Playland's Castaway Cove | GaleForce | S&S Triple Launched

[Hutch]

Good god this ride just can't catch a break can it.

 

[Pear]

Good god this ride just can't catch a break can it.

No but the hotel next door caught 2!

 

[Antinos]

Gizmodo posted a pretty good article regarding this incident:

https://gizmodo.com/crash-test-dummy-failures-send-them-flying-off-roller-c-1834426588


According to the screenshot posted in the article, they switched to a different water dummy since those other photos were taken. The new ones are, for all intents and purposes, bags that hold water so it makes plenty of sense that they were ejected when they leaked enough.

 

[Hixee]

According to the screenshot posted in the article, they switched to a different water dummy since those other photos were taken. The new ones are, for all intents and purposes, bags that hold water so it makes plenty of sense that they were ejected when they leaked enough.

And the next question is - who could have seen this coming?

 

[ECG]

On a positive note, they are now running two cycles per ride. The ride time is now 115 seconds of pure speed.