40 minutes ago, themagician said:

Took a photo of the unpainted track today 

Maybe additional track work required in that section? 
 

could be metal fatigue or cracking needing replacement? It could explain the blown out maintenance period till November now. 

Edited July 25, 20205 yr by Brendo88

On 25/07/2020 at 7:54 PM, themagician said:

Took a photo of the unpainted track today 

There were workmen on site yesterday doing something on this section of track 

On 25/07/2020 at 8:34 PM, Brendo88 said:

Maybe additional track work required in that section? 
 

could be metal fatigue or cracking needing replacement? It could explain the blown out maintenance period till November now. 

It was discussed in the shareholders meeting that they are waiting on a new chain.

With the state of international freight right now the delay is unsurprising.

Id guess it has to be produced, not just off the shelf. And no doubt you don't replace chain without doing sprockets either. 

Eh, she'll be down for a few months because the chain is on a boat somewhere. 
Oh well, may as well throw some paint on it and get the engineers to give it a look while it's just sitting there

2 birds 1 stone sort of thing because once the chain arrives it'll be kicked back into full operation assuming everything goes smooth. 

5 hours ago, Levithian said:

Id guess it has to be produced, not just off the shelf. And no doubt you don't replace chain without doing sprockets either. 

I am shocked if indeed they didn't order a new sprockets. As those things wear out rather easily over a long period of time causing all sorts of extra wear and tear to chains.

3 hours ago, Jdude95 said:

Eh, she'll be down for a few months because the chain is on a boat somewhere. 
Oh well, may as well throw some paint on it and get the engineers to give it a look while it's just sitting there

2 birds 1 stone sort of thing because once the chain arrives it'll be kicked back into full operation assuming everything goes smooth. 

Boats, chains it's all happening on the high seas now!

Didnt the ride close before covid? If they are waiting for chain id say they found something that wasnt planned for, given it was 6 months ago. If you had annual manintenance planned for a chain replacement, youd think they would have it before you went down for maintenance. Not be ordering/waiting for it now. 

Edited September 3, 20205 yr by Levithian

1 hour ago, Levithian said:

Didnt the ride close before covid? If they are waiting for chain id say they found something that wasnt planned for, given it was 6 months ago. If you had annual manintenance planned for a chain replacement, youd think they would have it before you went down for maintenance. Not be ordering/waiting for it now. 

It was down before the closure as it was getting a full repaint. Which wasn’t finished when Covid struck. So when the park reopened they had to finish paint and it’s possible the chain was found to need replacing after the closure started.

It would be checked daily? Youd already know it was due for a replacement leading up to the shutdown is my point. 

Suggesting something came up during the shutdown and needed replacing like you said. 

Workmen have been on site all week doing stuff

Hope you all enjoy my detailed update 

28 minutes ago, themagician said:

Workmen have been on site all week doing stuff

Hope you all enjoy my detailed update 

any workwomen?

Workpeople everywhere! 

Edited October 22, 20205 yr by Brad2912

1 hour ago, Naazon said:

any workwomen?

Not that I could see 

Early lunch. They'll be back.

Not sure if this has been mentioned but I was told today at guest services they are waiting on a new chain and replacement lift Hill stairs, coming from Europe causing the delays and no "open date".

3 hours ago, Naazon said:

Not sure if this has been mentioned but I was told today at guest services they are waiting on a new chain and replacement lift Hill stairs, coming from Europe causing the delays and no "open date".

Didn’t know about the stairs but was previously told the same re chain.

Yeah I was pretty sure there was a chain discussion. Stairs are to improve guest evac conditions to make it safer / easier.

I guess the semi frequent ride stops have made them re-think the design?

 

 

Also asked about Arkham and he wasn't aware of it scheduled to be removed but was aware 1 other ride on the VRTP is to be removed.

He said there is a slight chance that it may operate again but was unlikely.

Staff are living in hope that Arkham will come back... it wont, but lets keep holding onto that hope anyway

It's going to sit and rot for a few more years before its removed. 

1 hour ago, Levithian said:

It's going to sit and rot for a few more years before its removed. 

Woah, calm down there DW