wave are the planned closures in response to a ride availability tweet. It was also completely dead yesterday with no work being done. But nonetheless if it is open then great news. Assuming my mind wasn't being manipulated by Derren Brown I saw it operating and swiftly rode it just in case it broke down again! Still operating now according to queue times website. JoshuaA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Shut again at 7:30ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Sometimes I don't know why Thorpe even bother with Slammer and Samurai anymore.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Assuming my mind wasn't being manipulated by Derren Brown I saw it operating and swiftly rode it just in case it broke down again Still operating now according to queue times website. Haha. Apologies if I sounded like I was having ago. Not how I meant it to sound, was Just surprised to see it open and thought it odd that the social media staff still thought it was closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Assuming my mind wasn't being manipulated by Derren Brown I saw it operating and swiftly rode it just in case it broke down again Still operating now according to queue times website. Haha. Apologies if I sounded like I was having ago. Not how I meant it to sound, was Just surprised to see it open and thought it odd that the social media staff still thought it was closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Does anyone know why Slammer closed early today? We saw staff walking away from the ride at about 4:40pm talking about having just been on it, so it seems as if they closed the ride early so that staff could go on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Slammer broke down at around 4:15 with the paddles stuck in the air - assume it wasn't fixed in time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Slammer broke down at around 4:15 with the paddles stuck in the air - assume it wasn't fixed in time Ah okay, that's understandable then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 I know before this the operator were pushing the ride a lot for a high throughput and when I was on it, I noticed the restraint locking/unlocking sound happened about 15 times before the ride raised (the blast of air) with nothing happening and I could see two pipes leading to seats in front dripping fluid out. As well as this about 15 mins from close I saw the operators go through Colossus as they were depositing their height check bars there and having a talk and that before going to the Colossus engineering warehouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 It had some issues yesterday too, they couldn't get the restraints to lock down (or whatever the usual problem is, when someone asked the ride op simply said 'usual stuff from slammer'). I found it quiet amusing, when the problems started we were stood at he split point in the queue line, by the time they sort the problems, 90% of the queue had walked out and I ended up on the next run on the back row alone, not because of the time (it was only about 15 minutes), but because one bloke blurted out he was leaving as he didn't want to be he the on the news that night being spattered over the park cos his restraint hadn't locked down, a chineese whisper went down each queue and the rest one by one all slowly chickened out, including my niece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 I know before this the operator were pushing the ride a lot for a high throughput and when I was on it, I noticed the restraint locking/unlocking sound happened about 15 times before the ride raised (the blast of air) with nothing happening and I could see two pipes leading to seats in front dripping fluid out. As well as this about 15 mins from close I saw the operators go through Colossus as they were depositing their height check bars there and having a talk and that before going to the Colossus engineering warehouse. I've heard of that on Slammer before - when moisture gets into the air lines sometimes the bars don't register as locked when they are, they can press a button which blows air through the system (the noises you were hearing) to try to clear this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Credit where credit is due - Merlin have done their utmost to keep Slammer slamming - they could've easily pulled the plug months ago. If it does now stick around for next year, I could finally get to ride it again ImLucifer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Slammer is clearly the best ride at the park. On a day when it was a struggle to find a ride not on the verge of dying, Slammer seemed to run beautifully! Celia Mae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Slammer did breakdown around 10:20 this morning but think it was back up pretty quick ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Well according to Thorpes website, Slammer is now closed for the rest of the season Congrats Slammer, you lasted 2 days! yeah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Considering how its been the last few years, it was genuinely surprising to see it on the ride line -up list, wasn't originally expecting it to be open for a few months yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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