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Oh wow. That one on Smiler is crazy slow.

Re: Magic Kingdom | 7 Dwarfs Mine Train Coaster | Vekoma/Dis You must not have a kid... I was in a restaurant last night and a girl, maybe six years old, just broke out into song at random. Let It Go, of course. I liked the movie, but there are a lot of kids that are totally gaga over it. Most...

Re: USThrillRides Polercoaster opening near Atlanta & in Flo It's not just the extra 100 feet of height. The structure is holding the ride, the restaurant, and whatever else they put 500 feet up there. Plus, unlike TTD and Kingda Ka, this thing isn't just going straight up and down. Since it...

Very interesting... Do any other coasters use a chain lift and magnetic rollbacks?

Since nobody else mentioned it: WTH is with that wonky rollback system? Aside from that it looks a lot more fun that I expected. ...and the best thing about three-abreast is I'm nearly always a single rider, so... Yeah. At least one less train to wait, even if there's no single-rider line.

OMFG! Seriously? The whole hour I waited in the queue for Mirage at Zoosafari Fasanolandia, I watched train after train after train depart with three empty seats... EVERY DISPATCH.

One day I called security on a guy who was hanging off the side of my station building doing chin-ups. Never mind that this was Raging Bull, which station is about 35 feet above ground level with nothing but rocks below. We ought to have a thread here for current and former ride-ops to tell...

I know. It's probably not one of the traits of Intamin that they wanted to emulate, though.

...and leave the body count.

Re: Six Flags America | Ragin Cajun | Zamperla Spinning Mous RC's capacity issues arise from the fact that it's a bastardized mix of Reverchon and Zamperla ride tech, and then 6F took over as everything was pretty mixed up, and did the programming in-house using a non-standard PLC.

Let's hope not. The last thing we need is another ride manufacturer with the downtime reputation of Intamin.

You need to work in a park. You will quickly realize that some 90% of guests leave their brains in the parking lot, along with the ability to read or comprehend verbal instruction. The percentage of guests that read safety signs in the queue, for all intents and purposes is ZERO. I've...

In a word, no. Not at the same time, at least. Coastertools are a fickle lot, and today's treasured ride is often next year's also-ran in polls. Combine that with the typical spacing between major installations at parks, and I just can't see a single park topping both polls simultaneously...

Re: Worlds Of Fun | Steel Hawk | Mundial Windseeker In a development that should surprise no one, SteelHawk has been delayed. LoL

Holy crap. I agree with Ben on something?

Many parks in Korea, China and Japan offer pay as you go, and big coasters like Eejanaika are easily ten bucks a pop or more. ...but if you take transportation into account, I've paid well over $100 for a single credit on a couple occasions.

This is why starting site prep after the season is over doesn't work.

There is no line between steel and wood coasters any longer, just blurring, so at this point it's more than fair if people place that distinction in different places. Trying to force your definition of where that line is, is just being a ______.

Such a shame that they're moving so slow. lol

Yeah, but this has gone up faster than some of the portable coasters installed at parks this year!