Thorpe Park: General Discussion

[Benzin]

Software Engineering =/= Mechanical Engineering.

Very different processes abound. Very few manufacturers have their entire catalogue available as stock. And if it gets made off-site needing other companies involved then lead time increases.

A week waiting for a part is nothing.

 

[Matt N]

Won’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?

 

[djtruefitt]

The worse thing about stealth being closed is they haven’t added it to the website and they seem to ignore anyone who asks about it on social media.

 

[Ash]

Very bizarre to suggest Merlin would be good at maintaining some ride types over others - it’ll purely be down to the reliability of that ride type, not Merlin’s preference or skill set lol.

Why would it?

Maintaining the hydraulics involved in an accelerator is entirely different mechanically/electrically to a B&M invert.

 

[Ash]

Software Engineering =/= Mechanical Engineering.

Very different processes abound. Very few manufacturers have their entire catalogue available as stock. And if it gets made off-site needing other companies involved then lead time increases.

A week waiting for a part is nothing.

Controls engineer has entered the chat…

 

[flyingguitar]

Won’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?

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.

 

[Smiley]

I'll wait until next week and get one down the Lidl middle aisle...

 

[owenstreet7]

Noticing that a number of the merged Six Flags parks have a Chaperone Policy

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

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.

 

[RicketyCricket]

Noticing that a number of the merged Six Flags parks have a Chaperone Policy

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

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.

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.

 

[NuttySquirrel]

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

Absolutely not! Their school trip market would dry up overnight. They're not going to do anything that hits them in the pocket.

 

[Call_um]

Stealth was testing yesterday afternoon, and wasn't rolling back which is a good sign

Hopefully thats the issue resolved and it'll be open in the next couple days.

 

[Call_um]

... and Stealth is back

 

[Mattie boy]

... and Stealth is back

Good. Hyperia closed due to high winds at the moment

 

[Call_um]

Good. Hyperia closed due to high winds at the moment

Yep, seems Stealth and Hyperia don't like operating at the same time this season

Think this pretty much confirms they've changed the maximum wind speed Hyperia can operate in due to the valleys.

 

[Mattgwise]

Definitely recommend checking out VIBES Bar and Kitchen in the dome. Genuinely shocked at how tasty it is considering the mess of food at the parks the last few years.

 

[Mattgwise]

Will post here too as there's oddly two general discussions for Thorpe since this got renamed. Definitely recommend checking out VIBES Bar and Kitchen in the dome. Genuinely shocked at how tasty it is considering the mess of food at the parks the last few years.

 

[pjanvil]

Mods can the two Thorpe park threads be merged or the hyperia one been named back as now confusing where to post Thorpe park things?

 

[Rocket]

Definitely recommend checking out VIBES Bar and Kitchen in the dome. Genuinely shocked at how tasty it is considering the mess of food at the parks the last few years.

I will 2nd this, had the Yorkshire pudding wrap with chips and it was £10 before any discounts… very good value for money!
Going to try the sausage and mash next time

 

[Hid]

Will post here too as there's oddly two general discussions for Thorpe since this got renamed. Definitely recommend checking out VIBES Bar and Kitchen in the dome. Genuinely shocked at how tasty it is considering the mess of food at the parks the last few years.

Not bad looking food and prices are reasonable, is that ran by Aramark just curious, hopefully the other Merlin Parks like Towers can get something like this in the Oak and Chains at that price

 

[Craig]

Some of the posts have been moved from the previous Thorpe thread to this one to create a single general topic (my fault when we did the tidy up the other week!). Merging the two topics in one would create a bit of a mess with previous discussion.

The team aren't able to read every single post, so we're likely to miss a post where you ask us to review something within a topic. As always, if you see an issue that you'd like addressing, just hit the report button on any past. Thanks to those that did just that .