Ride Availability/Operations 2022-25

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I haven’t seen the opinion parroted recently that Thirteen can’t run in the rain, however surely days like today can finally but that one to bed. It ran pretty reliably all day long through varying assortments of light rain to heavy rain and everything in between.

It was not an opinion it was a widely known fact. After the accident where a train slipped backwards off the lifthill, the ride would shut at the first hint of precipitation

This remained the case for at least a season afterwards. Good to hear it is back to running normally now though.

Edit: Just seen that someone else addressed this above.

I have never once heard of the locals hating Spinball, but I am pretty sure it has been widely known almost since 2004, that planners are not the most keen on Spinball being where it is, due to it's location and how it ruins vistas of the Towers. Therefor, from what I understand, it's removal could be used as a bargaining chip to get more favorable planning permission else where for something else. Kind of like what they always do with planning permissions, be it restorations, investments into the hertige and everything in between.

There are not really any locals near Spinball, the Ropers were nearby but have long since left. So I dont think the locals would be an issue, as perhaps the single family that live close, brought the house after the ride was built, once the Ropers moved out. Even so, the trees will absorb quite a lot of sound from that ride. Oblivion on the other hand...

 

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I have never once heard of the locals hating Spinball, but I am pretty sure it has been widely known almost since 2004, that planners are not the most keen on Spinball being where it is, due to it's location and how it ruins vistas of the Towers. Therefor, from what I understand, it's removal could be used as a bargaining chip to get more favorable planning permission else where for something else. Kind of like what they always do with planning permissions, be it restorations, investments into the hertige and everything in between.

There are not really any locals near Spinball, the Ropers were nearby but have long since left. So I dont the locals would be an issue, as perhaps the single family that live close, brought the house after the ride was built, once the Ropers moved out. Even so, the trees will absorb quite a lot of sound from that ride. Oblivion on the other hand...

yeah I meant planners and not locals, I have heard this parroted multiple times