Colossus

[Vinlarr89]

Wonder if this will influence next steps. Must say, this could be expensive for Taziker, as Thorpe must have a clause in the contract for disruption to park operations

[Project LC]

Thorpe would have got a company to supply a design for the track segments. Taziker would produce fabrication drawings which the designer would check. Taziker would then manufacture to the fabrication drawings. The steel would be inspected at the factory and then delivered to site.

 

It is possible that it is Tazikers fault as working with them previously we have had errors (no more than any other supplier). I think its more likely the survey or design was wrong. 

[ML27]

Saw this on Twitter thank god…

[tactic]

Thank **** for that.

 

Now let’s hope it fits this time lmao

[ML27]

Thank God it’s been delivered on a closed day

[tactic]

Is tomorrow a closed day too, cause if so they could probably get the coaster up within a week if everything goes to plan!

 

Looks like I will be able to go on Colossus when I go on the 30th! LETS GO!! I know the coaster get a lot of hate because of the god awful trains (which is justified) but it's not a bad ride by any means.

[Vinlarr89]

It fits!!! Haha yes, good to see her back in one piece. Hopefully they can get testing underway soon and the ride back open!

 

Doesnt half stand out like a sore thumb given the rest of the track looks so tired! 
 

Hopefully Thorpe bite the bullet next year and do the rest properly once exodus opens 

[tactic]

Yh it’s a bit odd they replaced like 3 bits of track.

 

Hopefully this season was just a test to see if the retrack would work and next season they will do a bigger section.

 

I’m hoping the do the cobra roll next cause that’s probably the most unbearable part of the ride in my opinion.

[Glitch]

Needs to be delivered on a closed day tbh, otherwise how would SLK get their exclusive of the work?

[Cal]

No messing about with Colossus, track fitted and it’s testing today

[tactic]

Nice, good to see that when the park get their stuff together they can be quite efficient. Hopefully next season we actually get track that fits, I don't want this mess all over again.

[Cal]

Colossus is opening today

 

It beat Ghost train by 1 day, just got Mr Monkey to go!

[Matt N]

In some interesting news, Scott from Your Experience Guide was told on a lift hill climb that Colossus is getting a technical upgrade for 2024 that will result in restraints being able to be released individually. This will mean that when a rider doesn't fit or needs their restraint adjusting, their restraint can be released on its own as opposed to the current situation where every restraint on the train needs releasing and rechecking.

 

This should really help to improve throughputs on Colossus, as by my observation, the constant need to release and recheck all restraints due to guests not fitting or restraints needing to be adjusted is one of the biggest bottlenecks that's hamstringing the ride's throughput at present.

Source:

(Go to 2:55 if the timestamp doesn't work)

[Cal]

That's good to hear, agreed its not uncommon for all restraints needing to be rechecked on Colossus so that should seriously improve its throughput. 

 

I wonder if this also means they won't have to lift up all the restraints for every dispatch? That's an absolute faff on quieter days.

 

On another note it was great to hear the original area music and original dispatch audio being played in the station the other week. What a difference that made 

[Benin]

Just get new trains and solve the problems in one go.

[Inferno]

Great news!!

 

I wonder if they'll improve anything else with the trains while they're at it?

[JoshC.]

Colour me pessimistic but until said upgrade happens, I won't believe it till it happens.

 

That said, it's a good and necessary thing to be investigating and will definitely help. It's ultimately a cheap thing to do too, so whilst something like new trains would be better, this does the job for now. 

[MattyMoo]

Blimey, 2024 promises to be big - what with this and another single section of track going to be replaced 🔥

[tactic]

I’m still not sure about thorpes approach to Colossus. Yes it’s good to see they are taking care of it with the retracking and this new possible change to the restraints but surly it would have just been easier to get now trains. I don’t even think we need lap bars, just something other than the restrictive OTSRs with no leg room that we have now.

[JoshC.]

Prep work is happening at Colossus, expected to be for a partial repaint:

 

 

[tactic]

What’s the point of painting it again if part of it’s gonna be retracked anytime soon? 

 

Surely this means that they’ve given up on the retrack completely or are not gonna retrack all of the track for a while?

[MattyMoo]

Merlin doing Merlin things.

I don't understand. Just like the partial support repaint on the paths, where you can literally see where they decide to stop on each support.

[JoshC.]

In an update, the park have confirmed they're repainting parts of the ride over this and next winter, as well as replacing sections of tracks. So presumably they're committing to replacing sections of track which need it, and then repainting the rest so it all looks largely the same.

 

https://twitter.com/ThorpeParkMania/status/1724477605854781893?t=BZRA2KTVbdy3t_nA8qtucw&s=19

[Benin]

All the effort when the trains are still the biggest issue.

[Marc]

They also confirmed it’s getting a major PLC upgrade so that fits in with the rumours about being able to unlock individual restraints. I’d be surprised if it’s able to unlock one bar at a time without also major works on the train but maybe one “car” at a time?

 

That said they can already unlock 2 rows at a time on Inferno but they still recheck all bars after unlocking 2 rows - but that’s more a recent policy thing than anything.