October 2, 201014 yr comment_99561 Do believe there was a black 'crane' (not sure of the exact word for it ) on the Slammer site today. Should hopefully be up before end of season if it was doibg something that isn't dismantling.
October 2, 201014 yr comment_99583 Know what exactly? If you're talking about the crane, as I passed the park to go to Staines today, I was the 'crane' in the park, in the position of where Slammer is.If you're talking about when it will re-open, I was only guessing, as I obviously had no idea what it was doing. Though I can't see work being done on Slammer to make it operational now unless they want to reopen it before end of season.
October 2, 201014 yr comment_99586 Cranes have been in and out the last few weeks tho so I'm not sure if it will mean anything. But I guess you never know!!
October 2, 201014 yr comment_99594 Agreed. If they didn't want it to be opened by the end of the season then they would just wait untill the closed season to repair slammer. So that sounds good for it opening at somepoint during Fright Nights.
October 2, 201014 yr comment_99597 Yes there was a crane on the Slammer site today, (as I visited today); it seemed to be taking parts from the top of each tower. The entrance side of seats are currently not on the ride and it is looking like the ride will not be open for a while yet. There were hoses layed on the floor and lots of workmen taking and replacing parts of the ride. Other than Slammer though, all other rides were up and X:\ still has it's lights on.
October 2, 201014 yr comment_99610 Yes there was a crane on the Slammer site today, (as I visited today); it seemed to be taking parts from the top of each tower. The entrance side of seats are currently not on the ride and it is looking like the ride will not be open for a while yet. There were hoses layed on the floor and lots of workmen taking and replacing parts of the ride. Other than Slammer though, all other rides were up and X:\ still has it's lights on. I;d be very worried for my safety if those large reinforced steel cables were hosepipes.
October 3, 201014 yr comment_99617 I don't think they were the cables, I think they were the pneumatic pipes that hold the compressed air, they had links on them and were only about 2-3m long each.
October 8, 201014 yr comment_100083 ^ Yeah. It was in many bits yesturday. Seats off, stripped right down... green crane doing bits...
October 8, 201014 yr comment_100085 ^ Yeah. It was in many bits yesturday. Seats off, stripped right down... green crane doing bits...Do not fear! All been put back together now, all the seats were on today. And if anyone would like to know why stealth was down, I don't know the answer but reopened today.
October 11, 201014 yr comment_100206 Been to Thorpe Park today - Slammer is still down and fenced off. No visible work being done, mobile crane is now not extended.Other than that - the rides were well behaved all day!
October 15, 201014 yr comment_100387 FYI Slammer was working today, we got there after they finished testing it with no people in it. Everything was normal.
October 15, 201014 yr comment_100390 IS Slammer really working? if so, great! But I think stealth is down
October 15, 201014 yr comment_100399 YES :DSlammer was working today. They did quite a few tests and we got there just after they finished a test but then it was in full operation again. Brilliant ride, I might add!
March 25, 201114 yr comment_111781 As a long time lurker I'd say this is the most useful topic if it's kept up to date, I know it's what I'm alwys looking at the weeks before a visit and is a whole lot easier than trawling through the ride topics to see where the problems are.Anyway, I went the day before yesterday. The only closed ride was samurai which was mating with it's little blue crane all day (as usual. How those two haven't had little mechanical babies yet is beyond me). I didn't see anything else down all day, except for stealth opening a couple of hours late. So not too bad at the mo.
March 27, 201114 yr comment_111846 According to the iPhone app, Stealth is now also closed along with Samurai.
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