dylanreich

Apparently that's the latest. They're just waiting for the chain to get there.

Clearly you have no idea how much money it costs to keep a ride like Indiana Jones and all its effects working up to Disney's show standards. There comes a point when it just doesn't make sense to keep filling the money pit. As for the old, tired argument that Disneyland hasn't had a "new" E-ticket in 20 years, what you're saying is you'd like to have a couple new rides while all the treasured classics like Matterhorn, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Small World, Peter Pan, etc who've all gone through extensive expensive lengthy refurbishments in that time go completely to rot, right? And I guess we should just completely ignore all that awesome improvement done across the Esplanade with BV St, Cars Land, Mermaid, Midway Mania, Tower of Terror, and everything else simply because it wasn't built within Walt's berm. None of that improved any bit of one's day at Disneyland. Nope, not at all. I just don't understand this sense of entitlement some people have... I think you summed it up in your first sentence. They didn't want to keep spending on it so they lowered their show standards. I don't think BelizeIt does and I don't have a sense of entitlement, I just decided not to lower my expectations in line with Disney's. I love Disneyland. That's why I go a few times a week. That doesn't mean I should give them a free pass when it comes to removing a big effect on one of the biggest E-tickets in the park.

ABC as well. abc7.com/news/10-year-old-girls-death-was-from-natural-causes-not-from-six-flags-roller-coaster-accident/787987/

My personal preference would be to have both! Haha. To me the projections by themselves don't cut it and don't give any allusion that you're actually going down a different path. I wonder if they just didn't want to keep spending money on the upkeep to keep it running consistently. If that's the case it's a disappointment because they did it for 20 years, why stop now?

Does anyone know if they have permanently stopped using the door effect on Indiana Jones?

IMHO they need to shut down Revolution and give it new trains and whatever else a big refurbishment would consist of. The roughness and restrains have given countless people headaches, someone has had their ear torn open, and at the very least it doesn't look good that someone died on the ride. *Obviously* there's no evidence pinning the death to the ride. At the same time, I think the fact that unless you go into the ride knowing you're going to need to ride it "a certain way" to avoid getting banged around (and most of the GP don't) means it's time to make some changes.

I can only imagine how that went... 1st drop: What a nice of view of X2! 2nd drop: What a nice view of Superman! 3rd drop: What a nice view of Batman! I'm going to ride again so I can look at something else from 400 feet up in the air for just a few seconds!

If it's a Saturday holiday weekend, a big event day such as Key Club Day, or something really crazy, or if you're Dan Bilzerian, then buy it ahead of time. In all other cases, wait till you get to the park to see if it's busy. Whatever you do, stay away from Key Club day.

Assuming human error was the cause, could the ride operator/engineer face legal charges?

Isn't that protocol on every ride? Also, when I went and it broke down while we were in line and waited another hour, one train was stuck at the bottom of the green lift. So that seems to be a problem point so far for the ride.

Skull Mountain at SFGAdv.

You should use single rider lines whenever possible. You will not be able to ride with your girlfriend, but that is no big deal because the rides only last a couple minutes. Isn't the whole point to ride with your girlfriend?

I know SFMM does not do a good job managing or maintaining their rides. With that being said, in all seriousness, isn't it possible that TC is just having some growing pains as RMC hasn't made a coaster like this before (and SFMM hasn't run one like this before), and that it will take some time for it to consistently be operational and racing? I just think it's a bit early to start bashing the park when we don't know the full story.

Hey I found one of those people the news media interviews in those way overblown all coasters are death traps stories. LOL!

I agree. My girlfriend and I rode it with our hands up and it was painful and made us sore. We will never ride it again. Shorter lines for the rest of us. How is SF "broken"? And there's no safety hazard...

That's depressing to hear. I wish they just went with a B&M Hyper. Legend has it, MM wanted B&M for Goliath but B&M was reluctant to build coasters that high at the time.

That's depressing to hear. I wish they just went with a B&M Hyper.

(the dole whips suck) You don't know what you're talking about.

Agreed When I rode in 2012, it was up there with El Toro and Phoenix for me. BUT, having ridden Apocalypse yesterday, that ride is far from what it was a few years ago. Still solid airtime as it flies through the course, but it's taken a beating. Pretty rough.

If that's the case, do you mind quoting it so we don't have to go searching? Regarding Revolution, I know a popular SFMM blogger had his ear torn while riding it last week, not sure if that has something to do with it being closed. Maybe it's at that point where they're running into potential lawsuits by keeping it open and will be forced to get new trains.

I was told last night that the single rider line would open up in about 2 weeks.

Rode TC for the first time tonight. All I can say is that it is AMAZING. Got in line at 7:40, ride broke down around 8:15, although the park closed at 8 they gave guests the option to go ride X2 or Tatsu, which is pretty cool. Really, cool for me because I moved up to one train behind the front of line. The team members said they would give up around 9:15, and luckily they got the ride working again at 9:20! One of the trains had been stuck at the base of the green lift hill. They had issues getting it going again.

^Well said.

Thanks, I'll go check them out. I doubt it'll ever happen, but maybe the park could handle attendance for the 24 hour events by registering online ahead of the event. Registration would be linked to your ticket.

^They specifically said single-rider line on all rides, not moving ahead of people near the front of the line. I don't think that's what they meant, as most of the rides do not have groupers. They also mentioned Goliath, which does not use groupers.