September 1, 201311 yr comment_167447 A bit of greying out chat. After the reserve and ride trial thing finished have they gone back to exactly how it was before or have they made taken the opportunity to attempt to fix the mess of queue lines?
September 1, 201311 yr comment_167452 Gone back to exactly how it was. On our visit on Wednesday the left side of the train backwards seats were going out empty consistently as there was no one queueing that side for them - despite there being a 120 minute backwards queue!! I would not have been amused, 'thankfully' I was only stuck in the 80min forward queue with breakdowns... EDIT: Forgot to say that on Wednesday the fire was working during the morning/early afternoon. No other effects working though - no TVs, no TV audio, no water, no water vapour from the plane wing etc etc.
September 1, 201311 yr comment_167454 The reserve and ride is being trailed again in September I believe after a few tweaks maybe? As for effects I noticed the TVs were down but apart from that the water skim / fire / mist at the fire engine / plane were working. Saw staff looking at the TV's trying to fix them too.
September 4, 201311 yr comment_167710 The fire on Swarm is now working again! On a side note someone's bag of weed fell out into the netting whilst they were riding. It was quite amusing to watch the ride team try and get it down.
September 23, 201311 yr comment_169076 I noticed that the fire on The Swarm was on again yesterday. That was nice, but it's weird to have it off all summer then switch it back on again on a quieter weekend.
September 23, 201311 yr comment_169078 I went tuesday 10th of december and never seen it working then... best be back for fright nights especially in the dark!
September 23, 201311 yr comment_169080 I went tuesday 10th of december and never seen it working then... best be back for fright nights especially in the dark! Since when is Thorpe open in December??
September 23, 201311 yr comment_169090 Since when is Thorpe open in December?? I think he must have snuck in and nothing was working!
September 24, 201311 yr comment_169094 I probably meant September... My bad no wonder why they weren't working in December haha!
September 26, 201311 yr comment_169328 I ventured onto SWARM today; that's the oddest way to run a queue-line. One for facing backwards billed as being forty-five minutes long, the other for facing forwards twenty. Went into the forward (the right way) and it merged with the backwards in front of the baggage store, with no staff controlling, then I was putting the bag in whilst about twenty people walked past me in to the queue area. Once I had lodged my bag, I excused myself and passed most of those I could recognize, to then queue (indoors) to make my way to the front row, and to the airgate - no member of staff had been anywhere in all of that. Odd.
September 26, 201311 yr comment_169344 Does anyone know if the fire engine located next to the depth charge slides use to have smoke and light effects? I'm pretty sure it did, but just wanted to make sure I wasn't going mad.
September 26, 201311 yr comment_169345 It had it for the preview weekend but I think it was all very temporary. Shame really it looked good!
September 27, 201311 yr comment_169372 I ventured onto SWARM today Mods - could someone take a look at planenut's account please, think he may have been hacked?
September 27, 201311 yr comment_169375 Mods - could someone take a look at planenut's account please, think he may have been hacked? .......................
October 12, 201311 yr comment_170440 I had my first ride on The Swarm in the dark on Friday. The view from the lift-hill is amazing, the park looks so beautiful all lit up and colourful. It's a just a shame half the lights on the train weren't working, plus no fire or water effects but still, I have a lot more love for this ride now
October 13, 201311 yr comment_170462 Went on twice in the dark yesterday, all fire, lights, smoke and water effects were working. The fire went off when I was on the front in the dark, it was amazing .
October 13, 201311 yr comment_170465 Swarm in the dark is brilliant and if you're timings well with fire, then it's even more impressive. Backwards in the dark is brilliant as you feel you're being dragged through the air and everything becomes distorted in the meantime. Shame I got stuck on the ride for 10 minutes due to a breakdown during my last ride on fright night preview.
October 13, 201311 yr comment_170470 It was nice to see Swarm's effects all working yesterday... The plane looks so good at night <3
October 13, 201311 yr comment_170478 all effects... what about the water effect when you pass near the pond (if you want to call it that) by the helicopter!? I miss that!
October 13, 201311 yr comment_170479 Why are they so inconsistent with the effects? On friday the fire or water effects did not work or wasn't switched on the two times I was in the Swarm area yet yesterday they worked or were switched on.
October 13, 201311 yr comment_170504 They don't look after the water effects (or presumably any of them) so they constantly break (Coming from the people who made the water effects!).
October 13, 201311 yr comment_170545 Swarms mist has generally worked all year quite reliably, the water skim at the helicopter has also worked most of the year. I noticed today that they have also got the one near the firetruck working (with some modifications so it don't actually go into the firetruck / flame.
October 30, 201311 yr comment_171453 Nice to see every effect working on my trip to thorpe yesterday... we were lucky enough to have the flame go off (even though I was braving it backwards, still seen it), the water skim by the helicopter, the mist by the fire truck, and the new water spray by the fire truck which I've never seen! a shame the fire wasn't working in the evening for some reason.
October 30, 201311 yr comment_171455 Nice to see every effect working on my trip to thorpe yesterday... we were lucky enough to have the flame go off (even though I was braving it backwards, still seen it), the water skim by the helicopter, the mist by the fire truck, and the new water spray by the fire truck which I've never seen! a shame the fire wasn't working in the evening for some reason.I had all the effects too!If swarm breaks down, the ride is not fully restarted and the fire effect is shut off or something like that. Because of this, when the ride is back in operation, because the ride is not fully restarted, the fire is not restarted and can only be restarted the next day...
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