August 29, 20169 yr comment_240671 I'm pretty sure it's still the lift. Saw a cart testing on Colossus and it got stuck on the lift.
August 29, 20169 yr comment_240689 If you even get on it, as it seems to go down just after midday, and isn't always re-opening...
August 29, 20169 yr comment_240693 Was running fine on Saturday on 2 trains - I saw it went down yesterday morning and was back up late afternoon.
August 30, 20169 yr comment_240722 If a train stops on the lift..... Doesnt mean its always the lift at fault.... It could be an issue with a popped bolt happens allot on hot days.... And you have to park the first train on the lift to clear the second train, or the ride blocks out where the train has been dispatched to early or the system thinks there maybe a train on the track or in breaks still
August 30, 20169 yr comment_240728 7 hours ago, RobF said: If a train stops on the lift..... Doesnt mean its always the lift at fault.... It could be an issue with a popped bolt happens allot on hot days.... And you have to park the first train on the lift to clear the second train, or the ride blocks out where the train has been dispatched to early or the system thinks there maybe a train on the track or in breaks still Or some plonker pulls his/her phone/camera out which is against the house rules and therefore all have to wait for that selfish person, whether they are GP or not.
August 31, 20169 yr comment_240749 19 hours ago, RobF said: If a train stops on the lift..... Doesnt mean its always the lift at fault.... It could be an issue with a popped bolt happens allot on hot days.... And you have to park the first train on the lift to clear the second train, or the ride blocks out where the train has been dispatched to early or the system thinks there maybe a train on the track or in breaks still Dispatching a train early on Colossus...... You should do stand up
August 31, 20169 yr comment_240752 Trust me when I say your not allowed to dispatch until the other train has backed up... As it causes a lift shutdown and evac... Seen it happen back in the day were we were on it ..... Saying that back in 07 in frightnights 2 platformers on nemesis inferno for 2 hours we disnt stack constantly dispatching before the final helix's
August 31, 20169 yr comment_240762 4 hours ago, RobF said: Trust me when I say your not allowed to dispatch until the other train has backed up... As it causes a lift shutdown and evac... Seen it happen back in the day were we were on it ..... Saying that back in 07 in frightnights 2 platformers on nemesis inferno for 2 hours we disnt stack constantly dispatching before the final helix's Surely the ride just waits until the train still on the tracks gets back to the station and then starts the lift again? I know Vampire does this on the second lift hill although it is designed to handle 3 trains at once.
August 31, 20169 yr comment_240771 No, it needs a manual override to restart it and I'm pretty sure only engineers are authorised to restart it.
September 1, 20169 yr comment_240801 Also Colossus cant shift a laden train on the lift so needs an evac
September 1, 20169 yr comment_240802 18 hours ago, EpicSmatty said: Surely the ride just waits until the train still on the tracks gets back to the station and then starts the lift again? I know Vampire does this on the second lift hill although it is designed to handle 3 trains at once. *Used to. Vampire runs without and it's perfectly safe.
September 1, 20169 yr comment_240813 On 31 August 2016 at 9:06 AM, Graeme said: Dispatching a train early on Colossus...... You should do stand up My point was that I have never seen a train on Colossus actually ready to dispatch early.
September 1, 20169 yr comment_240820 Go back two years ago and there were days when you would be sent as soon as the other train hot the brakes, also meaning you never got held on the brakes.
September 1, 20169 yr comment_240830 On 8/31/2016 at 4:27 PM, Matt10 said: No, it needs a manual override to restart it and I'm pretty sure only engineers are authorised to restart it. Well I stand corrected! Tbh I can't see that there'd ever be a point of sending the ride off that early since the efficiency wouldn't increase at all anyway. 9 hours ago, ChessingtonSam said: *Used to. Vampire runs without and it's perfectly safe. Pretty sure I experienced it waiting either this year or last year (although I think it was at the bottom of the lift hill), it wasn't unsafe before, it was just waiting until the next section of track was clear during busy times I believe
September 1, 20169 yr comment_240832 4 minutes ago, EpicSmatty said: Pretty sure I experienced it waiting either this year or last year (although I think it was at the bottom of the lift hill), it wasn't unsafe before, it was just waiting until the next section of track was clear during busy times I believe Yeah, it happens sometimes nowadays but not alot, Ive never experienced it so maybe operations were great when you went
September 2, 20169 yr comment_240840 If the other train doesn't stack on the brakes, 2-3 extra trains are able to be sent an hour as by preventing this you save around 3-5 seconds of dispatch time.
September 18, 20168 yr comment_241469 Had two awful rides on Colossus at the end of the day today, I've never known it run so rough!
September 18, 20168 yr comment_241481 46 minutes ago, Matt10 said: Do you know which train you were on, and what row? Not sure which train sorry, but it was the back row the first time and four rows in from the back on the second time.
September 18, 20168 yr comment_241483 Car 5 train 2, car 7 train 2 and car 3&4 train 1 are the roughest rows.
September 27, 20168 yr comment_242075 I'm not gonna lie, this ride is good, but is in dire need of refurbishment. I'm talking about a new paint job and a new set of trains, for example similar trains used on Intimidator 305, or maybe ones similar to Taron. Anything better than the current ones!
September 27, 20168 yr comment_242078 41 minutes ago, Tom Stoker said: I'm not gonna lie, this ride is good, but is in dire need of refurbishment. I'm talking about a new paint job and a new set of trains, for example similar trains used on Intimidator 305, or maybe ones similar to Taron. Anything better than the current ones! Agree - I actually quite like Colossus (this is quite controversial but I prefer it over Inferno) BUT in all honesty I can't see them getting new trains or getting a paint job - God knows how much that would cost and if they would even want to invest in it - I'd also like to see the medusa pit looking nice and clean again but its been skanky for years! My most recent ride on Colossus was beyond painful but then I was near the back - usually I find it much better nearer the front. Would be so much better with lap bars - no head banging!
September 28, 20168 yr comment_242087 I still keep my belief. The trains whilst they are poor, a large amount of the roughness issues concern the track. Anyone who has tried the old intamin track style of Colossus, compared to the new style they use will notice the difference, even with new trains.
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