October 27, 201311 yr comment_171312 Certainly not open today and it has wood under the pods supporting it.
October 27, 201311 yr comment_171325 Not open today.Too many rides shut for such a busy day - Slammer and Samurai both down all day, and Loggers was also down for a lot of it.
October 28, 201311 yr comment_171339 So sounds like its gonna be out of action for the rest of the season unless the part comes quicker than expected that's a shame pretty good ride when its on a decent setting
October 28, 201311 yr comment_171341 Not open today. Too many rides shut for such a busy day - Slammer and Samurai both down all day, and Loggers was also down for a lot of it. Slammer will also be closed till further notice they are already stripping it down for winter works also logger is having problems because there not enough water level in the lake at the moment to pump round the ride
October 28, 201311 yr comment_171356 I had to be evacuated of loggers haha Was it fun? Where were you on the ride?
January 5, 201411 yr comment_174144 Does anyone know why Samurai's safety bars wobble so much? When I went on Top Buzz 2 they were very rigid so I dont know how samurai's can be so wobbly.
January 8, 201411 yr comment_174572 Fingers crossed 2014 is the season that Samurai can make it through an entire season at Thorpe: 1. Working 2. On a decent setting all the time...
March 1, 201411 yr comment_177482 This has bugged me for AGES! I wanna know why does Samurai's safety bars shake so much! The other mondial rides ive been on (Gladiator turbine, Top Buzz top scan) the safety bars are very rigid and dont shake.
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177484 Because it is almost certainly the oldest mondial ride you've been on and therefore the most knackered. It disturbs me too, I'm sure they shouldn't move side to side like that. But it must be safe...
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177488 Because it is almost certainly the oldest mondial ride you've been on and therefore the most knackered. It disturbs me too, I'm sure they shouldn't move side to side like that. But it must be safe... well on some videos ive seen when the bars shut they make a lock sound so that must be good........
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177490 I would say the restraint wobble is an age thing tbh, 15 years is a long time for ride advancement or improvement... Mondial probably looked to create a fully locked restraint when they realised this issue... Doesn't effect me mind, as it's clearly safe and has been for longer than the lives of some on this forum...
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177491 The bars did the wobble when it was at Chessington. It's nothing to worry about though, no ones plunged to their deaths yet.
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177495 They were rock solid when it was new and for many years, was only at the very end of its life at Chessington they started to move and nothing like they do now. Of course it is safe but I do find it unnerving, there are a hell of a lot of forces on those restraints and it's always in the back of my mind that I'm likely to be the heaviest thing they've had to deal with for a while when I ride, if one of them is ready to give up my bulk might just tip it over the edge!
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177496 I'm sure if it was a problem atall it would have been fixed when mondial referbished the ride in 2004? I thought they were meant to do that!
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177498 I knew it was safe but it's just extremly unnerving! Some other non mondial rides restraints wobble but they are designed to do that a little due to forces.
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177499 Christ, weird to think Samurai's been at Thorpe for 10 years now...
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177502 Same amount of time Chessie has been drowning in a pit of despari and non-investment... If not slightly longer...
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177515 10 years at Thorpe? Wow! I remember all the rumours of it moving to Thorpe from CWoA at the time...
March 2, 201411 yr comment_177519 I vaguely remember it's opening year at Thorpe, think I only went once that year though!
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