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^LOL. Agreed. I know I'll catch some heat for this but I'm not a huge fan of any park's Churros.

Problem is, I've never been to any Herschend Parks.

Agreed. Only parks in my opinion that have "Outstanding" food is Busch and Disney Parks .

Thanks for the PTR! I always chuckle when I see a Zierer train cause they're ridiculously long.

Yes, Sadly some companies charge for uniforms or even name tags for that matter.

^^If train is completely removed then it seems to me like it is an annual refurbishment and website may not have been updated yet. Parks will be starting to take a lot of attractions down for annual maintenance as Holiday season ended yesterday.

^I hope that it does and yes, it wouldn't seem out of the question considering SF likes the idea of breathing new life into stale wooden coasters.

It has been speculation since NTAG was a sketch on a dinner napkin.

I wish I had my old Metro PCS nokia slider phone. I had a good pic of SMUF's panel, along with GASM, Deja Vu and Thunder River's panels. I notice you put 'El Toro's second panel' why did it have two panels? Or was one a remote panel for verification. KK's panel is HUGE and I was expecting a touch screen like a flyer. I absolutely love this thread! Air @ AT. Can't read buttons but better than nothing.... Source

In regards to that, they are required by law to show that video since its a safety video that opened with the ride. If any of the TVs aren't displaying the video or the DVD player breaks, then the ride cannot run until it is fixed. Is that a california-only law? I feel like i've been to other parks that sometimes have had their tv screens turned off. No. *BUT*, it would depend upon what is written into the SOP for the ride. So if for some reason Knott's wrote that into the SOP as being a required feature, than yes they will always have to go down for it. Haven't operated or read the SOP for Xcel, but at Ghost it's written in ours that the video must be playing. XC is the same as well as Silver Bullet. CA Screamin' can't run if the station safety spiel or launch spiels stop working. All of the above attractions have the safety videos and/or spiels included into their opening checklist procedures as well as SOPs.

Just out of curiosity. How often do they have to replace worn cables. I bet that isn't cheap. The cables theoretically can be used for an entire year, at which the park will replace all 3 cables during XC's annual rehab. Unfortunately, sometimes the cables exhibit excess wear which is caught by the parks daily inspections so they may need to be replaced earlier than their scheduled yearly replacement date. I'm not sure how much exactly the cables cost but I can only imagine that replacing them twice a year is not desired.

1 of XC's cables was replaced and it reopened around 5/530 today.

True, but since the Speed Rails (Brand of queue rails they use) are cemented into the ground they would need to be cut. I just don't see the need to remove the queue quite yet if another attraction will go in that spot. They could however throw some tables in the area around the planter for guests to eat at since it's right next to La Victoria Cantina.

Removing the queue rails wouldn't be a good idea if they are adding another attraction to the area.

Any amusement park is going to be crazy busy the 21st through the 1st.

Good point. I've never been a fan of it so yea.......no tears shed here.

^ Yes exactly. Xcelerator's launch system is only using 60% of it's potential.

Any Finding Nemo: Submarine Voyage fans may want to ride it before January 6th otherwise you'll have to wait until late 2014. It's going into an extensive refurbishment.

At least you can replicate part of the SFMM experience in your backyard. Do you really want trash all over your backyard?

Riddlers and Scream wont be open in High winds. X2 won't run in high winds either however it's still down for the lift chain issue so it's a moot point.

So you don't get wet! Figured as much but then what's the use of the "water" ride to being with?

Why is the boat enclosed?

I agree that TTD has the better launch. On KK, the train jolts a bit when the train disengages the catch car which can leave you with that "WTF was that?!" feeling.

Only reason why there aren't more to the layouts is price. Plain and simple. Intamin (As well as any other designer) will build pretty much anything the client asks for. So it has nothing to do with the manufacturer not wanting to build anything, it's all up to what the client requests. Price tag for TTD is 25mil and KK coming in at 25mil and some change. Pretty hefty price tags as-is and to add 3 or 4 more inversions and some airtime hills will easily add another 8-10 mil to the price tag.