BigBobJones Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Haha! Queueline TV's are good. I like them - however I don't think that The Swarm's are very good really and that women's voice constantly talking for hours/ages really gets on my nerves. Oblivion is an example of good queueline TV's - they actually build up tension you get breaks between them - they are not dotted around the whole queue so that you have to listen to them for the entire queue. I disagree, The Swarm is fine, where as 15 years ago when I spent 2 hours in the queue for Oblivion watching it break down all the time, that TV did my head in. Stealth should have queueline TVs as well, showing drag racing or something to get you in the mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 It's ridiculously easy to knock up a cheap video to 'explain' the ride to people in the queue. These videos rarely have any actual entertainment value (eg The Swarm's patronising scriptwriting) and are an unimaginative way to tell a story. Some parks overuse them so much that each ride's theme is ultimately determined by "what's on the tv this time?" boring! But I'm partial to some of the Oblivion videos because of their dark one-liners and delivery. Well I just had to say all that because these bad attempts at preshows are everywhere now I found The Swarm's spoof news report so bad that it was funny at first, but now it's just grating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I disagree, The Swarm is fine, where as 15 years ago when I spent 2 hours in the queue for Oblivion watching it break down all the time, that TV did my head in. Stealth should have queueline TVs as well, showing drag racing or something to get you in the mood. That's what Stealth's queueline TV's originally had playing in 2006. I'm sure it was old footage of Thunder Road Grease-style racing, and drag racing but I'm not sure this lasted beyond the end of the 2006 season. The original queueline video loop must still be knocking around somewhere. I do wish they'd sort WWTP out though because it sounds absolutely atrocious. Am I the only person who's incredibly bothered by the Union Jack being flown on the photo booth's roof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 That's what Stealth's queueline TV's originally had playing in 2006. I'm sure it was old footage of Thunder Road Grease-style racing, and drag racing but I'm not sure this lasted beyond the end of the 2006 season. The original queueline video loop must still be knocking around somewhere. I do wish they'd sort WWTP out though because it sounds absolutely atrocious. Am I the only person who's incredibly bothered by the Union Jack being flown on the photo booth's roof? I thought WWTP sounded better recently than it had done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I thought WWTP sounded better recently than it had done! Really? I don't visit very often now but it still sounds just as high pitched as it did from when they first screwed it up. Lots of dead speakers too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 WTTP Stealthside is quite funny when stood in the plaza - I think that one of the speakers is out of time and it does effect it quite a lot in my opinion. Glitch and AdventureRyan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBobJones Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Am I the only person who's incredibly bothered by the Union Jack being flown on the photo booth's roof? Nope, I quite like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 WTTP Stealthside is quite funny when stood in the plaza - I think that one of the speakers is out of time and it does effect it quite a lot in my opinion. yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 I really like the lighting on Stealth for Fright Nights! dragon2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Fish Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Yeah one of the speakers in the stelth area is way out of sync and really loud making it sound terrible in the plasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2000 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 As Jamie mentioned above, the colour changing lights are back on Stealth this year and it's looking fab. The smoke also working (for now)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 The smokes looking great! Theres a load of it if you look towards the station when it launches from the plaza you just see its all raising above it. Lets hope it can stay like that Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Are the colour changing lights like the ones they had in 2005? Had so much love for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2000 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Yes, back like 2005. Looks fantastic. JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 It's amazing, just how it should be all the time. Frustrating that something like that is possible on Stealth yet The Swarm and Saw just have floodlights thrown at them. dragon2000, Inferno and Glitch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 It's amazing, just how it should be all the time. Frustrating that something like that is possible on Stealth yet The Swarm and Saw just have floodlights thrown at them. You know it's Halloween when enthusiasts complain about the use of floodlights <3 MattyMoo and Inferno 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Does anyone know what's up with the speakers on Stealth? Only last night, the speakers were really muffled and you could barely hear the audio except a bass like sound. Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Seems to be only affecting the station though :/ Glitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Seems to be only affecting the station though :/ At first me and my mate thought that Swarm were playing really ravey music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Yeah, on SUnday the 13th there was no sound, not even 3.2.1 go go go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 I would prefer the original format of sound system, though I think it's about time we had a "second tape". I see what people mean by the illumination in the dark for the Fright Nights, very pleasing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Think Thorpe have got their marketing wrong when my mate posts this on fb: Thorpe park are getting rid of Stealth after tomorrowrightok then Nope, tomorrow is it's last day, Kandy is replacing it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Not the biggest piece of new ever but today Thorpe Park have submitted plans for a small Stealth shop to be built opposite the queue line stairs/next to the photo shop. http://planning.runnymede.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/Generic/StdDetails.aspx?PT=Planning%20Applications%20On-Line&TYPE=PL/PlanningPK.xml&PARAM0=187207&XSLT=/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/SiteFiles/Skins/Runnymede_AA/xslt/PL/PLDetails.xslt&FT=Planning%20Application%20Details&PUBLIC=Y&XMLSIDE=/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/SiteFiles/Skins/Runnymede_AA/Menus/PL.xml&DAURI=PLANNING JoshC. and pluk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 No major surprise - its the only major coaster without one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Nice. Always felt Stealth needed its own shop. Also, by the looks of it, it won't look like a bog standard shipping container. Glad there's going to be loads of little things happening this year. BigBobJones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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