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I'm headed to Dollywood tomorrow with the family. We planned on Sat but it's going to be rainy so we opted for Friday instead. Really hoping Lightening Rod pulls through for us!! If not, still going to be a blast as always.

Sweet - can't wait! Thanks

Hello coaster friends I'm visiting Busch Gardens Tampa and Sea World Orlando from Oct 18 - 21st. Does anyone know how the crowds usually are this time of year for both parks? For BGT, I'm sure the Halloween night time event will be busy - interested in knowing about the daytime crowds. Many thanks in advance!!

Hello coaster friends I'm visiting Busch Gardens Tampa and Sea World Orlando from Oct 18 - 21st. Does anyone know how the crowds usually are this time of year for both parks? For BGT, I'm sure the Halloween night time event will be busy - interested in knowing about the daytime crowds. Many thanks in advance!!

^^ There were people in them! The train in front finally just went

Theres two trains that have been sitting at the top Valravn's lift for a while... hard to tell if there's people in them though. Hopefully people aren't stuck up there.

Excited to find out if they'll do any drastic layout changes or mirror the old.

Ughhh I can't wait to ride this in the summer!! Coming for you SWO and BGT!!!

I have to admit, I think the fan made NL2 POV is MUCH better than the official...

Python, Busch Gardens Tampa

It wouldn't be a real forum if it wasn't visited by a troll every now and then - I'm gonna choose to stop feeding them though - it only makes them hungrier

Wow! What a Negative Nancy you are! This will not be "the worst coaster at any Busch Park" by a long shot. I think you might be "the most ungrateful guest at any Busch Park" though...

Exactly - kinda shakes up the faith we put into safety measures, that nothings going to go wrong. Hope all the injured are OK.

If you have to have a disclosure for your ride, that you might die if you "don't jump far enough" then the ride shouldn't be in existence and certainly doesn't belong at a fair. She wasnt on a BASE jumping excursion for goodness sake (where great risk is implied), she was at a FAIR!! Come on guys - the insensitivity in here is palpable..

I think that lack of failsafe is exactly what is wrong with the ride itself. There are ways to design the apparatus so that this failsafe is there. Freaking out is part of using amusement attractions. There is stress involved, especially among people not used to traveling all over for different rides and thrills. You can't expect everyone to behave in perfectly rational ways when under such stress. People bite off more than they can chew on rides all the time, or get egged on to ride by friend/family. It's the job the ride design to take this into account and make the experience safe. The device should not allow a person who suddenly becomes freaked out to accidently kill themselves. I completely agree with everything you stated in your post. With a ride like this, you HAVE to anticipate that someone might get scared/panicked at the last minute and resist the jump. This is a natural human fear response. This woman did not have to die if this ride was built properly to account for this. Total fail on the ride manufactures part - no question about that in my mind.