CedarFlags

New one... With the opening of Siren's Curse this month, Cedar Point will have five (5) coasters with vertical (or more) drops. Any other park have 5 or more vertical drop coasters?

Some drama in parade land... TL:DR - some specialty costumes weren't finished in time for the reopening of Paint The Night, so the performers' gridded shifts were canceled until further notice with no option to switch to any other position. Someone made an anon Instagram account to call out the management who made the decision and less than 24 hours later, the account is gone. For those who may not be familiar... having a "gridded day" as a Disney performer means for the length of this show run, you are basically guaranteed to work those days (typically 3-4 specific days per week). It's a big deal for the performers because it's consistent guaranteed work that they can plan the rest of their life around. And they turn down other work to stay available for their gridded days. And Disney is notorious for wanting to keep "consistency" in their experience, which in the past has translated to "if it's not ready by opening day, we're cutting it forever" (see Frozen 2016). Out in the real world, It would be like showing up to an office job and your boss says "we weren't able to get a new computer for you to use yet, so we're gonna send you home without pay until it shows up. Unless we decide in a week that we've gotten used to not having you so we're not going to bother anymore."

Does anyone know how enclosing the lift on ZZ is supposed to "enhance operational efficiency"?

Crazy how we're coming up on the 1 year anniversary of this announcement and basically nothing has happened.

Yet another massive fire has broken out in LA County today, and this one is only a few miles away in Castaic. Currently the evacuation warning zone extends up to the property line of the park. This is going to really impact park employees, please consider helping or donating however you can.

Love the switch to Chupacabra. Goliath never made sense as a name for that ride, and Chupacabra fits the theme of the area inside the park and the culture of the area of the park itself.

Random thing I've noticed on my handful of trips to Disneyland this year. It seems like some attractions have too many vehicles on the track and I don't understand what the point of it is. The ones I really noticed were: Runaway Railway - Each time I rode it, we double-stacked in the picnic room behind a train that was also waiting to get into the unload platform. Pirates - Boats are constantly clogging up both before and after the lift hill. Lats visit it was so bad that we got stopped before the jail cell scene. Indy - We got stopped inside the boulder room, and then again at the final animatronic. Totally killed the finale. So... what's the deal? I understand not wanting to lose capacity, but when you are double/triple stacking vehicles (or more), there's obviously no benefit to rider throughput. It just screws with the on ride experience.

Not to be too pedantic about it, but Jinma has four tilt coasters operating in China right now and Vekoma already finished building Iron Rattler in Qiddiya. Plus Winja's at Phantasialand and Gringott's at Universal Orlando both have tilt sections.

I'm sure it'll be a great time overall, but i-Rat is one of the big RMCs that people become obsessed with, so I really don't wanna miss it. And I care about Goliath because it's a historical credit (former SF New Orleans), and I've never been on one of the right-turning mirror image B:TR clones.

Man I really hope that Goliath AND I-Rat aren't down in 3 weeks when I go for my first time...

Website still shows IRat as down for "enhancements in progress". What do we think the odds are that it's back in action by next month?

Anyone checked on the progress for Fright Fest yet? What do we think the odds are that all the advertised attractions are actually going to open on time this year? Or, more realistically... just how late do we think they'll be?

Closing the GR line early has happened before, but it's VERY rare. It runs long into the night most weekends. Rope dropping the boardwalk area will get you some good time on Xcel + Hangtime, which are both pretty low capacity. Hangtime is fun in the morning because the hangtime in the inversions is the strongest. Ghostrider's position at the main entrance means the line is long all day, and it gets another rush of people just before closing as everyone hops in line for one last ride on their way out.

It's not you, it's a really bad design The train forces your feet apart, but the restraint forces your thighs together... which is such an unnatural position to be in. If the restraint allowed you to open up your thighs/knees more, it wouldn't be a problem for most people.

I still haven't had a free weekend to head up there and check out the DC Heroes and Villains event. Anyone have anything to share about it?