Benin Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 So many better layouts could have been made instead of saw. Starting with a GCI Woodie... Kerfuffle, Matt 236, StealthRider and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Never knew this existed, basically a slightly altered version of Saw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 A park where this sort of ride works. Thorpe should never have got saw as it is. The low throughput just isnt what the park needed. The woodie or even just another steel coaster would be far better, instead of the disappointment of the short, painful unreliable peice of junk we have now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 A park where this sort of ride works. Thorpe should never have got saw as it is. The low throughput just isnt what the park needed. The woodie or even just another steel coaster would be far better, instead of the disappointment of the short, painful unreliable peice of junk we have now. And by far the parks most successful ride to date... (And I'm not a huge saw fan!) I know Saws pretty much universally hated among enthusiasts - theres no denying its was exactly what the park needed at that point in time. Altitude and HermanTheGerman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Any thrill ride with the saw ip would have done the trick. Thats what I meant to get across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I hate it too, Mark, although I completely agree with you that it's exactly what they needed! A park where this sort of ride works. Thorpe should never have got saw as it is. The low throughput just isnt what the park needed. The woodie or even just another steel coaster would be far better, instead of the disappointment of the short, painful unreliable peice of junk we have now. It's not even that short, compared to Swarm and Stealth at least. Plus I don't know what the throughput is exactly, but whenever I've queued for it, I thought it went down at a reasonable pace! Might just be me though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I quite like Saw. Except for the jolt that is, which is pretty inexcusable whatever the problem that causes it is. Altitude and EC! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 The throughput is about 800-950 which is pretty bad. I find the ride pretty short, although that is probably because of the pre lift section it seems short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 That version actually looks better than Saw! I wonder how it rides considering that Saw is the most uncomfortable Eurofighter that I've been on. Swap it with Krake already, or atleast a clone of the beast at Hansa, which has more scare, more atmosphere, more everything infact.. Apart from constant jolts and an IP (win win). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Although I really do enjoy SAW, I still find the jolt a bit of a problem...considering on the last day of the season, the second time I did SAW and once we hit the jolt, I could've sworn it felt as if my spine was gyrated straight into my pelvis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I just stick my head out like a sloth and grin and bear it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 They could have had a woodie called Saw though - actually would have fitted better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 How comes you cannot queue in the saw buliding? They make you wait outside for a while then they let a few people in and ive always wondered why they did it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Its fire regulations. The building if full cant be evacuated in time if there was a fire alarm. So they limit the number of people in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 ^ How come when the ride opened in 2009 they let you queue inside then? Every visit that year was the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 They also let you queue inside a large portion of X. They wanted to make it so it was with in the limits by a lot rather than on the edge and occasionally going over. I also think that the regulations must have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Imagine its risk assessments. Makes sense not to have a hundred or so people queuing on all the stairs in that building.. cos if you need to evac then the only way to do it is going back down the same stairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I guess cos I'm small, I've never had several rough circuits on saw. Infact I've only had one rough circuit ever, and that was last day of season. That's the same with Colossus, only ever had one tremendously painful circuit, normally can bare it. Even Rita I don't find too bad. The smiler killed me though. I don't like the smilers roughness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Never knew this existed, basically a slightly altered version of Saw I am suddenly more appreciate of SAWs limited theming, christ. What kind of warehouse coaster? pognoi, paige, HermanTheGerman and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Saw's themings okay,but it's not quite Swarm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Users Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I am suddenly more appreciate of SAWs limited theming, christ. What kind of warehouse coaster? It's a bit more acceptable when the park in question is tiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 It's a bit more acceptable when the park in question is tiny. Because TP is huge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Users Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Financially. Altitude, Tom, Benin and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 I don't know why, but Saw to me feels like its has the fastest moving queue in the park. Whenever you move, you move on hell of a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 I don't know why, but Saw to me feels like its has the fastest moving queue in the park. Whenever you move, you move on hell of a lot. The queue can go relatively quickly if you join it at the right time. I've been stuck well into the extended queue with a breakdown or two everytime I have queued for SAW bar two instances and that was only this year! Maybe I'm just unlucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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