Ride Availability/Operations 2022-26

[rob666]

Anything that “should” be open as per the ride availability page.

I thought that was obvious.

I forgot only negativity was allowed here.

Negativity comes when all people don't get reasonable access to the park.

Ableism comes close behind.

That is obvious.

...and unfortunately a recurring event.

Everything that should be open hasn't been, because a number of main attractions are still closed.

Some essential for less mobile customers.

Simple fact.

If the park had its access facilities for the less mobile open there would be no negativity from me.

Very short queues this week, with good weather, in termtime.

Perfect time for me to do my usual visit.

But I can't, because the skyride is still shut.

No access, no chance of the positive report.

 

[Dave]

Negativity comes when all people don't get reasonable access to the park.

Ableism comes close behind.

That is obvious.

...and unfortunately a recurring event.

Everything that should be open hasn't been, because a number of main attractions are still closed.

Some essential for less mobile customers.

Simple fact.

If the park had its access facilities for the less mobile open there would be no negativity from me.

Very short queues this week, with good weather, in termtime.

Perfect time for me to do my usual visit.

But I can't, because the skyride is still shut.

No access, no chance of the positive report.

Yeah that’s all fine but you where replying to a post not referencing the advertised closed rides.

And to be fair you could never guarantee any ride operating, I’ve been to the park in the past (pre-naff Tussauds) and it’s been down all day unadvertised.

But I don’t think anyone on the forum thinks it’s ok Skyride and RMT and Rapids (and until recently Monorail) are not ready after the closed season. It’s really very bad but I don’t think it’s a crime to flag that the open rides are showing improvements in uptime.

 

[Call_um]

I had this issue when I visited on one of the Fridays at after dark. They had to send empty trains at one point cause the queue to exit go so big and this was on 2 trains...


From: https://x.com/ThrillPix/status/2048390293683073344

 

[Skyscraper]

I had this issue when I visited on one of the Fridays at after dark. They had to send empty trains at one point cause the queue to exit go so big and this was on 2 trains...


From: https://x.com/ThrillPix/status/2048390293683073344

It's not necessarily cost saving though, more likely to be understaffing.

 

[Matt N]

There were 2 or 3 working in there on Friday, so I don’t think it’s necessarily a cost saving issue.

 

[Mick]

It was a real eye opener going to Disneyland Paris and taking your bags onto rides such as Flight Force and Hyperspace Mountain!

Whilst this wouldn’t work on all types of trains and rides, surely Wicker-Man might be one example of a ride in the park where this could work okay? Or is it just not the done thing in the UK regardless?

 

[NuttySquirrel]

There was no bag drop on either Smiler or Thirteen today which had a noticeable impact on dispatches. Particularly when the Smiler team were forced to take a problematic train off after a period of downtime at lunchtime and were running it on three for a while.

I'm hoping this is due to a staff availability issue rather than staff budget - even though it's not peak holiday season yet it was a sunny weekend day and didn't really warrant being treated as an off-peak day.

 

[Martin]

Smiler also went down to 3 on Saturday. Had the same issue with Wickerman, they ended up cutting the preshow short because there were no guests in the station. I think part of it was them bit filling the room the way they usually do because of how warm it was

 

[John]

WM is such an odd situation as they've seemingly created a ride that can effortlessly operate very close to the maximum theoretical capacity but none of the peripheral stuff can then keep up with the ride itself. When we rode today our train was sat ready to depart several seconds before the ride would allow. Meanwhile the bag drop and preshow could only just go fast enough to keep the trains going out full - they were often batching people to rows 11 & 12 after the loading gates had opened.

Elsewhere, 10/10 to the Nemesis team this evening but throughputs on Smiler and Thirteen were significantly impacted by the closed bag drops. Oblivion and Galactica need additional trains to be able to run full capacity but at least the broken row on Hex has been sorted since I last rode. All in all, a pretty mixed bag really.

 

[Secret Weapon]

with Wickerman, they ended up cutting the preshow short

How did this work??

Did they literally just stop the video before it finished?

At which point during the dialogue was it stopped?

 

[Electric Elly]

How did this work??

The doors opened.

 

[Secret Weapon]

The doors opened.

So the video kept playing, but the doors opened during the show?

Or was the video stopped as soon as the doors opened?

Was the video restarted from the beginning for the next group of riders, or did they enter the hall while the previous video was still playing?

 

[rob666]

Don't tell.
Keep it a mystery.