pognoi Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Sooo who knew Saw could close due to high winds...? Not me... Or Lewumbrajumbos. Didn't stop the ride team from doing a great job though. Ryan and lewumbrajumbos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L7123456 Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Sooo who knew Saw could close due to high winds...? Not me... Or Lewumbrajumbos. Didn't stop the ride team from doing a great job though. I thought it was only Stealth and Colossus. I guess you learn something new every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Saw regularly closes from high winds. The over banked turn is a likely stall point and is the reason it closes in cold temperatures as well. Stealth isn't too much affected from winds, swarm and saw are the worst. Colossus and saw suffer most from temperature. pognoi, 400400 and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 A fair amount of the rides at TP close due to high winds, most rides have variations on wind speed but you'd be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Saw is still showing as closed on the queue times website, wonder what's up with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 It's ****ing windy down here so that might be why. Or they've realised it's not worth keeping open because it's terrible. Ian-S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Its been closed for the last few days, and it seems as if they are awaiting a part as it hasn't been testing either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Because Saw is a very reliable roller coaster and a high quality ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 ^to be fair to it, it's rare for it to be down days at a time - I'm sure it will be back soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 I went to go ask the staff member that was stood outside why it was down.....however he suddenly burst into a musical number then enthusiastically told a small group of us that we really MUST ride Rocky Express. So yeah I just walked off pognoi and JamminGamer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewumbrajumbos Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Han30 said: I went to go ask the staff member that was stood outside why it was down.....however he suddenly burst into a musical number then enthusiastically told a small group of us that we really MUST ride Rocky Express. So yeah I just walked off Did you catch a name I would bet money on them being called Gian or Thomas Han30, Kerfuffle and pognoi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Definitely wasn't Gian (seen him many times working on Saw and know what he looks like) so must have been Thomas. Have to say he was incredibly enthusiastic which is nice to see lewumbrajumbos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 He says things like they're fantastic stories and you're just like wow thank you for my enlightenment you amazing bean Han30 and MattyMoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 1 minute ago, Heather-Rose said: He says things like they're fantastic stories and you're just like wow thank you for my enlightenment you amazing bean That made me laugh! I just loved the way he was SO enthusiastic about Rocky Express - he told us that we simply MUST ride it as it is the only one of its kind in this country?! I just smiled and headed for Rush... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Guest services said it was the wind on Saturday exceeding its operating limits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 11 hours ago, Han30 said: he told us that we simply MUST ride it as it is the only one of its kind in this country?! Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewumbrajumbos Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 1 hour ago, ChessingtonSam said: Completely different ride type you potato *rolls eyes* Tom and pluk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Sea Storm and Rocky Express are different as physiologically possible. Try not to get them mixed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 4 hours ago, lewumbrajumbos said: Completely different ride type you potato *rolls eyes* Mmhm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Are they the same type though when the sea storm boats spin and the rocky express ride trains do not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 34 minutes ago, alexander said: Are they the same type though when the sea storm boats spin and the rocky express ride trains do not? Thats the only difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Please remember that Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, and if you just do a little research off of that site you'll find that this is, in fact, incorrect. Whilst both models have similar components, Rocky Express' model is actually called 'old train'. As you yourself said, the way the carriages work is slightly different, but this is the difference that makes them different ride types PS If you still don't believe me, look at mack rides website, and find the ride model 'old train'. Rocky is pictured. Before you go to the slaughter house with someone, make sure your facts are right! To get this back on topic, does anyone know if guests (other then in a breakdown) can ever have access to the indoor sections of Saw? A couple of us were curious if it's possible to have access to it as a kind of VIP thing, a bit like how you can go in the ride area for inferno Tom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercameron98 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Heather-Rose said: A couple of us were curious if it's possible to have access to it as a kind of VIP thing, a bit like how you can go in the ride area for inferno When I did my BTS of Saw and Stealth last year they took me and a few friends in to see the engineer's workshop and stand on the door by the bottom of the lift and was then walked up through the staff corridors (didnt get to see the track on the inside as these corridors were concrete but you could hear the cars going by) up to the station and into the console. Obviously it might differ each time as H&S may have changed since then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Saw has just opened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Matt 236, yeah, pognoi and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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