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Adventure Island: General Discussion
jonhotboy2023
TS Member
Yes it is said on there facebook page so glad it’s back
Poisson
TS Member
...to be scrapped as it's crap
Burbs
TS Team
40 minutes before they started to evacuate or 40 minutes to evacuate everyone? If the former then I fully agree. If the latter then considering the awkward position the riders are in, it doesn’t seem too bad.
Katy
TS Member
Considering we were told it takes "about an hour" to do a lift hill evac on SAW at Thorpe Park, 40 minutes isn't too bad to get 8 people one at a time off at that angle onto the evac lift and down to the ground, that's 5 minutes per person.
You have to think of time for engineer to arrive 5-10 mins, potentially to restart the ride/ rectify the fault 5-15m then the worst case scenario evacuating becomes real time to set up harnesses etc so 30-40m is realistic even though it seems excessive. The evac time from 1st to last should be no more than 40-50 minutes.
pluk
TS Member
40 to start unfortunately. It's obviously safe and all that, but not ideal. It's not the worst, but its a comfortable position to be stuck in.
I have to say i disagree
AT86
TS Member
As if there weren’t already enough red flags for this guy.
From: https://x.com/philipmillermbe/status/1691790973334872081?s=46&t=zG_i8R9vX93ZZU0RljfzWA
From: https://x.com/philipmillermbe/status/1691790973334872081?s=46&t=zG_i8R9vX93ZZU0RljfzWA
Benzin
TS Member
Doing far better than the men's team has done, even in recent years.
Be funny to see all the heads explode if they win it all. Though no doubt will be claimed as "not being proper football" or nonsense like that.
Shame a number of rich people are just arseholes, who then cry out "Muh freedoms of speech" when they get called out for being arseholes.
Be funny to see all the heads explode if they win it all. Though no doubt will be claimed as "not being proper football" or nonsense like that.
Shame a number of rich people are just arseholes, who then cry out "Muh freedoms of speech" when they get called out for being arseholes.
GooseOnTheLoose
TS Member
New 38 meter drop tower to be installed at Adventure Island.
www.echo-news.co.uk
"To rival rides at Drayton Manor" is amusingly featured in the first paragraph of the article, after the lede, as it originally compared it to Apocalypse, which of course has since been scrapped.
Large new attraction at Adventure Island set to be 'a massive draw' for Southend
The new ride will open at the Southend seafront adventure park next year, with the attraction set to rival rides at Thorpe Park and Drayton Manor
Leigh
TS Member
Aiming high I see.New 38 meter drop tower to be installed at Adventure Island.
"To rival rides at Drayton Manor" is amusingly featured in the first paragraph of the article, after the lede, as it originally compared it to Apocalypse, which of course has since been scrapped.Large new attraction at Adventure Island set to be 'a massive draw' for Southend
The new ride will open at the Southend seafront adventure park next year, with the attraction set to rival rides at Thorpe Park and Drayton Manor
Bowser
TS Member
Work in progress. Can't imagine this takes too long to get up?
My son will love it, though shame it's the third drop tower in the same park. Presumably the one by RAGE is going seeing as this makes it redundant?
From: https://twitter.com/Adv_Island/status/1724108230962372745?s=20
My son will love it, though shame it's the third drop tower in the same park. Presumably the one by RAGE is going seeing as this makes it redundant?
From: https://twitter.com/Adv_Island/status/1724108230962372745?s=20
pluk
TS Member
Sky Drop is properly knackered and has been for a while, I'm sure that'll be gone.
It's goofy, but I can't help liking AI's social media efforts over what we see coming out from Towers amd Merlin.
From: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1063986101398728?s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Skyscraper
TS Member
Adventure Island have confirmed the name of their new drop tower as Vertigo.
From: https://www.facebook.com/adventureislandsouthend/posts/pfbid0sCqtJzZuUo5u3M8NA3c61e4tSM6LcBxKAEJt5Zfm2szk45nsAD33WLnWsYmXwKhCl
From: https://www.facebook.com/adventureislandsouthend/posts/pfbid0sCqtJzZuUo5u3M8NA3c61e4tSM6LcBxKAEJt5Zfm2szk45nsAD33WLnWsYmXwKhCl