spicy said:The breakdown is front page news on tomorrow's Daily Star.
https://twitter.com/skynews/status/771453614606970880
Rediculous.
It constantly pulls the largest queues in the park, Galactica sometime gets bigger queues but that's down to terrible capacity.Crazycoaster said:What are the queues like on the Smiler these days? I haven't been to AT since before the accident (not because of the accident, more because I cba with Merlin anymore). But if the coaster still gets big queues, all this media coverage probably works to their advantage, the coaster is infamous now.
The very fact it's getting live coverage ain't good. Most murders don't get that!david morton said:Roll-up roll-up ; follow the sentencing hearing LIVE on the Mirror this morning...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/al ... ve-8914914
(not going to be a good day for Merlin I would imagine)
Will this have an impact on all coaster operations from now on?The court head earlier how the ride was operating in 46mph winds - despite guidance saying it should not operate in speeds of 34mph.
Does this mean that we'll never see a "mess" of track at a UK park ever again? Every part of a coaster should be accessible for maintenance, inspection and obviously for rare rescue operations, but will this limit design?The judge also said one of the “aggravating features” of the crash was the difficulty in getting emergency services to the scene.
Victims with horrific injuries were left on the ride while emergency services attempted to get to them.
Court hears that another rollercoaster, the Skyride, had been closed more than an hour earlier due to strong winds #altontowers
Will this have an impact on all coaster operations from now on?Ian said:Two points raised that attracted my attention (from Daily Mirror updates):
The court head earlier how the ride was operating in 46mph winds - despite guidance saying it should not operate in speeds of 34mph.
Since the crash, a number of safety changes have been made including improved access and a policy of closing the ride when winds exceed 35mph.
I interpreted that as Gerst covering their backs. I mean, essentially this whole accident happened because the coaster design wasn't good enough - it was pointed out on here that valleys were going to happen before it opened. So I reckon Gerst have added that afterwards to cover up poor performance "oh, sorry, didn't we say...?"Ian said:Two points raised that attracted my attention (from Daily Mirror updates):
Will this have an impact on all coaster operations from now on?The court head earlier how the ride was operating in 46mph winds - despite guidance saying it should not operate in speeds of 34mph.
Robbie said:I mean, essentially this whole accident happened because the coaster design wasn't good enough - it was pointed out on here that valleys were going to happen before it opened. So I reckon Gerst have added that afterwards to cover up poor performance "oh, sorry, didn't we say...?"