Marc Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Of course they could be bored and this all be one massive troll! OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 The swarm's always been moving forwards... Just the back seats are facing backwards Kerfuffle, CharlieN, TPJames and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Mae Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Somehow that wouldn't surprise me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted March 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Thorpe have posted a video on Facebook showing Swarm testing; all rows seem to be facing forward! Ryan, Whiteknuckle, Matt 236 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 The Swarm is open and fully forwards! dragon2000, Matt 236, Kerfuffle and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 It's also got new mist effects under the planes engine. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk dragon2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Technically Swarm still has still never had a full day closed, seeing as AP day was a preview day and today is the first day of the season! Go Swarm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel.S312 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 1:40 PM, ThorpeAddict said: Technically Swarm still has still never had a full day closed, seeing as AP day was a preview day and today is the first day of the season! Go Swarm! Thats the reliability of B&M there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Anyone know the reason why they have turned it back round? I'm assuming it's cheaper somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 3:23 PM, Project LC said: Anyone know the reason why they have turned it back round? I'm assuming it's cheaper somehow. I don't see how it would be cheaper? Swarm would still require the same amount of staff in the station. Assume it would just be down to lack of demand? Or could of been causing problems/easier maintenance wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 It's a stupid decision, it means less ways to ride... At least backwards added a different experience to stop getting bored of the ride... Never mind, just as well I'm not visiting as many times this year as last aha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 3:23 PM, Project LC said: Anyone know the reason why they have turned it back round? I'm assuming it's cheaper somehow. I'm not sure if your being serious but if anything the loss of the more expensive fastrack sales etc will if anything lose them a bit of money. Ryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 4:16 PM, Marc said: I'm not sure if your being serious but if anything the loss of the more expensive fastrack sales etc will if anything lose them a bit of money. It seems an odd move to remove something which seemed to be making them money. My only assumption was that it must make maintenance easier/cheaper or able to remove staff members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 3:23 PM, Project LC said: Anyone know the reason why they have turned it back round? I'm assuming it's cheaper somehow. "I want to make another cheap dig at Thorpe, so will complain about something which I wouldn't normally complain about". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 It's a great decision. It was a mess as it was, and the best seats are the rear ones facing forwards. They were forceless in comparison when reversed. Looking forward to getting back on those seats! Ryan, TPJames, dragon2000 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 4:18 PM, Project LC said: It seems an odd move to remove something which seemed to be making them money. My only assumption was that it must make maintenance easier/cheaper or able to remove staff members. It won't make any difference to maintenance nor require any less staff- if anything turning the rows round will have been more work. Ryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 4:19 PM, JoshC. said: "I want to make another cheap dig at Thorpe, so will complain about something which I wouldn't normally complain about". I was actually asking to know what the answer was or am I not allowed to be curious and ask questions any more. At no point was I going to complain about something which I think is a good idea. I don't just complain at merlin for the sake of it contrary to your belief. dragon2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 4:29 PM, Project LC said: I was actually asking to know what the answer was or am I not allowed to be curious and ask questions any more. At no point was I going to complain about something which I think is a good idea. I don't just complain at merlin for the sake of it contrary to your belief. So why assume it's cost cutting? There's literally no logical reason why it'd be more expensive to run backwards than forwards. So it just felt like you were just trying to make an easy moan again. Apologises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 It's because it was a stupid decision in the first place in the short term because Swarm was deemed a failure... Now that no one cares anymore about the backwards part, we can go back to things being sensible on it... Bar the bag drop of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 4:16 PM, Marc said: I'm not sure if your being serious but if anything the loss of the more expensive fastrack sales etc will if anything lose them a bit of money. It's still chump change for a company that uses quite literally any opportunity to grab your money. I'm sure they'll be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Heard quite a few people today in Swarm's queue say "where are the backward seats?" "I thought this went backwards!" "Do the seats spin around once you get going?" Also didn't help that the the board advertising queue times was still showing the Swarm Forwards and the Swarm Backwards as separate times. MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomglazed Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 They definitely need to fix that! I'm all for looking at how rides can be tweaked and worked upon, but on a ride of which one of it's key features being near misses, backwards seats makes all those near misses redundant. I think removal of the backwards seats was the right way to go. dragon2000 and Han30 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Out of interest has the station been changed back so there is no extra queueing space for the back two rows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400400 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 On 3/20/2016 at 6:09 PM, Coaster Jamie said: Out of interest has the station been changed back so there is no extra queueing space for the back two rows?The backwards queue in station is still there for back rows David B and Coaster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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