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Flight Commander line que


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Someone mentioned on an old post about how the line que for Flight Commander was underground, and that one had to go up a spiral staircase. Could someone elaborate a little more on the details of this (what the underground area looked like, where it was, how one could access it from the midway, etc). Is there some sign of it still existing that I could look for today?

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I think the original platform for ride is still there. It's where the trampolines are now. The que entry was even with the midway. Once in the que lines, a tunnel went down under the ride. There were monitors along the tunnel instructing you on how to "fly" your plane. You then had to go up a spiral staircase. When you reached the top you were in a big round cage with the ride operating above you. There were numbered gates and a ride op assigned you a gate. Once the ride ended, it would lower back down. You were still inside the cage and underneth the ride. Once the previous riders got out of their "cockpit", your gate would open and you would step outside the cage and get in your cockpit. It was pretty involved. The tunnel was just concrete. Nothing special. If the bungee trampolines are still there (they were last year) they sit where you waited in the cage. The tunnel is directly under them and the staircase is in the middle of the platform.

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The ride was boring. The ride had cockpits that were attached to metal arms that hung from the center ring. The ring just rose up and moved in a circle..pretty slowly too. Each cockpit had two seats and you sat with your legs straight out. You had a shoulder harness and lap bar. It was uncomfortable. The whole point was that you controled your own plane. You could swing out and do barrel rolls. All of this was done electronically (not like the Eagles where you're on cables). The commercial showed a big joystick between the two riders that controlled your plane. But actually it was a little knob that was really hard to work.

The ride was not that great. All you saw was the car in front of you and you did not go that fast. You didn't swing out that much and the controls were slow to respond. I'm pretty sure it opened in '90. The ride was infamous because a woman did die on it in '91. She was intoxicated, passed out, slipped out from the restraints and fell. I think it operated for a few more seasons after that.

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