Dan Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Well I believe you Lauren ! It's horrid when happens ;)Josh stop trying to cause arguments Laelda_95 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 I'm not trying to cause an argument (granted, my last comment might have been a bit below the belt). However, I find the whole concept of the ride stalling, AP guests being let in early, and multiple empty boats on Storm Surge a bit too ludicrous and far-fetched for me to believe. I'm sorry if that's harsh or anything, but from where I'm sitting, it's a fair view to have.And I'll leave it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 However, I find the whole concept of the ride stalling, AP guests being let in early, and multiple empty boats on Storm Surge a bit too ludicrous and far-fetched for me to believe.There's plenty of times when they open the AP gate like 5 mins earlier then the main ticket gate..Why would she lie? It would be pointless, I mean, it's not like she said Colossus got stuck upside down, it's completely believable. Laelda_95, Sheepie and Dan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 What Lauren has said is true and can happen. Laelda_95 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I guess I owe some form apologise saying of my incorrectness.I still find the whole idea of it stalling VERY unlikely, and indeed very unbelievable. Likewise with the idea of having multiple empty boats of a new ride on full view (I'm still a bit confused as to how one boat pushing into another solves the issue, surely that one would then stall / the weight would be insufficient to push it, but meh, Physics is weird). In all of my visits I can remember since the taking-away-of ERT for AP holders, I have never and I do mean never, seen AP holders let in before ordinary guests. So yeah, I don't think it was wrong of me to not believe Lauren. But I was wrong in my belief, and I apologise if any offence has been caused by that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 What Lauren has said is true and can happen.HAHA! That just really completes the rubbishness of Storm Surge doesn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laelda_95 Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 The empty boats being sent down didn't even move us . I don't even know if they were "sent" down, with the purpose of nudging us. I think it may be that there was simply no one else queuing for the ride at the point I got stuck, so no one was riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 So Storm Surge now stalls regularly?What a truly amazing addition it has been to the ride line-up... ThrillSeekerMatt, holtjammy16 and Coaster XTREME 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickles4uk Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) Does anyone else think that Storm Surge is in the wrong place? It blocks the view of the No Way Out entrance and doesn't look very attractive in it's position. It feels as though they've squeezed a large ride into the small amount of space they had. It reminds me of playing Rollercoaster Tycoon and you run out of space in your park so you squeeze a ride into what little space you have but it doesn't quite work. Edited June 28, 2011 by Sheepie Merged with existing Storm Surge topic. Please browse the forums for similar threads before posting. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Does anyone else think that Storm Surge is in the wrong place? It blocks the view of the No Way Out entrance and doesn't look very attractive in it's position.Damn right it's in the wrong place.That place being Thorpe, it should still be sitting in the sun halfway round the world.Its placing in the park kind of makes sense from all angles, except for the blocking of X entrance. Maybe they are planning for that entrance not to be there in the long term, with an X replacement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSmile Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 On Monday I witnessed a boat full of people stuck just before the last drop. A boat full of people behind it went into it which made it go down. Just thought I should clear that argument up. holtjammy16, Laelda_95, Dan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Coaster Man Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 I saw a boat stall yesterday. Afterwards the riders wouldn't stop complaining and ended up getting free fasttrack or priority passes (or something like that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackR Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 A girl in my year said the Same thing happened to her about 2 weeks ago. It must happen quite regularly if this is the case :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laelda_95 Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 I saw a boat stall yesterday. Afterwards the riders wouldn't stop complaining and ended up getting free fasttrack or priority passes (or something like that).Yeah, you get priority passes.. My group complained non-stop aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomglazed Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 First ride on storm surge and was pleasantly surprised at the spinning speed you get.We were involved in a boat stall; A raft some how had become stuck mid way round the last corner before the drops, we came round the corner and gave them a considerable shove down the drops with us very quick to follow. It wasn't as if we got severe whiplash from it but we did give them quite a big shove. Didn't warrant us complaining though, we saw the funny side in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 First ride on storm surge and was pleasantly surprised at the spinning speed you get.We were involved in a little mid slide collision though; don't know if this has happened to anyone? A raft some how had become stuck mid way round the last corner before the drops, we came round the corner and gave them a considerable shove down the drops with us very quick to follow. It wasn't as if we got severe whiplash from it but we did give them quite a big shove. Has this happened to anyone else?Did you not read the posts above yours haha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomglazed Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 My mistake, post edited. So yeah, it was hardly headline news but was just wondering how often people think this occurs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Storm Surge must come from the same cloth as any Maurer ride. Guests like it but the thing is just technologically crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Guests like it but the thing is just crap.The technologically was not needed Mark... You know that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 The only Maurer I outright dispise is G Force. So technically Maurer have a better hit rate then Intamin. Ain't even mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 We were involved in a boat stall; A raft some how had become stuck mid way round the last corner before the drops, we came round the corner and gave them a considerable shove down the drops with us very quick to follow. It wasn't as if we got severe whiplash from it but we did give them quite a big shove. Didn't warrant us complaining though, we saw the funny side in it.Thorpe park is happy to open the ride called bumper boats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollerross11 Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 First ride on storm surge and was pleasantly surprised at the spinning speed you get.We were involved in a boat stall; A raft some how had become stuck mid way round the last corner before the drops, we came round the corner and gave them a considerable shove down the drops with us very quick to follow. It wasn't as if we got severe whiplash from it but we did give them quite a big shove. Didn't warrant us complaining though, we saw the funny side in it.That happened to us we were stuck there for a good 3 mins and I was telling everyone to just wait until the next boat came otherwise getting up would be more dangerous etc. It was rather funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollerross11 Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 First ride on storm surge and was pleasantly surprised at the spinning speed you get.We were involved in a boat stall; A raft some how had become stuck mid way round the last corner before the drops, we came round the corner and gave them a considerable shove down the drops with us very quick to follow. It wasn't as if we got severe whiplash from it but we did give them quite a big shove. Didn't warrant us complaining though, we saw the funny side in it.That happened to us we were stuck there for a good 3 mins and I was telling everyone to just wait until the next boat came otherwise getting up would be more dangerous etc. It was rather funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 If this is happening all the time there is clearly not enough water flowing down the slide to keep the boats moving. Possibly because it's pissing out all over the floor from every badly sealed join. It's not falling into a reservoir either, their water bill will be huge this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Coaster Man Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 If this is happening all the time there is clearly not enough water flowing down the slide to keep the boats moving. Possibly because it's pissing out all over the floor from every badly sealed join. It's not falling into a reservoir either, their water bill will be huge this year!Surely they could just install some pumps (like the ones at the top of waterslides) so that enough water would flow to keep the boats moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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