The Interpreter Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Perhaps she's quietly lurking, like NSA, gathering information, until one day... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Nope she's laying here next to me, still asleep... Sigh we went to bed at 2130..how...I can't even Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheikra_rocks Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I think another reason that I am dissapointed this is happening is probably because well...it's just that on the last huge, ~$25 million B&M coaster Cedar Fair installed (Gatekeeper) they had bins where you can put your stuff no questions asked. Gatekeeper eats riders FINE despite having storage bins, so why couldn't Banshee do the same? I think it works better here because you do not cross the train at all. You pass the bins on your way to your seat, and again on your way out. As opposed to crossing the train to the far side of the station, then coming back and taking your seat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar92 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I think another reason that I am dissapointed this is happening is probably because well...it's just that on the last huge, ~$25 million B&M coaster Cedar Fair installed (Gatekeeper) they had bins where you can put your stuff no questions asked. Gatekeeper eats riders FINE despite having storage bins, so why couldn't Banshee do the same? I think it works better here because you do not cross the train at all. You pass the bins on your way to your seat, and again on your way out. As opposed to crossing the train to the far side of the station, then coming back and taking your seat. So then, the question becomes, why couldn't Banshee's station have been designed like this? Not that it matters that I bring this up. For better or worse, there ain't gonna be any bins and that seems to be settled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr for Birdy Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 If you eat at a place that offers free meals to kids then a portion of your bill covered that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Being a father of two, I thank those of you that help make "kids eat free" days, possible. Wake up Reds Grille! 16 dollars to feed my 5 and 2 year old, "just a bit outside". EDIT: I lost track of what thread I was reading, love not having bins for Banshee, trash the ones at DB while your at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdf21972 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 There was a big problem with people stuff getting stolen this year at KI and I'm sure you noticed the seatbelt locks installed later in the year because of this issue. KI is just reducing the liability factor of loose article of guests. The locker solves this problem. The RDIF bands will hopefully solve some money issues at the park also using it to purchase lockers. Anything to make life a little easier for the park is good news. Sent from my iPhone using Taptalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Here's my main reasons why I think they don't have bins 1. Help throughput because with no MCBR the ride can't afford to stack, and plus being high capacity, they want those numbers.. 2. Think of the proximity to the midway..loose article flying out of the dive going over the midway there post lift hill..That's asking for trouble 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_SoB_fan Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 There was a big problem with people stuff getting stolen this year at KI and I'm sure you noticed the seatbelt locks installed later in the year because of this issue. KI is just reducing the liability factor of loose article of guests. The locker solves this problem. The RDIF bands will hopefully solve some money issues at the park also using it to purchase lockers. Anything to make life a little easier for the park is good news. Sent from my iPhone using Taptalk When is Kings Island getting RDIF bands? Did I miss something? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I547 using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium2018 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 ^Same! What's going on did they announce something?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 ^ Dorney Park introduced FastPay last season, which featured RFID wristbands that could be loaded with money and used throughout the park. More info is available on their website: https://www.dorneypark.com/plan-a-visit/fast-pay As far as I know, there haven't been any announcements regarding RFID payment systems at other Cedar Fair parks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar92 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Can my FastPay wristband be used at any other Cedar Fair parks? Not at this time, but we are looking at this capability in the future. ^ From https://www.dorneypark.com/plan-a-visit/fast-pay I would take this as a definite "maybe" and confirmation that FastPay being implemented at the other parks is a possibility that has been thought about, at the very least. Translation: This doesn't actually even remotely confirm anything. Nothing to see here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxedoman52 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA!!! What will happen to all of the basketballs that kids win! (Just Kidding) If you want a basketball that bad, they sell them in bulk for 25 uninflated basketballs for 5 dollars. You don't even have to make a shot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmorningview Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Why should rides discriminate? If other rides have bins to store articles while you ride why can't they all? It's annoying. Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gplez90 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 ^^To increase rider capacity by minimizing the time riders are placing articles in bins and searching for their articles in the bins. Also, imo, a way to earn some small pocket change. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXDrummerKiDXx Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Yeah, but that "small pocket change" does a lot for our beloved park. Drummer, who doesn't need his entire bedroom with him at Kings Island. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar92 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Why should rides discriminate? If other rides have bins to store articles while you ride why can't they all? It's annoying. Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk Not all of the rides are going to need to move the lines as quickly to keep wait times down. With Banshee being the new ride for 2014, a lot of people will be waiting in line for it. Perhaps we will see bins added a few years down the road when/if the popularity decreases a bit, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Diamondback is still pretty much as popular as the day it opened. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Nitro doesn't have bins..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geebs11 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 anyone have any experience w/ getting back your loose items that fall out (example: cell phone) ?how often/quickly do they check for the 'items that were claimed as lost' (I filled out the form at about 9:50pm)Curious if they scan the ride/fields after the ride...looking for the items....or do they wait until morning?what exactly is the procedure?If they wait until morning...the storm/eve will pancake my phone.I guess after 60+ rides on her...she was bound to eat my cellphone eventually. That's what I get for wearing loose gym shorts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 After each day crews go change out locks and often look for articles that may have dropped and take them to Lost And Found. It is sometimes hard to see the lost items after dark, so if they see something in the morning they'll grab it. The best way to retrieve is to go to lost and found to report your item missing. If they don't find it by 11 o'clock on nights that the park closes at 10, then they'll look for it in the morning. Check back on your next visit with Lost and Found. Do know that it's not a guaranteed thing that they'll find it. Honestly phones when they fall from a coaster, shatter pretty drastically. And I'm sure you're aware, the park isn't responsible for the items if lost. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geebs11 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Yeah, I totally understand the 'policy' -I have one of those awesome cases for my iphone...I've thrown my phone (fastball) and still not done an ounce of damage to it....So, I have hopes it could survive a fall from Banshee....I'm pretty sure it fell out somewhere on the back end of the ride (which is good) it's open back there. If it fell out over the mid-way...then I'm sure some kid got a great condition iphoneI just don't think they'll find it tonight in the dark (its a black case) and the rain tonight...will put an end to it anyways...oh well, still got my free upgrade...was just curious...thanks for the reply Hydra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Just be glad it didn't come out and maim or kill someone. There is a reason there are no loose articles permitted, and the most important one is safety. Before you say that couldn't happen, ask thedevariouseffect about that...he has a gruesome story you probably don't want to hear. Sadly, it's true... Terp: You could put an eye out with that thing... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Who would be responsible for that? Lets say a phone does come out and conk some guest in the head. I would assume the guest on the ride would be responsible since he/she broke the rule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 To the extent of the the guest's assets, insurance and morality. The park, its owners and operators would also likely be claimed negligent and sued. There is no legal advice meant for a particular client contained herein. The author is not engaged in the private practice of law in the District of Columbia, the State of Ohio or any United State. Consult a competent attorney in your jurisdiction if you have, or think you may have, a legal problem. This is a disclaimer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Lets put it this way, glad to know my story stuck with one hopefully more One trip on Maverick, guy had his phone or zippo, I wanna say phone. Anyways he had it out holding onto it and the restraint. Launch tunnel in Maverick, train banks left he looses grip, phone flies back at 70mph and hit a man a few rows back, took out his eye. Was a crazy day for the guest, the guy with the phone, and for us/security. Had EMTs, security, and gold tags all over it. Never saw the guy who had the loose article after that, popped restraints they escorted him away forcefully. I calculated the mass a phone has at speed for just my ride. On Corkscrew, at about 35mph (about the speed it averages through the corkscrews) a phone at that speed carries the weight of a cinder block behind it. So imagine walking up the midway, look up, bam, hit in the head with a cinder block. Now think phones are larger/weigh more now, and that dive loop straight to the midway at probably 50 or so mph, gets alot more crazy. Secure your articles or store in a bin. Not only would you lose your items of value more than likely, but you can also injure yourself and others, quite seriously. Another sidenote, a phone on TTD comes down pretty hard, sounds like a popgun going off like the ones on the CPLERR when it hits the midway. Being at Witches Wheel, seen it happen plenty of times. Heed the warnings, don't want anyone elses or your own best day to turn into an emergency trip to the ED/Surg and then someone in custody facing charges. The park does hand out charges, moreso than you think. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 In addition to any criminal charges, there is the potential for civil liability. And having to live with oneself the rest of one's life and knowing that but for taking on board a phone... There is no legal advice meant for a particular client contained herein. The author is not engaged in the private practice of law in the District of Columbia, the State of Ohio or any United State. Consult a competent attorney in your jurisdiction if you have, or think you may have, a legal problem. This is a disclaimer. Terp...whose phone...stays in the car. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 The following incidents happened on the same day....I was sitting on the wall near Invertigo eating ice cream and I thought "This may not be a good spot to sit.". As I was standing up a cell phone smacked the gravel behind me and shattered into the crowd through the chain link fence, luckily no one was hurt. Later on I was waiting in the north side loading area of Delirium and I thought "hope no one loses a cell phone". When the ride was at it's peak coming from the south a cell phone flew out and slammed the metal platform spewing cell phone parts. The sound was so loud that it sounded like the ride was malfunctioning. The riders instantly went quiet and the ride was ended. When the riders got off the ride, one rider was so scared that they left a medical clean up in their seat...it was that loud and that scary. With such a "need" to be connected to a "phone/computer" all the time, maybe the wrist smart phones are not such a bad idea after all. Hey...they could even add your pass, meals and incidentals to your wrist phone! (sarc) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APE Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 After being at Cedar Point over the weekend and dealing with the rides that have bins I would like to thank Kings Island for not allowing loose articles in the Banshee station. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Bins are slowly leaving some rides at CP..See Maggie for instance And that argument is slightly invalid. Raptor has an earlier dispatch point and slower dispatch from ready to all clear, but still manages to push riders through faster with bins. It's all about the hustle from guests and employees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APE Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I dont like the annoyance for fighting the crowd to get out or to my seat from people trying to put things away or gather their belongings. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Oh totally agree, but both parks face that issue..Like Beast..Man I wanna just plow through people half the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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