UnderItAll Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 I know someone who's going soon and I did some research on it, £139. http://www.zedevents.co.uk/the-mall/ Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Yea, I've been quite tempted to go myself with some friends! My work friends threw around the idea but we've not gotten around to it! It could be demolished at any time though, so it's not a permanent attraction. And of course, it's quite pricey! Looks a bit like the mall in Left 4 Dead 2 though, haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Would genuinely love to do that, but it's over 100 miles away from me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 £139????!!!! Are they having a laugh?? Besides the cost, things like that freak me out..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 This forum is unbelievably dead now. #Fail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 This forum is unbelievably dead now. #Fail Always is this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 This forum is unbelievably dead now. #Fail I apologise on behalf of myself and all others taking exams at the moment for focusing more on revision and our future than ensuring this forum isn't quiet. I really and truly am sorry. Anyways, not like there's anything really important or exciting to discuss at the moment, is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 I apologise on behalf of myself and all others taking exams at the moment for focusing more on revision and our future than ensuring this forum isn't quiet. I really and truly am sorry. Anyways, not like there's anything really important or exciting to discuss at the moment, is there? Jesus no need for the sarcasm, and thats coming from me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Always is. Fixed. I wonder how dead the forum was when me and Mark went to Italy last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 You can always look back a year and see for yourself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomathy Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Not really sure where I should put this so I figured I couldn't go wrong by posting here I went to a local travelling funfair in Ipswich yesterday (which claims to be the largest travelling fair in Europe but obviously wasn't) and rode the KMG Speed ride that they had there. I've rode a few of these so I was a bit surprised when our gondola/car didn't rotate freely on the end of the arm and refused to move. This caused us to be dangling upside-down at the top of the ride waiting for new riders to get onto the other gondola. We were there for a good 7-8 minutes before the ride started and the ride ops seemed to be rushing to get people to get onto the ride so that it could go through its program and that we could be released. I was just wondering if anyone would know what might cause this problem and why they had to load the bottom arm to get us down cos I'm pretty sure it isn't safe to keep anyone upside down for much longer than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Sounds like the bearing has gone, which is something of a major problem on that ride. Any problem with the bearing, being the only thing holding the gondola to the arm, should immediately cause a shut down for obvious death related reasons. Maybe there is a legitimate setting to lock the gondola in place but I've certainly not heard of it before, could be worth advising the council you suspect it is operating with a major defect. As for being held upside down I would imagine there is a specific H+S guideline for the entertainment industry. I have no idea what that is but would imagine it would be less than 8 minutes, I'd be surprised if it was more than about 30 seconds for general comfort reasons. Although if David Blaine can manage three days upside down I guess it is not actually that dangerous for an otherwise health person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomathy Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 There was a lot of rattling coming from our side of the arm which I haven't noticed on any other KMG Speed that I've ridden so that could be to do with the bearings. I was quite concerned about how there was no quicker way of getting us down as the ride ops seemed to be rushing about but were unable to help us until other riders were available. Anyway, thanks for clearing that up a bit for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Sounds unusual for it to be stuck for the whole ride... I've ridden a fair few of these things now and have realised that if you ride as a single rider the car will not usually release until the Speed of the arm picks up. The gondola's get held in the loading position with some sort of clamping disc brake, it could just be the case that this didn't release properly, or as Pluk said there could be a problem with the bearing. And I'm guessing it was the Booster in the video below? Which is one of the older models currently in the UK so the creaking may just be a sign of age, I know Wilson's "Storm" Speed can have a bit of a rattle and creak to it sometimes when pulling higher G's flying through the platform, which is also one of the older models (they don't have the LED arrows stretching down the arms) Fair rides get checked yearly majorly for ADIPS and Non-Destructive tests, and then should also be checked daily by showmen too. The Speed is a brilliant ride anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 7-8 minutes stuck upside down? Blimeh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomathy Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Yeah, that's the one If you go to 0:44 of the video Luke_A posted you can see that the car isn't rotating at all whereas the other one is, this happened on and off all night. I'm not so worried about the creaking to be honest, I was just mentioning it in case it raised any other points. Just seemed a little weird to me and a tad dodgy And yeah, being upside down for that long left me pretty light headed and gave my friend some lovely red spots all over her eyelids and around the top of her nose which still haven't disappeared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 The Internet is getting fat. Time to make room. http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/ So basically, our IP addresses are changing in order to make more room for more devices connecting to the Internet. Our IP addresses will no longer by strings of four numbers ranging from 0 to 225 (e.g. 192.95.45.180) and will instead be shown as: 5091:db8::1132:ace:3474:4j Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 TowersTimes has gone mental, and all the site people have left. **** has gone down. Wow, this is better than corrie. Liam T, pluk and Sidders 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Sure has. And I cannot tell you how sick I feel. Alas. Something will come out of this, and be brighter on the other side! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderItAll Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I'm thinking about signing up just so I can read the: "important announcement from the TowersTimes team" Care to share what's gone on for us at the back? Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 The announcement can be seen on TT's Facebook page I *think*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 To summarise, the site owner has pissed the team off, so the team has pissed off. Site = dead quite ill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderItAll Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Aha thanks. I did start reading a couple threads and one guy had a strong opinion which I can relate to. It wont happen here though, you're a great bunch. Tom. EDIT: Found the Announcement viewable on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam T Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 To whoever is changing and creating new stuff on my About Me including a certain "forp" statement and making it more pink!! Please stop or I'll have to get the ropers on ya You know who you are. Sidders, Mer and Cornflakes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 I'm back from hospital bitches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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