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Ride Availability/Operations 2022-25

Hid said:
Your conflating Ops and Ride Availability together the 2 are different ops at Alton Towers are actually really great they get the trains out fast especially on Smiler, Wickerman and Th13teen the operations are a step above Phantasialand and the Walibi Parks
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I'm not conflating anything...I was responding to one person's comments on issues at one park, to those at another, on the same day.
Both parks have had less than top notch operations overall due to poor ride availability.

Fair comparison, reasonable punctuation.
 
While on the Skyride this morning,I noticed these Red tags on the purple Rita train, does anyone know what these are for?

Are they ‘lockout’ maintenance tags?

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Both trains today sitting in the station, no action on either Rita or Sub-Terra today.

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The park is now getting very busy the last couple days so with these two closed makes other areas of the park much more crowded that usual
 
Joel3 said:
While on the Skyride this morning,I noticed these Red tags on the purple Rita train, does anyone know what these are for?

Are they ‘lockout’ maintenance tags?

IMG_9419.jpeg

Both trains today sitting in the station, no action on either Rita or Sub-Terra today.

IMG_9420.jpeg

The park is now getting very busy the last couple days so with these two closed makes other areas of the park much more crowded that usual
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No way of telling with Sub Terra it's indoors it will reopen when ready.
 
Joel3 said:
While on the Skyride this morning,I noticed these Red tags on the purple Rita train, does anyone know what these are for?

Are they ‘lockout’ maintenance tags?

IMG_9419.jpeg

Both trains today sitting in the station, no action on either Rita or Sub-Terra today.

IMG_9420.jpeg

The park is now getting very busy the last couple days so with these two closed makes other areas of the park much more crowded that usual
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I wouldnt be too concerned they could easily be waiting for parts, especially since intamin accelerators are getting less and less and require specific hardware they may need to wait for parts to be made or shipped from intamin.
 
flyingguitar said:
I wouldnt be too concerned they could easily be waiting for parts, especially since intamin accelerators are getting less and less and require specific hardware they may need to wait for parts to be made or shipped from intamin.
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Absolutely, hopefully they’re back soon in time for Summer!

Looking forward to riding both of them on my first ever Scarefest later this year too!
 
Joel3 said:
While on the Skyride this morning,I noticed these Red tags on the purple Rita train, does anyone know what these are for?

Are they ‘lockout’ maintenance tags?
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No they aren't. This is how you LO/TO.

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Usually signed by head of works or whoever gave permission if necessary and where I worked the padlocks were engraved with our initials. Only the person with their initials on the lock can remove it and the tag cannot be removed until all locks are off and everyone is accounted for. As you can see above, the main part goes through the switch and housing so it cannot be physically turned.
 
Poisson said:
No they aren't. This is how you LO/TO.

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Usually signed by head of works or whoever gave permission if necessary and where I worked the padlocks were engraved with our initials. Only the person with their initials on the lock can remove it and the tag cannot be removed until all locks are off and everyone is accounted for.
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That brings back some fond memories. I’ve only ever had to tag out two rides in my time, and comically those two rides were Nemmy…..and Postman Pat 😆
 
tech said:
That brings back some fond memories. I’ve only ever had to tag out two rides in my time, and comically those two rides were Nemmy…..and Postman Pat 😆
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Postman Pat is a funny one to tag off.

Imagine the scenes without one, a poor stricken gardener is tending to some bushes, and a completely oblivious ride host has fired up the ride.

The gardener looks up, sees the ride hurtling the ride towards him at breakneck speed. Life flashing before his eyes. He only has a mere minute or 2 to get out of the way of a certain end, as disaster is about to loom and Pat turns murder ...
 
PhalanaxOperativeA1127 said:
Postman Pat is a funny one to tag off.

Imagine the scenes without one, a poor stricken gardener is tending to some bushes, and a completely oblivious ride host has fired up the ride.

The gardener looks up, sees the ride hurtling the ride towards him at breakneck speed. Life flashing before his eyes. He only has a mere minute or 2 to get out of the way of a certain end, as disaster is about to loom and Pat turns murder ...
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Don't forget the fact that turning the ride on would also electrify the bus bar that provides power to the cars. Anyone in the ride area could be at risk of death by electrocution if they believe the ride to be switched off. I know bus bars are usually partially insulated, but they still provide a real risk.

Risk of electrocution is much higher on a ride like Postman Pat, than say, getting hit by a car.
 
DistortAMG said:
Don't forget the fact that turning the ride on would also electrify the bus bar that provides power to the cars. Anyone in the ride area could be at risk of death by electrocution if they believe the ride to be switched off. I know bus bars are usually partially insulated, but they still provide a real risk.

Risk of electrocution is much higher on a ride like Postman Pat, than say, getting hit by a car.
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This was the key risk really, but naturally if anyone is going to walk about in the ride area, even if like me they were just heading over to the station building to top up the smoke fluid for the chimney, everything has to be locked out - even if the rails are really easy to avoid and the vehicles are travelling at 3mph 🤣
 
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