Shh, yer suppose to follow the TS narrative of being a moaning old git like everyone else here, don't change things now!
Now in my "retirement coaster" benchmarks, I can only disagree sadly..Tbf this will almost certainly be better than Icon, but then that bar is not particularly high
Are we down to three now though? Being portable they can there one day and gone the next E.G Tsunami.FTFY
FTFY.You could've stopped after the word damn right snobby London
I disagree. Firstly, it’s fantastic that Chessington have chosen a different sort of coaster. It’s been done before when Vampire originally opened as worlds first, and no one ever expected a coaster with spinning cars until Fury landed. Then, on your marketing point, I disagree because they wouldn’t choose that type of coaster just to make the marketing look better.
Yes but just to stand back and look at them even when they’re closed is great. It all stems from Nemesis for me. Just admire that lovely B&M box track no matter what ride it is. One thing I always admire is the positioning of supports which I sometimes look at as humans bolted into the ground with arms holding the track up.
Without me going back over umpteen pages, can you elaborate on those valid reasons? We know the throughput is a big concern here, and some people feel type of ride isn’t right for Chessington, but there is surely more more riding on that (excuse the pun)?
Based on your figures, 150ph isn’t a massive difference. How many does Mandrill seat per filled ride - 30? If so, that’s 5 rides per hour.
Yea, but never go by that because Chessington and other parks will struggle to keep to that.
How many cars does it run now then if it doesn’t run 8?
Balancing issue mainly, and they want them to spin more! Other replies to this have also addressed it better so I’ll leave that one there.
And that’s the problem! Many seem to worship the ground he walks on and if they want to, fine - but it’s this taking his “word as gospel” that has got so many fixated and turned into “experts” on Nemesis’ future.
Well Croc Drop is still new and popular so I’m not surprised it gets queues that long. The first time I went on it, the queue was empty and I waited about 7 minutes.
Well, it was 5pm with a park close looming and a storm was brewing.Yes, I remember that stall as I rode it a lot in its opening year. From day one, I was always amazed at when a car comes back into the brake run and bashes the long bar on springs, how hard it hits it. Sit on the wrong side of the car and you certainly feel the brunt! The spin of the car finding it’s final position as it comes in and bashing the bar was the main factor.
Vampire was nowhere near a Worlds first.
But as a new and popular ride and the new headline ride it needs to be able to allow everyone who wants to ride it a chance to get on. This is the issues Chessington has, they attract more guests into the park than the rides can handle.
They could have built two towers so on peak days they can handle the crowds. You only got a short wait due to the time of day.Well Croc Drop is still new and popular so I’m not surprised it gets queues that long. The first time I went on it, the queue was empty and I waited about 7 minutes.
Yeah I've always not understood why they didn't go for two towers for extra capacity. Or gone for a higher capacity model.
I don't know why they didn't think of that; this actually seems like a good idea considering the horrendous capacity Croc Drop obtains. Seems like there would easily be enough space for two. Perhaps they did think of it, but budget got in the way?
