paige Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I've noted that Colossus has been sounding really rickety this season, especially on the cobra roll, it is really quite shaky as opposed to rough this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoMachine Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 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... It's not to do with that, it's just quite an intense ride for some. I find Saw smooth and this very rickety as Paige said. Each to their own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I was kidding but do relate to what you say, we thought Saw was smoother too, just my son didn't like the indoor section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Well despite being at the end of the Easter holidays and two months in to season, Colossus still seems to be on one train and the park have made these signs within the ride area. Source- Theme Park Guide When will thisone train stuff be ome much less of a thing? It's not been a very good year for ride reliability in the UK and were barely a quarter in to the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Would be much better if they used this sign: You'd have thought they'd have already done something like this really given it's been on reduced capacity for a month already. Seems like it be a lot longer now though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Colossus has a history littered with one train operation. From its first season of its restraints being changed, 2003 where it spent the whole last two months of the year on one train, till now, it seems to be the norm that it has train issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Out of sheer interest, does anyone know how much would it cost to invest in a new set of trains and would any other elements of the ride need to be altered to accommodate it? I am merely curious, as perhaps if it's such a frequent issue this may have been something Thorpe considered, but scrapped due to pricing and the like? I know it's something many bang on about anyway at the very least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 What confuses me is the lack of common sense within the department, Colossus has been running on one train over the whole of easter with no notice whatsoever that queue times will be extended, however as soon as the peak season ends, they decide to put a sign up notify people it's on a reduced capacity when it's going to have a smaller impact on guests? It's not going to be much of a problem throughout the next few off-peak weeks, as they would be running one train anyway even if they had two ready. Having put these signs up, they must be expecting Colossus to be on one train for the foreseeable future or for an extended period of time. It's not too much of a problem at the moment, as it hasn't hit over 100mins all easter, however if it is only operating one train during the summer months then we are going to see serious issues as it easily hits 140mins on two trains during the summer holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 If it is a long term thing, maybe they should look into doing a ticked system like Chessington are doing for Vampire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 What confuses me is the lack of common sense within the department, Colossus has been running on one train over the whole of easter with no notice whatsoever that queue times will be extended, however as soon as the peak season ends, they decide to put a sign up notify people it's on a reduced capacity when it's going to have a smaller impact on guests? It's not going to be much of a problem throughout the next few off-peak weeks, as they would be running one train anyway even if they had two ready. Having put these signs up, they must be expecting Colossus to be on one train for the foreseeable future or for an extended period of time. It's not too much of a problem at the moment, as it hasn't hit over 100mins all easter, however if it is only operating one train during the summer months then we are going to see serious issues as it easily hits 140mins on two trains during the summer holidays. Everytime I went over easter holiday there was a member of staff out the front telling everyone that it was on reduced capacity so I'm assuming now its going back to off peak they don't have the staff to have someone out the front of the ride and thus put a sign up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 The sign was there over the end of Easter (the 19th) as I remember seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Everytime I went over easter holiday there was a member of staff out the front telling everyone that it was on reduced capacity so I'm assuming now its going back to off peak they don't have the staff to have someone out the front of the ride and thus put a sign up.When I went there was no notification of the reduced capacity whatsoever, however it was pretty ovbious as the queue was moving so damn slow despite being only 15minutes.The sign is only really needed for weekends as coasters are run on one train on weekdays regardless unless the queue gets to a substantial level. However, I'm sure they hire out enough staff on weekends to place one at the entrance when the park is busy. The sign is useful in a respect, however not completely necessary for these upcoming weeks. The sign will become particularly useful if the rollercoaster continues to run on reduced capacity over the upcoming holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 The sign was there over the end of Easter (the 19th) as I remember seeing it. I'm guessing you mean the 10th here, unless you're The Doctor? TPJames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yeah meant the 9th. Although time travel is an easy one to achieve, we are all going to love the 210ft RMC in 2021. RubyRed95 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yeah meant the 9th. Although time travel is an easy one to achieve, we are all going to love the 210ft RMC in 2021.I was there on the 9th and the signs either weren't up or they are particularly obscure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yeah meant the 9th. Although time travel is an easy one to achieve, we are all going to love the 210ft RMC in 2021. I'm not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Saw the second train today, had an engineer working on it but it currently has no front to it. Hopefully shouldn't be too long though as the tarp has been lifted now. J.S217 and Celia Mae 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 How many trains? keep watching! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 It's back on 2 trains since this morning^ Source: InfernoMartin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 About bloody time! Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Yippee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmilerGeorge Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Colossus was so rickety in the easter holidays [emoji39] and saw was smooth! [emoji2] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Now all we need is a repaint with new trains and Colossus might actually be a decent coaster! Project LC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Right, it's running, it's running on two trains, so what have we now got left to moan about, oh yes, the paintwork. Just go and ride it! Han30, Kerfuffle and Thorpelover 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Queue times, we can complain about those too..... Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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