Mr.Six Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Trust me, they have been brought up. Cell phones would still be a slow response method to any security issue. Not to mention it would be the talk of the town if someone snapped a photo on here of a cell phone being used. Keep in mind leads look exactly like ride operators. Nothing would beat a quick acting radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawrtotheargh Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 ^ Yeah it would be nice if leads could dress slightly different. Like a style in between a supervisor and ride op. However, I have seen some leads dress in nice clothing like the sups do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Six Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I always suggested the dark green polo shirts for the leads. Nothing fancy, but it does single them out. But dressing all fancy won't help you if you still don't have any means of communication! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scream162 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Even Leads at DL at KBF get radios. In fact, the radios at DL are basically Motorola/Nextel radios that can send and receive text messages. It'd be great to see SFMM's ride leads using radios but I doubt the park would be willing to spend the money for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexinla Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 They dont need to spent money on these systems, just make a deal with Motorola/Nextel, put some posters up with a catchy tagline like" Official Magic Mountain Service Provider" and that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Like a style in between a supervisor and ride op. However, I have seen some leads dress in nice clothing like the sups do. I think Magic runs it like GADV where the rides manager (who is a working lead, but also one step above a regular lead) dresses in business casual now. Considering the manager is still working a position and does not have a radio I think the only reason they have them dress differently is so when theres an angry guest someone with a tie is there to talk to them when they demand a supervisor and they dont have to phone for one. That being said many SF parks still dont have a rides manager position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAL Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I am looking for track layouts of flashback because my friend is building one in RCT3 and we can not find anything of it. Here are a couple photos linked in from other sites. Just looking at them makes my neck hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthmario Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Thought I'd share this little gem. My bud Chloe and I have a tradition of ending up with on-ride photos featuring our gleeful faces and absolute terror happening around us. I felt so bad for the little guy behind us. Now, it's not caught in the photo, but we were in extra high spirits in the photo because the woman in front of us had her hair weave fly off at this exact moment. She was able to catch it... there's nothing funnier than seeing someone go through the helix trying to keep the remnants of their $25 hair weave in their hand. She dide handle it well... mock outrage, but you could tell she couldn't wait to tell others that the ride was so insane that it pulled out her weave. Aw the poor kid is in terror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upfront Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I was doing a project on roller coasters from the 1970's, and found this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolliger&Mabillard Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 ^Airtime of death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethans_dad06 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 ^^man that looks intense! I don't think I've ever seen a picture of the "double dip" on colossus. My dad tells me stories of how intense that was when he rode it, he always would refer to the pack of smokes that flew out of his shirt pocket on the double dip LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UberBeavis Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Too bad that picture doesn't have the 1970s trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upfront Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 ^ I looked for those picture yet couldn't find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMountainMan Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 That double down is a thing of beauty. It makes me wish that I was around to ride it in its heyday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 So now that we know in 2010 SFMM will have 17 coasters does that mean those insane SFMM vs CP flame wars from 01-03 will start up again? Those were some good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolliger&Mabillard Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 ^Only if CP one-ups them with an 18th coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawrtotheargh Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 ^^ Those were good times. Maybe MM is also getting one in 2011 for the chains 50th. And then they would be even. Even is CP builds another. But I highly doubt that. It would be funny though if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Took a quick run out to SFMM for the evening. Rode in order: Ninja (20-minute wait, two-train operation) Gold Rusher (five-minute wait, two-train operation) Goliath (45-minute wait, three-train operation) Riddler's Revenge (15-minute wait, two-train operation) X2 was closed; so was the Sky Tower. Terminator is looking nice. I peeked into the hole in the fence right at the entrance and noticed some black metal cage-looking thing just past the bridge. Couldn't tell what it was, but thought it might be the first part of the pre-show. Made for a nice evening. I ran into Jahan and talked to him for a few minutes. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawrtotheargh Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 ^ Yeah I heard Goliath's crew was having a rough day today. Was it really windy today up there? Down here the winds were pretty much non existent. I was so surprised that sky tower was open when I went on Wednesday. Its been closed like everytime i've been there this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 It was windy, but not too bad. My guess is that's why the Sky Tower was closed, and one person said the wind is what closed X2 as well. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawrtotheargh Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Yeah its the wind. We've been having such weird weather. X has been open till around noon everytime I go. And Sky Tower never opens up. Was Superman running? Cause I heard it was down for a couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 ^ Superman was closed. I never heard one car run; of course, how can you miss that anywhere in the park? Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawrtotheargh Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 ^By X2 you really can't hear it. But you can see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethans_dad06 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Yea the weather has been a bit strange this year, the winds have stuck around longer than usual this year. So does X2 shut down in wind because of the threat of valleying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X2coasterfreak Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Yea with the high winds the are scared of a rollback. I heard a guy there say if it rolled back they would never get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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