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Passionate about Pleasurewood

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Date: 13:22 Sep 22, 2014
RE: Fireball


judging by the website the unavailable page of fireball has been removed so it must be running again ;-)

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Date: 21:43 Sep 26, 2014

Running last Saturday but still sure it wasn't to the height it used to but we shan't go down that path.

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Date: 21:03 Sep 27, 2014

at least its running...nothing will beat the cycle it was on on marble madness VIP day this year...jeez man.. was the best for years

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Woody Wannabe

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Date: 21:29 Nov 1, 2014

Ok so went today and the Fireball is running great! Just thought i'd say when you go on Marble Madness you can see the old Fireball sign in reconstruction area.wink



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Date: 19:15 Nov 2, 2014

it was on a great setting today ! and riding it in the dark was fab !

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Passionate about Pleasurewood

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Date: 18:39 Jan 29, 2015

I can't be 100% as was dark yet I think it may have moved from hungry bears....last week on my evening run I could see the white frame I couldn't tonight...as I said not fully sure will check Saturday I expect

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Passionate about Pleasurewood

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Date: 20:40 Jan 29, 2015

I hope you're mistaken!

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Date: 17:12 Jan 30, 2015

I hope it's true, that would mean something is happening.

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Date: 20:37 Jan 30, 2015

I will aim to get there tomo morning..my bet if it has moved then it has replaced TTT and its been scrapped and whatever is new in these pictures replaces it?

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Passionate about Pleasurewood

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Date: 20:41 Jan 30, 2015

I honestly don't think they'll give up on TTT.

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Date: 20:49 Jan 30, 2015

I hope not too... yet it spent all off 2014 SBNO remember

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Date: 12:11 Jan 31, 2015

Fireball remains in hungry bear spot as of 8.30am 31/1/15

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Woody Wannabe

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Date: 21:51 Feb 22, 2016

Just interested to know, been doing some research into the park from the last few years. Does anyone know where they got fireball from?

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Date: 05:58 Feb 23, 2016

was new from Holland.. there is a newspaper cutting i uploaded and still have on an earlier post in this thread

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Passionate about Pleasurewood

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Date: 14:25 Feb 23, 2016

Yeah Fireball currently stands as the last brand new ride the park bought, 13 years ago.....

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Woody Wannabe

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Date: 01:42 Feb 27, 2016

Oh right, I assumed they bought it second hand! mainly because its a travelling version and also due to the fact that it isn't as healthy as it should be from an operational aspect! Would be lovely to see it get some decent maintenance and servicing done to it! I spoke to an ex employee recently, who worked there for several years and he was telling me about the various issues regarding Fireball! It used to be really good!



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Date: 06:10 Feb 27, 2016

Used to swing a lot higher too.... ;)

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Date: 18:21 Feb 27, 2016

They seem to have a thing for not keeping rides healthy.


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Date: 22:19 Feb 27, 2016

Down to budget maybe?

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Date: 23:46 Feb 27, 2016

It did still run on good cycles last year, particularly when the park was quiet. I'd even go as far as saying it was as good vortex at times but the experiences where very varied. It has defiantly got worse over the years though.

I've heard ride ops telling people that the ride managers are the ones that set the cycles and that they have to balance the intensity to stop people getting ill.  



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Jolly Talkative

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Date: 16:35 Feb 29, 2016

It seemed very good last year, Long cycle but there were issues with the harnesses not locking therefore could not be used, and as usual larger people couldn't fit so were told they can't ride much to their dismay!

As a ride operator, I understand the bain of balancing a ride... :/

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Date: 17:51 Feb 29, 2016

The balance / weight issue would have never occurred to me in any ride in fact, trying to get it eventually on something like Fireball must be a real pain.


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Jolly Talkative

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Date: 19:42 Mar 1, 2016

It's reasonably easy, Not an exact science you just have to literally "weigh up" people in your head, and get them sat opposite eachother. Make it roughly equal on each side, Ie two children are equal to one adult etc...

It can throw you though, when you get a seemingly "normal" adult... Who seems to weigh about 20 tonne. And your ride doesn't work correctly as you've not balanced it properly... Guess how I learnt that one!

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Jolly Talkative

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Date: 19:02 Mar 2, 2016

Fireball did seem in a concerning state when I rode it last May, it juddered a lot more than any other version I've ridden.

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