April 7, 20169 yr comment_231678 it's the best UK pirate ship. Now hold on lets not rule anything out.
April 23, 20169 yr comment_233084 Hmm. Take a look at @CWOA's Tweet: https://twitter.com/CWOA/status/723881886616027136?s=09 Also since when did they start calling maintenance wizards? Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk
April 23, 20169 yr comment_233089 So, 'working hard' is the ride still sitting there with nothing being done to it. Yes, maybe they are waiting for parts etc. But then when Dragon Falls, Fury, Griffons Galleon, Scorpion Express, Ratllesnake are all broken/breaking down on the same day, which do you choose to fix first...?
April 23, 20169 yr comment_233092 But then when Dragon Falls, Fury, Griffons Galleon, Scorpion Express, Ratllesnake are all broken/breaking down on the same day, which do you choose to fix first...? Falls, Fury, Galleon, Scorpion, Rattlesnake in that order. Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk
April 23, 20169 yr comment_233102 But then when Dragon Falls, Fury, Griffons Galleon, Scorpion Express, Ratllesnake are all broken/breaking down on the same day, which do you choose to fix first...? Seriously?!
April 23, 20169 yr comment_233104 Yeah, another bad day. Animals were the best part of the day. Pretty much gave up with rides after the first hour. Waited 50mins for Vampire after getting in the queue at 10.05...
April 23, 20169 yr comment_233107 Yup the paints definitely helped ride reliability this year, nothing there really. Still the animals are there so yay for them.
April 24, 20169 yr comment_233136 The animals are the most reliable thing at Chessington, can't remember when they last broke down... EDIT: At the end of March they were awaiting a part for the Lion enclosure, but they got that running again pretty darn fast.
April 24, 20169 yr comment_233163 Buccaneer's exit and the area next to the Vampy tunnel have been fenced off now, even though there's nothing stopping you from going in the queue, and yet still nothing is happening on the ride. Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk
July 22, 20169 yr comment_238777 4 hours ago, Mattgwise said: It's been open a few weeks. It's been closed literally every one of my other visits
August 2, 20169 yr comment_239345 This ride is so painfully slow to queue up for. Half hour almost for three cycles as they were trying to find adults to sit on the edge. Such bizarre policies these days. Miss they days of quickly on, quickly check and off you go all in about 90 seconds. A shame as it is one of the better pirate ships out there.
August 3, 20169 yr comment_239351 9 hours ago, Mattgwise said: This ride is so painfully slow to queue up for. Half hour almost for three cycles as they were trying to find adults to sit on the edge. Such bizarre policies these days. Miss they days of quickly on, quickly check and off you go all in about 90 seconds. A shame as it is one of the better pirate ships out there. Back when I was far younger then I am now, Buccaneer was one of those rides that you could just stay on for five or more go's because there was never a queue. It pains me that the parks incompetence and own policies have destroyed what was one of Chessingtons best ride.
August 3, 20169 yr comment_239355 Meanwhile in Europa, on the exact same ride, everyone sits wherever they want and the single ride op doesn't even leave the booth to check anything. No one dies.
August 11, 20169 yr comment_239798 This was painful with a capital P today. The 'adult on either end of a row' rule remains. After 10mins we were still sitting waiting for the bars to lower. There were 2 staff on this too and even the op putting out PA announcements about it didn't seem to help. People were furious they had to move apart from their family/group and sit with strangers just to be on the end of a row. The op told the queue "it makes it really hard for us to try and move people about on the boat, the reason the queue is 60mins (it wasn't even up to the tunnel as a perspective) is because we have to keep moving people around - you should know this before you queue any further". It was ridiculous and the staff are definitely feeling it as people continually argued with them.
August 11, 20169 yr comment_239802 I'm not sure on it tbh, if it's for safety than that's that, you can't really argue. It didn't affect through put when I went, they filled up the air gates while the ride was in motion with one adult on one end and one on the other. Then we all just got on. The place it really affects throughput is Legoland, where they turn down single riders under 18, only to release the lap bars again when they realise they can just go in the middle.
August 12, 20169 yr comment_239833 10 hours ago, ChessingtonSam said: I'm not sure on it tbh, if it's for safety than that's that, you can't really argue. It didn't affect through put when I went, they filled up the air gates while the ride was in motion with one adult on one end and one on the other. Then we all just got on. The place it really affects throughput is Legoland, where they turn down single riders under 18, only to release the lap bars again when they realise they can just go in the middle. It's not really for safety frankly, its a BS rule that seems to be all about theory and not reality. And it's inconsistent across Merlin.
May 6, 20187 yr comment_257887 My son has told me that the Black Buccaneer has been removed!! Is this right?? I loved that thing! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
May 6, 20187 yr comment_257891 It's just extended maintenance. The ride will be back soon. The supports were back on site yesterday
May 6, 20187 yr comment_257894 The ride is thirty years old this year, so the supports have been sandblasted to check for long-term strain. They’ve effectively got to build it again now!
May 6, 20187 yr comment_257902 Glad to hear it's not a permanent thing. This is still a great swing ride and really packs a punch. Great childhood memories that's now helping to form my children's memories too.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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