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Lookin' sexy!

The new boats caused this. 1st generation boats: Source 2nd generation boats: The scoops on the front of the boats look similar but for some reason the older boats produced a much larger splash.

Fountains were causing issues with the ride. Now they are for show only.

All B&Ms have proximity sensors that count anti-roll backs and chain dogs as the train enters the station. In this image you see 3 green devices in the center of the image. The 2 outer devices toggle the anti-rollbacks to verify that they retract and come back out. There's a proximity sensor on the other side that counts them. The center device toggles chain dogs and there's a prox sensor on the other side that counts them as well. Only Dive machines have 3 toggling devices as shown here as they are the only B&M coasters that have anti-roll backs side-by-side as shown in the image of a Griffon train undercarriage below. Source All other non-dive coaster B&Ms only have 2 toggling devices, 1 for anti-rollbacks and 1 for chain dogs. Intamins don't have these to my knowledge but a lot of their coasters (as well as B&Ms) have prox sensors that count brake fins. Granted you are correct in that this brake fin counting will not be taking place mid-circuit.

That's awesome! They are extremely talented. Thanks for posting. This is my favorite performance by far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5xFHB1bl8 ADMIN EDIT: I went ahead and embedded it so people could see this awesome performance!

That would be incorrect.

I'm thinking it's to assist maintenance in climbing up to the trim brake. They can use it to climb and attach their fall protection harnesses to it.

^^That happened to us when they let 3 of us ride Green Lantern. We came back into the station spinning like crazy and once we finally stopped, the balance bar that balances out the cars couldn't balance our car so 3 mechanics had to come out and rotate our car manually so we could advanced to the unload area. It was fun staring nearly straight down to the unload platform for 5 minutes.

My apologies. I guess they are going to test 1 at a time and then test together.

Liking this...... Source: GG Facebook

^Actually, I think it was Michael J. Fox

Here's the best POV so far IMO. This is also the 1st floorless I've seen with magnetic braking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpj_N3AtmDM&feature=related

Does it really matter???

I always knew there was a NYE event in City Walk but didn't know the park was directly involved. Thanks for clearing that up.

They're magnetic trims. There's a pneumatic actuator that can slide one of the reactor plates back and forth to adjust braking force. Image below shows the brake assembly plus pneumatic actuator directly below. The assembly shown in image is part of Intimidator's main brake and not a trim however B&M seems to have implemented this same design for a trim brake on Leviathan. Obviously fully loaded trains will get more braking force than an empty train. This type of trim brake makes no physical contact with the train thus reducing wear and providing a smoother ride for the riders. Source: Carowinds' Intimidator Site

Knotts and The Disneyland Resort are the only parks in Cali with New Years Eve celebrations as far as I know. I've always been surprised Universal Studios doesn't have an event.

Cycling the train = money. The more a ride vehicle is cycled the faster it will need a rehab and replacement parts which in turn cost $$$.

^^^Been hanging out with Charlie Sheen?

"Hand me down" section.

^^Make that 2 votes....

^ This is true.

^One would think.......But I doubt it

With that crew it wouldn't matter cause they would stack all 3 trains every cycle and that third train would sit in the safety brakes for 3 minutes.

Those Zamperla restraints are very uncomfortable but looks fun nonetheless.

Yea so this looks amazing! Source: RCDB