Spinball Whizzer: General Discussion

[Squiggs]

In the great scheme of things the RAP queue shouldn't overtly increase the overall queue times, as if these guests weren't in the RAP queue they'd be in the main queue line.

There is a small time impact from having an extra merge per disptach, but actually this might be negated on Spinball due to how it loads individual cars.

Of course, if the RAP system didn't exist the queues would be shorter, but for the worst possible reason. Without RAP a lot of the people in that queue wouldn't be able to attend the theme park at all.

Long story short, Fasttrack is an allocation, RAP is a social necessity. One is a paid system, which shortens the recipients wait time by increasing the standard wait time, the other simply changes the way certain guests queue rather than the amount of time they have to wait between rides. You therefore have to talk about them separately when considering their impact.

As Dave says, the ideal here would be proper virtual queueing for all... but that comes with a raft of other issues in a park like Alton Towers.

 

[pluk]

In the great scheme of things the RAP queue shouldn't overtly increase the overall queue times, as if these guests weren't in the RAP queue they'd be in the main queue line.

But it does, massively, because the system isn't properly managed and because it is abused by users 'virtually' queuing with their RAP and being on another ride or in another queue at the same time.

Not unique to Spinball of course #ontopic

 

[Matt.GC]

you can’t ostracise those who have paid for Fastrack either.

You can sell less of them though

 

[rob666]

I can ostracise those who have paid for fasttrack...they have simply paid to push in the queue,,,wave a tenner at the staff and they will let you push in and make the rest wait longer.
We go to theme parks to escape routine and reality...oh, but lets force a two tier class system on the whole park...shorter queues for the rich, great.
Back on topic. why have they not put the single rider back on, I used to use it a lot.

 

[Skyscraper]

.Back on topic. why have they not put the single rider back on, I used to use it a lot.

Yeah seems very strange given the low capacity of the cars (SRs ensured that most cars went out full), hopefully they'll see these posts and reimplement it
Very easy to do so as singles used the exit. Although maybe that had something to do with SR being stopped, given that RAP also uses the exit?

 

[pluk]

Back on topic. why have they not put the single rider back on, I used to use it a lot

Does Spinball have the same total weight issues Fury does? I wonder if it's because of total weight limits and adult/child combos it ends up being more trouble than it's worth, working out whether that 4th person can actually join the existing group.

 

[rob666]

I was held up on the single rider queue because the other three were the same size as me.
The op was very polite, but "probably already maxed out in kilos" was muttered!

 

[Matt N]

I know there’s an individual weight limit of 111kg or about 17ish stone (supposedly… I’ve never seen it being enforced, and I’m not sure how they’d even go about enforcing it), but I’ve never seen a hard, fast rule of “x adults per car” being enforced like they allegedly have at Chessington.

 

[tech]

While we’re looking at different ways to interfere with standard queuing - I’d very much like to see Parent Swap make a comeback

 

[Matt.GC]

I was held up on the single rider queue because the other three were the same size as me.
The op was very polite, but "probably already maxed out in kilos" was muttered!

Pure muscle mass is supposedly quite heavy I've heard Rob

 

[rob666]

So is lard.

 

[Trooper Looper]

When I recently went to the park, one of Spinballs Games in the queue was working. Is this just recent that they've been fixed or am I blind?

 

[Danny]

When I recently went to the park, one of Spinballs Games in the queue was working. Is this just recent that they've been fixed or am I blind?

Are you sure that wasn't a vending machine? The games are gone.

 

[Trooper Looper]

Are you sure that wasn't a vending machine? The games are gone.

They're not. I saw the group in front playing with the one nearest to the station. The ball moved, the game was moving and the points showed as well, heck, even the SFX worked. It looked really clean as well when compared to its previous state I remember seeing it.

 

[RIPCorky]

They're not. I saw the group in front playing with the one nearest to the station. The ball moved, the game was moving and the points showed as well, heck, even the SFX worked. It looked really clean as well when compared to its previous state I remember seeing it.

The buttons to make them work have been removed

 

[Trooper Looper]

The buttons to make them work have been removed

No they haven't XD. I SAW them pressing the red button that triggered the mini game, and this was on Wednesday.

 

[RIPCorky]

No they haven't XD. I SAW them pressing the red button that triggered the mini game, and this was on Wednesday.

Well the one in the queue along the back in the run up to the station had no button a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Trooper Looper]

Well the one in the queue along the back in the run up to the station had no button a couple of weeks ago.

They must've recently reinstalled them not too long ago. Sections of Spinballs queue fencing has been replaced as well, so I'm not surprised they took that as a chance to fix the mini games back into working order

 

[Skyscraper]

They must've recently reinstalled them not too long ago. Sections of Spinballs queue fencing has been replaced as well, so I'm not surprised they took that as a chance to fix the mini games back into working order

Well given how long Spinball's queue has been recently, I think it's good that the games have been fixed to help guests pass the time.

 

[Skyscraper]

Could Towers be starting to phase out Adventure Land? Spinball is now listed as part of the Towers.