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Ride reliability

Which coaster is the most reliable

  • Nemesis

    Votes: 12 46.2%

  • Oblivion

    Votes: 3 11.5%

  • Galactica

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Wicker man

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • The smiler

    Votes: 2 7.7%

  • Th13teen

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • Rita

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Spinball whizzer

    Votes: 7 26.9%
  • Total voters
    26
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Ethan

TS Member
After recent weeks of more downtime than usual, what ride really is the most reliable at towers nowdays?
 
Historically Nemesis is the most reliable. However in the last week or two, I'd say Spinball, so it depends what timescale we're talking about.

Have a look at the uptime charts here: Alton Towers statistics
 
I'd say The Smiler. Apart from the lift hill stoppage the other day it's been plugging away well the last couple of years
 
Not just the last couple of years, the smiler has behaved itself ever since the start of 2014. Now I know what your going to say. Between June 15 and March 16 towers weren’t allowed to open it so I don’t class that as a reliability issue.
 
From Queue-Times, which is driven by data from RideTimes (so make of these what you will):

Uptime in the past 7 days:

Spinball - 99.5%
Galactica - 91.2%
Nemesis - 75.2%
Wicker Man - 86.5%
Oblivion - 89.6%
The Smiler - 90.3%
Rita - 78.1%
Th13teen - 95.1%
Runaway Mine Train - 88.1%
 
Rick said:
From Queue-Times, which is driven by data from RideTimes (so make of these what you will):

Uptime in the past 7 days:

Spinball - 99.5%
Galactica - 91.2%
Nemesis - 75.2%
Wicker Man - 86.5%
Oblivion - 89.6%
The Smiler - 90.3%
Rita - 78.1%
Th13teen - 95.1%
Runaway Mine Train - 88.1%
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How can nemesis be 75 when it was down for 1 3/4 days
 
Rick said:
From Queue-Times, which is driven by data from RideTimes (so make of these what you will):

Uptime in the past 7 days:

Spinball - 99.5%
Galactica - 91.2%
Nemesis - 75.2%
Wicker Man - 86.5%
Oblivion - 89.6%
The Smiler - 90.3%
Rita - 78.1%
Th13teen - 95.1%
Runaway Mine Train - 88.1%
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I'm amazed Thirteen is that high considering it's aversion to hotter temperatures.
 
The uptime is shocking to be honest. The fact so many of Alton Towers' major coasters have run less than 90% of the time is really quite poor.

Be interesting to compare with other major parks.

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AstroDan said:
The uptime is shocking to be honest. The fact so many of Alton Towers' major coasters have run less than 90% of the time is really quite poor.

Be interesting to compare with other major parks.

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Those statistics are wrong as there's absolutely no way galactica has a higher operating percentage than the smiler this week. Sorry but that's just bull
Edit: just realised that data was taken from 19th-25th and the first 3 days the uptime percentage for smiler was quite poor so actually that makes sense
 
If these stats are pulled from ride times I take it they calculate any time a ride is listed as ‘currently unavailable’ or ‘closed’ - this doesn’t necessarily equate directly to the reliability of the actual ride.

This down time could cover events such as a guest throwing up, staff searching for lost property, a numpty entering the ride area, someone being taken ill - all sorts basically. So it’s pretty impossible to pin point the time a ride is closed due to technical issues alone.
 
Thank you and goodnight.
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