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Drayton Manor Park

John said:
I'm at the park today - the 2nd Gold Rush train has reappeared and is currently cycling empty.
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It’s been in the maintenance shed and they did cycle it on opening day but it got stuck. Staff informed me that it was waiting for new wheels.
I think they started off badly at the start of the season and by the end of the month only James and the red balloon will be the only ride not available.
 
Good to hear!

How long was it on 1 for? I feel like it’s been on 1 since last season based on the comments I’ve been hearing.
 
An obsevation I made today. The toilet in the front section of Thomas Land is blocked off completely now.

And what makes that more interesting its directly next to Pirate Adventure so could that mean either the building is being removed or refurbished to keep guests away
 
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Hid said:
An obsevation I made today. The toilet in the front section of Thomas Land is blocked off completely now.

And what makes that more interesting its directly next to Pirate Adventure so could that mean either the building is being removed or refurbished to keep guests away
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That toilet block has been on and off for years i believe only open during peak times, after the expansion opened with the toilets in that area they closed them for a few years and they were used as storage
 
Hid said:
Gold Rush is back on 2 trains at last.

Though the ops are still slow pretty terrible
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I never understood why they don’t even start to load the gates until the other train is on the break run. Seems needless and you end up with oblivion style stacking… with only two trains.. on a 4 min cycle ..
 
Alphe86 said:
I never understood why they don’t even start to load the gates until the other train is on the break run. Seems needless and you end up with oblivion style stacking… with only two trains.. on a 4 min cycle ..
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Have they cut the amount of staff on Gold Rush?
They usually have 1 loading the station, 2 loading and checking the train and 2 in the op cabin.
 
Yeah that'd really slow things down. Ideally it needs to have 3 staff on the platform for two train operation (onload, offload, batching). With just 2 it might quicker to have the staff member on the offload side check all 24 seats and have the person on the onload side primarily focussed on batching
 
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