dylanreich

I happened to be right in my email right when the re-scheduled dates were available for the extra ride time, and it wouldn't be SFMM without them forgetting to clear the old data for the form submissions (so it told me my annual pass number had already been used). I emailed and got a quick response saying they had their programmer clear the data now. I selected and received next Tuesday.

^I'm sure the park thought of that. This isn't your standard drop tower where you're building a new structure and can do whatever you want. I'm sure the park did what was the most feasible option.

It was confirmed by someone earlier that both sides rise (including leaving the station) at the same time, but drop independently. Park said it at WCB. IDK who else has read the latest update on The Coaster Guy, but the park has made some modifications to the gondolas, mainly an overhead piece that looks pretty cool. The rest of the update also sheds some more light on what the park's been doing with this extra week... And ACE members will be doing the first rides starting at 5AM on Media Day so that it will be ready. Maybe SFMM has the mindset of, "well, if anything happens, it's ACE members and not TPR members?"

They go up together, but can/will? go down independently.

All I read was:

You would be able to go back to before the Ice Queen was in power.

True, it might sense to announce it after, rather than before. I was just trying to relate to what they had previously planned.

It would seem that the announcement was moved along with the delay for LL:DOD, no? Wasn't the announcement originally planed to occur before LL:DOD? It would make sense (IMO) to announce Full Throttle right before Media Day if possible to add to the media frenzy.

Disappointing compared to what?

According to the LA Times it is suppose to happen around July 4 (next week)!! Makes sense. I remember earlier rumors that they would announce Full Throttle around July 4. It would also give them another opportunity to push the new opening date of Lex Luthor.

Yep, seems like they hoped people would forget about the announcement... I'm guessing most people did, but obviously not enthusiasts (I say this because they haven't mentioned announcing anything in a while).

Not sure how you can make a blanket statement that the delay is due to a sudden mechanical problem (because that is what it sounds like you are implying). I had posted earlier that someone on FB (yea, tons of credibility there...) claimed that they had very recently (abruptly?) halted testing and that employees were "very puzzled." I think that this is all a mute point though, no matter what conflicting opinions anyone has...

Assuming there is WCB at SFMM. I know a lot of people weren't too happy after this year's WCB at the park. But if there is WCB, ERT on this would be quite amazing. (I would assume with S:EFK as well.)

i forgot they were going (or are) to announce something BIG tomorrow... Perhaps its what is going in Log Jammers spot! And make people forget about Lex Luthor's delay, at least for a little while... I'd be surprised that it's Full Throttle or whatever is it. Their FB hasn't mentioned tomorrow's announcement at all in the past few days... So yea.

This discussion is pretty much dead now, but for those interested, I'm sure Magic Mountain's own high-quality picture shows the maximum height of Lex Luthor...

"Wow- we bought tickets and have hotel reservations. Huge disappointment." Ouch. I'm more interested in what caused the postponement than angry that the opening is delayed. As ^^^ said, better be safe than sorry... ^Don't act like you're surprised!

Disappointed. I know we all expected delays but it appeared that they were on schedule. Maybe the ride just needed more testing and fine-tuning. EDIT: To add to that, maybe it was a last-minute decision? I know this isn't a reputable source at all, but here's what someone commented on SFMM's post on FB: "Yeah I noticed today that it wasn't testing. Yesturday it looked great, but this morning I watched them do a fail-safe drop (bassically if something happens, it lowers it down instead of dropping) that was the last test I saw all day, when I got off work there were a ton of puzzled workers. Oh well it is going to be worth it." And just yesterday SFMM was boasting about Thursday's Media Day and Saturday's Opening Day...

This was posted a few pages ago. Has the park sent out all of the media invites?

Let's forget the numbers for a moment here because only SFMM knows how tall the actual drop distance is. Now, would SFMM, who loves to boast and advertise about all of their records, open this and not have it be the tallest? Doesn't "The Giant Drop" also not fall from the very top?

I just signed up for Friday. Is this supposed to be a single ride, or just whatever we can get in during the time period? I selected Friday because the time block is the largest.

And now we know where the breaks start! Looks like some pretty abrupt breaking though.

More like 10-15 feet than 50 feet. Are you serious???

Did you watch until the end of the video? It seems pretty obvious from the footage in the last 10-15 seconds of the video that it's right near the top...

I still don't think that it's been long enough to make statements about how the crowd flow has affected Disneyland. The line for Star Tours has been between 15-40 minutes (usually around 20) the last few times I've been in the park (before Cars Land opened), including just last week when it was 30 minutes on a PACKED day (120+ on Indy, etc.). I think closer to the end of July we'll have a clear picture on the effect of DCA on Disneyland. Glad to hear Cars Land has been a success though.

That footage at the end there... Wow. Can't wait for Saturday!