March 15, 201411 yr comment_178389 Haven't seen the state of it, will have a look tomorrow. Maybe the park will try and get it open for opening day.
March 15, 201411 yr comment_178392 Haven't seen the state of it, will have a look tomorrow. Maybe the park will try and get it open for opening day. Nothing to see I'm afraid. It looks fine, but it's not.
March 15, 201411 yr comment_178393 I've heard April somewhere along the grapevine... oh my good god no! I havent been on a Mondial ride in about four months and I need to ride on now! Damm it samurai.
March 15, 201411 yr comment_178394 oh my good god no! I havent been on a Mondial ride in about four months and I need to ride on now! Damm it samurai. It'll probably save more disappointment if it's closed, it ran appallingly last season.
March 15, 201411 yr comment_178398 It'll probably save more disappointment if it's closed, it ran appallingly last season. thank goodness last time I was there then that I left the samurai queue to ride saw....
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178528 Spoke to an engineer working on the ride today. He said there's nothing wrong with the ride they've just basically completely rebuilt it and it isn't ready yet. He said it should run a lot faster as a new pump has been fitted, which is good news!
March 16, 201411 yr comment_178545 Spoke to an engineer working on the ride today. He said there's nothing wrong with the ride they've just basically completely rebuilt it and it isn't ready yet. He said it should run a lot faster as a new pump has been fitted, which is good news! I'll believe it when I see it. Samurai is one of my favourite flat rides (well, Top Scan's are). And it's no secret it runs slow because it's cracked. So unless they've stuck more polyfiller in it, it's gonna be dismally slow again before long.
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178572 It's amazing how a cracked component hasn't been replaced by now... Surely, from an engineering standpoint and the manufacturer's view would be to replace such an issue as quickly as possible, if only for precautionary measures...
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178574 I know people say Samurai is a cracking ride, but I didn't think they meant literally!
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178601 No one knows for sure, its mainly based on rumours from back when it was refurbished.
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178605 Waaaaaaaaaa - a crack?! Ok that is a tad unnerving! - ah well - hopefully it will be sorted soon. Although I am in the minority here, I don't think I would cope well if it ran on a really intense setting - I can only ever sit on the inside bit, think I would be ill if I sat on the outer edge of the pod. I remember one day last year when it was really windy and it seemed more intense though that was obvs the wind wafting into my face at stupid speed. Also with the restraints - I got a bit worried when I felt them moving and thought "right that is it, I'm going to be catapulted out" - not that I am a pessimist
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178618 Waaaaaaaaaa - a crack?! Ok that is a tad unnerving! - ah well - hopefully it will be sorted soon. Although I am in the minority here, I don't think I would cope well if it ran on a really intense setting - I can only ever sit on the inside bit, think I would be ill if I sat on the outer edge of the pod. I remember one day last year when it was really windy and it seemed more intense though that was obvs the wind wafting into my face at stupid speed. Also with the restraints - I got a bit worried when I felt them moving and thought "right that is it, I'm going to be catapulted out" - not that I am a pessimist No need to worry - it wouldn't open if there was any slight chance of any problems!
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178631 I thought it was a case that it had cracked.. that they'd repaired this but they don't want it ever happening again?
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178632 Spoke to an engineer working on the ride today. He said there's nothing wrong with the ride they've just basically completely rebuilt it and it isn't ready yet. He said it should run a lot faster as a new pump has been fitted, which is good news! so hopefully it should be ready by the time I go on the 27th
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178633 so hopefully it should be ready by the time I go on the 27th Well he did end the conversation with a huff and saying 'Yeah a long way to go yet' so probably won't be ready for opening, but yeah maybe the 27th! Hopefully they'll have Slammer up by then as well!
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178636 When it went from Chessington back to Mondial to be refurbed they found significant cracks to integral parts of the ride which could not and would not have been picked up by routine maintenance. If left unchecked they would eventually have lead to a catastrophic failure. It isn't just rumour; the discovery led to a safety bulletin being released to all owners which is published, the fault was shown in detail and was clearly the Chessington model. For those after sauce it is in the depths of LTCi technical bulletins, but can't be bothered to search through it. The upshot is of course that regular checks are now in place for similar issues should they occur, so the ride is perfectly safe. And it is really really safe when no one is on it, like now!
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178653 http://www.ltci.co.uk/naflic_technical_bulletins/NAFLIC_Mondial_Top_Scan_TB344.pdf
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178862 Samurai was testing this afternoon at about 2ish. Don't know if it ended up opening today, but I'd be willing to bet it'll be open by the weekend!
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178863 Samurai was testing this afternoon at about 2ish. Don't know if it ended up opening today, but I'd be willing to bet it'll be open by the weekend! That's awesome! Was it running any faster than it used to? An engineer told me that it had a new pump.
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178865 Not gonna lie, I saw this from the other side of the park, so I can't really say. I definitely saw it running though
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178867 Witnessed it doing overspeed tests; along with other tests for about an hour, then they parked it and walked away without the ride opening. Seemed to be ready to go though.
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178868 fingers crossed for my visit tomorrow I guess... will be sure to let you know if it's open.
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178894 Samurai might not be open tomorrow just to give you a heads up hopefully by the weekend
March 21, 201411 yr comment_178927 Samurai is listed as closed today ah well there's still the rest of the year !
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