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Grizzly Peak Airfield is looking great! Photo Credit: Disneyland Live

Haha! Took the words right out of my mouth.

I get what you're saying and don't disagree with you but Knott's got what they paid for. They aren't USH or Disney and they know it. That's my bottom line.

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I'm focusing on what Voyage is and not what it isn't. Could it have been better? Yes. Could it have been a lot worse? Yep. It's exactly what Knott's needed and is an improvement over WMG @ CW. Triotech was chosen for cost. Choosing Sally Corp doesn't necessarily mean a "better" product would've came to fruition if the park didn't want to pay for it.

Troubles in paradise. Hopefully it's nothing major and can be resolved quickly.

Just talked to the park and the event is still happening.

Leviathan, Behemoth, Fury325, and Intimidator say "Hi."

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have ourselves a Mack spinning coaster. BGT released the clue ""New spin on family thrills." Source

^Good for them! Wouldn't surprise me in the least if 2 or more of these popped up in SF parks.

Besides, when you have one of the top coaster designers in history on your payroll, might as well pay him to do what he's done most of his career. Fair enough.

RMC manufactured the track. S&S manufactured the ride vehicles and designed the ride.

^Sad. IJ:ST was a blast (Pun intended) when I rode at KI. Top 10 coaster? Definitely not, but a great 1st coaster for a child and families. Cedar Fair isn't used to dealing with and maintaining Show Elements of attractions. With these TrioTech dark rides that they are purchasing they will need to make sure the respective parks are hiring AV technicians to maintain said attractions or they won't look too good after a few years.

Now that answers my question. Thank you ROS is a long ride to have only 1 train running. Definitely sad if that's the norm which it seems like it is.

Downtime is to be expected on a new attraction. You did confirm my fears of it being poorly executed. The GP will love it though.

Actually, Yes it does matter. If the park is empty and there aren't enough guests to fill trains then there's no need to put unnecessary cycles on a ride vehicle. If there's a 30 minute wait for ROS, then running 2 trains is feasible. KBF doesn't run 2 trains on any of their coasters in the off season. My question still stands. I do however agree with you that the park should have ops trained to crank out trains regardless of how many are being ran.

Does the park ever get busy enough to run 2 trains on ROS?

They wouldn't mind at all. You should do it.

Having done media events in the past I would suggest that you don't do that. If the release didn't specify what to wear, I would always go dressed as plainly as possible. Park might be pretty picky (as they have the right to be) about what people are wearing. I may have been joking..... I've been to plenty of media events and am well aware of what to and not to wear.

Fixed!

Tuesday for me as well! I'll be wearing my "Save Colossus" shirt.........

Looks like a lot of fun! Add some heat and chili dogs into the mix and you'll have yourself a puke machine.

Does Baron not have a holding brake or is it just not being used for testing purposes?

How much of a benefit do you get by designing a ride in-house? Sure you save a few bucks but then you're on your own when a problem arises. Not knocking the park for choosing this route but I've always wondered.

As far as I know Wicked Twister is the only ride that's not ready to operate, everything else should be open barring any weather or mechanical issues. Speaking of which, is there any news on Wicked Twister, does anyone have any idea how long it might be down for (approximately obviously... days, weeks...)? Seems like they may be waiting on a part.