February 26, 201213 yr comment_132820 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.
February 26, 201213 yr comment_132821 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.
February 26, 201213 yr comment_132822 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...
February 26, 201213 yr Author comment_132823 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!
February 27, 201213 yr comment_132826 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!
February 27, 201213 yr comment_132838 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.
March 1, 201213 yr comment_133050 POV Anyone?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyGvrkjVjkY&list=UUKgMp8AuO4hqYOtiXlCwawQ&index=1&feature=plcp
March 1, 201213 yr comment_133051 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.
March 1, 201213 yr comment_133052 Looks pretty good, but POVs are always rubbish and telling us about the actual ride experience. The near misses don't look near?
March 1, 201213 yr comment_133054 Glad I wasn't the only one pausing the video every 3 frames to see what I could spy
March 1, 201213 yr comment_133055 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.
March 1, 201213 yr comment_133056 I was doing that I was like "OOOH Flying Fish...OOOH plane....OOOH fire engine!"
March 1, 201213 yr comment_133065 And it confirms you dont fully stop on the break run before the final turn around!!!! Great!
March 1, 201213 yr comment_133072 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.
March 1, 201213 yr comment_133075 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
March 1, 201213 yr Author comment_133077 True, but as you said atleast it will be a B&M overhead not a Gerstlauer this time!!
March 2, 201213 yr comment_133106 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.
March 2, 201213 yr comment_133108 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!
March 2, 201213 yr comment_133110 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.
March 8, 201213 yr comment_133447 https://twitter.com/#!/THORPEPARK/status/177759982710833152/photo/1
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