Browntggrr Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/24707169/2014/02/12/riders-stuck-on-busch-gardens-roller-coaster#.UvvvQY8-wlg.facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 A non-story until you add the storm element. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordSkippy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 It's not every day a relatively new high-profile coaster gets stuck on an area that's not a brake run. I fail to see how this would be a non-story minus the storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 So is the train just perfectly balanced like TTD did a long while back or are is it jammed on something downhill? To me, it looks downhill. I know Carowinds' Ricochet coaster had a swearshirt get jammed between the wheel assembly and the track in 2006. Thankfully it was in block brakes, so they had access to the car via a catwalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 It happens. Coaster valley its not a big deal that is why they have a block brake system in use. I would rather be stuck on that coaster than stuck at my desk at work. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Tehe at least they gave them ponchos hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 This is not a train stuck on a lift hill. It became newsworthy because the fire department was called in to use a cherry picker in the middle of the ride. Same thing happened many moons ago on Magnum's second drop. Fire trucks were called in from Cleveland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 How many moons.. Hopefully not related to the act therof 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 It's more of a story because it's balanced at an odd location. This isn't like when some fool called 911 because Beast was stopped on the lift. It actually is a really unusual place for it to stop - just like Dragster balancing at the top. That being said, the location it stopped in doesn't overly surprise me. The last time I rode it, it was a cold rainy day, and it creeped over that hill. I actually wondered if it was going to make it or if we were going to valley. It seems just a combination of the perfect factors that made it stall there rather than rolling back. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Only ever had to be evaced once, and it was on a break run.. Why can't I ever be stranded somewhere cool. I beg WindSeeker to go down mechanical high loaded.. But..never happens.. Only stops I get are for stupid people and stupid cameras or loose articles..stupid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hmm, I am missing something. I dont want to see stuck in the sun or a storm and get a sunburn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I've never been evacuated from a ride except on purpose for training. (For the record, being evacuated from the lift on Mystery Mine is pretty intense.) However, I have a couple friends that seem to break everything they go on. My friend Dainan is notorious for getting evacuated ... he had an evac from Dinosaur at Animal Kingdom earlier today. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 My only evac was from Wildebeest at HW when the ride lost power and we valleyed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 ^ Likewise, I've only been evacuated from Mammoth. They have a set of stairs at the bottom of each LIM, along with concrete paths to get back to the station. A lifeguard showed up quickly with a small ladder to help everyone out of the slide. Watching them bring the rafts back with dollies and a forklift, after evacuating, was entertaining. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I was part of the group of KICers that got evac'd from Blue Racer on the lift hill on Opening Day a couple years ago. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Valleyed at the end of Wildebeest and had to crawl the rest of the way out. I've also walked down Mantis, which made me happy because I didn't have to ride it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I've never been stuck on a ride or had to evac. I have been stuck next IN LINE when a ride goes down numerous times however. All too much actually. darn YOU Maverick! ::Edit:: I got edited. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stashua123 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Thank God it is winter their because in Tampa during the summer you get thunderstorms everyday. Luckily it was winter also for the fact that the uva-uvb wasn't to high. In the summer its usually around 11. I wouldn't want to get stuck and then get rained and thundered upon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_SoB_fan Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I've never been stuck on a ride or had to evac. I have been stuck next IN LINE when a ride goes down numerous times however. All too much actually. darn YOU Maverick! ::Edit:: I got edited. Top Thrill Dragster did that to me opening year after a 2.5 hour wait. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I547 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APE Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 The only ride I have ever been stuck on for a long period of time was the Skyride at Cedar Point. We were in the middle of the ride at the highest point for about an hour and a half. They let us jump the line for Raptor and Millennium Force after. I wasn't overly upset it was a good view. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRider Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Good job on the fire departments part on getting everyone out safely. At that height, plus 30 degree angle, during a thunderstorm is not an ideal situation for a rescue. BGT needs to work the PR machine now, because news outlets are too willing to spin a situation like this in a very negative way 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Another unintentionally funny Tb misread of a post title: I was half asleep when I read this, and didn't think of Cheetah Hunt as the ride, but for some reason thought this was going to be a story about some people on a safari being trapped by an ape! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikkinixx99 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Only been stuck once and evacuated for legal reasons can't say where or what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Only been stuck once and evacuated for legal reasons can't say where or what. Hmm, must be a Disney ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Not sure if we were really "stuck," but in 2004, my wife and I sat in the final brake run of Vortex (right after the helix, alongside Shake, Rattle & Roll) for 6 minutes of the most soaking downpour I've ever experienced. Having wanted to be cooled off during what was otherwise a very hot day, I got more than I bargained for. It was then that I coined the phrase "Baptexed." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoraX Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I've been stuck on The Beast, but did not have to evacuate. It must have been an issue with one of the other trains. We were at the top of the second hill with my friends mom becoming hysterical. (We tried for 2 1/2 days to get her to ride any ride then this happened,). Reading this in ThrillBiscuiteeze, that is hilarious. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Try getting stuck on Splash Mountain like me just before the lift to the final drop. The reason it took such a long time was due to the many animatronics in that scene and the park obviosuly concerned about damage to them while benig led to safety. One at a time, walking gingerly between the props until we were ushered out backstage and back around to the front. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Another unintentionally funny Tb misread of a post title: I was half asleep when I read this, and didn't think of Cheetah Hunt as the ride, but for some reason thought this was going to be a story about some people on a safari being trapped by an ape! This is hilariously awesome. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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