November 22, 200816 yr comment_39904 Exactly the point everyone's missing - it got halfway up the damn hill before it e-stopped. It shouldn't have! If you suspect something's wrong, let the last train finish and then investigate it.So what you're saying is, you would risk people Health and well-being, just so you didn't have to bother to evacuate a lift hill? Well at least now if I know you to ever be working for a theme park and operating a ride I was about to go on, I would definately not ride. It's people safety your saying thorpe should have risked, which is not an option for any operator.
November 22, 200816 yr comment_39917 Right enough of this Theme Park Bloke.In my opinion the operator did the right thing. I am a operator and I wouldn't stop it on the lift hill unless there was a problem. A call from engineers to Colossus could have happened over the radio to e-stop the ride. Anything could of happened.Enough of this now.
November 22, 200816 yr comment_39918 Enough of what? I have not started anything.People can't see here that it wasn't safe to let it get up the lift hill before letting them off. Because I certainly wouldn't let that happen. People here are turning around what I am saying. If they can't see that letting it get up the lift hill wasn't safe before hitting the emergency stop button, then that's not my fault. Surely before the despatch the ride operator must have realised something was wrong, because then the team would've realised and not let anyone load, thus evacuating the queueline. It's a bit different if it left the station and that point they realised something was wrong.It is clear it left the station and headed for the lift hill, they then hit the emergency stop button. Therefore a ride operator and other employees are responsible. His point is that they should have let the train go all the way round instead of E-stopping it on the lift hill.No, no, no, no, no! And this is where people are wrong. Cripes at this rate I'm gonna have to spell it out sentance for sentance, for actually what happened, and what should have happened. I'm sorry Mark, but you've seen it just like everyone else has here - completely wrong.
November 22, 200816 yr comment_39926 Well Peter, I know how things work, and I know I'm right on this.LOL and which one of us two is a rides operator?
November 22, 200816 yr comment_39933 Right lets just make this obvious.Theme Park Bloke. We now understand you mean the train should not have left the station in the first place and then stopped on the lift hill.You have to understand everyone else are saying that maybe the ride operator was not told there was a problem until the train had already made it half way up the lift hill.I'm sure the moment the ride operator heard "Stop the ride!" he/she smashed their palm straight onto the E-stop button.
November 22, 200816 yr comment_39938 Ditto Tommy. If they can't see that letting it get up the lift hill wasn't safe before hitting the emergency stop buttonErm, it obviously was safe because nobody was injured? Also from YOUR original post, you'd notice that the problem was on the first drop, not the lift hill? Explain why it wasnt safe to let it go up the Lift Hill?
November 23, 200816 yr comment_39944 To be honest I'm really confused by this. Either Theme Park bloke is accusing the operators or incompetence or.. well I have no idea. So in conclusion, to stop this circle which doesn't make sense can we have no more posts on this. Thanks
November 26, 200816 yr comment_40204 *Off topic*Yeah not sure where to post this but I shall be in the general Chertsey / Thorpe area with Seb0rz today so I'll get any pics of anything interesting going on at the park. Which is probably nothing, but hey!
November 26, 200816 yr comment_40230 Lol james. Out of all the topics to post that in you choose the closed ride topic. But yeah, get some pics
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47923 So today Slammer, Stealth, Loggers Leap and Rumba Rapids were shut all day. Saw: The Ride and Nemesis Inferno have broken down early, Rush has also had numerous breakdowns and Colossus and Samurai opened late.Not a very good start to the main season it must be said.
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47926 No, it isn't. And how is Samurai looking? Fresh? Performing well?I didn't go today, but Samurai looks pretty much the same, as it can be seen in pictures from throughout the week. Not sure about its performance though.
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47942 Not a very good opening day ride wise but it is the first day of main season and most of the rides on the list have been shut since November so expect some problems. Hopfully things get better soon and hopfully Saw will be fine tomorrow.
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47943 I've heard from people at the park today that Engineers think it won't be open for maybe a few days now. Pretty major fail I heard! (N)
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47949 Well I had a walk on the park itself today. Saw was testing after it's break down, so it should be open tomorrow. Dont hold me to that though. Samurai was looking good when I saw it, no problems there, although I am probably wrong. Queues were horrendous though, much more busier than I/anyone probably anticipated. I would say it's an average start to the season, but then again, when is any day of the season perfect?
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47951 Not a very good opening day ride wise but it is the first day of main season and most of the rides on the list have been shut since November so expect some problems. Hopfully things get better soon and hopfully Saw will be fine tomorrow.I was there today, most rides I wanted to go on worked fine. X closed about 3 and was still closed when we left. Safety checks were being carried out on Rumba, but apart from that was a good day for operations.
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47954 I was there today, most rides I wanted to go on worked fine. X closed about 3 and was still closed when we left. Safety checks were being carried out on Rumba, but apart from that was a good day for operations.Hopefully Rumba is open soon. I have missed Rumba Rapids over the close season a nice relaxing ride I think.
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47955 Well I had a walk on the park itself today. Saw was testing after it's break down, so it should be open tomorrow. Dont hold me to that though. Samurai was looking good when I saw it, no problems there, although I am probably wrong. Queues were horrendous though, much more busier than I/anyone probably anticipated. I would say it's an average start to the season, but then again, when is any day of the season perfect? tpkabz, was it really testing? at what time?, really great if it was! What were queues like?
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47958 tpkabz, was it really testing? at what time?, really great if it was! What were queues like?It was testing with water dummies in when I saw it. Also I don't think that they were sending cars round as frequently as they were when it was open.
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47972 I'm going 2moz and hopefully thell get stealth working since that hasnt been open since before fright night and I want SAW to be open cause when I went on the AP day it was brilliant
March 14, 200916 yr comment_47974 I'm going 2moz and hopefully thell get stealth working since that hasnt been open since before fright night and I want SAW to be open cause when I went on the AP day it was brilliantSAW and Stealth WILL be closed tomorrow.
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