Damage to dummies prompts ride rethink

Assassin saphir

Thorpe Park ordered experts to redesign its £20m new rollercoaster - after dummies lost limbs during tests.


A life-sized church housing The Swarm ride was remodelled following dry runs that saw legs smashed off at least two dummies.
The theme park issued a statement revealing other dummies were scratched during the tests, prompting "drastic measures" ahead of the ride's launch on March 15
Bosses said technicians spent a week resolving problems with the "winged" rollercoaster - which is designed to give riders the impression they are about crash into the surrounding landscape.
Mike Vallis, divisional director at Thorpe Park, said he was now 100% satisfied the ride met safety standards.
"We have been planning for The Swarm for almost two years now, and we've pushed the boundaries to the absolute limit because 'extreme' is what our thrill-seeking customers demand," he said
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Any takers??

Mr Benevolent

Me. I'll be a leg-end after it.

minidazzler

Designed to give the impression they are gonna crash into the surrounding landscape

Eh, mission accomplished?

Guill

I'd love a ride.

policarp

Ah! The Crash Test Dummies are back in the charts again. . .

GavRedKing

Just made me think of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8M-SlHTFmI

jonnyfingers

Ha! I love that Simpsons episode!

As for the report about damages dummies, this a pretty poor PR stunt by Merlin (who own Thorpe Park). They have a history of this in the past, more recently requesting samples of urine to use in their Saw:Alive horror maze, and banning people putting their arms up on roller coasters because of a B.O. problem.

As can be seen in the photo below, ride envelope testing (which checks the clearance between riders and the track structure) was completed in November of last year.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/303767_141830232587053_1956991041_n.jpg

It's a pretty stupid PR stunt IMO, yes it's generated some interest in the new coaster but to suggest it isn't safe? Very silly.

Anyway I'll be riding this new roller coaster on March 22nd, can't wait.

CardBordWindow

Finally, a theme park that caters for quadraplegics!

Nothingbetter2d

Assassin saphir wrote: »

Thorpe Park ordered experts to redesign its £20m new rollercoaster - after dummies lost limbs during tests.


A life-sized church housing The Swarm ride was remodelled following dry runs that saw legs smashed off at least two dummies.
The theme park issued a statement revealing other dummies were scratched during the tests, prompting "drastic measures" ahead of the ride's launch on March 15
Bosses said technicians spent a week resolving problems with the "winged" rollercoaster - which is designed to give riders the impression they are about crash into the surrounding landscape.
Mike Vallis, divisional director at Thorpe Park, said he was now 100% satisfied the ride met safety standards.
"We have been planning for The Swarm for almost two years now, and we've pushed the boundaries to the absolute limit because 'extreme' is what our thrill-seeking customers demand," he said
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Any takers??

lol that ride must cost an arm and a leg to go on