Tom Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 ^ How do you want us to take the post? It's just a dig at Thorpe's reliability James Allgood, Matt A, MarkC and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 It's a great Shame rides break down at Thorpe. After all it's the only park that has breakdowns anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Tom said: ^ How do you want us to take the post? It's just a dig at Thorpe's reliability "It's unfortunate timing when combined with the announcement of DBGT not opening soon, oh dear, etc. etc." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 5 hours ago, ThorpeAddict said: Read the post above you My point was I was at thorpe today and whilst I didnt ride stealth I didnt see it listed as closed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Was intending to attend during next week, but a close friend just reminded me "it's half term"............oh catastrophe; as most of you will realize that means loads of you younger types there now until September on "study days", then holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Still not open? What's going on stealth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam P Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 It was open Saturday morning, but was told it is awaiting a part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Is it viable for a park to purchase and store parts for a ride, meaning that they can have a system where they always have spare parts and order in a backup after the spare is used? Just wondering as rides seem to close a lot due to "waiting for a part", so this would solve that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 They will have general spare parts for items that regularly break or need replacing. It is not economically or practically viable to store spares for everything. Just be relived that stealth doesn't have the reliability of TTD or the operations of Kingda Ka. Launch coasters are very complex and lots can go wrong. Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 1 hour ago, Coaster Jamie said: Is it viable for a park to purchase and store parts for a ride, meaning that they can have a system where they always have spare parts and order in a backup after the spare is used? Just wondering as rides seem to close a lot due to "waiting for a part", so this would solve that. Indeed as ProjectLC said - the park, obviously have a stock of parts, but its not feasible for the park to store every single spare part what might break. Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 11 hours ago, Marc said: Indeed as ProjectLC said - the park, obviously have a stock of parts, but its not feasible for the park to store every single spare part what might break. Certainly due to most of the rides being one of maybe three, many parts have to be manufactured to order, rather than being made ready. That adds to their cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Quote Please note: Stealth is currently unavailable It's made it onto the website scroller! That's when you know it's gonna be a while and this is why I haven't been to Thorpe in nearly a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Stealth has just reopened for the last 2 hours of the day Han30 and Olistjj 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Was told in was down for maintenance earlier so this is a nice surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Fingers crossed for tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Diddly dang darn it, it must have opened just as I left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 According to queue times site it hit a 60 minute queue quite quickly then was unavailable for a bit. Managed to get on using an exit pass after Inferno ceased operation as we were about to ride. Was great that they managed to get it open - same with X which was closed for most of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Wow, I was originally going over today, but with the weather doubtful, then finding Stealth was down, I decided not to. Must have been very cool today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Lots of people on twitter claiming that Stealth has rolled back today! Seems the problems are still ongoing then, and Stealth has been shut since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 11 minutes ago, ThorpeAddict said: Lots of people on twitter claiming that Stealth has rolled back today! Despite loads of people "willing" a rollback, I dread it as it would always be a loss of ride-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Saw someone post about the rollback on TPs FB page. I'm SO glad that didn't happen yesterday - I think I would freak out. Would love to see one though (in real life - seen plenty on YouTube). Celia Mae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 I've got mates there today, shut for a few hours but it's been opeb for a couple of hours now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Mae Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Do they still do the Stealth rollback t-shirts/medals/whatever they gave away back in the old days? pognoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 7 minutes ago, Celia Mae said: Do they still do the Stealth rollback t-shirts/medals/whatever they gave away back in the old days? To my knowledge there has never been shirts, medals or any merchandise or awards for people having rollbacks. A rollback is actually bad for the ride! That's why when it happens the ride is closed for a long period of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 The ride just needs to be reset, it normally takes about 20-30 minutes to go through the process of clearance to go into manual reverse train in station to offload, and slowly roll the train back into the station. Off load reset and charge accumulators test hand over ect ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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