Yup been on park today for my yearly visit as i live 3+ hours away. Real shame that both those rides were closed. Someone was up looking at the vertical lift on the smiler on a cherry picker so who knows what’s going on there. VAFF was actived today tho so that’s a bonus I guess.
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Ride Availability/Operations 2022-24
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That’s interesting because the last time it was shut all day it was also to do with the vertical lift
Skyscraper
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Shared with permission from a friend who's on park today, there's a crane above Smiler now
I'm meeting them at Towers tomorrow, will be a huge shame if it's closed as I've only ridden it once. Can't be helped, though.
I'm meeting them at Towers tomorrow, will be a huge shame if it's closed as I've only ridden it once. Can't be helped, though.
Having Smiler and Wicker man down all day in the summer holidays is a disaster. 2 of the most popular rides where most people go first thing in the morning. This will put huge pressure on Spinball and Rita.Shared with permission from a friend who's on park today, there's a crane above Smiler now
I'm meeting them at Towers tomorrow, will be a huge shame if it's closed as I've only ridden it once. Can't be helped, though.
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Mattie boy
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Fairly major work for smiler given the crane or is it purely down to the access to it ?
MaxPower
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They'd struggle to open rides that weren't even built I guess...
Mattie boy
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It's back open again apparently ( smiler )
Matt Creek
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The more that times go on, the more disastrous towers seem to be with ride availability and reliability.
I understand things happen, like the unfortunate situation with Wickerman, but I’ve never seen such a major park have so many broken and unavailable rides.
The UK industry is a joke right now, with how parks such as Towers, Blackpool and Chessington have handled things lately.
I understand things happen, like the unfortunate situation with Wickerman, but I’ve never seen such a major park have so many broken and unavailable rides.
The UK industry is a joke right now, with how parks such as Towers, Blackpool and Chessington have handled things lately.
Dave
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Over 15 years of neglect, chickens coming home to roost, just sad that it isn’t the management who neglected the parks that are dealing with the fallout. Just took their money and ran it feels like.
GooseOnTheLoose
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That's usually the way of leveraged buyouts, sadly.
According to the app one thinks not
Mattie boy
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I had wondered
Skyscraper
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It is open with a 90 minute queue.
Dave
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Because one was likely a mechanical fault and the other one was a fire damaging the structure maybe?
I thought towers said there was minimal damage. Never mind guess they were lying on that one then
Dave
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Depends how you define minimal damage. Plus the quote was for the press so they didn’t over dramatise the situation.
has everyone sprinted across the park to it