Benin Posted Monday at 08:17 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:17 AM I mean this IS the company the used the term "Legs. Gone." with an accompanying picture of Smiler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted Monday at 12:29 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 12:29 PM 4 hours ago, Jax said: It's almost as if the marketing team have no idea what's going on at the park. To be fair they probably work in an office elsewhere, and don’t visit the park as guests that often. They are simply doing their jobs - this post will have been just one of many things they would have been working on at the time. I think of the places I’ve worked over the years, and many of them I haven’t even been a customer of the company 🤷♂️ For all we know this could have been written and scheduled ages ago, or maybe even the people who run this stuff might not even work for Merlin. Social media can be outsourced and work with stock images and key info, like times etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted Monday at 12:58 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 12:58 PM I don't know who writes those tweets, but they will be scheduled in advance (likely by the month at a minimum, maybe further). It's not an ideal thing to do when the ride the choose is experiencing extended downtime. I would think it's something they could schedule more on a weekly basis, to avoid such a potential issue. There is another question to raise, which is why they need to tweet opening times every week. These tweets seem to get minimal views / engagement, suggesting it's not furthering the audience's understanding of opening hours. Just seems a tad unnecessary from the outward perspective. I'm sure they've got reasons behind it backed up with whatever analytics, but yeah, I don't fully get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted Tuesday at 10:31 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:31 AM No engineers or operators saying the ride is closed.... Most likely waiting for a part. Rumour has it that it will be closed until early May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted Tuesday at 01:59 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 01:59 PM 3 hours ago, Jax said: No engineers or operators saying the ride is closed.... Most likely waiting for a part. Rumour has it that it will be closed until early May. That's Thursday onwards then, I too am hopeful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelAllen Posted Tuesday at 05:39 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 05:39 PM Looks like Stealth was being worked on today by engineers. Hopefully it’ll be back sooner rather than later. Strangely Rita is also closed for extended maintenance at the moment. Neither coasters seem to be having much luck at the moment. I wonder if they’re related? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted Tuesday at 06:44 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:44 PM Interesting that Rita is closed too.... Kingda Ka must have put a hex on it or something lol. Good to see engineers working on Stealth today as you mentioned, maybe the part has arrived that they need, and hopefully it's opens sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted Thursday at 08:57 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:57 AM Relatively promising post from Thorpe on X yesterday.... Could Stealth be back soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelAllen Posted Thursday at 09:25 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:25 AM Looks like fastrack tickets have been taken off sale from today to the 8th May. I am going on the 6th! Typical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted Thursday at 12:44 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 12:44 PM Does this mean it'll be back on the 8th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted Thursday at 01:47 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 01:47 PM 1 hour ago, Jax said: Does this mean it'll be back on the 8th? No, they aren’t even selling FastTrack for most coasters tomorrow or the weekend. They can add/remove FastTrack allocation at any time so I wouldn’t look too much into it. They normally update ‘one shot’ FastTrack availability daily. Jax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted Friday at 10:04 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 10:04 AM Ahhh I see.... important to note that Stealth is listed as "Closed" instead of "Closed All Day" or "Closed Today" so maybe its back soon. Has there been any action? I know the park was closed a couple days ago so maybe that gave them a chance to try and get it going again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted Friday at 08:24 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 08:24 PM Some parts have to be made, some decisions too. If the parts are very expensive it will not be paid for from the standard budget. The fix is getting closer, no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago Anymore news from the park today? JoelAllen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelAllen Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago Looks like the fastrack button on the app has completely disappeared now. Rita at Alton Towers has also been closed a week. I'm keeping an eye on Stealth... I'm going on Tuesday, but hopefully will have a return trip when Stealth is back open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago I don't believe Stealth and Rita's closures are related, although that is little more than a hunch right now. If there's an update, I'm sure it'll be shared quickly, but for now all we can assume is it is still waiting for either a part or advice from Intamin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago Let's hope it opens soon. Planning on going next week, so I am too hopeful. JoelAllen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylsbrim Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago Anyone know what happened?? All I have heard is the train only went half way up the top hat, rolled back and been closed since. Anyone know if this is true? I am getting concerned for stealth now guys. I really hope if Rita closes they salvage the parts and do everything to keep stealth open. Imagine Rita trains on the stealth circuit. That is if they repainted them back to Rita original colours but would still be so cool to see. Anyone reckon that's possible? I fear stealth only has a season or two left depending on operations for the rest of this season. It's literally gone silent. What if this issue continues to occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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