Thorpe Park: General Discussion

[Mick]

Stealth, Inferno and Saw all currently listed as closed, half the coaster line-up down.

I know this is primarily a Towers forum, and Towers deserves all the bad press it gets when multiple coasters go down, but I think it happens just as often at Thorpe. UK theme parks are in a race to the bottom.

 

[Secret Weapon]

I don't understand why rollercoasters go down so often throughout the day, given that they are inspected each morning

I've never worked at a theme park, but are they mostly just basic error codes rather than serious issues?

I remember hearing that The Smiler will stop if the operator holds the start button for too long (why??) and also if a guest holds the harness down for too long (why?)

I think that a rollercoaster may also flag an error if it runs too fast or slow (maybe this proves that flat rides are more reliable?)

It's a bad idea to generate so many warnings, because it also desensitises staff to more serious issues (years ago, people in a restaurant ignored a serious fire alarm because it was oversensitive and constantly went off anyway)