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Where time allows, the ride team normally try and get a staff ride (possibly two) in before opening to guests, call it a perk of the job.

[This bit relates to early 2000's at Towers - it may still be the same, or it could have changed]... The only requirement as pre-start checks was that one ride team member (officially it should be the operator or relief operator) ride the ride before opening. Normally you just made sure the Op / relief Op was onboard the staff ride and that was fine, the box was ticked. When Nemesis is open to the public, the minimum number of guests allowed on a train is two.

I have never heard of ride staff having to ride Nemesis after downtime before reopening, unless there was an alleged non-mechanical safety issue, i.e. safety envelope incursion that needed to be checked. Any alleged mechanical safety issues would result in the ride being signed over to Technical Services for them to investigate.
 
Kraken27 said:
Where time allows, the ride team normally try and get a staff ride (possibly two) in before opening to guests, call it a perk of the job.

[This bit relates to early 2000's at Towers - it may still be the same, or it could have changed]... The only requirement as pre-start checks was that one ride team member (officially it should be the operator or relief operator) ride the ride before opening. Normally you just made sure the Op / relief Op was onboard the staff ride and that was fine, the box was ticked. When Nemesis is open to the public, the minimum number of guests allowed on a train is two.

I have never heard of ride staff having to ride Nemesis after downtime before reopening, unless there was an alleged non-mechanical safety issue, i.e. safety envelope incursion that needed to be checked. Any alleged mechanical safety issues would result in the ride being signed over to Technical Services for them to investigate.
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Who have for some rides been known to do test rides, I believe @spinball has seen smiler techs.

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Ethan said:
How many does the smiler need?
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Steve74 said:
I've never seen staff riding after a stoppage, only ever seen empty trains go round.

Interestingly, I've seen the Smiler testing only with dummies in the morning, yet Wicker Man with empty trains then staff. Any idea why dummies are used on The Smiler and no staff, yet Wicker Man uses empty trains then trains with staff?
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the smiler needs to have dummies in to reduce the risk of a stall on cold wheels/bearings. When it’s been stopped due to lightning in the area they ran it to keep them warm.
 
spinba11 said:
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the smiler needs to have dummies in to reduce the risk of a stall on cold wheels/bearings. When it’s been stopped due to lightning in the area they ran it to keep them warm.
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Yeah, I knew that already. Perhaps I worded my question wrong. What I should have asked was Why do staff ride Wicker Man before opening but not The Smiler before opening (well I haven't seen it happen)?
 
Steve74 said:
Yeah, I knew that already. Perhaps I worded my question wrong. What I should have asked was Why do staff ride Wicker Man before opening but not The Smiler before opening (well I haven't seen it happen)?
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Presumably because wickerman isn't likely to get stuck in a potencically dangerous to evacuate from position.

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Does anyone know what’s up with The Blade and when it might reopen? I think it’s been closed about a week now and I always worry when that shuts as I think that they won’t bother to repair it with how old it is.
 
Dan19F1 said:
Does anyone know what’s up with The Blade and when it might reopen? I think it’s been closed about a week now and I always worry when that shuts as I think that they won’t bother to repair it with how old it is.
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Yeah it was closed last Thursday. Didn't realise it had been closed for longer. Personally, I think it's on it's way out. It's old and could do with replacing. One of these could fit in it's pit;

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High capacity, thrilling and impressive off-ride. Fits the area theme too. :)

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Dan19F1 said:
Does anyone know what’s up with The Blade and when it might reopen? I think it’s been closed about a week now and I always worry when that shuts as I think that they won’t bother to repair it with how old it is.
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Blade's on its way out from what I heard from 2 staff members walking past sub terra
 
skyscraper said:
High capacity, thrilling and impressive off-ride. Fits the area theme too. :)
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Thrilling? They look incredible but not sure I'd say they're thrilling unless the Great Adventure one isn't representative of what they can do. Which one have you ridden?
 
Well it would draw in the crowds, that's for sure. Anyone got any other suggestions though? Think that would be hard to beat.
 
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