MattyMoo Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 It is really that difficult to convert minutes to hours? Or am I assuming too much of the brain power of Thorpe's guests? "99 minutes, that's like nearly an hour bruv" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Nice sign! Better then the old ones for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 As far as I'm told the park management, believe it or not, are currently trying to make a big push for increasing the average number of rides a guest gets on. Really? Thats quite a positive step if it is correct. If that is how they are targeted it might force them into running both fastrack and rides properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 If I'm quite honest, I was appalled at the lack of excitement and fanboi-ism at the central queue boards disappearance when we were at the Swarm ERT meet - call yourselves enthusiasts, unbelievable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste193 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Yesterday was just awful when me and my friends visited, X was closed for refurbishment, Nemesis Inferno closed first thing, Colossus broke down later on, slammer closed, samurai broke down, no right side pictures on swarm, no picture on rumba as loading to quickly! There were gangs of staff hanging around outside the closed rides doing nothing but kicking around bottles/playing bowling/ golf! RideAddict 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Yesterday was just awful when me and my friends visited, X was closed for refurbishment, Nemesis Inferno closed first thing, Colossus broke down later on, slammer closed, samurai broke down, no right side pictures on swarm, no picture on rumba as loading to quickly! There were gangs of staff hanging around outside the closed rides doing nothing but kicking around bottles/playing bowling/ golf! I am visiting on Wednesday 17th and was desperate to ride X! It HAS to be closed when I visit ste193 and RideAddict 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideAddict Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Yesterday was just awful when me and my friends visited, X was closed for refurbishment, Nemesis Inferno closed first thing, Colossus broke down later on, slammer closed, samurai broke down, no right side pictures on swarm, no picture on rumba as loading to quickly! There were gangs of staff hanging around outside the closed rides doing nothing but kicking around bottles/playing bowling/ golf! A successful, average day then. BigBobJones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 A successful, average day then. You say that, but we shouldn't need to say that. Thorpe should realise this and maybe think if this is what a fan is saying then maybe they should change the way they operate. But who the ****s going to believe that I'm actually agreeing with RideAddict hey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideAddict Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Believe what you want. But it's the first time this year we can make comments like ste193 mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Yesterday was just awful when me and my friends visited, X was closed for refurbishment, Nemesis Inferno closed first thing, Colossus broke down later on, slammer closed, samurai broke down, no right side pictures on swarm, no picture on rumba as loading to quickly! There were gangs of staff hanging around outside the closed rides doing nothing but kicking around bottles/playing bowling/ golf! That's awful! And to think they charge £43.20 for park entry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Slammer is closed again today... I'm always unlucky with thorpe park... Never got to ride slammer in my life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Slammer has let me down and should therefore be removed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 I expect its a major problem like last time.... I think slammer is truly at the end of its days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles1 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Such a shame as it worked so well up to now. Oh well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Fish Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 is there any pics of the new queue signs in action? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2000 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 ^ There is a short bit on this video at 4.10: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Slammer was closed all of today. Samurai and Colossus opened late as well, though only about half an hour or so after the park opened. One thing I found strange was that all the coasters were on one train (and I think Saw was on 6 cars), but Inferno was on two trains from the word go. Out of all the coasters on park, I'd have thought Swarm would be running on full capacity. Not complaining of course, because Inferno was running fantastically! The new queue board signs look great, though the Tidal Wave one is either broken or not fitted up correctly. Speaking of queue times, ops on Swarm really need to learn how to judge the queue times better. At one point today, the op announced the forwards queue was 15-20 minutes and the backwards queue was 10 minutes. At that point, it clearly wasn't - 10 mins for forwards, and about 20-30 mins for backwards - and all of that was just in the station. In fact, I managed two rides on Swarm forwards before a guy queueing for backwards got on (and he was in the station before the first of those two goes!). Not a big deal really, as the park is quiet on these sorts of days, but on busier days such as during the summer, I know I'd be rather annoyed to be told a queue was 3x shorter than it actually was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 I'm going tomorrow, hope slammer is open! My friend went today and said they went on nemmy inferno 2x in a row without getting off! I can't wait to do that tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mccy Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 I'm going tomorrow, hope slammer is open! Don't get your hopes up... Engineers were working on it all day today and will be tomorrow too to hopefully get it open ASAP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles1 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 They are nice signs, a great improvement IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge2002 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 One thing that did aggravate me about Inferno being down on Monday was that there were 6 members of staff stood outside it all day doing absolutely nothing. They should have been reassigned, even to do some simple cleaning tasks around the ride, where they don't have to stray off in case it came back on. Its pretty pathetic that park management think its acceptable to pay members of staff for a days work when really they're just stood around talking, in my opinion... ste193 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Kinda is acceptable, every other park would do it. Nemesis did when it was closed for the few days after snow day at towers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 I wanna see the queue summary boards by X/Storm Surge and Nemesis Inferno/Pizza Hut in action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste193 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 One thing that did aggravate me about Inferno being down on Monday was that there were 6 members of staff stood outside it all day doing absolutely nothing. They should have been reassigned, even to do some simple cleaning tasks around the ride, where they don't have to stray off in case it came back on. Its pretty pathetic that park management think its acceptable to pay members of staff for a days work when really they're just stood around talking, in my opinion... Those were the staff I saw playing golf/bowling with the bottles and litter as they were so bored, I totally agree, a useless waste of time, everyone could tell the ride is closed anyway, and it looked very bad to all the customers passing by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge2002 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Kinda is acceptable, every other park would do it. Nemesis did when it was closed for the few days after snow day at towers. As much as I hate to use a tired metaphor, if Alton Towers told their staff to jump off a cliff, would that make it okay for Thorpe to do the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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