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2020: General Discussion
Danny
TS Contributor
Spinball Whizzer and Enterprise have just gone down!

To be fair, ride availability was never going to be up to scratch this weekend, nor next. They still have another 2 weeks until the park is fully open for the season.
Matt N
TS Member
Interesting decision. I suppose they do have the boards around the park and the app, but I'm unsure what you'd do if you don't have a phone and you're not near a queue times board; maybe they're building more queue time boards for this year?They've removed the digital queue line times...
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EDIT: Ah, it's only supposed to be temporary. Makes sense!
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So The Blade is not closed just currently unavailable
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Seems pretty stupid to say “currently unavailable” when the ride isn’t even built. “Currently unavailable” suggests it’ll open at some point during the day. Perhaps “unavailable today” is a better status when rides aren’t going to open at all.
Gotta make that Fastrack purchase even easierYeah.... "temporary".....
Tentaclaws
TS Member
Well, it's on the website so it must be coming back sometime. I really hope they extend the cycle a bit as it's too short.
The Blade has a timer that the operator sets. However, it should always be set to the same time (mainly due to causing guest illnesses leaving it for longer). So there is always the chance that you will get a longer ride, but strictly speaking, you shouldn’t, so you’ll just have to see if you’re lucky!
ReneBlade Master
TS Member
The Blade has a timer that the operator sets. However, it should always be set to the same time (mainly due to causing guest illnesses leaving it for longer). So there is always the chance that you will get a longer ride, but strictly speaking, you shouldn’t, so you’ll just have to see if you’re lucky!
If it’s raining, you normally get a longer cycle, as this gives the operator more time in the dry!
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Tentaclaws
TS Member
If it’s raining, you normally get a longer cycle, as this gives the operator more time in the dry!
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It also take 3 hours to park.
ReneBlade Master
TS Member
It also take 3 hours to park.
Bit of water on the tyre, squealing to a standstill after far too long swinging...
Ah, memories!
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bluesonichd
TS Member
as you sit in your niceIt also take 3 hours to park.
ride ops are evil
Skyscraper
TS Member
Only on Smiler and Spinball.Is single rider still around then?
The Cardinal
TS Member
I wonder if The Blade will make a 'swing back soon.'
Not a great day at the park today by all accounts. Lots of unhappy guests on twitter due to poor ride availability.
This one made me smile.
I’m not sure saying ‘we’re terribly sorry’ is a good move. It comes across as being very sarcastic.
I know there is some on here who will defend Towers with ride downtown today and next weekend because “the season hasn’t started yet” but both these weekends aren’t free and have been paid for so you would expect the park to have it ready.
Customer service never that good on social, just remember “it’s better than nothing”