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Part of the thrill while sitting at the top is wondering "is this thing going to collapse?"

Jet Rescue's low turns are taken with a good amount of speed looks like. I'd love to see one of these in the states.

To each their own. I cannot believe I just heard someone on these boards compare a TOGO to a B&M. Granted Vortex @ CGA is a piece but still better than Shockwave.

I can say it's also memorable. My nuts are still in a sling! I mean really.....I'm all for airtime but why on everything that's holy did TOGO put an airtime hill on a damn stand-up?!?

It's still going to be a TOGO......one with a nice paint job, but still a TOGO.

I've had more airtime on these Carny drop towers than any S&S tower.

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Superman looks awesome. That's the most heavily themed Intamin Accelerator yet.

They're for A dueling launched Aquatrax

How do I get some of the track packages to load on my MacBook Pro? I already have a package loader and it works on SOME ".nlpack" files but not all......Am I missing something? Here's an example of a file I can't open Blue Fire recreation

I had one guest say to me "That sh*t was tight do it again!"

There's even a video at the loading dock that says "Should the car not clear the hill.....don't worry and hang on"

I'm not sure about your particular case but if the 1/2 of the party that did the swap waited in line for the front, their other 1/2 should have the front as well. Only fair. I see your stance on the lockers HOWEVER if there were cubbies on the loading dock you put your belongings in and they got stolen you'd be pissed about that. So would you rather pay $1 to have your stuff be secure OR have it stolen from a cubby hole or lost during the ride? Tatsu's pretzel loop claimed one of my phones back in '07. Yes the lockers COULD be free but they aren't. They're a dollar. I'm sure someone visiting the park has enough change in their car's ashtray to cover locker expenses. I'm not trying to argue with you I'm just trying point out that it's really not that big of a deal. Actually better yet don't take unnecessary stuff in the park. I travel light and take only my Season pass, ID, and credit card. Most of the time I leave my phone in the car.

^You've got Hershey Park near you so you should want for nothing. In all seriousness though I remember those "pre-X2" days of 3 hour waits for X. Back in the summer of 2002 where I probably went to the park twice a week June-August and not once were X and Deja Vu both open on the same day. It was 1 or the other or neither. My worst experience at the park I can remember was Sunday in August 2002 where Deja Vu, Riddler's, Batman, S:TE closed for the entire day. Goliath, X, and Colossus had 1 train each. Goliath's line was back where Granny Grand Prix used to be, Colossus was back by Magic Moments Theater, and X's line was all the way down the bridge and down the stairs. I would have skipped it but I was with a friend that had never been on it so we braved the queue from hell. 4 hours we waited for X. No one in that line was pleasant by the time we got to the loading platform. Glad those days are over.......park still has a ways to go but VAST improvement from the Premier Management days.......thank goodness!

Oh yes.....we're all aware.

Busch purchases 4 trains for their B&Ms. So they can run at full capacity even with a train in rehab. Six Flags is strapped for cash so purchasing extra trains isn't in the cards. I do get what you're saying though. It sucks to wait in line for a coaster with 1 train.

As a former XC operator short shots with guests were very rare. When they happened, the rider's screams changed pitch from when the train launched to when the train stall would at the top of the Tophat for a couple seconds. The look on the guest's face was priceless when they returned to the station.

^Hey! Hey! Their opening weekend in '06 they were doing great! But you're correct.......after that it's been horrid. X2 is probably dispatching trains faster than Tatsu.

KBrylczyk sorry your experience wasn't the greatest. You are correct about GR not having maps......they should have boxes of them in their office. Weird you experienced this though cause all the times I've visited the park I couldn't get 20ft past the metal detectors without 20 people ramming a map down my throat. X2- While I'll admit that X2's loading process isn't the most efficient in the park, it IS a huge improvement when compared to previous years. Management recently installed train counters and timers in the load station which is a constant reminder to the crew how fast they should be moving. Are they always going to abide by this? Absolutely not but my past 2 visits the crew usually has a train approaching the lift while the other is coming through the transfer. I don't think it'll ever seen all 3 trains running again so that's as good as it gets. I either get to X2 right when the park opens or I don't ride it. Tatsu- Unfortunately 2 of the 3 trains reached their rehab interval at the same time which is unfortunate. Silver Bullet at Knott's has the same issue with 1 of Silver Bullet's trains being in rehab pretty much every spring break since it's been open. This crew isn't very fast when I have visited and the 2nd station is rarely used unfortunately. Tatsu also has a train counter and timer. I do like the system SFMM had though of only allowing the amount of people the ride can output in an hour into the queue. If you think about it they saved you some time and prevented the line from reaching past Jetstream. Apocalypse- The pre-show is horrible you're correct. The baby swap is something you would enjoy if you had a child. It's nice that parks offer this. Goliath- The crew is usually the fastest in the park. Simple lapbar design with no seat belt makes the train VERY easy to check. You should see them with 3 trains in the summer.....they crank those trains out. In regards to the rides with 1 train, you do need to keep in mind it's better to have the attraction open with 1 train then not open at all. Just like Knott's and Cedar Fair, SFMM is the only year-round park in the chain. Other parks in both chains have the luxury of being able to rehab all rides and ride vehicles at the same time and most of the seasonal parks have 6 months to do this. So with that unfortunately some rides are run at their lowest capacity. If you think about it you can't really knock a park for maintaining their attractions. I for one am glad they do! lol The off season is the best time to do this work. Other wise they would have summer crowds waiting in line for a ride with 1 train because it wasn't put into rehab in the off-season. Sucks your visit wasn't the best but don't think that's a reason to never go back. Just my 2 cents.

^Sidewinder is always 100% more fun in the rain. That's awesome they kept the park open for you guys.

Something Marriott/Paramount didn't believe in. HaHa

I'm aware that B&M drive tires (Pinch wheels) are not inflated tires!! I'm aware of this for the 3rd time! I operated a B&M invert with "Solid Rubber" pinch wheels for 3 1/2 years! I'm just going off of his original post. You're right he may have meant that but that's not what was said.That's all I was pointing out. Back on topic: What's the average wait time for IH on a busy summer day? Does the park consistently run 3 trains or is that rare?

In my eyes that brake is there for 1 of 2 reasons maybe even both. 1 - Trim brake B&M put there for precautionary measures just in case G-Forces were excessive at the bottom of the pretzel loop 2 - Brake to hold train in the case that it valleys in that location. I could be wrong.......

I'm aware of that. I'm commenting on coasterlover420's post. Hence the quotations....

Haven't Personally been on a Volare but I haven't heard 1 positive review. Everyone else makes them seem like death traps.