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"Larson Loop riders stuck upside down for hours at Wisconsin festival" wouldn't get the same attention LOL. Is Larson loop riders the name of a band playing at the local festival LOL. Where they trying an on-stage act and it got stuck LOL.

The CGA accident was a kid that slipped thru, so it wasn't just for a larger person why they were added. Prior to that, all it had was the OTSR and any gap between the OTSR, the person, and the seat could have allowed someone to wiggle their way out accidentally (like a scared kid wanting off) or the force of the ride when it would reach the brake run and certain body dimensions or characteristics could slip thru. So seatbelts were added to ensure that the opening between the OTSR and the seat wasn't large enough that the middle torso could fit thru (if the belt doesn't hook, they don't ride), plus the seatbelt between the legs provides another factor of safety to prevent someone from sliding thru. The Florida accident probably would have been prevented had it had seatbelts. Between the seatbelt not being long enough for the rider, coupled with if it were somehow long enough (which based on the pictures I saw, it never would have allowed the restraint that high), as the body slid forward, it would have been a somewhat uncomfortable ride between the legs from the seatbelt, but they would have stayed in. I am still shocked that a new Drop Tower that also had forward tilting seats was put into operation without a seatbelt between the legs.

That may be ready for ERT

Does it have AC

Surprised he isn't posting they are offering apple pie in honor of the 4th lol

Baby I'm ready to go...

Yep, did that walking to The Beast looking at the Diamondback supports and seeing how easy it is to mistake shadows for cracks, and that is literally right next to it and not some digital zoom of a phone photo taken from Eiffel Tower LOL...

I wonder if that is what all the survey markers are for....

Or it shows that when you digital zoom in that what looks like a crack is dirt or shadows since GateKeeper is now running? Or maybe Fury was cracked last week. Or maybe Fury was both LOL.

Exactly LOL because it is merchandise that staffs VIP not Food and Beverage....oh wait F&B frequently have machines with no ice in them too LOL. They store ice in a cooler and then bang ice bag on the ground to break it up and then let the bag that was touching the ground touch the water and unwashed bare hands help get the ice into the fancy cooler...

You forgot how they treat the Prestige pass holders LOL . I wouldn't expect them to provide carbonated Coca-Cola LOL. Prestige would get flat drinks. Heck even when they were providing bottled drinks, everyone said they were kinda warm LOL.

Love the quote lol: "A “giga” roller coaster has a drop between 300 and 399 feet, according to Kings Island amusement park in Ohio." https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/roller-coaster-crack-support-pillar-110524488.html

Stuck at a fair. https://www.yahoo.com/news/roller-coaster-riders-stuck-upside-185347430.html

While I am sure there will be some that won't ride, but the ride didn't fail and nobody was injured or died and other rides with much worse incidents had lines once those rides reopened. I imagine what ever TTD becomes will have the longest lines at CP.

You had me going for a second about Levi lol

Plus there is no waste line for the inevitable fill up the ice in the cup and dump it because you got to much then fill the cup and dump it cause it's flat lol. Doesn't mean they won't add at some point but I wouldn't count on it. We are more likely to get 2 ounce sample bottles lol. They got your money...

It has been down for several days for the 4th prep. Don't worry it will return.

Well it was a very busy Saturday....

From what I read, the person that took the photo that is circulating around mentioned that she did not zoom in to the photo she took a week ago until AFTER the break happened. She has been posting and making it clear, but nobody is listening because sensationalism sells LOL, that she did not know about the crack prior to the video of the full break. And when you see the original photo compared to the zoom, that was a lot of digital zoom so there is no guarantee that it was a crack. Maybe it was or maybe it was the lighting and shadows at that time giving the appearance of a crack.

It was the fastest to leave after getting painted

Excellent 1st post here! Reading what you said in layman's terms - steel generally works best in tension and that design, while it may look awkward to the armchair engineer, is probably (and properly) designed with that in mind. That diagonal member would be the tension component. Based on your experience and what can be seen so far, would the weld at that location be a likely candidate to be looking at to see if it were poor or the material wasn't up to strength, or could running the coaster for extended periods near the minimum operating temperature had contributed to brittleness in the weld resulting in failure?

^they are earning their pay with that job. Can you imagine the difficulty of that having to constantly hook and unhook and the angles. I am guessing they felt like it was unsafe to use the inspection crawl car. I suspect this incident will probably increase the frequency use of said car.

Diamondback got that treatment in recent years as well.

#PlanetSnoopygone2024 lol

Yes it is, as are other B&Ms in the chain (except Fury).