jammydodger Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Yay lap bars! Personally I love the feeling thinking that I'm gonna fall out. It makes you feel like your gonna fall out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOsSwA28 Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 Went on it today and got stuck for around 20 minutes as it failed to stop! Managed to stop it spinning but couldn't stop it swinging so we all had to wait until it finally came to a stop naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 So another to add to the list of rides that broke down today that I did'nt see. Wasn't a reliable day at all. This has happened with me on the ride too, must say at first it was awesome but then it got a bit much for most. Did add an entertainment factor to the ride though, and ever since the cycle has seemed insanely short! rOsSwA28 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 So another to add to the list of rides that broke down today that I did'nt see. Wasn't a reliable day at all. This has happened with me on the ride too, must say at first it was awesome but then it got a bit much for most. Did add an entertainment factor to the ride though, and ever since the cycle has seemed insanely short! That's thorpe for you these days; last time I visited slammer broke, stealth broke, swarm broke, nemesis inferno broke, loggers leap broke, detonator broke and saw brokeMore to the point though, thorpes older rides are the real suckers for breaking, I think thorpe should really consider replacing a couple of the flats like vortex and samurai. They are run really poorly these days and they are forever breaking down. I can't see anything better to do than replace them! Let's just hope in two weeks time that all the rides are open for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Weirdly on my visit (however briefly) on Saturday, only Stealth went down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 In all of my visits this season, reliability has been very good - I didn't see many, if any, breakdowns, and the main reasons for ride closures was the weather. It's a shame that there were many breakdowns yesterday, but at least situations like that are becoming rarer (compared to a few seasons ago, where it was a miracle if all the rides were open on one day...) pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 That's thorpe for you these days Let's just hope in two weeks time that all the rides are open for me I disagree with you actually. Three or four years ago I'd have agreed but last couple of years for me except slammer and the odd few short shutdowns, rides have been pretty reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Vortex was closed up to about lunchtime(ish) today... and then opened, and appeared to be working fine for the rest of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBobJones Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Does anyone know why Vortex is currently in the sick bay? It looks like they were working on it all day running cables or something. J.S217 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOsSwA28 Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Does anyone know why Vortex is currently in the sick bay? It looks like they were working on it all day running cables or something. No, but when I last went on it (about 2 weeks ago) it was a bad experience. It didn't seem to turn much and it was juddering at the start majorly and then most of the way through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 All three times I looked at today there seemed to be staff on a stepladder in the middle, and yes there was loads of hanging cables coming down from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBobJones Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Can they fit some better restraints while they are at it :-) Inferno and dragon2000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkadder312 Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Lap Bars instead of the normal restraints would be nice. BigBobJones and dragon2000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Can they fit a better ride while they are at it :-) Fixed dragon2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Woo Vortex is fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I actually forget if the was open last Saturday as I don't ride it. It's good news though that the ride is now finally running again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Methinks some people do not fully understand Mark9's post... He was referring to the post he quoted (and edited), not the actual ride itself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Vortex is not that exciting but a ride operator can certainly change that. That's why I'm saying thanks to Steve for a great ride this evening Music, atmosphere and your interaction with me and the guests was brilliant. I was really happy to be there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Vortex is not that exciting but a ride operator can certainly change that. That's why I'm saying thanks to Steve for a great ride this evening Music, atmosphere and your interaction with me and the guests was brilliant. I was really happy to be there Sounds good, I hope to enjoy this tomorrow. What other rides were open later? Worthy9992 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Sounds good, I hope to enjoy this tomorrow. What other rides were open later? Detonator and depth charge. However, the op on vortex said that quantum was open yesterday aswell and there is a posibility rush may open up on some days too is just luck really on what you get open! Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Sorry for double post! I would like to say how fantastic the setting on vortex was yesterday. We waited about 30 mins but later on in the day the whole of the queueline(including extended) was full and it looked about a 60 minute wait if not longer. The setting was fantastic though and seemed to go on for much longer than usual with faster spinning and more high swings. Was great though despite the long wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 just thought I would mention it and see if anyone has the same views... I've been 4 times this year to thorpe and have done vortex at least once every time, and found on the latter 2 visits (beginning of august and last week), that vortex seems to be struggling to get the heihgt and does an awful lot of juddering - so basically doesn't go as high as it did on my first couple of visits, and just isn't a good ride anymore. the park was empty and there wasn't even a full set of people for the next ride, and still experienced the shortest rides I had on it... went on it three times last week. anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I've noticed that as well. I've never rated Vortex very highly (when compared with other rides of it's type), but it has been really poor recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I really enjoyed it this year for some reason, have personally never highly rated it either, but on my first 2 visits found it great... now, since it's not running properly it's just terrible :/ EDIT: I read the info plaque on one of the legs on the ride, and swear it read max angle: 120 degrees... on my last visit it struggled to reach a 90 degree angle - c'mon vortex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I would rate Vortex high on the chunder list but I love it. Gggggggg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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