Spinball Whizzer: General Discussion

[djtruefitt]

Has it been testing in the past few days?

It was testing on Friday.

 

[Willemgorman1]

I’m visiting on sunday, what do you think the chances are of it being open.

 

[Jb85]

I’m visiting on sunday, what do you think the chances are of it being open.

50/50 I would say.... Its either open or closed

 

[Tunaboy45]

Apparently on the app the "Opening April 2023" notice has been removed.

 

[Danscott22]

Apparently on the app the "Opening April 2023" notice has been removed.

It hasn’t

 

[Skyscraper]

It hasn’t

Yep, still there.

 

[Ethan]

It won't be opening in April at this rate anyway

 

[Danscott22]

There are still 10 days to be fair? It literally could be at 4:55pm on 30th April and it would still have opened in April

 

[Connor98]

they said April… but they never said what year

Here’s a clip of me celebrating it’s reopening!

 

[AstroDan]

I understand Spinball's opening is now iminent. It is just a question of final sign offs.

Let's see if it opens this weekend.

 

[David Allen]

And then there’s the case of Hex

 

[WillPS]

With the park so down on capacity this year it's so poor that they have left stuff closed this long in to the season.

 

[Ethan]

With the park so down on capacity this year it's so poor that they have left stuff closed this long in to the season.

At least it's Spinball and not something good

 

[Danscott22]

It's not that bad of a ride! Nowhere near my favourite but it's really not that bad!

 

[Ethan]

It's not that bad of a ride! Nowhere near my favourite but it's really not that bad!

Its better than Octonauts I'll give it some credit

 

[Rob]

Can we please not turn every ride thread in to whether or not you think that ride is any good?

Spinball is a popular family attraction that the park is badly missing at the moment.

 

[Rob F]

With the park so down on capacity this year it's so poor that they have left stuff closed this long in to the season.

You make it seem like it was planned to be closed into the main season, which i don't think was the case, with additional work identified and parts needed as part of the winter maintenance

 

[WillPS]

You make it seem like it was planned to be closed into the main season, which i don't think was the case, with additional work identified and parts needed as part of the winter maintenance

That accounts for a couple of weeks, not 6+.

20 years ago this sort of thing just didn't happen. I appreciate Brexit in particular (and also the pandemic) has caused parts availability challenges but this is something which has crept in year by year gradually and I am convinced is the result of cutbacks, meaning stuff is discovered too late to get it right in time.

 

[Connor98]

A little change in direction (no pun intended) but do people think Spinball has much more of a life at the park? I wouldn’t imagine it’s anywhere near it’s last legs, but if project horizon is another family thrill coaster then would it be worth towers looking at the space spinball occupies for a CBeebies land expansion or even an event/show space would be fantastic in that area.

 

[Ethan]

A little change in direction (no pun intended) but do people think Spinball has much more of a life at the park? I wouldn’t imagine it’s anywhere near it’s last legs, but if project horizon is another family thrill coaster then would it be worth towers looking at the space spinball occupies for a CBeebies land expansion or even an event/show space would be fantastic in that area.

It'll be gone in next few years. Will go before any of the other coasters