Gordon Bombay Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 4 hours is a bit of an exageration for a typical day, but just like with any new attraction, there will be long lines. Quote
coasterdadGL Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 and I doubt it will pull 4 hour lines, it should help distribute the crowed a little bit. If Face/Off doesn't pull in 4 hours lines with only 1 train, then Firehawk will not, now I could see 2 hr lines. FoF used to pull in 2 1/2 to 3 hours lines the first few years it was open. Face Off is an older ride and I don’t think it pulls the numbers it used to. XF had a two hour wait at GL on busy days with 2 trains running. KI has almost three times the guests that GL ever got, you do the math. XF can only do 650 guests an hour (1430 with three trains – but that never happened) when running at peak efficiency with two trains. I recall when FOF and SOB first opened the lines were ridiculous (3+ hours) and these rides are rated at 2000 and 1600 guests per hour! While KI ride ops are great I don’t think it has anything to do with the efficiency of the ride ops – the ride is just a capacity nightmare. But you guys will see soon enough. Quote
mutedarkness Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 i remember waiting 4-5 hours opening day of x-flight Quote
Gordon Bombay Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 and I doubt it will pull 4 hour lines, it should help distribute the crowed a little bit. If Face/Off doesn't pull in 4 hours lines with only 1 train, then Firehawk will not, now I could see 2 hr lines. FoF used to pull in 2 1/2 to 3 hours lines the first few years it was open. Face Off is an older ride and I don’t think it pulls the numbers it used to. XF had a two hour wait at GL on busy days with 2 trains running. KI has almost three times the guests that GL ever got, you do the math. XF can only do 650 guests an hour (1430 with three trains – but that never happened) when running at peak efficiency with two trains. I recall when FOF and SOB first opened the lines were ridiculous (3+ hours) and these rides are rated at 2000 and 1600 guests per hour! While KI ride ops are great I don’t think it has anything to do with the efficiency of the ride ops – the ride is just a capacity nightmare. But you guys will see soon enough. I'd take a capacity nightmare over losing two great coasters and getting cornhole any day. Quote
mutedarkness Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 haha i happen to like cornhole i say fair trade lol Quote
coasterdadGL Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 I'd take a capacity nightmare over losing two great coasters and getting cornhole any day. Hahaha - GL only lost ONE great coaster. Ill be riding Maverick while you are waiting in line for Firehawk! Quote
Gordon Bombay Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Yeah cause there wont be any line for maverick or anything, while im waiting for Firehawk, ill call you while your in line for maverick and we can compare ques and complain together. Quote
coasterdadGL Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Yeah cause there wont be any line for maverick or anything, while im waiting for Firehawk, ill call you while your in line for maverick and we can compare ques and complain together. Deal - but ill be through the ride twice while your still waiting! Quote
The Interpreter Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Ha. If line waits were my major concern (they aren't), I'd go to Cedar Point on a rainy weekday to ride Maverick, to Six Flags America to ride a Vekoma Flying Dutchman, and to Six Flags Great Adventure to ride the tallest, fastest operating wood coaster in America (if it is operating, that is!). But waits are only a part of my concerns about parks. Still, I was at Geauga Lake many times last summer. Now, my two favorite steel coasters in that park will both be gone. Somehow, I just don't see myself there all that often, no matter how wonderful the Miller Big Dipper is. . . At least they still have Ohio's only floorless coaster. For now. Quote
Tuskin Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 to be totally honest with you i think rainy days are the most fun days to go... maybe im crazy but its something about hardly anyone at the park feeling like u can run from ride to ride with no wait and keep riding the ride over and over again and the fact that the rain drops kinda give a stingy effect .. i dont know i just like it its fun lol it makes it an even more enjoyable time for me ... yeah im crazy lol Quote
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