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Rode Gatekeeper five times in 20 minutes yesterday...no pain in the restraint, just got done with the ride and wanted something else... I don't see where this pain and everything comes from...

It's probably due to the fact Intamin owns the copyright to do said cable lifts... Also see eurofighter coasters from Gerstlaughter...straight up lifts, or 300 foot chain lifts like on Levi on a B&M The only advantages of a cable lift is decreased weight, less moving parts, faster lift hill speeds, and that's it

Kings Island: Flight Deck is my #1, next go to Racer, Skyflyer, Drop Tower, or FOF for operations and procedures Worst Crews: Vortex, WindSeeker, and Diamondback, for operations, and just lack thereof for motivation/work ethic Cedar Point: Gatekeeper wins, hands down. Perfectly hand selected crew, works flawlessly, and just way above par Close seconds have to be Power Tower, Gemini, Raptor, or Sky Ride in terms of operations and procedures Worst Crews: Giant Wheel or Tiques. Possibly Mantis

I'd just like to ask him how does one get to where he is, attributes important to a CEO, and his inspirations... Should be a very interesting story to hear

Top gun is a great ride, if you know where to ride, and how to ride, and just go walk to the ride and ride it Just ride it...sounds good Yup still good

No more season pass...for four years

Safety was first...spiel was always second..plus when you do it every day for 10 hours a day for a whole season..it all becomes muscle memory. I even spieled the wrong spiel at other rides on accident because it's that much in tune with your memory

Back then yes, those auto spiels were pretty cool But we don't have those...Like I said if they are all quiet, no spiels...ok...I can deal with it, would I rather have them, yes, but if not, oh well. But when they do have them, it's a joke, and they suck...very few are shining examples...

The spiels aren't awful if you have fun with them...I only have a few recordings of me spieling on platform but I still know all of them. It was fun because like for my ride for instance...most adults don't find it...thrilling per say But you bring up the energy and excitement and they'll be cheering, excited, and happy, then you feed off of that energy and it keeps you moving. Also for me I used to play with the audience at hand...for instance I would have them all quiet, the train would roll into the station and they'd start cheering, all excited, I'd tell them they were the 1 millionth rider or whatever, they get to go again and get their prize. They'd all flip and get excited, then the train stops and we unlock them, tell them they can reride by getting back in line...somewhat buzzkill for the riders but they realized the joke, but the audience...lulz Power Tower was a ride you don't normally spiel to...but I did for giggles. I'd explain the procedure of what the tower was mechanically doing (which was correct btw), then once shot tank started filling, I'd tell them that and start a countdown from 13...then by about 7 usually for most launches...boom Total ownage It can be fun, if you make it fun, and that's the whole point of why I say, if you're ganna do it, do it right, if you're not, don't do it. I sadly could spiel for the rides at KI that are terrible and I don't even work there or know every little fact of every little ride, but still..It's sad when an outsider can do 10X better than someone who has worked all season with the ride

I still wish to see what would happen with a fully loaded boat of adults in Congo falls...

It wouldn't be on if crews spieled constantly...that crew has been lacking

It's not the phones it is the server...Dane, any phone application that can be used for debugging purposes to try and show where it's timing out, ect.?

I'm usually positive and praise the positives..There have been a few negatives that I really wish I would have addressed...but at night when leaving I don't remember to do so, or just say, screw it I need to get home... Ah well..

No it's safety reasons... The launching mechanism constantly is watching the force required to move the train, taking in account of friction/ect...so if everyone has their hands up at launch, it'll just compensate. However, if they have their hands up at launch, that can be painful for some people, thus a safety issue.

Sometimes it depends on their level of jackassery...there are also times when we'll ride stop, walk out to the track, complain, and then see if they comply by restarting the launch. If they keep being stupid, call security, ride stop, move manual, bring em back in the station, keep labpars locked, and wait to kindly escort them to their vehicle

Thanks, there are more pics, for those who are more personal with me, my facebook has all 208 pictures on it. I clearly didn't post 208 lol

Honestly our tour guide talking through everything for wolfpack took the most time to get through Madama Fatales was rushed because we basically had some lady on our backs pretty much rushing us out. I stopped to look at the mural, and she was like, that's not the haunt, keep moving... Very frustrating at times that day honestly

I'm not KI security, not my job to enforce the rules, but I'm not breaking any... Only rule I try to enforce is line jumping because it does affect me, and security/ride ops at KI don't do anything by it unlike at CP anyways

Sorry to double post, here ya go...from an epic video game Including this just to show off the game...ugh I might go play this now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ6ab5X7nnY

It's annoying that I have to keep pressing that button to even hit launch 25 times... People wanna be stupid, I'm ganna keep hitting the button

The guy said to us no pictures of anything of the haunt for Wolfpack who took us through it. I tried to even just get the entrance of Fatales going into the haunt (the stairs going down) and got told no go, even though I could make anything out in the picture. I'll leave it until they flip out or someone says, but technically it's nothing haunt related. However regardless of if they come down here or not, I will have them on my facebook, drop box, and other media server websites/ect. Same goes with all of my ride op pictures & stuff...so far I've had those up for years and on other websites and those reveal alot more and do alot more than those pictures..say my dragster elevator pics & stuff...this isn't that bad lols

People are too uptight... If I saw people grilling...I'd probably be like "that's a great idea...man I should have done that" Not..."OMG THE FIRES WERE GANNA DIE" The only time the latter is acceptable if the grill turns into this around alot of cars...with gasoline cans

One day terp one day

Banshee tour time!!! YAY!!! First things first, man this site is mammoth, and so is everything in the area currently. For those who were not there, that drop off is HUGE. Hopefully the pictures I include will let you gauge it, because oh wow...I was even shocked. Not even that drop off but from the transfer area back up towards Slingshot, the ground there just isn't even close to flat, it moves EVERYWHERE! Random speakers...from what? Thunder Alley?? Support base, note the metal going into the actual footer, which is why the groove is the concrete. Now for the drop off at the end of the brake run...also notice the proximity to one of AE's tunnels, which also will probably provide great Banshee shots next year. Still no clue what this footer is for, it's even in the pic above, any thoughts or ideas, haven't seen anything like this yet... Before being told to skedaddle...I got a shot of everyone up on the hill taking pictures, enjoy seeing all of your faces, wishing you got down where I was bahaha AE being all photogenic and all Not sure what this is for, I'm guessing a footer, but why the giant hole? Any thoughts? These shots line up with the path of the lift hill, this is where you're headed. Should be pretty cool to head there, and then come zooming back the other way basically. I decided to be a scarecrow and stare back at everyone trying to peer through the gate at the ride site haha Also Random Drain? Any thoughts again..lots of new discoveries after coming out to here Box of parts, I guess the IC2-J is our coasters build title to keep it a secret?? Last tour!! Time to see Beast/Diamondback! Nothing too special here, just some good ride shots Nifty shot, especially with the light coming through Y'all taking pictures of Diamondback, I got pics of y'all For those on my facebook, there's more pictures btw...however of this, I have a 20 image burst of this clearing the MCBR, pretty neat frame by frame picture Well that does it..lots of rides..lots of memories, thank you everyone...It was very fun, not a single good ride was not ridden by us, and lots of conversations and fun in the lines and on the rides...Hope to do it again a few more times before this season winds down..Hope you enjoyed, and I hope this gets views...that was alot of typing and stuff haha...Have fun