JoshC. Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Complete new sound track! Up to date songs are now played inside Like this: Which is as old as the ride itself MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Like this: Which is as old as the ride itself Now that is a throwback. JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Mae Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Not sure what was going on in the station today but there was a speaker opposite the door just blaring out constant bass so loud it was actually a bit painful on the ears Also music inside the pyramid was different to that in the queue, and for us just seemed to be a constant drum and bass beat, no actual song to it... And the two speakers on opposite sides of the pyramid were out of sync Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Well about 4.45pm today all of the big 5 coasters were either closed or broke down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack29 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Stealth was having big problems with the traction wheels as someone has already mentioned, the train kept getting stuck coming into the unload platform. One train operation using train one then this was taken off and replaced with the re painted train two but the same problem persisted. I think I saw train three out as well in the morning so they all got a run out today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 They won't have 3 trains built up. One is always in strip down to ease the maintenance load on the engineers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack29 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 That does makes sense, don't really see why Stealth has a spare and the other coasters don't but then again I'm not an engineer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 The original plan was that if a train had a problem the 3rd train could be used so 2 train operation was always possible. However when Merlin took over this was no longer the case and they made it so one was always in strip down while the other 2 were useable so over the winter they wouldn't have to strip 3 trains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Spare parts policy: 1) buy two of everything, three if you can afford it. 2) if something breaks, refer to rule one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Giving out priority passes valid for the rest of the season to a few thousand guests will make very little difference atall.. Unless they all turn up on the same day! But this is a cumulative thing, they dish them out like confetti for all manor of complaints, and then the whole system collapses under the weight of fastrack and no one is happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 I don't see a problem with them handing out priority passes this weekend. There were 5 rides due to be closed, so they have given each person (not everyone got a letter though) a letter worth 5 priority passes for each of the closed rides. Also like Marc said, they can be used all year round, if they were only valid on one day then yes you could say there'd be a problem. A lot of people were renewing their passes yesterday. So by handing out priority passes at the beginning of the day, and admitting their mistakes/apologizing for rides being closed, they are potentially saving customers who would be put off from renewing after yesterday. Regarding them dishing out priority passes, wasn't it said that they've been a lot stricter on this in the past season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 The letter is valid for up to 4 people, and they must be present with an annual pass when you visit then you will get 5 priority passes with up to 4 people on the passes, that's what it seemed like to me when we asked in guest services and the exit on the way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Anyboby get multiple copies? OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Lets just hope no one discovers the photocopier. Han30 and Ian-S 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 You'll need one that scans right to the edges aha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoMachine Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 According to Thorpe's Twitter, Rush, Swarm and Colossus are closed for Thursday and on Friday swarm and Rush will open. Colossus will open 'soon after' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Slammer is beating Swarm for ride reliability, I repeat, Slammer is beating Swarm for ride reliability..... Celia Mae and dragon2000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 It makes me really sad that Swarm's 100% attendance is no more . Must be something major for it to be closed. Bravo Slammer though. You've broken the mould of past seasons, don't mess up mid season. dragon2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2000 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 The assumption is that Samurai is open from Thursday then? Place your bets for how long it lives for now... OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 When did it become acceptable for the park to not be ready on opening day? Breakdowns and rides opening late on opening day is expected, but to have two major coasters and a support flat closed alongside a high-throughput water ride (closed all year) when the park is supposed to be fully open to the paying public is not good. I'm sure these issues have increased in the last two years - I don't remember there being major coasters down for opening day in the past few years (2015 excluded), but maybe they were? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I dont think anyone is claiming its "good". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I dont think anyone is claiming its "good". I know that, the comment about it being unacceptable isn't in response to anyone on here, it's just a comment on how standards of what the park sees as acceptable have seemingly slipped in the last two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 The fact that the park were issuing out letters with compensation at the weekend for the closed rides at the weekend would suggests to me that they do not find it acceptable either and obviously want them open too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I know that, the comment about it being unacceptable isn't in response to anyone on here, it's just a comment on how standards of what the park sees as acceptable have seemingly slipped in the last two years. I'm glad you're letting us all know how unacceptable it is just in case there was some that thought it was fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 The fact that the park were issuing out letters with compensation at the weekend for the closed rides at the weekend would suggests to me that they do not find it acceptable either and obviously want them open too.I don't consider Fastrack vouchers to be adequate compensation for people who have gone out of their way to visit the park, but I do get your point.I had hoped the park (or Merlin depending on who it comes down to) would have tried to overcome the early-season ride availability issues of last year, but it seems that things have got worse with two major coasters down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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