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Yeah, and Mummy is a Premier / Universal collaboration. They're still very similar ride concepts being a coaster and media combination. Mummy is more old school Universal with the actual physical sets while Gringott's is more Comcastic with screens everywhere. "Comcastic." Love that.

Super 8 is the Six Flags of Hotels: Better than nothing but not great by any means.

Escape from Gringotts is an Intamin/Universal collaboration.

Agreed. They're doing this to still give the guests some sort of Steam Train experience even thought the railroad is closed for a year and some change. Main St. train station has a similar experience. I think it's a nice touch.

That's what I figured. SF doesn't do webcams.

^Is there one?

I dont think they will have brakes here it will just be the hulk standing in front of the train and slowing it down before jumping out of the way once it has slowed down enough. I would be OK with that.

Brakes will be installed once track work is complete. It is odd though as B&Ms usually come with brake equipment pre-installed from Claremont Steel.

Not for SFSTL, Fireball haven't even arrived on site yet They only take 2 days to build so fret not!

And just like their coasters, the port-a-potty will give you the same sigh of relief once it's over.......

Spins are triggered by magnetic (Eddy current) fins placed along ride circuit. Each ride will be different depending on weight distribution. You can see in image below an example of an off-the-shelf design that S&S offers. Source: S&S Website "Spin-Inducing" fins go through devices shown

"Comfortability"? That's a new one on me. There are plenty of quick-serve options at the Magic Kingdom. They're not hard to find. Not to mention some of said quick-service options are as good, if not better than some full service options. Just my .02...

Well the more you know..... Xcelerator's PLC Panelview is located in the PLC room down by the queue so the operator panels only have a trouble light on them to alert the operators that maintenance needs to be called and then the maintenance personnel will determine what exactly pissed the PLC off by looking at the fault code/description on the Panelview. Any other questions, let me know.

^LOL! A lot of rides have trouble lights.

That is correct. Xcelerator was the 1st Intamin "Accelerator" coaster. First hydraulic launch! You're correct. Yes it is. How'd you guess?

That is correct. Xcelerator was the 1st Intamin "Accelerator" coaster.

Personally we just like to mix it up a little. Sometimes at Cedar Point it's nice to take a break from long lines and ride a major ride without dedicating to much time to it. Even with Fastlane Plus Maverick can pull a 45 minute line. We like to mix in some rides like Skyhawk, Power Tower, Gemeni and Mean Streak sometimes since they're solid rides with short waits and just take a quick break from lines. We used to do that with Corkscrew too but lately I just find that thing unbearable. True. Last time I went to CP, TTD, MF, Maverick, etc were all pulling 75min+ wait times while Power Tower was a 5min wait.

Phobia will be an instant success. Thanks for the updates. Forgot this was going to be a Premier for a split second. Thought it was a Maurer-Sohne.

They take about 2 hours to assemble. What's to delay?

Having potholes the size of the Grand Canyon in the parking lot puts visitors at risk of injury and tires in danger of being damaged. This! This. Right. Here. Meanwhile, In the SFGAdv parking lot...... I'm just glad we opted for the insurance on the minivan we rented.

My XC operating days were filled with watching the trains stall on the top hat for 10-15 seconds. My favorite thing to do was launch a train that had been sitting in the waiting block during a downpour. Watching all of the water dump out of the train is fantastic.

^Ha! I think it was built, tested, and had a media day all within a 1 week period.