Marc Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Yeah Stealth currently plays a shorter playlist than it used to - Coaster Jamie's list covers the vast majority of what was on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I'd say Barbara Anne is pretty much the typical Amity Speedway anthem IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 The Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You Lesley Gore - It's My Party The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream Herman's Hermits - I'm into Something Good Gene Pitney - Princess In Rags Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Shop Around Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' Eddie Cochrane - C'mon Everybody Shirley Caddell - The Big Bounce The Marcels - Blue Moon Beach Boys - California Dreamin' The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron The Shadows - Foot Tapper Beach Boys - 409 Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing in the Street The Monkees - Daydream Believers Small Faces - Lazy Sunday The Coasters - Yakety Yak Love Affair - Everlasting Love The Move - Flowers in the Rain Etta James - Shortnin' Bread Rock Bob and Earl - Harlem Shuffle Beach Boys - I Get Around Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Do You Love Me Jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law John Travolta - We Go Together John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me Gary US Bonds - Twist Twist Senora Elvis Presley - Hard Headed Woman The Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy The Medallions - 59 Volvo Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac Danny and the Juniors - At The Hop Beach Boys - Barbara Anne The Searchers - Needles and Pins Chubby Checker - Let's Do The Twist Dion - The Wanderer Tremeloes - Even the Bad Times Are Good The Four Seasons - Let's Hang On The Chiffons - Sweet Talking Guy Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One Surfaris - Wipeout Chuck Berry - Jonny B. Goode Buddy Guy - Mustang Sally Grease - Greased Lightning Connie Francis - Lipstick on your Collar The Beatles - Twist and Shout thank you!!! gonna have a little browse of these and a cheeky dl of some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 With all the good music of that era it's a pity they don't vary it. When visiting several times on one day, though it's good, you do get the same plays. I'm sure there is some budding DJ in the park/resort/island/pit that could put something together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 anyone know what was up with stealth today? Heard it didn't open after it broke down until 17.40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Cant have been too much of a fault. It has been very temperamental the last few days having the odd 20 minutes down every now and then. I'm assuming they were fixing what ever was causing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Stealth yesterday was performing great; new team members cottoned on to my needs very quickly and very helpful. Weather was great, staff really do need optional hats. Turned out this is a "schools week", do they never go to school now? Cultural origins can certainly cause problems for staff chaining us in. pognoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I was there yesterday too! Yes, the staff were very good on stealth, which was really useful as I was able to get 3 more major rides done between 4:30 and 5:00. They handled the fastpass queue well, and were patient with those with disabilities, aswell as being efficient in loading the ride, and filling pretty much all empty spaces. The queue said 50 minutes on it, and we were going through full extension past the 45 minute sign, but it couldn't have took more then 30 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Something tells me that very soon, it might be Stealth on top of the pile for throughput, ahead of SAW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Stealth has always been ahead of saw, statistically you can send a train every 45 to 50 seconds so about 70-80 trains x 20 = 1400-1600pph. Saw struggles to get to a thousand at the best of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Stealth has always been ahead of saw, statistically you can send a train every 45 to 50 seconds And on Rita, 1 min 45 to 1 mins 50 secs. Coaster and Whiteknuckle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 There's absolutely no way stealth will get anywhere near 1600/hr, in fact there's not a single coaster in the UK that will anymore (some rides at Blackpool could in the past). AFAIK the only UK coasters that can even get 1400 are Nemesis, Air and Oblivion - and only when running flat out. A train every 70 seconds or so on Stealth should be achievable providing the accumulators can recharge in time, giving a max throughput of around 1100. That's the sort of figure Rita used to be able to get when it was fairly new, presumably Stealth is capable of similar. As for Saw, 800-900/hour seems more typical in my experience. I believe 960 is (or was) the target, but based on the timers in the station it rarely gets near that whenever I'm there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Stealth has always been ahead of saw, statistically you can send a train every 45 to 50 seconds so about 70-80 trains x 20 = 1400-1600pph. Saw struggles to get to a thousand at the best of times. If that's the case then why do they take about a minute and a half to dispatch?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 If that's the case then why do they take about a minute and a half to dispatch?! Presumably Ricky was more referring to a maximal theoretical throughput, as opposed to a theoretical one. Human flaws (with both staff and guests) will make it very difficult to achieve those throughputs. I think it's very rare that you ever get a ride reach (or exceed) maximal theoretical throughputs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Stealths record was set a few weeks ago and they did that by sending a train every 45 seconds for an hour. There was not a single train which had a delay that exceeded 10 seconds and it worked like a military operation. It must have been hitting about 1100-1200 people per hour. The staff did announce that they had beaten the theoretical throughput and the Thorpe record so they were a very good team. In fact if you ever see the ride operator called adam he is amazing efficient and good at organising his team. Ive seen him beat the throughput record on multiple rides. Oblivions throughput is 1900 but it wont be achieving that so it will be around 1500 on a bad day so to claim no ride in the UK gets near is a bit of an odd statement. Also Rita is the worst throughput of any coaster at Alton (not including the RMT and sonic as I don't count them as coasters more hyped up park bench's) so claiming it can achieve 1100 is also very odd. It barley scrapes 900pph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Highest ever Stealth throughout is about 1160 or something? Highest this year is about 1040 Ricky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Yeah that would make sense if it was April, as we were there in April half term. When they were doing it was amazingly efficient. Odd that they didn't manage the all time record because I was there in the full hour they were doing it (it was quick moving and relatively short wait) and it didn't seem to have any train with a delay. I quess it shows how a 5 second wait every now and then builds up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Stealths record was set a few weeks ago and they did that by sending a train every 45 seconds for an hour. There was not a single train which had a delay that exceeded 10 seconds and it worked like a military operation. It must have been hitting about 1100-1200 people per hour. The staff did announce that they had beaten the theoretical throughput and the Thorpe record so they were a very good team. In fact if you ever see the ride operator called adam he is amazing efficient and good at organising his team. Ive seen him beat the throughput record on multiple rides. Oblivions throughput is 1900 but it wont be achieving that so it will be around 1500 on a bad day so to claim no ride in the UK gets near is a bit of an odd statement. Also Rita is the worst throughput of any coaster at Alton (not including the RMT and sonic as I don't count them as coasters more hyped up park bench's) so claiming it can achieve 1100 is also very odd. It barley scrapes 900pph. Oblivion doesn't come close to 1900/hour and even 1500 would be pretty exceptional nowadays. A lot of the time it achieves less than Nemesis and Air, which is why I included them. For Oblivion to get 1900 they'd need to be dispatching as soon as the lift is clear, but usually it won't be until all shuttles are on the brake run. Rita used to consistently get over 1000, but that was back in 2007 - it doesn't come close now, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if Spinball (~750/hr) beats it from time to time. I used to say that Rita got higher throughput than Stealth based on my visits between 2007-9, but now I wouldn't queue for it if they're using any extensions as it's a complete misery. Regarding Stealth, if you mean dispatching the train within 45 seconds of it arriving in the station, then fair enough - that sounds feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Ive always visited during scarefest so it may be that ive only seen oblivion when the teams are trying to be efficient. Rita is a pile of scrap so the fact it gets any throughput is amazing and yes I meant dispatching in 45 seconds from arriving in the station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Oblivions throughput is 1900 but it wont be achieving that so it will be around 1500 on a bad day so to claim no ride in the UK gets near is a bit of an odd statement. Also Rita is the worst throughput of any coaster at Alton (not including the RMT and sonic as I don't count them as coasters more hyped up park bench's) so claiming it can achieve 1100 is also very odd. It barley scrapes 900pph. Average for Oblivion is 1000pph - they used to be able to get 1500pph before they allowed bags into queuelines. Average for Rita is 650pph. On a good day it'll get around 900pph at the moment There's a big difference between about 7 years ago when they pushed throughputs and how they run their attractions nowadays. Actually, as you've added in Mine train and Sonic - Mine Train gets 700pph, Sonic gets about 600. pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 how come rita's is so low, is it operation or are the accumulator's not as good as they once were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Bit of both. Accumulators aint looking healthy, so the staff were told to slow and by slowing have lost all that energy which keeps you going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Thank goodness it's that slow! If you think it's painful at the speed it reaches today...then if it goes any faster...(shivers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Thank goodness it's that slow! If you think it's painful at the speed it reaches today...then if it goes any faster...(shivers) It still reaches 60mph I'm sure, the slowness is to do with the ride staff... Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I'm sure everyone knows but Stealth station has a little countdown timer presumably as a target for quick dispatch. Any reason why Stealth has this but no other ride does? Or is it just that Stealth has the only visible timer (Saw has one too thinking about it, but that's partially for theming reasons and normally isn't synced right anyway...!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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