alexandercameron Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 ' 1,100 passengers every hour 'I see they have confirmed the capacity for the ride, a larger throughput than what I expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Mack Seastorm ride advertises throughput at 1,200pph. It just will never ever happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 ' 1,100 passengers every hour 'I see they have confirmed the capacity for the ride, a larger throughput than what I expected That's just something to make the ride look like it can handle a lot of people. In reality it won't be anywhere near that as rides never run as smooth as clockwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandercameron Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 That's just something to make the ride look like it can handle a lot of people. In reality it won't be anywhere near that as rides never run as smooth as clockwork.So I'm guessing 1,100pph is the highest possible throughput?Has anyone been looking at the Southparks forum? They seem to be speculating that the shop structure (the blue containers) had been moved / removed today Judging from the pictures that seems to be the case, but I can't see why that would of happened?(This is just speculation from the pictures) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny07 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Seems doubtful but maybe a budget cut? I'd say it would be too last minute though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Hk Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 I'm glad we've finally been told that the blades will spin no more speculating.So with SAW, will the cars continuously be running, like Spinball/Dragon's Fury?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingVeveraine Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Well with 8 of them I would hope so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Hk Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ah wow, that's gonna look so good with 8 cars going round non stop. I'm really excited for this now and thank you to Freddy for the video and images! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandercameron Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ride Signage and Windmill please!Only then will I get a Saw-gasm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Other Eurofighter roller coasters, do stop for loading. I imagine it would be quite difficult loading and checking 8 guests otherwise.From what I understand, the ride will have two cars loading at once and I expect to work like boarding Oblivion at Alton Towers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.m.k Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Yeah. Isn't that normal practise on Eurofighters, as one car can sit at the bottom of the lift as the other is travelling up?The more cars on the track, the happier everyone will be though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley W Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 1,100 passengers every hour seems to be unrealistic. However, as mentioned, there will be 8 cars running (hopefully they will manage to keep all 8 cars ready for operating) and ride attendents will not have to mess around with the seltbelts, as there aren't any. Also a point that increases loading times is guests messing around with their loose belongings and storing them, but there is a storage station before guests aboard, that might help a lot.Moving away from capacity, I am excited to hear that the blades will spin. I'm curious to know what speed they will be spinning at... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP Dan Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I wouldn't say that 1,100 passengers per hour is completely out of the question. It would mean 1 car leaving the station every 25 seconds which isn't all that unrealistic at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Considering Fury cars leave the station every 30 seconds, thats an easily achieveable dispatch time, but we'll have to wait and see really, the cars did seem to be constantly going round on saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley W Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Considering Fury cars leave the station every 30 seconds, thats an easily achieveable dispatch time, but we'll have to wait and see really, the cars did seem to be constantly going round on saturday.Dragon's Fury has 4 passanger seats, whereas Saw will have 8. Although this shouldn't be a big difference as the station is longer and hopefully there will be more ride attendents checking on each side of the station. I would imagine when the ride opens, the cars will not be running as constant as you see them now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbly Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Even if we don't see that throughput to start with, I'm pretty sure once everybody gets to grips with the new ride then there will be no reason they can't achieve a number very close to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandercameron Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 As they're no seat belts on the restraints does that mean it's going to be like on Samurai and Vortex where you have to hold your arms out as the restraints come down? I always thought that was rather cool As for capacity, it may not be 1,100pph all the time but I doubt it would be far off. They wouldn't bother creating that statistic otherwise. It's like them saying the cars get up to 1000mph if they had jet rockets attached to them. It's totally irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbly Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Haha that did make me giggle...maybe they should make a ride with jet rockets attached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 As they're no seat belts on the restraints does that mean it's going to be like on Samurai and Vortex where you have to hold your arms out as the restraints come down? I always thought that was rather cool As for capacity, it may not be 1,100pph all the time but I doubt it would be far off. They wouldn't bother creating that statistic otherwise. It's like them saying the cars get up to 1000mph if they had jet rockets attached to them. It's totally irrelevant. I'm pretty sure on a coaster with no belts, you have to pull your own bar down and the attendant will just check it by pulling the bars to hold on to. As far as Thorpe go with making up statistics... anyone remember when they said Stealth would never run less than two trains? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandercameron Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Haha that did make me giggle...maybe they should make a ride with jet rockets attached Heh in a perfect world ! but in reality I think there is zero chance in that happening I'm pretty sure on a coaster with no belts, you have to pull your own bar down and the attendant will just check it by pulling the bars to hold on to. As far as Thorpe go with making up statistics... anyone remember when they said Stealth would never run less than two trains?Damn! Yeah you're right, Thorpe do have a habit of releasing useless information (MTDP comes to mind) ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley W Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 As they're no seat belts on the restraints does that mean it's going to be like on Samurai and Vortex where you have to hold your arms out as the restraints come down? I always thought that was rather cool I have never actually seen a coaster that operates like that, so no. I think the only reason why some of the rides have seltbelts is to comfort that passanger, knowing that they are safe. I actually remember when someone at Thorpe Park mentioned something similar to that in article regarding about the Colossus incident where the child's seltbelt wasn't secured and the mother had a panic attack and complained. I don't think rides would run any differently if seltbelts wasn't designed for it, but perhaps thats how the ride has to function such as Vortex.As far as Thorpe go with making up statistics... anyone remember when they said Stealth would never run less than two trains?Indeed. Just imagine Saw running on 4 cars or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbly Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 You never know, Thorpe might suprise us with this ride! They have suprised in every other way in regards to Saw - The Ride so you never know, these statistics might be real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandercameron Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Indeed. Just imagine Saw running on 4 cars or something similar.They would have to shut down the ride wouldn't they if only 4 cars were running?I know they have the maintenance building, but surely that's not large enough to contain 4 ride cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley W Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 They would have to shut down the ride wouldn't they if only 4 cars were running?I know they have the maintenance building, but surely that's not large enough to contain 4 ride cars?Hopefully that will never happen, so let's not worry too much However, I am sure there is enough room to store all 8 cars. I'm now wondering how many cars they would actually operate when the park isn't busy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandercameron Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 We are talking about Thorpe right they never cease to amaze me! Why couldn't they use all 8 cars still but instead have a longer time between dispatches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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