CAM Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Two monorail carriages got stuck after breaking down and leaving people trapped until they could be evacuated an hour later. Also, Air got stuck leaving passengers hanging upside down for 20 minutes. Alton Towers: 80 stuck as monorail breaks down - BBC News No injuries thankfully.
Achandler Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Air and the monorail are forever having problems and have been for years. The Skyride cable cars are always breaking down too. I don't think I have ever been to Alton Towers, when either the Monorail, Air or the SkyRide aren't broken on arrival, or are turned off for maintenance during the day for an hour or so and I have been plenty of times! This isn't news and wouldn't even be reported if it wasn't for the Smiler incident, which was actual news.
FN-GM Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 These things are fairly common I was stuck on the pepsi max at blackpool for 45 mins once. Its just in the media because of the recent incident.
Grey-gear Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 These things are fairly common I was stuck on the pepsi max at blackpool for 45 mins once. Its just in the media because of the recent incident. I guess, at the moment Alton towers does have a bit of a microscope over it at the moment so the smallest problem would be zoomed in on
JRowley Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Rides being stopped for small periods of time is just in the nature of rollercoasters, it's expected in they day to day running so I agree this really isn't news. It's only being reported because of the crash. You could take any theme park in the world on any given day and something would have to be stopped. Sure you might get some days where nothing stops but that would be the exception, not the rule.
NB9457 Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 This is really doing my head in, I wish people would just think for themselves and not read the headline of an article, then not read the rest and swear it's the gospel truth. Rides break, probably a lot more than you think. Air especially, it was one of the first coasters of its kind, think of it as Vista, looks pretty, the concept is great, but it has niggles that need sorting. Most have been sorted now to be fair, but then it is also an aging ride, the older a ride is, the more maintenance it requires. I've broke down on air once, exactly where that car has stopped. Nobody was bothered. The reason it often stops is sometimes a car may enter a run too early, cutting the whole thing out, and by early I mean a second out could trip it. Rides break everywhere, I don't think I've ever been to a park where a ride hasn't had some downtime for the duration of the day. They're expensive sophisticated pieces of equipment and there's loads to go wrong. What happened at Towers is tragic, but things like this happen sadly. Cars crash every day, planes crash, trains crash, tragic, but people need to move on. If everyone said "I'm not going on that again" after an incident, we'd all be rolling about in bubble suits wishing we were dead because life would be that boring. /rant
CAM Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 This is really doing my head in, I wish people would just think for themselves and not read the headline of an article, then not read the rest and swear it's the gospel truth. Rides break, probably a lot more than you think. Air especially, it was one of the first coasters of its kind, think of it as Vista, looks pretty, the concept is great, but it has niggles that need sorting. Most have been sorted now to be fair, but then it is also an aging ride, the older a ride is, the more maintenance it requires. I've broke down on air once, exactly where that car has stopped. Nobody was bothered. The reason it often stops is sometimes a car may enter a run too early, cutting the whole thing out, and by early I mean a second out could trip it. Rides break everywhere, I don't think I've ever been to a park where a ride hasn't had some downtime for the duration of the day. They're expensive sophisticated pieces of equipment and there's loads to go wrong. What happened at Towers is tragic, but things like this happen sadly. Cars crash every day, planes crash, trains crash, tragic, but people need to move on. If everyone said "I'm not going on that again" after an incident, we'd all be rolling about in bubble suits wishing we were dead because life would be that boring. /rant I have read the article thank you very much. You will also note it was updated an hour ago well after posting. :|
NB9457 Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 I have read the article thank you very much. You will also note it was updated an hour ago well after posting. :| Wasn't aimed directly at you. But nobody was left hanging upside down, they were stuck on the lift hill, secondly the monorail probably had issues because of the weather, metal expands in heat. Nothing at all outrageous, life threatening or out of the ordinary, just the media blowing it out of proportion, then people jumping on the band wagon.
Edu-IT Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 These things are fairly common I was stuck on the pepsi max at blackpool for 45 mins once. Its just in the media because of the recent incident. I mean.. as if being in Blackpool wasn't bad enough. ;-)
sted Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 i havnt even clicked that and now the songs stuck in my head you @~}{
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