Cal Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Haven't seen Vortex with this amount of scaffolding before, looks like we won't be riding it in the dark this weekend (Image from theme park incorporated) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Well now it's just not worth going then is it? pognoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Vortex we had noticed had become increasing shacky and jolty at points this year , dunno if the gears have finally given up ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Well now it's just not worth going then is it? Don't know if this was aimed at me, or a joke or whatever. The fact Vortex is closed hasn't put me off visiting at all, I just thought that it was worth mentioning that it won't be available for at the least the first few nights of Fright Nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 It was probably aimed at me cos I didn't goto Alton at the weekend due to Smiler & flumes being shut so I'm failing in showing my support for the park when they need it (never mind that I would have faced a 10 hour round trip to do it) and went to Legoland instead pognoi and Coaster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteknuckle Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Having ridden Maelstrom at DMP yesterday makes me know why I Don't ride Vortex. A much better ride, and more capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 While maelstrom is far superior... I still enjoy vortex and gutted that it looks like it might be closed for the rest of the season Whiteknuckle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewumbrajumbos Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Scaffolding coming down .. Thorpe Park mentioned on twitter that only Tidal Wave and Samurai will be closed over this weekend, which sounds promising! OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Scaffolding coming down .. Thorpe Park mentioned on twitter that only Tidal Wave and Samurai will be closed over this weekend, which sounds promising! Yay, Vortex seems to run really well after it's been closed a while as well! Hoping it'll be ready for Sunday Daniel.S312 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel.S312 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Yay, Vortex seems to run really well after it's been closed a while as well! Hoping it'll be ready for Sunday I am there on Sunday 11th hopefully Vortex will be open if not will have to ride it some point when I go to FN meet on the 18th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I'm surprised it seemed like the scaffolding went up and down so quickly, was getting worried it wasn't going to be open for the rest of the season... We know what Merlin are like with permanent scaffolding, cough Rita haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Vortex although really shaky and jolty has been getting some serious height on it this year. during the hour where only hotel guests could ride it ran beautifully (despite the shaking) it went full height every time! Really hope it's open for fright nights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Vortex although really shaky and jolty has been getting some serious height on it this year. during the hour where only hotel guests could ride it ran beautifully (despite the shaking) it went full height every time! Really hope it's open for fright nights! Agreed, it has run very well this season. Also, all scaffolding has been removed now. (Image from UK theme parks) Hopefully it'll open this weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 With Slammer having been closed this weekend, and Samurai still closed... This afternoon Vortex has reopened! Matt 236, GladiatorFanKyle and LK_ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 And having now been on it myself... I can happily say it doesn't jolt and reached a great height easily, so was probably an issue with the motor and possibly replacing it? Something worth noting, when it went down for quite a while this year before it reopened and still juddered but the ride cycle seemed longer... Well this time the ride cycle seems short like before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Vortex was certainly running well today as mentioned by Dean. Was a nice surprise to see it open. I have to say I didn't feel the cycle was any shorter than when described above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Saw engineers working on it in the morning so wasn't expecting it to open, so was happy to see it open later. Possibly the best ride I've had on Vortex, like said reaching maximum height very quickly. Cycle didn't seem any shorter to me, if anything it felt longer? Mattgwise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 The cycle was ridiculously short at around 9:15pm today, there were only about four full swings. OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 The cycle was ridiculously short at around 9:15pm today, there were only about four full swings. Ah I rode it at around half 7ish, there was certainly a lot more than 4 full swings though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Glad it's back open - I do like Vortex event though it is probably the ride that makes me feel the most nauseous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Good to hear its back up. On saturday we saw it trying to swing but it looked a bit pathetic, the seats were spinning but the pendulum couldnt get more then 2 feet in either direction. Good news, good job thorpe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 The swing is back to normal!!! (still shaky) Also I tried to go on vortex just before I left at about just before 7 and I was told they were not letting on any more single riders and I'd have to queue up..... any reason why this happened? :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Vortex seems to have lost its judder. I rode it once last season and it was really juddery and put me off it for the rest of the season. But today it was really good; one of the best cycles I've had on it for a few years! dragon2000 and JamminGamer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomglazed Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 What surprises me is seeing the complete range of experience Vortex appears to give particularly when the ride gets "weaker" and doesn't reach a high swing height. Is it really plausible to think it's parts/motors wear out so quick as to require as much maintenance as we believe or it's mostly operator settings? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 What surprises me is seeing the complete range of experience Vortex appears to give particularly when the ride gets "weaker" and doesn't reach a high swing height. Is it really plausible to think it's parts/motors wear out so quick as to require as much maintenance as we believe or it's mostly operator settings? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I believe the operator has no control at all, they click a start button and the computer does the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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