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Chessington World of Adventures Resort

Hid said:
Vampire has got decent capacity when it ran 3 trains.
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…which it never does, even if the third train does exist and hasn’t been cannibalised for parts.

Does it still exist? Does anyone know?
 
They bought 3 vekoma trains, it ran all of them until at least 2010. I don't think they've scrapped the 3rd but they don't have all 3 built up these days, not sure whether they rotate them or are just gradually scavenging parts
 
They’d need extra staff to make running 3 trains worthwhile as generally it’s stacking on 2. You’d end up with trains being held on the second lift hill which is a little disconcerting for unfamiliar riders.

Ops were the best I’ve seen in years when we visited a few weeks ago, first time I can remember 2 trains on the track simultaneously but I still think the benefit would be negligible overall. Plus it goes down a lot so it’s an extra potential problem, especially if stuck on the second lift.
 
Bowser said:
They’d need extra staff to make running 3 trains worthwhile as generally it’s stacking on 2. You’d end up with trains being held on the second lift hill which is a little disconcerting for unfamiliar riders.

Ops were the best I’ve seen in years when we visited a few weeks ago, first time I can remember 2 trains on the track simultaneously but I still think the benefit would be negligible overall. Plus it goes down a lot so it’s an extra potential problem, especially if stuck on the second lift.
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That’s the second issue there are not enough proper block brakes on vampire to allow 3 trains since before the smiler incident, Chessington were looking to add an extra set of brakes outside the building on the return to the station to keep 3 trains since ops but never materialised.
 
It can only hold one train on the brakes, it would stack on lift 2 if the ops were really slow.

3 train ops was great to watch at night though, you were pretty much guaranteed to have trains crossing overhead whilst queueing
 
To be honest often in the UK rides that can run 3 or 2 trains often don't Vampire is part of this but many others are to particularly at Pleasure Beach
 
Hid said:
To be honest often in the UK rides that can run 3 or 2 trains often don't Vampire is part of this but many others are to particularly at Pleasure Beach
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yeah, but there are many (at merlin parks) that do:
wickerman,
13,
the smiler runs 4/5 (I can't remember if one was removed)
Galactica (when one train isn't broken)
Saw,
Dragon fury,
rattle snake

and a few more.

I would agree if it stacks on 2 there is no point in adding a 3rd (just add risk and breaks up the flow of the ride)

I am curious why they appear to not be able to dispach as quick, I would have expected the new trains to board quicker as there is no step (although I guess it could be like oblivion where most the time is just people fafing with bags)
 
flyingguitar said:
I am curious why they appear to not be able to dispach as quick, I would have expected the new trains to board quicker as there is no step (although I guess it could be like oblivion where most the time is just people fafing with bags)
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There are two less hosts for checking restraints than there used to be for a start. The long train makes this time consuming for just 2 hosts.
 
AT86 said:
There are two less hosts for checking restraints than there used to be for a start. The long train makes this time consuming for just 2 hosts.
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is there positions for 2 more hosts, or did they remove them when they updated the trains?
although 2 hosts is the same as 13 and wickerman (the wickerman has the same number of rows) I get that the cars may be longer, are the restraints harder to check compared to 13 or the wickerman (seatbelts, etc)?
 
2 hosts on 2 train op was the norm. You might get a lucky day with 4 hosts though.

4 was bare minimum if on 3 trains. Was great fun as we really were challenged to push them out within that 30 second time period.

I'd imagine now though they'd need 1 for RAP and 1 for row allocation these days.
 
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