pkdcoaster Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--rollercoasterstuc0623jun23,0,421163.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia I do not understand this at all, Seems to me Volcano had a rollback and they could not re-fire it, One Guy claims to have a cut above his eye (how would the ride do this?) and another kids leg fell asleep so......rush them to the hospital ASAP and await a letter from their lawyer. must be a slow news day. JEFF
KrakenKing Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Man, people are idiots. "OMG! The ride slowly stopped and I got a cut eye! AHHH!" ... wow ...
arrowfanman Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Thats bogus! I mean, c'mon! Volcano doesn't have the tallest inversion! -Jahan
SLUSHIE Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Sounds like they were hurt in the evac, not on the ride itself. The article stated that it opened with the tallest inversion.
steel Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 ^Unless it opened before Viper at SFMM, that's incorrect.
viking86 Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Actually it IS correct! The first inversion on Viper is 144ft tall, while the first inversion on Volcano is 155ft tall according to RCDB. Besides, Viper's first inversion is just a small loop way up in the air.
ShannonSomerville Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 I just hope that they can figure out what happened.
pkdcoaster Posted June 24, 2006 Author Posted June 24, 2006 Yes Viking86 you are correct Volcano still has the tallest/highest inversion unless somebody can find a higher one than 155ft. back to topic...reading the article again it does not even say the ride launched...even more crazy I always thought it was odd that they never had an evac. platform under the first part of the runway. How much do you wanna bet there will be one at the begining of 2007 now.....2 hours geez. JEFF
ECZenith Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 A scratch and a sleeping leg is reason enough to go to the hospital now? I guess Cedar Fair will be bubble-wrapping their evac platforms soon...
mforce79 Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 If it took 2 hours to evac, there's no way that train was near the station. It wouldn't take that long. Sounds like the story is missing some pieces as usual.
pkdcoaster Posted June 24, 2006 Author Posted June 24, 2006 If it took 2 hours to evac, there's no way that train was near the station. It wouldn't take that long. Sounds like the story is missing some pieces as usual. I would assume it would take a long time to evacuate from there, just because of the difficulty getting a lift machine in there to get people out of the seats. I notice there are metal rails lining the footers maybe they can put a portable platfrom across them but who knows. there is a platform in the mountain part of the launch runway....but that does not do them much good when the train stops at the begining of the launch area. JEFF
asr Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Yes Viking86 you are correct Volcano still has the tallest/highest inversion unless somebody can find a higher one than 155ft. back to topic...reading the article again it does not even say the ride launched...even more crazy I always thought it was odd that they never had an evac. platform under the first part of the runway. How much do you wanna bet there will be one at the begining of 2007 now.....2 hours geez. JEFF According to Coaster Net.com, Shiekra's Immelmann is 163 feet tall. RCDB says that it is 145 feet though. Does anyone know which is right? About the accident, I do think that they might not have told us everything. It doesn't make much sense that it took 2 hours to evacuate everyone when it had stopped just out of the station. Surely there must be friction wheels on the launch track incase something like this happened?
BeemerBoy Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 The coaster had just pulled away from the station when it rolled back, but not all the way to the platform, leaving the passengers stranded 12 feet above ground. - The Assoc. Press The only part that would fit that description is between the two launches, correct? I'm trying to jog my memory, but I can't think of anywhere else where you'd be about 12 feet above ground.
dougstanton Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 From the looks of that picture, they could have just jumped out of their seats . But oh wait, that may cause someone to put a little bit of pressure on the bottom of their feet causing an uncomfortable feeling for just under 2 seconds, they wouldn't want to have to call another ambulance.
mforce79 Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 I would assume it would take a long time to evacuate from there, just because of the difficulty getting a lift machine in there to get people out of the seats. I notice there are metal rails lining the footers maybe they can put a portable platfrom across them but who knows. there is a platform in the mountain part of the launch runway....but that does not do them much good when the train stops at the begining of the launch area. JEFF That's a good picture because it shows about where the train *should* be evacuated from. If it's anywhere in the first launch section (even at the end) they're supposed to be able to back the train up to that spot, then use a bridge that connects between the 2 metal rails rails to unload each row. On average it takes about 15-20 minutes. It seems like in this situation they simply weren't able to move the train back and they had to evacuate somewhere near the mid-point or end of the launch tunnel which is where the train ends up after a typical rollback. Of course I don't know anything about this specific situation, so that's just my guess.
DerekRx Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Wow, yeah, roller coasters are dangerous. Tear them all down, especially Volcano! I bet the Smurfs never hurt anyone!
coasterfreak101 Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 That's weird that they say it happened on Friday. The same thing happened to a train on Thursday of last week, the train stopped right at the beginning of the launch track. I'm not sure how long it was stuck, but it was there for at least a few minutes. I have a picture!!! Anyways, on topic, how does this cuase a cut above the eye? I'm confused... --Tyler
pkdcoaster Posted June 24, 2006 Author Posted June 24, 2006 http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/062006/06242006/201740 another article with a little more detail...still nothing saying what actually happened...but this article says it did launch. another article http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149188714311 JEFF
pierced_b0i Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 A kid complained because he had trouble putting pressure on his foot?! Thats rediculous! What next *I have severe nerve injury from sitting there for to long*
Jon Sabo Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 This sounds like another person wanting some "pain and suffering" money from the park..lol I can only assume if the person had facial injuries that he/she had glasses and the force of the (failed) launch and rollback perhaps was a partial cause. I contacted Susie Story over at PKD and she was at another meeting and will return the call when she gets back. Perhaps I could get a mini-interview and post any additional comments/information on here. She is one of the nice® PR spokespersons at PKD. Don't email them from the website or anything because they generally do not answer them in this instance (and they even posted a note about it on the website last year-due to floods of emails). Good pickup on the story PKDcoaster~!
viking86 Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Two people were injured yesterday in a roller-coaster accident at Paramount's Kings Dominion that left some passengers sitting on the ride for more than two hours. You just gotta love the stuff that the news sites write! A rollercoaster accident???
TheGreatOne Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Yes Viking86 you are correct Volcano still has the tallest/highest inversion unless somebody can find a higher one than 155ft. JEFF Correct. Also, Sky Wheel at Skyline Park and X Coaster at Magic Springs also top Viper at 150' 11" with in-line twists.
Jon Sabo Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 The passengers "sitting" on the ride were waiting for some goodies shipped over from KBF in Cali! Whooo fried chicken
cfc Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 Wow, yeah, roller coasters are dangerous. Tear them all down, especially Volcano! I bet the Smurfs never hurt anyone! Personally, I blame the little blue bastards. There must be some bitterness from when they were booted off the mountain. This is a case of smurfitage, I think. Or perhaps of evil spirits from the old Haunted River.
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