FORUMS - COASTERFORCE

Hi guys. I don’t know about any of you, but one thing I personally like doing in queues is throughput timing. I have an app on my phone called Dispatch Timer which allows me to time how quickly trains are being dispatched on a ride, and I often try and get a number of readings while I’m in the queue. So I decided to make a thread to just post any throughput timings you’ve done on a recent park visit. Whether they’re from Oakwood or Europa Park or Cedar Point or Happy Valley Shanghai or wherever, I know I’d certainly be thoroughly interested to hear your timings, and I wondered whether anyone else might find a throughput timing repository like this one interesting. I’m growing increasingly fascinated by throughputs/operations, so this thread suits me down to the ground, but I don’t know if I’m the only one who’s vaguely interested in this…

I’ll get the ball rolling with some timings from my recent visit to Alton Towers. I managed to time every coaster (even Octonauts, which I didn’t ride), and here are the timings I got:

• Galactica (Theoretical: 1,500pph): 1,039pph (7th August 2022, 3 trains/2 stations, average of 9)
• Galactica (Station 1 alone, Theoretical: N/A): 534pph (8th August 2022, average of 2) Note: Both stations were open, but this was just me deciding to time the throughput of one station on its own for fun.
• Nemesis (Theoretical: 1,400pph): 531pph (7th August 2022, 1 train, average of 5), 1,164pph (7th August 2022, 2 trains, average of 3), 1,172pph (8th August 2022, 2 trains, average of 7)
• Oblivion (Theoretical: 1,900pph): 1,056pph (7th August 2022, 6 shuttles/1 station, average of 8)
• Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure (Theoretical: 450pph): 218pph (7th August 2022, 1 train, average of 2) Note: I did not ride this, I just got a very good vantage point from Spinball’s queue line and thought I might as well time it!
• Rita (Theoretical: 1,150pph): 654pph (8th August 2022, 2 trains, average of 5)
• Runaway Mine Train (Theoretical: 1,061pph): 597pph (8th August 2022, 1 train, average of 4)
• Spinball Whizzer (Theoretical: 950pph): 623pph (7th August 2022, 6 cars, average of 10) Note: The constantly moving loading system was not in operation, so 3 cars were stacked stationary in the station at once.
• The Smiler (Theoretical: 1,000pph): 736pph (8th August 2022, 3 trains, baggage hold open, average of 5)
• Thirteen (Theoretical: 1,100pph): 884pph (7th August 2022, 3 trains, baggage hold open, average of 10), 939pph (8th August 2022, 3 trains, baggage hold open, average of 3)
• Wicker Man (Theoretical: 952pph): 1,015pph (7th August 2022, 3 trains, average of 10), 978pph (8th August 2022, 3 trains, average of 10)

I hope you find these interesting! I know I certainly found them interesting to time…

So if anybody has any random throughput timings from their recent park visits, post away; I’d certainly be keen to read them!

Part of me feels like this thread will simply comprise of me posting new readings every time I visit a park, but I wondered whether there might be any other throughput geeks on here…