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FOF1996

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  1. I don't HAVE to ride any coaster in the front seat, I just really enjoy it on some. I love Skyrush, Wildcat, Lightning Racer at Hershey in the front seat.
  2. Yes, I've had to be evac'd in 2011 off of Racer opening day...many on this board were evac'd as well. I When I worked on Diamondback in 2010, I had to evac people. Quite fun!
  3. So what kind of coaster or fix of SOB would come at $5 something million?
  4. that is also a good choice!! I'd like to see the house
  5. In the grass behind Backlot Stunt Coaster, would give a great view of the tower and other great views!
  6. Talon is at Dorney Park. Haha, my bad! Went to Dorney and Six Flags that weekend. Yes, this did happen at Dorney on the loading station of Talon. --edited my original post--
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  8. Didn't know where to share this, but this is my favorite shot from the Soak City cam! Haha!
  9. When I was at Dorney last weekend, three women came up to ride Talon wearing either shorts or bikini bottoms (at least one of them had on shorts) and bikini tops, the ride operators made them leave the line until they had proper clothing to ride on! I'd give the ride op a big kudos!
  10. I miss having shows where Carnevil is now :/
  11. Last year I upgraded my KI Gold Pass to a Platinum Pass at Carowinds. It took a while, but it worked.
  12. There are many instances on KI's facebook page of people calling each other idiots, etc. While disagreeing with people isn't necessarily bullying, the way people talk to each other can be.
  13. Is anyone going to be doing Coasting for Kids anywhere else aside from KI? I'll be doing it at Dorney, decided to do the event at a park I haven't been to.
  14. Shyflyer, that is very possible. It did that when I worked there....usually a reset of the system takes care of that though.
  15. Not necessarily true, as many people have said in this thread, they could have detected the issue early on, made a band-aid fix to get it through the first heavy weekend attendance with opening weekend, school just getting out, music in the parks, etc. But like you said, it could be a computer or program issue. Those who know for sure won't say and many will speculate.
  16. jcgoble3 is correct. In blocks as a train heads forward, the block ahead of the train in it's current position must be clear. Therefore, if a train hasn't reached the block after the lift hill, the train leaving the station would stop at the end of the block on the lift. This goes with any and all blocks on Diamondback. That blocks wouldn't be a reason to take Diamondback down for routine maintenance for a week. Sensors would need replaced, but I'm fairly sure they have some on site that would be easily replaced.
  17. After the public thought that Dragster H2O was a great name for Soak City's new water slide, I'm hoping they have nothing to do with it... You beat me to it! CP should never do a name the ride thing like this again!
  18. We didn't always achieve the suggested times, again, things out of our control, guests not fitting, not moving off and on the ride fast enough, guests not fitting, lack of shoes, etc. would hamper the suggested times. Even with those issues, we had pretty efficient boarding, maybe once or twice an hour the trains would stack. When they would, it'd be out of our control. Stop in at GR and leave a comment to have the park look into the ride operations...they will take a look at it. Many think that GR doesn't do anything when it comes to rides but they do look into it.
  19. When I worked at Diamondback in 2010, the suggested loading time was 25 seconds, and unloading was 10 seconds. That's suggested....now you've also got to think that there may be issues with a rider not being able to fit in the restraint, forgetting to place items in the bins, putting items in the bins (also increases time), there can't be any riders (from the previous train) in the station before the train departs. In all reality it depends on the guests on the platform.
  20. If this article turns out to be true, I'll be sad that DT will be leaving, but excited for a new coaster. In all honesty, DT is a guilty pleasure coaster for me....in fact on the 19th DaveStroem and I rode DT 10 times in a row, without getting off, traveling through the curtain on a little bit of track that many can't say they've ridden on. I will miss it for sure....hope Happy Jack's finds a new home!
  21. Terpy caused the Beach to close! Haha!
  22. It was a fairly windy day Saturday up there.
  23. No, I'm a tall guy and I extended my legs out in front of me and wasn't even close to touching the seat in front of me where last year I touched them. Yes I know it says not to extend, but wanted to see the difference.
  24. From riding the WindSeeker at Cedar Point this past weekend with the modifications, it's hardly noticeable. Still a great relaxing ride.
  25. Every ride, has a general area that they need to go to if they need to go to a Tornado Shelter. For example, if you are at Diamondback and need to get to a Tornado Shelter, you'd go below the station
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