February 25, 201510 yr comment_203626 When I went on the Sunday the fire was definitely working, I remember screaming "IT'S A RADIATOR"
February 25, 201510 yr comment_203628 The Fire was working on the first Sunday because I remember getting it whilst on the ride. It's not very high I remember it being a lot higher. It wasn't working on Friday. I still think the whole area looks immersive and I could sit here all day watching Swarm.
February 25, 201510 yr comment_203630 It wasn't working Saturday, and did go off at times on Wednesday, although as mentioned didn't seem to be as much of an explosion as it used to be.
February 25, 201510 yr comment_203636 The timing of the fire has also been changed from 2013/beginning of 2014. When riding last year, instead of feeling the blast as the fire went off, you only felt the heat if you were on front row as you went through the billboard. I wish the timing could be changed back as it was much better with the old timing where you felt the fire as you were doing the zero-g roll on any of the rows 1-5!
February 25, 201510 yr comment_203637 The Swarm area does still look good for what it is, but for an area that has been jet washed, the station chewing gum and graffiti is still something to be desired. Yeah I noticed this as well, chewing gum in the restraints and the trains were filthy, even more so Stealth's which looks like it's been hit with a hammer! Do they not clean the trains? The Swarm's area does not look like it's been jet washed - the floor maybe not not anything else.
March 9, 201510 yr comment_204637 For those interested found this while browsing on You Tube some good shot's on the inside of the operator booth with the control pannel at 1:39 and mainly at 2:49
March 31, 201510 yr comment_206209 I heard The Swarm had its first ever full day of downtime today? Can anyone clarify whether this is true?
March 31, 201510 yr Author comment_206210 I heard The Swarm had its first ever full day of downtime today? Can anyone clarify whether this is true? I think it happened once last season too? However, the reason for its closure will be because of the high winds, so not really a lot the park could do about it!
March 31, 201510 yr comment_206211 I think it happened once last season too? However, the reason for its closure will be because of the high winds, so not really a lot the park could do about it! Think last year was due to high winds too.
March 31, 201510 yr comment_206224 It had some downtime when it shedded a bolt, or am I not supposed to mention that
April 1, 201510 yr comment_206232 It had some downtime when it shedded a bolt, or am I not supposed to mention that There aren't many rollercoasters that don't sheer a bolt at some point.
April 7, 201510 yr Author comment_206611 Well LC12 obviously stood for Lez Cougan 2012. I just hope Thorpe aren't bringing this sort of marketing stunt back for another project! Seen a couple of comments like this after the mentioning of WC16. The 'LC' in LC12 stood of 'Long Count' / 'Long Count calendar', as can be seen here: (Credit Total Thorpe Park)
April 7, 201510 yr comment_206625 Hey, I have just joined TPM! I'm sure The Swarm is getting more and more forceful each season, especially in the turn over the water
April 7, 201510 yr comment_206626 Hey, I have just joined TPM! I'm sure The Swarm is getting more and more forceful each season, especially in the turn over the water Welcome! Thought the same actually when riding it in February, its a pretty forceful and intense ride in places, defiantly matured well.
April 7, 201510 yr comment_206627 It'll never be a s forceful as Inferno though! I've lost count on how many times I've come off with pins and needles in my feet...
April 7, 201510 yr comment_206628 Actually, in my opinion, the Swarm is the most forceful ride I've been on (bar maybe Stealth). That first drop gets my head spinning! (I don't get headaches on rides as much now)
April 7, 201510 yr Author comment_206629 It'll never be a s forceful as Inferno though! I've lost count on how many times I've come off with pins and needles in my feet... Inferno is similar though - during its first few years, it wasn't as forceful as it is now. I expect Swarm will be the same; the beauty of B&Ms! Personally I find the helicopter turnaround (when you're on the right hand side) more forceful than any part of Inferno!
April 7, 201510 yr comment_206644 If I sit in any right hand seats on Swarm I get a headache after (really bad one too), but if I sit in a left side seat, I'm fine. We sat on the last front facing seats on the left last time (our regular seats) and it was noticeably faster than the previous visit, so much so that my son even mentioned it which is unheard of as he never takes any notice of that stuff.
April 7, 201510 yr comment_206647 When I went on last time I do remember saying that it feels as if it has sped up (just because of the force) especially round by the helicopter.
April 7, 201510 yr comment_206649 Swarm definitely gets better and better each year in terms of force and excitement. If it's anything like Inferno, the ride will be running even more amazingly when it reaches ten.
April 10, 201510 yr comment_206999 Does anyone know the time it takes to dispatch a train to achieve the maximum throughput. It would be really useful to me if someone does know, so thanks in advance.
April 11, 201510 yr comment_207005 It'll be around 80 seconds between trains when running absolutely flat out, possibly even slightly less. It might be theoretically possible to run even faster, but that's about the best I've seen it do and there didn't seem to be much room for improvement. Swarm is probably one of the easiest coasters in the park to hit max capacity on due to the large number of staff, 2 across seating with plenty of space for guest circulation and no bag storage issues.
April 11, 201510 yr comment_207006 That's all well and good when all the staff are doing their jobs and not standing on the center track chatting during loading. I felt so sorry for the old guy with white hair who was forced to check everybody's belts twice while his colleague stood on the track in front of us swapping sweets with the guy on the right hand side who was undoubtly supposed to be doing the exact same job, but alas thought it more important to give his colleague a sweet and slag off a disabled guy who the other staff were trying to unload off the train. We had to do our own belts up ourselves. I would have said something but got the feeling that the race card would have been pulled if I had. (This was a couple weeks ago, not recent).
April 11, 201510 yr comment_207007 Great thanks, I was making an improved version of the swarm and wanted the dispatch time to be the same as the real thing to see if I improved the throughput or not.
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