May 6, 20187 yr comment_257895 Still better the garish green house look it had earlier on in the season. Fingers crossed they’ll actually be able to get the resources to fix it, next season at the latest. Least they have fixed some of the effects though.
October 14, 20186 yr comment_260828 Whilst being in the 20 minute advertised queue that was actually 50 minutes for Stealth yesterday, we spotted Swarm got evacuated, with a train partially up the lift hill. The ride then remained closed all day, and the train didn't move from that position either... In other news - they have now painted the metal RSJs brown in the station roof so they look vaguely more like wood ? EDIT: Didn't realise they'd been brown since May ooops!
October 14, 20186 yr comment_260830 according to a poster on TowersStreet there’s an issue with the chain and it could be down for rest of the season.
October 18, 20186 yr comment_260952 The Swarm was testing most of today - fingers crossed for opening tomorrow
October 19, 20186 yr comment_260972 Fair play to Thorpe's engineering ladz for sorting the Swarm so quick, I tip my hat to you kind sirs and ladies.
December 1, 20186 yr Author comment_261525 It's a good video and I'm looking forward to there being more. But the social media accounts are very dodgy still. Like yesterday, posting a video on Instagram of a water-skier, which only served a purpose of "look at us, we're on a boat". And at time of writing, it's got a measly two likes. With their social media, it certainly seems like they take the approach of 'if we throw enough darts, we'll eventually hit the bullseye".
December 2, 20186 yr comment_261574 (In a jokey IT fail way) stuntman, we get you like the videos, you dont have to post it 5 times though ?
December 2, 20186 yr comment_261602 37 minutes ago, pluk said: Lies!!! Interesting video though, love seeing things like this. The place is clearly not jet washed enough, hence why the park looks run down. A lot of that could be prevented by simply doing this regularly. Many parks around the world do it daily!
December 2, 20186 yr Author comment_261605 27 minutes ago, Ivsetti said: 1,436 likes. I don't go on the Insta a lot but that does seem like a fair amount of likes. I'm not sure why they posted it but I'm guessing they're advertising the boat company - maybe they have a link other than they're next to each other or something else like that. Still showing 2 likes for me, so must be having some trouble viewing things my end. As for cleaning, to clear things up... The park will jetwash all pathways on park during the entire closed season They do this during the season too (before the park opens for the day usually), but only in areas which are majorly dirty. This is done by the park's usual on site cleaning team. They don't clean buildings, rides, etc. The main reason for this is because it requires different equipment, different training, etc. Ultimately this boils down to not enough money being available to be invested in cleaning these parts of the park.
December 6, 20186 yr comment_261687 On 12/2/2018 at 1:07 PM, pluk said: Lies!!! Interesting video though, love seeing things like this. Lol, Disney do this every single night. ?
December 7, 20186 yr comment_261694 On 12/2/2018 at 2:11 PM, ChiapasC. said: They don't clean buildings, rides, etc. The main reason for this is because it requires different equipment, different training, etc. Ultimately this boils down to not enough money being available to be invested in cleaning these parts of the park. There is money, tons of it. They are the second biggest entertainments company in the world after all. Too busy maximizing profits.
December 7, 20186 yr Author comment_261695 14 minutes ago, Marley said: There is money, tons of it. They are the second biggest entertainments company in the world after all. Too busy maximizing profits. Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. There's not enough money being given to the park to invest in cleaning these parts of the park.
January 15, 20196 yr Author comment_262499 After the rumours of lift hill chain issues over Fright Nights, Swarm has received a new chain this winter (much like Inferno). Whether this was always the plan, is anyone's guess...
February 17, 20196 yr comment_262900 1 hour ago, Ivsetti said: Well you worked there so I'm sure you knew/know Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvGD3Svy6KU (Powers Towers Productions - his videos are really good) Also, spotted this hidden light: Does anyone know what it's meant to be used for? Probably the sensor for the on ride photos at a guess!
February 17, 20196 yr comment_262901 3 minutes ago, Marc said: Probably the sensor for the on ride photos at a guess! That's a lot smaller on the rides I've worked on, only the size of matchbox, although it's in the right spot for it to be so could be!
March 23, 20196 yr comment_263712 I see over on the TPM updates that Swarms' station roof supports have now been completely stripped of wood, so now are just bare metal RSJs. Prediction: they will not be replaced and left as is all season.
March 23, 20196 yr comment_263713 HAHA - I love how they got round to painting the beams like everyone wanted and then totally destroyed the rest of it taking ALL the wood down. They have replaced the speakers with inferior ones and have a lovely silver trunking for the wiring. Hilarious! Pic from TPM FB page...
March 23, 20196 yr comment_263714 I wish a wood spray would work as well, like metal being disguised as wood.
March 23, 20196 yr comment_263715 1 hour ago, Mattgwise said: HAHA - I love how they got round to painting the beams like everyone wanted and then totally destroyed the rest of it taking ALL the wood down. They have replaced the speakers with inferior ones and have a lovely silver trunking for the wiring. Hilarious! Pic from TPM FB page... Wow that looks awful! The trucking metal is really unattractive!
March 23, 20196 yr comment_263719 Errrrrrr Why was this done? Steel columns usually stay covered in most buildings, if they needed to inspect them and remove the cladding couldnt they have put it back? Looks awful!
March 23, 20196 yr comment_263720 What a lovely shade of brown they used. I’m so glad they decided to paint it up instead of replace the theming they used to have. Who needs that anyway. Who needs updated theming when you can just tear it out!
March 23, 20196 yr comment_263725 Yeah Swarm's station looked horrendous. No ambient audio either, just the poor announcement that was recently added. Actually I'd say that the whole Swarm area was a bit of a mess in all honesty.
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