STEALTHDAN Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Agreed chanced a visit today and even tho there were a lot of closed rides and minimum capacity on ones there were open we still had a good day and a half decent ride count we left around half 3 after stealth and nemesis shut for the day and went to pick up our free return tickets we also got free parking!!! Top notch thorpe park! I'd just like to say the ribs in bar 360 nom nom nom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideAddict Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Couldn't agree more with Mark. What's the story with Colossus and Saw then, have they opened at all or been closed half a day the last few days? They were running OK last Wednesday, although they did suffer downtime. Colossus' scrolling LED board at the entrance even showed it as unavailable before I had my ride. When the train came back into the station an engineer was waiting to do something, not sure what, I did happen to note that it didn't run or not even test for about 10 minutes after my ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Thorpe deserve a huge amount of praise this season for full ride availability up to this weekend and being able to have everything open bar Colossus, Saw and Rush yesterday. I just couldn't believe this was the same Thorpe that five years ago could only get the odd ride open for Thrill Chill and here they are at 0 degrees temperatures with nearly all rides ready to go. Phill Pritchard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideAddict Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 The proof is in the pudding - they've acknowledged the comments and complaints and listened to us, this year they've come up trumps. Like I was saying last week, little things like getting small signs and making pathways etc cleaner are something they slip up on every year, but that compared to getting the rides ready is nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 I have to say thanks cos thorpe gave all the normal ticket holder, another open dated one for free, as a sorry for closing most of the rides at 3pm, which I thought was really nice of then Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Couldn't agree more with Mark. What's the story with Colossus and Saw then, have they opened at all or been closed half a day the last few days? They were running OK last Wednesday, although they did suffer downtime. Colossus' scrolling LED board at the entrance even showed it as unavailable before I had my ride. When the train came back into the station an engineer was waiting to do something, not sure what, I did happen to note that it didn't run or not even test for about 10 minutes after my ride. They were closed all weekend because they can't operate in extreme cold temperatures, can't remember the exact temperature it had to be for them to open though. RideAddict 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 In Colossus's case anything below 4 degrees is a no go, it will very likely stall on the final bend before the 10th Inversion. Same with Saw (Don't know the actual temperature) but the lift motor won't start below a certain temperature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideAddict Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 You'd think modern coasters would withstand the cold better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topsyturvy15 Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 To follow on from EC I was really impressed that they gave us annual pass holders two free priority passes instead of a free open dated ticket. Its always annoying when rides are shut but can't be helped when its this cold. I think a gesture like this shows that they are really pretty caring about their guests and deserve a lot of credit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 You'd think modern coasters would withstand the cold better. Well, it's not a matter of cold coaster or warm coaster it is mechanically speaking not possible. It is the same with any mechanical object, if it's too cold it won't start/will take longer than usual to start. And Colossus being 11 years old isn't exactly modern, SAW because the lightness of the cars and the bulk of them are more prone to stalling as they are easily affected (and also in Saw's case the motor won't start) Benin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 I am really starting to think that thorpe are showing the caring side of them... Firstly, they managed to get nearly all the rides open- at whilst some closed early, at least thorpe bothered to open them at all. Here we are looking at thorpe doing something good, whereas chessie at the moment don't even seem to be trying to open half their rides up. Also, thorpe are offering free return tickets or fastrack! I don't see chessington doing this even though they have more rides closed!! It seems like thorpe are actually doing better than chessie at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 You'd think modern coasters would withstand the cold better. Ricky's already mentioned this, but yeah, most mechanical devices struggle in cold weather... Look at cars/vans/lorries for example, and they have a proper heat ignition sequence, something (the majority of) rides do not... Things move slower in the cold as well, it's quite clear... It's nothing to do with the rides, it's more to do with the principles of engineering which cannot actually be modified... Really is something that cannot be controlled due to friction/velocity/forces/yada-yada-yada that will effect the materials of the track and wheels... tl;dr - ENGINEERING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideAddict Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Now you put it like that...OK. Logical way of thinking of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Also very impressed with thorpe taking to social media, being very precise about what open and closed. Something towers, until today, haven't been very good at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Imagine the irony if that was because the main social media person was stuck at home due to the snow Pickles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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