Miythandria Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 But it doest seem to be as much as an issue at Cedar Point. If only one person in the group would put the items in the bins it would help a lot. No reason why everyone in the group needs to run to the bins. Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk That's what we do. Usually, since I'm MOM, I take everyone's stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdude86 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Rode Diamondback today and the seatbelts are really slowing the crew down. Waited 2 hours for almost a few queue. That line used to be 90 minutes at the most. My friend Dave sent me a text at 11 this morning saying a normal 10 minute wait for Diamondback turned into a 25 minute affair. I just saw reports that Behemoth and Intimidator Carowinds have the seat belts as well. Check out this bit about Behemoth operation today from kunpc1, a moderator over at the fansite CWMania: Only 2 trains were cycling today and they were STILL stacking... As guests load the train, the restraints are locked in the open position. Everyone must first buckle their seatbelts. Once this is done, the ride ops check each seatbelt. Once all seatbelts have been checked, the restraints are released, riders pull them down and then a second check of the entire train is completed to ensure the clamshell restraints have locked. Is this similar to the way Diamondback is being operated right now? I haven't seen any posts that specifically address the new loading procedures. Interestingly enough, despite the seat belts on Behemoth they are not currently on Leviathan. Say what?! This whole saga is just getting more bizarre by the minute. Yea they whole thing has been strange. Though t it was awkward that they didn't add them to Leviathan but did to the smaller coasters. Also it seems weird that they'd check the seatbelt before lowering restraints. Every other ride they just do it all together and it seems like a big time waster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleShawn Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 You know thats prob because they dont want to take the trouble of having them raise a seats restraints when they didnt put their belt on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magm&MForce24/7 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Today they were checking them with the restraints already down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 On the topic of restraints, I was interested to see that while at Disney, the restraint check simply meant either tugging on a yellow flap or a plastic flap for Space or simply pushing up on your restraints. Nobody went down the line manually checking each restraint. This greatly sped up load times and shortened the wait. Anyone know why this isnt done at KI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleShawn Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I want them to manually check like they do now. More than once mine wasnt clicked all the way or seat beat wasnt clicked all the way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 They need to put seatbelts on log rides...maaaan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XjoshhyX Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 On the topic of restraints, I was interested to see that while at Disney, the restraint check simply meant either tugging on a yellow flap or a plastic flap for Space or simply pushing up on your restraints. Nobody went down the line manually checking each restraint. This greatly sped up load times and shortened the wait. Anyone know why this isnt done at KI? I would just say that it all comes down to the standards of the companies mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 They need to put seatbelts on log rides...maaaan. There is a very good reason why MOST water rides have little or no restraints. See Shoot the Rapids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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