June 2, 201114 yr comment_117045 Little bit disappointed that the mist today wasn't as large in quantity today. Didn't have quite as much as impact as the mist when it's at the beginning of the tunnel, like it's been for most of the season.Though a big well done to the staff today, who were dispatching absolutely fantastically!
June 2, 201114 yr comment_117046 Are they still only playing the short loop? To clarify, the theme is basically repeated twice but the second time around it has a bit more oomph with extra drums. Could someone clarify?I agree with Mark, whilst I liked the idea of a loading music and then fading into the dispatch theme, the old silence and dispatch was so dramatic. Inferno's station used to be very imposing and full of drama in those first few seasons. Now it literally feels like a tin shed as much as it looks. Shame!
June 2, 201114 yr comment_117051 To be fair, I do like the area theme thumping in that station. It's sexier than loading in silence.
June 3, 201114 yr comment_117076 To be fair, I do like the area theme thumping in that station. It's sexier than loading in silence.See for me, Inferno benefits from the music playing only at certain moments, not all the time. It's like modern day TV, everything is drenched in music trying to tell you what emotion you need to have. Inferno in it's first few years had the balance just right as the theme went and you felt the rumble off the train travelling below you. Now it's just another Thorpe ride with a soundtrack.
June 3, 201114 yr comment_117096 The bass on the despatch theme really used to be impressive in the early years and quite imposing on the first ride at least.
July 4, 201114 yr comment_119072 Noticed that Nemesis Inferno trains were running with one or two of the black fire wheel covers off. Looks extremely odd; it isn't the first time I've seen this but there were a few more missing than last time. Could this be so they can get to certain wheels easily for maintenance or are they easily damaged? They do look quite plasticy
July 7, 201114 yr comment_119137 Well, whatever the reason it's perfectly safe or they wouldn't run the ride!
July 7, 201114 yr comment_119139 One time Nemesis had them on but they weren't fastened properly so as the train went over the first corkscrew... well lets be glad no one was injured
July 9, 201114 yr comment_119239 Well, whatever the reason it's perfectly safe or they wouldn't run the ride! Oh I have no doubt that the ride is safe with or without them; just looks strange. Probably going to sound strange but the wheel covers on B&M inverters almost made the trains look like they were gliding along the track, as if there aren't any wheels, being moulded around the rails and consieling the wheels from most angles; it's a great effect for me.
September 21, 201113 yr comment_123587 Noticed that Nemesis Inferno trains were running with one or two of the black fire wheel covers off. Looks extremely odd; it isn't the first time I've seen this but there were a few more missing than last time. Could this be so they can get to certain wheels easily for maintenance or are they easily damaged? They do look quite plasticySo two months on, covers don't seem to be back on. Did they break them, do they think it doesn't need it, do Thorpe think Inferno is superior to every other B&M inverter in the world and that the wheel covers a commodity not worth having?And another question, all those that wanted Colossus re-painted. Well why is Inferno's track more green now then red.
September 21, 201113 yr comment_123589 Why don't our parks believe that rides (any of them) don't need repainting once they're open? Vampire, Fury, Oblivion to name a few.It's so noticeable how bad our parks are when you go abroad.
September 21, 201113 yr comment_123591 This is exactly why Thorpe love a tidal wave theme, a deserted and abandoned theme, an apocalyptic theme...They can just let it rot and it infact, it looks better! However, stand back and look at the park as a whole and it just makes you want to wash your hands.
September 21, 201113 yr comment_123597 This is exactly why Thorpe love a tidal wave theme, a deserted and abandoned theme, an apocalyptic theme...They can just let it rot and it infact, it looks better! However, stand back and look at the park as a whole and it just makes you want to wash your hands.Emphasis on the word abandoned! Surely it is in the park's best interest to maintain the track. I'm not an expert on track paint but I'd assume that it provides some form of protection for the steel from all the elements mother nature and day to day running chucks at it.
September 30, 201113 yr comment_124069 http://www.londonnet.co.uk/news/2011/sep/thorpe-park-builds-rolly-polly-coaster-overweight.htmlHilarious, read the link above about "NEW" modified seating on Nemesis Inferno which has been in place for years!
September 30, 201113 yr comment_124070 http://www.londonnet.co.uk/news/2011/sep/thorpe-park-builds-rolly-polly-coaster-overweight.htmlHilarious, read the link above about "NEW" modified seating on Nemesis Inferno which has been in place for years!They've had some double buckle ones in the past, good to hear its been properly modified now though
September 30, 201113 yr comment_124071 They've had some double buckle ones in the past, good to hear its been properly modified now though Once again I am in disbelief over how awful the park PR has been in recent years... Just how do they even come up with these ideas? Pick up some common/uncommon (last month's dwarf debacle) complaints out of a hat with several others helping what Mike Vallis will 'say'?JUST GO AWAY!
October 2, 201113 yr comment_124165 This might just me being overly optimistic, but what are the chances that this "PR" actually isn't instigated by the Park PR team and just a Journo on a day out who finally looked up when boarding Nemesis Inferno? I mean it isn't like it has become a page filler in the Sun or Daily Mirror.
October 2, 201113 yr comment_124166 http://www.thorpepark.com/press/releases/default.aspxThis is your answer, this shows its been created by thorpe park (under title "Size Matters at Thorpe Park")
October 31, 201113 yr comment_126309 They've been working for the past couple of years as far as I know! And aren't they triggered by every second train that leaves the lift or something? There must be some sort of sensor system that stops them going off while a train is going past. Or do you mean the smoke geyser by the top of the steps outside the station? As that's hardly been working on any of my visits this year, think some birds made it their home as they were going through a hole in the mesh...
March 15, 201213 yr comment_134162 Went on this today. The lights and smoke in the cave were working but no geysers
March 24, 201213 yr comment_134984 Anyone notice the fence around the entrance to the ride? Looks like they're revamping the entrance!
March 24, 201213 yr comment_134987 I noticed this yesterday. Hopefully a revamped entrance but it's probably for a sales point like on Swarm, Saw and Colossus.
March 24, 201213 yr comment_134990 Swarm and Saw have a sales point?Colossus' seemed to have changed to a shop, but no idea on that one as it was shut... No idea what it could be... Maybe it might be a queueline shop?
March 25, 201213 yr comment_135043 Maybe they are making room for a fast track vending machine right by the entrance to the queue line? it's only a matter of time!
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