Cal Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 ah fair enough... it is really odd how it decides to run! That's what I thought, it can be such a good ride but can be not so good as well. Oh well, it's been running really well recently which is great, and hopefully it can carry on throughout the season. Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Just want to throw it out there that I rode La Revolucion at Knotts Berry Farm a few weeks back, and the cycle and swing heights seemed to be pretty much identical to how Vortex was when I went on with Han last week. So I don't think it's just Vortex that has issues, I think it seems to be quite a common thing amongst the theme park ones. This kind of shows it the best but it's been put into slow-mo. But it shows how there's no actual heigh difference... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Rode that version today and concur with Flipper. It only did one full height swing and it took a while to get itself going. It's probably an age thing as the two rides were built around the same time. Flipper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Was jolting a hell of a lot today! Noticed for the first time that all of the seats had a turn at the top which is good and the cycles were very long today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marhelorpe Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Agree with others about Vortex's current state. On Saturday, Vortex was taking a while to start swinging and when it did, it only just reached the 90 degrees point. The judder was still there too when it started to swing. Something still doesn't add up though. Why is it that Vortex was swinging very low and had the judder at the very beginning of this season on Annual Pass day, then from late March to early May (roughly) it was performing perfectly with full beyond-90 degree swings with no judder present at all? It might be an age problem, but I know Vortex is currently capable of performing better than this. Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Vortex is still going unbelievably well and as it reached maximum height so quick regardless of where you sit you will get some time at the top! Was on the ride waiting and the ride ops were actually hilarious... He sat down next to someone and said to the one in the booth that he's not riding but he's doing guest interaction and said welcome to this meeting today, so next to me is like jenny and she's an alcoholic... Was so funny and just made a change from just normal operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Vortex is still going unbelievably well and as it reached maximum height so quick regardless of where you sit you will get some time at the top! Was on the ride waiting and the ride ops were actually hilarious... He sat down next to someone and said to the one in the booth that he's not riding but he's doing guest interaction and said welcome to this meeting today, so next to me is like jenny and she's an alcoholic... Was so funny and just made a change from just normal operations. Â Yes, thats fantastic guest interaction... implying that your paying customers are alcoholics....... Mer and Kerfuffle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Vortex is still going unbelievably well and as it reached maximum height so quick regardless of where you sit you will get some time at the top! Was on the ride waiting and the ride ops were actually hilarious... He sat down next to someone and said to the one in the booth that he's not riding but he's doing guest interaction and said welcome to this meeting today, so next to me is like jenny and she's an alcoholic... Was so funny and just made a change from just normal operations.  Good to hear it's running great again, will ride it on Saturday.  A couple of times I've been this year there have been great ops and hosts on this ride, one of them was singing down the pa OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Yes, thats fantastic guest interaction... implying that your paying customers are alcoholics....... Â Â I think people understand what's a joke... StealthRider, Altitude, GladiatorFanKyle and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 I think people understand what's a joke... Â But is it in good taste? No. Mer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 But is it in good taste? No. Â Do you have a sense of humour? No. pluk, Rich, Luke_A and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 But is it in good taste? No. Â Depends what drinks they were having I guess! Bubbles1, OldFarmerDean, Altitude and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Do you have a sense of humour? No.  Is your sense of humour the one and only correct one? No.  Each to their own. Mer, Kerfuffle and pognoi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Why did the chicken cross the road.  To ride vortex  OMG I'M DYING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Is this really all over some member of staff calling someone drunk? Come on guys, we're not all four years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Is your sense of humour the one and only correct one? No.  Each to their own.  True, and there's nothing wrong with being sensitive, but that's ridiculous tbh. It's banter. They didn't call a guest "mentally disabled" or anything. I really don't see how it's offensive. OldFarmerDean and Olistjj 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 It was just a joke! Â Why do we live in a world where you can't say anything? GladiatorFanKyle, Olistjj, OldFarmerDean and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Meet Steven Vig, one of the most annoyingly opinionated people you'll meet  A jokes a joke and if people find it funny they find it funny. StevenVig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Lol ive heard ride hosts make far worse jokes than that. The ride hosts know that thorpe is a park which mainly adults and teenagers go to so they would understand the joke and find it funny. Now lets get back on topic about Vortex!! Vortex has been running pretty well this season! Each of My three trips to the park vortex has been working and been working well! Let's hope this continues for the rest of the year Olistjj 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 True, and there's nothing wrong with being sensitive, but that's ridiculous tbh. It's banter. They didn't call a guest "mentally disabled" or anything. I really don't see how it's offensive. Â What if that person was actually an Alcoholic, I don't think they would find it very funny then. Â Anyway I'm not entertaining this anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sully1311 Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 Vortex was running well again today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 What if that person was actually an Alcoholic, I don't think they would find it very funny then.  You're ridiculous. Olistjj 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Vortex now open, first public riders of the year as far as I'm aware it's running decent, but 4 seats closed off aha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I'd like to commend KMG for producing the first ride to actually induce fairly severe nausea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I'd like to commend KMG for producing the first ride to actually induce fairly severe nausea  second...  Benin, Mitchada04 and paige 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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