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Skyride General Discussion

It used to open with the park, then at eleven.
This is the first I have heard of twelve.
I'm sure they have their reasons, and it isn't a lazy excuse, it is a way of avoiding a lot of walking when you have mobility issues.
I'm not lazy, I'm busy.

Lets see if they move opening back to eleven over time.
 
I think it had slipped to 12 the last year it operated before the extended closure but I'm not entirely sure on that one.

It just stinks of CBA. Presumably in entirely unrelated news the monorail is about to start running from 9-11.30 & from 5.30-7 only.
 
The thing I love about forums is the jumping to conclusions (I really do love it, it’s like a smelly cheese, pungent but tasty).

Hex also opened at 12 on its first week, they then sidled the opening earlier after a week or so. I suspect that’s what is going to happen with Skyride, although they are not getting everything right Bianca seems to understand the nuts and bolts of theme parks and tech services haven’t had to get this open for the last two years so I suspect they assume there will be teething issues with the morning and evening checks.

That said I doubt it will open at 10am as that stopped years ago, I get they want to limit flow to the back of the park so crowds disperse, but although I strongly disagree with the idea Towers have a legal responsibility to run the ride for those with disabilities based on the letter of the law. It is a useful system for those who struggle to walk around the park, no matter what time of the day it is (the only reasonable reason to close early once it’s up and running is dusk as it has never operated in the dark as far as I am aware.
 
Hid said:
It's always opened late and closed early it's the same as before people have just forgotten. It likely is 12:00 Opening either to prep the Ride and closes at 17:00 At Dusk for safety reasons.
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It won't be closing at 5 because it's getting dark...not at this time of year!

I suspect it will be a combination of breaking in the ride and staff gradually, potential cost cutting and possible staffing issues. Don't forget staff start their shifts a good couple of hours before the ride opens and often stay later after park closes. Isn't the Skyride ran by the same ride team that also run Wicker Man and Mutiny Bay? So if they have staff shortages, it is better to have the bigger, more popular rides manned and reduce the Sky Ride's hours accordingly.
 
Hid said:
It's always opened late and closed early it's the same as before people have just forgotten. It likely is 12:00 Opening either to prep the Ride and closes at 17:00 At Dusk for safety reasons.
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Ah yes dusk when the current sunset time is 8:30 and the park closes at 6.
Hex explicitly stated "opening at 12 on it's opening day last year and then 11am daily". This doesn't, it will be midday, which it never was. It always opened at 11am, which would be acceptable. Two hours after opening, when most people will move around areas in which the Skyride could be used, is not acceptable in my book, particularly when there are already 5 different rides which open at 11.

I know it seems like all I'm doing lately is calling the park but I will be fair and give them credit where it's due but also criticise where I feel it's due. It's fine if people disagree with what I'm saying, otherwise it'd be boring
 
Assuming it is just a temporary reduction in hours (and I’m really not sure it is), do they have so little confidence in being able to operate a ride effectively, that they only open it for a few hours a day?

That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement of their operational ability.
 
Still running in new gearing perhaps if it all has been replaced.
Hours limits happen with new stuff.
I wasn't allowed past 3000 revs and 2 hours driving for the first thousand miles on my precious new gearbox...(that still isn't right...).
 
venny said:
Assuming it is just a temporary reduction in hours (and I’m really not sure it is), do they have so little confidence in being able to operate a ride effectively, that they only open it for a few hours a day?

That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement of their operational ability.
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We could (and have) go on ad Infinitum about how the parks tech services where decimated under previous management (and it would be valid). But I would rather have management who understand the parks current limitations and work to them rather than push things too far.

It’s clear they know their tech services are not up to full capacity, it’s certainly improving as up time is already better than last season (despite a bumpy start), but it’s also not up to standard yet.

Like politics managers have to deal with the reality they are presented with, ideology can set your goal but it doesn’t help get things actually done.
 
venny said:
Assuming it is just a temporary reduction in hours (and I’m really not sure it is), do they have so little confidence in being able to operate a ride effectively, that they only open it for a few hours a day?
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it isn't just operating efficiently though, this is very common with new rides being unreliable because staff aren't use to how to operate or fix it, Hagrid's at universal was quite bad at opening, with huge amounts of time required to get it back open. there are plenty of factors to this (new components, addition of guests, etc)

I'll give 2 ways:
operations haven't really experienced the ride with guests, there could be little quirks that the ride needs to have that may be required to take into account that isn't intuitive, for instance all guests must not hold their restraints when returning to the station on the smiler, or it errors out. perhaps for the gondolas they have to be mindful of how to load each gondola or trip x sensor, these required experience with guests to learn and resolve these problems

Tech haven't worked on this for a while, issues that may happen semi regularly they won't know much about, and will have to research what each error means and how is the best way of solving it. these require experience with the ride running, that may get a lot of the issues but when guests are added they can add more issues that they will be unaware of
 
But with "whatever and whenever" regarding opening hours, legal fuss and all the rest, isn't it bloody nice to have the ride running again, through the day, with limited queues.
And virtually all the other attractions open as well.
Virtually I said, don't start.
 
rob666 said:
But with "whatever and whenever" regarding opening hours, legal fuss and all the rest, isn't it bloody nice to have the ride running again, through the day, with limited queues.
And virtually all the other attractions open as well.
Virtually I said, don't start.
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I know, sort out the F&B, bring back the events, and add a little bit to the opening hours and we will have a fully functioning theme park (a man can dream).
 
Dave said:
We could (and have) go on ad Infinitum about how the parks tech services where decimated under previous management (and it would be valid). But I would rather have management who understand the parks current limitations and work to them rather than push things too far.

It’s clear they know their tech services are not up to full capacity, it’s certainly improving as up time is already better than last season (despite a bumpy start), but it’s also not up to standard yet.

Like politics managers have to deal with the reality they are presented with, ideology can set your goal but it doesn’t help get things actually done.
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That’s exactly my point. Again, assuming it is a decision based on their capabilities rather than costs, the fact they cannot run the thing for more than 5 hours is an indictment of their operational capacity.
 
Dave said:
to an extent, though i’m yet to be sold on the value of outsourcing the entertainments but we will see.
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I want to see exactly what ents come in. That'll be the interesting bit.


Sky Ride could do with being open until park close when possible. It's best for dragging people out the back of the park.
 
Burner said:
Rode it today.

Felt slow.
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