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Thorpe Park: General Discussion

Yeah I've heard its a new issue, but they're in in contact with Intamin and it'll be sorted soon. Its just unfortunate timing with it being the start of the season but these things happen.

Some of the comments I've seen on social media about Stealth not returning are just ridiculous though.

The park know Stealth is loved and will continue to invest in it until its no longer viable. Its had a refurb over the last few years including refurnished trains and looks the best its done in years.

Its had just over a week closed, but its easy to forgot that Stealth is actually really reliable. Merlin in general are actually quite good at maintaining their accelerators.
 
Islander said:
Very bizarre to suggest Merlin would be good at maintaining some ride types over others - itā€™ll purely be down to the reliability of that ride type, not Merlinā€™s preference or skill set lol.
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I never suggested they're good at maintaining some ride types over others. My point was that merlins accelerators are reliable, compared to other accelerators around the world.
 
Matt N said:
Wonā€™t a lot of ride parts be made bespokely by the manufacturer for that ride rather than just being stock parts? Surely that will increase lead times, no?
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Parts will be made bespoke, potentially by the manurfacture potentially by a cnc company (for instance for heat treating, etc)

Part will also be stock (inductance sensors, bearings, bolts etc) it depends of there is a stock part avaliable and specified to carry the loads.

I understand that stealth launch hydraulics are quite complex, something like 30+ hydraulic motors driving a cable and nitrogen accumulators in the hydraulics to "store" the pressure.

Part of the problem will be how often a part is needed, if a part is used daily you can make tones of them and stock quite a few as you know they will all be used, but if it is used more rarely and only potentially required you won't make many spares as it may just be wasting money

This goes for stock parts as well, as while part may eb used a bit more by other industries it may not be enough to justify stocking it, lead times on reletivly unique bearings can be weeks.
 
Noticing that a number of the merged Six Flags parks have a Chaperone Policy

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Knott's Berry Farm, Carowinds and more Cedar Fair parks require chaperones

Knott's Berry Farm in California and Carowinds in North Carolina have joined Worlds of Fun in Missouri in implementing chaperone policies.
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This makes me wonder whether this would be something Merlin could consider, especially for Thorpe Park and Towers.

I think for Thorpe Park, it would help improve it's reputation with the rebrand that happened recently.
 
owenstreet7 said:
Noticing that a number of the merged Six Flags parks have a Chaperone Policy

blooloop.com

Knott's Berry Farm, Carowinds and more Cedar Fair parks require chaperones

Knott's Berry Farm in California and Carowinds in North Carolina have joined Worlds of Fun in Missouri in implementing chaperone policies.
blooloop.com blooloop.com

This makes me wonder whether this would be something Merlin could consider, especially for Thorpe Park and Towers.

I think for Thorpe Park, it would help improve it's reputation with the rebrand that happened recently.
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Thorpe would be deserted if this were to happen. 13-18 year olds make up a huge percentage of their attendance.

The Cedar Fair parks are more family friendly, so it makes more sense for them to do so.

There was a period where Thorpe did feel a bit dangerous at times, especially around Fright Nights. But I think they're in a good place at the moment, there's always a visible security presence and general anti social behaviour seems to have declined.
 
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