July 20, 20187 yr comment_259036 In early July, I have seen Vortex back in operation on the online queue time web
July 20, 20187 yr comment_259040 1 hour ago, 08newmanb said: In early July, I have seen Vortex back in operation on the online queue time web Yes, Vortex is open again and has been for about a week and a half.
July 23, 20187 yr comment_259049 Looks like Vortex has gone down again, its not having a good year reliability wise. Anyone know what’s wrong with it?
July 23, 20187 yr comment_259050 Noticed it has a couple of new sensors on the console lining up worth the arm since it reopened after its almost couple months down. Not sure what’s up now but hopefully won’t be down too long!
July 23, 20187 yr comment_259051 fun observation: the wikipedia page for vortex briefly stated that " it was now closed for good just to be safe" (in reffrence to the fireball accident) not anymore it doesn't queen of the vortex (aqa me) edited it herself also if you check the vortex page on the thorpe park site, you will notice it's not known as "vortext" anymore guess who that was down to?
July 23, 20187 yr comment_259052 oh. hey Whiteknuckle? I just saw your post on page 1 of this topic vortex isn't crap, actually I'd quite happily pay to get in to thorpe park just to spend my day riding around on vortex with my arms in the air their are worst rides at thorpe park than vortex depth charge rocky express the banana boat thingy I'd go as far to say that time voyagers (when it was in the park) was pretty childish seeing that it is a teenagers park Chessington could have had that, while thorpe get that ride next to toomb blaster (which is **** by the way), not toomb blaster, the thing next to it that soaks you in water. and angry birds land is a much worse investment than vortex (they rethemed detinator. woopy ****ing wooo. ). gave it a new name and that's it can you tell I'm annoyed that you dissed vortex?
July 23, 20187 yr comment_259053 The dreaded Vortex is currently closed sign has gone back up on the website (unless it just wasn’t taken down from last time)
July 24, 20187 yr comment_259064 Vortex isn't great though, you only ever face one way when it gets to full height. Eagle's Claw at LWV is much better, you get to face in every direction, the cycle is much longer and you get a faster spin at the end. Vortex isn't the worst example I have ridden, but it's second only to the broken one at PWH.
July 24, 20187 yr comment_259065 On 7/23/2018 at 1:36 PM, EmilyLovesVortex said: oh. hey Whiteknuckle? I just saw your post on page 1 of this topic vortex isn't crap, actually I'd quite happily pay to get in to thorpe park just to spend my day riding around on vortex with my arms in the air their are worst rides at thorpe park than vortex depth charge rocky express the banana boat thingy I'd go as far to say that time voyagers (when it was in the park) was pretty childish seeing that it is a teenagers park Chessington could have had that, while thorpe get that ride next to toomb blaster (which is **** by the way), not toomb blaster, the thing next to it that soaks you in water. and angry birds land is a much worse investment than vortex (they rethemed detinator. woopy ****ing wooo. ). gave it a new name and that's it can you tell I'm annoyed that you dissed vortex? That guy ‘dissed’ vortex in 2008. Ten years ago. A decade ago. You cant even remember the names of the rides at Chessington and Thorpe and you call yourself a fan of theme parks?
July 25, 20187 yr comment_259070 I can't remember the names of rides at theme parks? you wanna bet? you challenging me huh? okay. thorpe park: angry birds 4-d, colossis, rumba rapids, flying fish, tidal wave, stealth, saw-the ride, the swarm, darren brown: rise of the demons, the walking dead: the ride, quantum, depth charge, rocky express, lumber jump, timber tug, zodiac, vortex, detinator: bombs away, king pig's dodgums, Nemesis Inferno and Samurai and if I've missed any out (I probably have), feel free to comment chessington has dragons fury, tiger rock, toomb blaster, scorpion express, rattlesnake, vampire, gruffalo river adventure, flying jumbos, zufari: ride in to africa, tiny truckers, todie's crazy cars, kobra, monkey swinger, griffin's galleon, seastorm, black buckineer, and for the ****ing record, Rameses Revenge. happy now? and if you reply saying I missed out I'm a celebrity and hocus pocus hall from their respective parks, you can piss off. those are atractions, not rides
July 25, 20187 yr comment_259071 theme parks are my life. you've started a war with me... no one tells me I know nothing about theme parks and gets away with it
July 25, 20187 yr comment_259072 I can even break down the rides in to their areas if you're not satisfied
July 25, 20187 yr comment_259073 Anyway going back on topic, its bad to see Vortex having so much downtime as it does usually eat up the queues quite nicely and usually its one of the more reliable flats.. I really think Thorpe soon will need to do some work/replace some of their flats soon, Vortex might not make it for much longer at this rate.. Samurai is a even more drastic case.. Well at least they have flat rides unlike Alton I guess..
July 26, 20187 yr comment_259079 20 hours ago, EmilyLovesVortex said: I can even break down the rides in to their areas if you're not satisfied Well that is impressive - Thorpe can't even do that, unless Angry Birds were around in Amity in the 60s!
July 26, 20187 yr comment_259081 20 hours ago, EmilyLovesVortex said: theme parks are my life. you've started a war with me... no one tells me I know nothing about theme parks and gets away with it You have no idea how much I love this.
July 26, 20187 yr comment_259083 21 hours ago, EmilyLovesVortex said: I can even break down the rides in to their areas if you're not satisfied Thorpe don't need any more help having their rides breaking down...
July 26, 20187 yr comment_259091 currently on the wikipedia page for vortex status: broken I love it?
July 26, 20187 yr comment_259092 1 hour ago, Benin said: Thorpe don't need any more help having their rides breaking down... hahaha well, that's true! *grins*
July 26, 20187 yr comment_259093 2 hours ago, Mark9 said: You have no idea how much I love this. glad you like it no one's perfect, but given the fact I was angry at the time, I did quite well
July 26, 20187 yr comment_259100 On 7/25/2018 at 5:38 PM, EmilyLovesVortex said: theme parks are my life. you've started a war with me... no one tells me I know nothing about theme parks and gets away with it This is like coming face to face with the terrible incarnation of myself when I first joined this website (that I can only continue to apologise for). It’s Karma I guess. But it seriously though? Double posting, no quoting, no use of grammar... how old are you?
July 28, 20187 yr comment_259127 Vortex has once again re-opened today, with confirmation from Thorpe Park.
July 28, 20187 yr comment_259132 Running very well too - did it a few times tonight, top swing vortex is still one of Thorpes top flats!
September 17, 20186 yr comment_260202 Not the best news source but part of a seat was captured flying off Vortex. Not great news considering KMG’s recent fatality record. Merlin insist this was a “non-critical” part which fell off. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7273448/thorpe-park-horror-high-speed-vortex-incident/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1537135360
September 17, 20186 yr comment_260206 Reading the article it was the foam back from a seat which was out of use - it reopened after around 15 minutes
September 17, 20186 yr comment_260207 I don't know too much about Vortex, but from that clip - it looks like the ride was e-stopped straight away, am I right? Or is that the sound of Rush.
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