JaykeAT Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 On 09/08/2016 at 0:05 AM, BaronC. said: Even if all other rides ran flawlessly, there would likely be plenty of people who would be clambering for a free return ticket. To be fair. If you could only afford to make one trip to the park a year, maybe every two years, and when you went you weren't able to get on 1/3 of the main rides, then I see no issue with 'clambering' for a free return ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Oh definitely. I suppose it was a poor choice of words, but I agree; 2 major rides out is enough for anyone to want to at least consider asking for a free return ticket. JaykeAT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 But when people complain about Stealth being closed and saying they weren't told when both on the entry plaza and online it clearly states it and then they claim they should have free entry, despite being there just a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 I went today, and the operations where a tad sloppy.. On Inferno it took like 10 minutes to load a train, due to the staff fannying about.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marhelorpe Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Today's operations are pretty poor despite it being a moderately busy day. As of now (12:30pm), Colossus, Stealth, Nemesis Inferno, DBGT and Flying Fish are all closed. Colossus and Inferno have been down for at least an hour now with no testing or work being done visibly. As a result, all of the flat rides currently have ridiculously long queue times that are much slower than they theoretically are. To top it all off, I'm currently standing in Detonator's queue and what should be a simple 20 minute queue is turning out to be nearly an hour instead. Why? Because the staff are loading guests 50:50 with the Fastrack/main queue. On one dispatch, they loaded 7 people from Fastrack and 4 from the main queue...... Also, it's taking roughly 5-6 minutes per dispatch for Detonator. I understand it's expected to be busy with large queues during the summer holidays, but I wasn't expecting these many attractions to be down with literally the slowest staff I have seen for quite some time on some of their rides. It's getting frustrating. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 23 hours ago, Martin.C said: To top it all off, I'm currently standing in Detonator's queue and what should be a simple 20 minute queue is turning out to be nearly an hour instead. Why? Because the staff are loading guests 50:50 with the Fastrack/main queue. On one dispatch, they loaded 7 people from Fastrack and 4 from the main queue...... Also, it's taking roughly 5-6 minutes per dispatch for Detonator. The Fastrack situation in particular puts me off visiting during busy times, there is little enjoyment in standing in slow moving queues watching paid queue jumpers bypass you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 I see that the TP website now state that Stealth and the Ghost Train are "unavailable". That's major really, though obviously that's not what they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 28 minutes ago, planenut said: I see that the TP website now state that Stealth and the Ghost Train are "unavailable". That's major really, though obviously that's not what they want. They have also updated their FB page cover photo to remove the "now open" from the Ghost Train picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkLover Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Stealth us back again!!! Thorpe still haven't updated there website though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkLover Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 One unreliable ride operating the other still down. I really do not think DBGT was a good investment for Thorpe, it's never open and has terrible throughput, how does that make any money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 2 hours ago, ThemeParkLover said: One unreliable ride operating the other still down. I really do not think DBGT was a good investment for Thorpe, it's never open and has terrible throughput, how does that make any money? The reliability and throughput will improve - the ride has years yet to make a return on its investment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 2 hours ago, Marc said: The reliability and throughput will improve - the ride has years yet to make a return on its investment! ...Hopefully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 It does have a very high running cost though and will need constant investment to stay a major attraction. While throughput will increase and hopefully the reliability there is no getting around the fact that the headsets, pcs and animation will need replacing every few years. Fortunately for Thorpe the ride seems to be popular and is pulling people through the gates even when the ride itself isn't open. The fundamental question is if it will continue to pull in guests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 5 hours ago, ThemeParkLover said: One unreliable ride operating the other still down. I really do not think DBGT was a good investment for Thorpe, it's never open and has terrible throughput, how does that make any money? If it's never open, how have people been on it? [/facetious] yeah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkLover Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 On 26 August 2016 at 8:06 PM, Project LC said: It does have a very high running cost though and will need constant investment to stay a major attraction. While throughput will increase and hopefully the reliability there is no getting around the fact that the headsets, pcs and animation will need replacing every few years. Fortunately for Thorpe the ride seems to be popular and is pulling people through the gates even when the ride itself isn't open. The fundamental question is if it will continue to pull in guests. I really hope Thorpe don't neglect the ride and all the effects are consistently working in a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Today, all rides have been quick at dispatches, but the problem has been reliability. Stealth went down three times before half 10 and has had a few problems through the rest of the day. Saw has been down since 1ish and many of the flats gave been going down through the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 What I noticed yesterday was Rush was on half capacity. Slammer had down time and Swarm closed early. Colosus had a short period of down time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Rush was on one swing at the beginning of the week as well, the one by the batching area working and slammer was also off and on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 On Saturday, September 03, 2016 at 8:58 PM, Matt10 said: Rush was on one swing at the beginning of the week as well, the one by the batching area working and slammer was also off and on. Same swing working on Friday to on Rush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Decent operations yesterday, all coasters were on two trains until the evening (it got quieter), and the mazes ran smoothly all day. Big improvement on last year's operations during Fright Nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Merlin have just posted a great video about ride operations and why rides are stopped / closed throughout the day. I know a few people on here have been speculating about ride operations so this video should help clear things up. Great to see Merlin explaining these things to the public for reassurance too. JoshC., Glitch, Coaster and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Theres some lovely smooth drone footage of the rides from above too PJ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Nice video - no doubt inspired by the one Movie World Australia released a month or two back which really went viral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 I guess stating the obvious "THESE ARE GIANT MACHINES, YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR PRINTER BREAKS DOWN? YEAH THAT" wouldn't fly? Just a PR exercise and nothing more, like we all know that rides and stuff actually break down (otherwise Slammer wouldn't be dead), why not put that point across to the general public? Project LC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Fantastic video, something to refer to when people claim it's "dangerous" when a ride has stopped on a lift etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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