Sidders Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yes but let's not forget The Swarm has a much higher throughput than Saw will ever have. And of course, it's dispatch sequence is far quicker due to no dual on-loading/offloading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saz Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 If the opening day for Saw is anything to go by I am almost certain the queue will go beyond 2 hours, I remember befor Saw's opening day everyone on these fourms said the line should not be any longer then an hour yet it went up to about 3 hours or something ridiculous and that was befor it started to break down and close. If you want my advice id say get there early as I am almost certain you will have to wait at least two hours to get a ride on opening day.I could be wrong, but wasn't Saw's opening day on a Saturday? Wednesday was the celeb/press preview, Thursday was the enthusiast day, Friday was the AP day and Saturday was the official opening day. That's why Swarm should hopefully have a relatively short queue, opening in the middle of the week as supposed to a weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 And Saw broke down on every single one of those days...Also, the weather will affect the queues let's not forget, Thirteen's opening was an absolute wash-out for the park due to the rain and the Uttoxeter derby... Combine that with throughput over the expected, and it ended up with 20 minute queues later on in the day...Of course, Swarm will probs have more people re-riding it (but maybe about the same amount disappointed ) throughout the day, but the simple loading should make it a relatively easy day on queues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 I could be wrong, but wasn't Saw's opening day on a Saturday? Wednesday was the celeb/press preview, Thursday was the enthusiast day, Friday was the AP day and Saturday was the official opening day. That's why Swarm should hopefully have a relatively short queue, opening in the middle of the week as supposed to a weekend.This! Saw did open on a weekend, whilst I expect open weekend for The Swarm to see large queues, open day wont! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokesyboy Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Saw did open on a weekend, whilst I expect open weekend for The Swarm to see large queues, open day wont!I hope your right Marc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 If the opening day for Saw is anything to go by I am almost certain the queue will go beyond 2 hours, I remember befor Saw's opening day everyone on these fourms said the line should not be any longer then an hour yet it went up to about 3 hours or something ridiculous and that was befor it started to break down and close. If you want my advice id say get there early as I am almost certain you will have to wait at least two hours to get a ride on opening day.As has been pointed out, Saw opened on a warm Saturday and it's queue's were impacted by Stealth, Slammer, Rumba and Loggers all being closed . Unless Thorpe cock it up royally, most rides should be ready to go.For reference, Stealth opened in 2006 on a Wednesday, with one train and its maximum queue length was about 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 POV Anyone?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyGvrkjVjkY&list=UUKgMp8AuO4hqYOtiXlCwawQ&index=1&feature=plcp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentez Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Already posted in the "Media" topic Geo ;)Anyway whilst on the subject of the POV heres a couple of interesting screenshots showing the new toilet block & retail units coming together, sorry about the quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpeparkjack Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Looks pretty good, but POVs are always rubbish and telling us about the actual ride experience. The near misses don't look near? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 "VAIR IS THE TOILET?!" :PShipping containers? Cornflakes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Glad I wasn't the only one pausing the video every 3 frames to see what I could spy Drawin and Tom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saz Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 It's funny - the POV makes the ride look faster from what we have seen in other videos, but, at the same time, it makes the ride look longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I was doing that I was like "OOOH Flying Fish...OOOH plane....OOOH fire engine!" Drawin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Jonny Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Nice pov can't wait to ride it in 2 weeks and Rush has no arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Rush has arms now TN Jonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 And it confirms you dont fully stop on the break run before the final turn around!!!! Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 And it confirms you dont fully stop on the break run before the final turn around!!!! Great!Yes, but that last turn is hardly going to do anything. It reminds me of Rita's last corner, after the brakes but you just sort of amble round at a slow-ish speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 During the final parts of that POV if you look closely you can see a few glimpses of the queueline, sadly it looks like it will just be the usual winding path. But at least with this you will have an awesome B&M Train flying around above you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 True, but as you said atleast it will be a B&M overhead not a Gerstlauer this time!! ham22 and Coaster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Yes, but that last turn is hardly going to do anything. It reminds me of Rita's last corner, after the brakes but you just sort of amble round at a slow-ish speed. That Rita turn around is the best part of the ride! ^_^It will go around that corner quite fast though, Raptor's similar looking turn into the break run really picked up a good amount of speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokesyboy Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 I'm pretty sure you can see a bit of the jetty on the video, not completly sure though so probably wrong!Too hard to get a screen shot of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mah boi Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Also, I'm not sure if you lot have realised, that the ride cameras are after the zero-g roll leading into the inclined loop. If you want to see it for yourself, pause the video at 0:23 and you should see some metal poles on either side of the track, with the cameras on top. Sheepie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 https://twitter.com/#!/THORPEPARK/status/177759982710833152/photo/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I See smoke by the left wing! Whiteknuckle and Coaster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 The Staff got their ride today too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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