AtomicFlea Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I have been to the park many times this year. I have noticed that Orion is always down, why is this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansheelover Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I have been to the park 83 times since Orion has opened, and it has been only down for short amount of times 3 of those visits. Orion is the most sophisticated roller coaster in Ohio. It has the most technology ever available to run it, and more safety measures then any other coaster. A lot of the "downtime" is that has been experienced it due to computers. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I have only seen it down in very short time frames. Wait or come back a bit later and it is up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool75 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 It is down a lot and there are reason but be assured it it is safe and they are working on making it more reliable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegativeGs Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 My experience is that Orion occasionally goes down for mechanical reasons. Usually within 20 minutes the ride reopens. If the ride closes for weather reasons, that's a different matter. Thunderstorms at amusement parks are no fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thabto Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 5:44 PM, Bansheelover said: Orion is the most sophisticated roller coaster in Ohio I think that would be Top Thrill Dragster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomPlague Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I think you just have bad luck. Granted, I've seen it have minor technical problems on my visits, including last Sunday, but those usually don't last very long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansheelover Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Thabto said: I think that would be Top Thrill Dragster. Top Thrill Dragster does not have the technology Orion does. TTD is the most complicated coaster in Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck norris Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Other than weather, I haven’t seen Orion down at all this year. I’ve got about 50 visits to the park. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion13 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 5:44 PM, Bansheelover said: I have been to the park 83 times since Orion has opened But who's counting 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I have seen Orion break down once. Looked to be an issue with one of the rows on the train. Was at Cedar Point this weekend and it always seemed GateKeeper and valraven were down a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissfan4 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 It went down when we are on it one night, we were ready to dispatch, and they opened the restraints and put us back in line. One of the seats in row 6 wasn't registering that the restraints were closed. You could see the restraint was clearly closed, but was showing red on the screen in the station that shows the restraint status. Maintenance showed up, must have done a reset, and they ran each train empty for 2 cycles, and we were allowed back on. I would say 99% of its issues are electrical/computer issues, and nothing mechanical. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 16 hours ago, flightoffear1996 said: I have seen Orion break down once. Looked to be an issue with one of the rows on the train. Was at Cedar Point this weekend and it always seemed GateKeeper and valraven were down a lot Still up way more than TTD. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 11:33 AM, AtomicFlea said: I have been to the park many times this year. I have noticed that Orion is always down, why is this? Prozac prescription was out of date. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I would venture a guess that Maverick is currently the most sophisticated coaster in Ohio. You also have to consider that there was a shortened season in 2020. Most coasters, even B&M's, take longer than that to get over their bugs. I would think that some of that time trickled into 2021 for Orion. I trust B&M and by next season or 2023, it should be on par with DB and Banshee for lack of downtime. I'm with Brad, I've seen it down a few times, but nothing more than 15-20 minutes, mostly ghost trains during my visits. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster sally Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 what is complicated about a chain lift coaster? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjpavlik Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Orion has had some issues. All modern roller coasters are marvels in physical and computer engineering. All operations are controlled by the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), essentially a large computer located under the loading platform in a climate controlled room. The default response to any problem in the PLC is to stop operations and have maintenance review the issue. Keep in mind there are over 300 separate inputs and any one wrong input can trigger a fault. The trains will advance as close to the station and stop there. Braking systems are fail safe closed; they need power to open rather than close. The brakes are located in the track, not on the train. Needless to say Orion is 100s of times safer than driving to the park in a car. All Orion faults are attended to by both area supervisors and maintenance personnel. Both groups have to clear the ride for operation before guests are allowed to ride. Kings Island has a seasoned team well versed in the particulars of roller coaster operations. Ride operators are told specifically not to tell guests what is wrong with the coaster (the majority of times they really don’t know!). But be patient. The first priority is always to get guests off the ride, the next is to determine what has happened and prevent it from happening again and the third is to resume operations. In my experience downtime is kept to a minimum as the maintenance and operations teams work quickly to resume operations. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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