I would've chosen theme park flats anyday, until now. Oooo!
Last night I went on a Top Scan, at a bonfire night event in Nottingham, called Space Roller. My mates wanted to go on something, and this looked like the most decent flat there, but they wouldn't go on without me and I didn't want them to miss out so I thought "meh, I don't mind paying £4 this ocne even though I can go on Samurai whenever." But bugger me, it was incredible!
The setting lasted so long. We were watching around 10, and it did five spins of the arm and finished, because the queue was huge. But we went to the cash machine and got back half an hour later and there was no queue. We did a slow spin to start, then 6 or 7 rotations one way, then held at the top spinning round again, then about 8 or 9 rotations the other way. It was one of the most incredible ride experiences I have ever had, it completely blew me away. The speed was incredible, and it felt so much more forceful than anything I've ever experienced on Samurai.
So, as I'm sure any enthusiast with a student loan would, I went straight back on it again. The cycle wasn't as good, probably because it was the last ride, but I was thinking while I was on it, are these fairground rides maintained much better than theme park flats?
What made me think of this is that if, say, Samurai is down, Thorpe'll fix it, but with no immediate hurry concern because, at the end of the day, the guests can just go on all of the other rides. It's not really a huge loss.
I worked out last night that this Top Scan was doing a cycle every 3 minutes, including time for loading and unloading. So, with 30 seats, £4 each, we worked out that is a potential £2400 an hour, with a full load. The fairgound was open from 17:30 until 22:30, which meant, with consistant operation, this top scan could potentially make £12k just through one nights work.
My argument is, if their top scan goes down, they're loosing money. N with an income like that, it's essential they have this thing working, otherwise they'll loose money because guests won't be able to ride. So, surely to prevent this from happening, logic says take better care of the rides for more consistant ride operation? These evenings are vital for their income, and, especially at this time of year, they're few and far between. So these guys need to make the most of of this business as they can.
Then, of course, we have the issue of saftey, which strongly swings towards the 'Theme Park Flats' side. However, with that said, even though I was looking at the top scan cringing, no accident happened. But lifting the arm and having the ride ops jumping up to push the seats belts in was a bit too far I thought.
So what's your verdict?
Last night I went on a Top Scan, at a bonfire night event in Nottingham, called Space Roller. My mates wanted to go on something, and this looked like the most decent flat there, but they wouldn't go on without me and I didn't want them to miss out so I thought "meh, I don't mind paying £4 this ocne even though I can go on Samurai whenever." But bugger me, it was incredible!
The setting lasted so long. We were watching around 10, and it did five spins of the arm and finished, because the queue was huge. But we went to the cash machine and got back half an hour later and there was no queue. We did a slow spin to start, then 6 or 7 rotations one way, then held at the top spinning round again, then about 8 or 9 rotations the other way. It was one of the most incredible ride experiences I have ever had, it completely blew me away. The speed was incredible, and it felt so much more forceful than anything I've ever experienced on Samurai.
So, as I'm sure any enthusiast with a student loan would, I went straight back on it again. The cycle wasn't as good, probably because it was the last ride, but I was thinking while I was on it, are these fairground rides maintained much better than theme park flats?
What made me think of this is that if, say, Samurai is down, Thorpe'll fix it, but with no immediate hurry concern because, at the end of the day, the guests can just go on all of the other rides. It's not really a huge loss.
I worked out last night that this Top Scan was doing a cycle every 3 minutes, including time for loading and unloading. So, with 30 seats, £4 each, we worked out that is a potential £2400 an hour, with a full load. The fairgound was open from 17:30 until 22:30, which meant, with consistant operation, this top scan could potentially make £12k just through one nights work.
My argument is, if their top scan goes down, they're loosing money. N with an income like that, it's essential they have this thing working, otherwise they'll loose money because guests won't be able to ride. So, surely to prevent this from happening, logic says take better care of the rides for more consistant ride operation? These evenings are vital for their income, and, especially at this time of year, they're few and far between. So these guys need to make the most of of this business as they can.
Then, of course, we have the issue of saftey, which strongly swings towards the 'Theme Park Flats' side. However, with that said, even though I was looking at the top scan cringing, no accident happened. But lifting the arm and having the ride ops jumping up to push the seats belts in was a bit too far I thought.
So what's your verdict?
I don't know what I'd class The Beast at Fantasy Island though cause it's in like an amusement park, not really a theme park, and The Beast is mostly on an intense setting from whenever I've been.
