March 28, 201510 yr comment_206092 That's not bad, will give it a go Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
April 2, 201510 yr comment_206345 Footage of the new meltdown game at Thorpe park! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUfmYRpNZmY
April 2, 201510 yr comment_206346 £3 for 8 mins I think it said I read £3 for 3mins today? Maybe just my eyesight!
April 3, 201510 yr comment_206355 I like that it's got enough power to flip you over if it catches your feet on a jump!
April 3, 201510 yr comment_206377 I went on that Meltdown Total Wipeout thingy today. It was great fun, really exhausting, and WAY longer than three minutes! I kept getting knocked over, then standing up, only to get knocked down by the other arm!
April 12, 201510 yr comment_207048 Colossus' train is still of park, but they are getting it back tomorrow!
April 12, 201510 yr comment_207089 Colossus' train is still of park, but they are getting it back tomorrow!Yayy! Does anyone actually know what was wrong with it?
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207091 The other train never left the park - still in the workshop, being put back together
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207095 The other train never left the park - still in the workshop, being put back together How do you know this? The workshop was open yesterday and I couldn't see it (unless it was right at the back)
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207167 The other train is at the back of the workshop because it needs to leave space for the working train for night checks. Regarding roughness, I never really felt it on Colossus (maybe a little) - however on my last visit my head was banging so much I got a horrendous headache- though to be fair this was possibly self inflicted due to riding it 5 times. I do agree though that Saw is smoother but then it is newer
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207170 I just hope that Colossus has two trains running more often as it is the longest roller coaster at Thorpe Park and waiting between each ride can take ages. It's a great ride and is really fun and not too bad to wait for when two trains are running.
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207191 Queued an hour today, because of one train operation. They really need lap bars on Colossus, as the head banging was brutal for me today! (Even though I did sit in back row )
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207196 The back seats are a little too rough for me, but nearer the front is a great ride, one of my favourites in the park. I personally find Saw rougher but then again, I think it's just different kinda of roughness. The Colossus trains constantly vibrate which on the worst bits can cause head banging, but In my experience, the Saw cars just sort of jolt from time to time more randomly, jerking your head suddenly. Prefer Colossus- longer ride, more interesting IMO and that airtime hill is so perfect
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207197 My dad would say you have a weak neck then, even though the last coater he went in was the Corckscrew 20 years ago haha.
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207202 Must admit after riding front row a few weeks back I must agree ... for some reason it just seems smoother!
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207205 There's some weird physics reason why the back is rougher, I can't remember the specifics but it's something to do with the negative g and the way the front of the train pulls the rear cars round the corners/axes, energy dispersion is also involved, all the vibrations and energy is transfered in the oppersite direction of travel (obviously) so all that is transferred to the rear cars, essentially if sitting in the back row, you're getting all the energy from the whole train terminated in your car. It's much more noticeable on Inferno at the top of the hill lift, in the front row it's as smooth as glass but the rear seats you get quiet a whipping on the first drop. My son didn't like the launch of Stealth for the same reason, we'd always previously sat at the back, but yesterday we went on the front and he said it was much smoother and better, a 'nicer launch' as he put it, he also wasn't thrown around so much at the bottom of the hill.
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207208 You feel the forces more on the back rows of coasters - for me, of the coasters at Thorpe, Inferno is a tad too intense back row. Generally if you want good views and in some cases, a smoother ride then go for the front row. If you wanna feel the G's more then head towards the back - Colossus back row is not my fave place to sit - I find coming out of the cobra roll particularly head bangy and disorientating. Stealth at the front is better for the launch, but the back is fun as you come down the other side.....until you hit the brakes where, for me doesnt matter where I sit, it flaming hurts my thighs!
April 13, 201510 yr comment_207209 When I went on it last month I genuinely blacked out for a second or 2, didn't come off hurting or anything but I can't remember a good few seconds. It was fuzzy eyed/dribble everywhere black out too. Never had that on any coaster before
April 14, 201510 yr comment_207223 The roughness could just be you getting taller people? I know that's the case with me
April 14, 201510 yr comment_207224 Changing the subject slightly, but has a train ever stalled in the corkscrew section before? It seems to run though that section so dam slowly lol
April 14, 201510 yr comment_207225 I do believe Colossus normally stalls on the final turn. As the corkscrews are slightly inclined downwards
April 14, 201510 yr comment_207226 The roughness could just be you getting taller people? I know that's the case with me I'm literally just past 5 foot, I feel it like a punch
April 14, 201510 yr comment_207227 I'm pretty sure that corkscrew before the ride photography camera is always a real headbanger. It's not good for my ears! (considering they're also in the firing line)
April 14, 201510 yr comment_207234 I'm literally just past 5 foot, I feel it like a punch Try being 6ft and going on it
April 14, 201510 yr comment_207235 You kids of today have no stamina, back when I went to school they made us do neck exercises, mind you they also gave me the cane for telling my French teacher to **** off in her natuive tounge so I guess things have changed a bit over the years...
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