finlo Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 11 minutes ago, Happier diner said: Horizon? Or Express? Tagora hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, finlo said: Tagora hopefully. I forgot about them. Takes me back. So shite they were cool. What did they call the really small one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 11 minutes ago, Happier diner said: I forgot about them. Takes me back. So shite they were cool. What did they call the really small one? Samba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 7 hours ago, Andy Onchan said: Is that better or worse than being sent to Coventry? depends if you speak the language or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 12/6/2023 at 11:41 AM, The Phantom said: Birmingham has trams. I believe they actually travel from one useful destination to another. That is the big issue with the horse trams, they go from the middle of nowhere to...nowhere! They don't even go past the hotels, they go past the apartments which were allowed to dominate the promenade and end up at a WW2 bomb site theme park! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 22 minutes ago, Max Power said: That is the big issue with the horse trams, they go from the middle of nowhere to...nowhere! They don't even go past the hotels, they go past the apartments which were allowed to dominate the promenade and end up at a WW2 bomb site theme park! the biggest issue is thst certain people with delusions of grandeur and dreams of running a metro like tram service on the promenade which made the distance between the rails so great no other vehicles could pass anything on the rails , the idiots in the DOI obviously fell for this and it was incorporated in the plan as was the extra heavy duty steel rail which was welded in Place , thats where the money has gone where a single light rail track with passing places was all that was nessissary to secure the future of the horse trams for generations to come and at an affordable price Heads should have rolled over this cock up ! 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, Omobono said: Heads should have rolled over this cock up ! The only things that rolled were wheelbarrows full of severance and superannuation deals. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 44 minutes ago, Max Power said: a WW2 bomb site theme park! Yeah, but it's the first and best WW2 bomb site theme park in a Biosphere in the world. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, The Phantom said: Yeah, but it's the first and best WW2 bomb site theme park in a Biosphere in the world. They should put in a memorial to the frog. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, The Phantom said: They should put in a memorial to the frog. A bomb fell on Tynwald Street Girl's School, luckily it didn't detonate. It came from a British plane apparently. My mum said it just sounded as though a blackboard and easel had fallen over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 12/6/2023 at 2:14 AM, Anyone said: I went on the horse tram once. It wasn’t very good. Noisy , uncomfortable and I could have walked it quicker. Its a freaking horse tram!!! not a luxury limousine 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, daisy said: Its a freaking horse tram!!! not a luxury limousine True, but its also nowhere near the ride it was before we “upgraded” the prom. It used to be quite a pleasant trip with kids where you could chat. Now it’s an awful noise of badly engineered Manx crap. They need scrapping, and should have been scrapped when the prom was “improved” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, daisy said: Its a freaking horse tram!!! not a luxury limousine The price they have cost us, they should be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: True, but its also nowhere near the ride it was before we “upgraded” the prom. It used to be quite a pleasant trip with kids where you could chat. Now it’s an awful noise of badly engineered Manx crap. They need scrapping, and should have been scrapped when the prom was “improved” The promenade 'upgrade' has basically f*cked Douglas - collectively or individually whichever bit they are responsible for IOMG/DOI or Douglas City Council... the place is a mess. You say scrap the horse trams? ... the last thing we need to do is become an expensive Milton Keynes .. who wants to travel to (via unreliable expensive transport) to get what is already on their doorstep... we need to up our USP not trash it. Other jurisdictions capitalise on the things that make them different not bin them. A cruise ship passenger wishing to experience the unique offering that is eg the Horse tram/electric tram from the arrival port to Laxey or Snaefell has nothing to measure the sound value against - just the experience ... which it appears is becoming priceless..because people like you see no value in it. And of course things like this will appear to fail when eg a request from a cruise ship traveller in the summer looking for tour options was answered by the 'welcome centre' offering to book them a taxi on arrival. Nothing against taxi drivers but just dropping people off at an agreed destination is not a tour. Does not exploit the options available... Businesses on the IOM - finance/gaming etc can up sticks at the click of a mouse... we need to be cognisant of what our natural attraction is and ensure that is supported and maintained. Edited December 7, 2023 by daisy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, daisy said: The promenade 'upgrade' has basically f*cked Douglas - collectively or individually whichever bit they are responsible for IOMG/DOI or Douglas City Council... the place is a mess. You say scrap the horse trams? ... the last thing we need to do is become an expensive Milton Keynes .. who wants to travel to (via unreliable expensive transport) to get what is already on their doorstep... we need to up our USP not trash it. Other jurisdictions capitalise on the things that make them different not bin them. A cruise ship passenger wishing to experience the unique offering that is eg the Horse tram/electric tram from the arrival port to Laxey or Snaefell has nothing to measure the sound value against - just the experience ... which it appears is becoming priceless..because people like you see no value in it. And of course things like this will appear to fail when eg a request from a cruise ship traveller in the summer looking for tour options was answered by the 'welcome centre' offering to book them a taxi on arrival. Nothing against taxi drivers but just dropping people off at an agreed destination is not a tour. Does not exploit the options available... Businesses on the IOM - finance/gaming etc can up sticks at the click of a mouse... we need to be cognisant of what our natural attraction is and ensure that is supported and maintained. Yes. We should definitely keep the horse teams and MER and Choo Choos which am cost a fortune, as a backup for if finance and gaming leave 😂 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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