Intamin Rockets down?

[pkdcoaster]

Well reports of TTD, KK and Xcelerator being closed this weekend.

(any word on Storm Runner?)

 

Did some kind of Major malfunction happen on one of them to cause most of them to be closed?

 

anybody have any info?

 

I hope KK is running next weekend.

 

TIA, JEFF

[robbalvey]

Did some kind of Major malfunction happen on one of them to cause most of them to be closed?

Y2K

[Jew]

^I thought it was the pink slip virus.

[DarkStitch626]

Premier rides are all down..so I guess the Intamins caught a case of the bird flue!

[pkdcoaster]

Premier rides are all down..so I guess the Intamins caught a case of the bird flue!

 

Well IJ, FOF and Jokers Jinx are all open.

I think it is just the SF Premier Shuttles that are down (Chiller & Freeze's)

 

JEFF

[Top Thrill Dragster]

Xcelerator has been down since 8-20-06 due to catch car problems.

[DarkStitch626]

^^ I was keeping it in context because alot of premiers are down thats all.

[SharkTums]

Derek rode Storm Runner over the weekend.

 

Could it just be that the crappy park (knotts) didn't take care of theirs, and TTD and KK are always broken?

[FLIPDUDE]

Derek rode Storm Runner over the weekend.

 

Could it just be that the crappy park (knotts) didn't take care of theirs, and TTD and KK are always broken?

 

Watch your mouth! Knott's is buckets of fun!

But I do agree, TTD and KK break down like twice an hour. which is pretty impressive considering it takes two hours to repair it each time.

 

 

but seriously, one time I had to wait like 3-4 hours for KK while I was already standing in the station itself, because it kept breaking down! it broke down like 8 times that day

[rabid disney]

Superman down here runing as sexy as ever.

[gyjdnb]

have to say that Superman here in aus does seem to be the best behaved of the rockets. kanonen also seems to be pretty reliable (though not when the tpr tour was there)

 

stealth was down for a couple of weeks, but is back running consistently now. Rita is fairly good- dull ride, but works most of the time.

 

so the smaller rockets seems to be working best.

 

Looks like any 500 foot monsters might have to wait for a while.

[pvcoasterguy]

Well, the amount of stress that is put on a ride that goes 120 mph+ is enormous. The smaller rockets are obviously going to work better as less stress=less maintainence/downtime. Though, of course, some blame would have to be put on the parks.

 

I feel the rocket coaster system is only good for smaller rides at this point, until the technology becomes more reliable.

[Carnage]

kanonen also seems to be pretty reliable (though not when the tpr tour was there)

 

Kanonen ran just fine when we were there.

 

Speed Monster was the only rocket on the trip that had problems.

[gyjdnb]

^ ah yes my bad. All those scandanavian rockets look the same

[CoasterFanatic]

Speed Monster was the only rocket on the trip that had problems.

 

Yeah, but Stealth did catch a case of the "bird flew".

 

// glad it waited till we left before blowing up

[gyjdnb]

made quite a bang by all acounts. scared the crap out of the ride ops, not really surprising.

[deguy123]

I rode KK Friday night 9/8, must have went down after that.

[pkdcoaster]

Looks like only the Mega Rockets were affected by "something" or maybe one big coincidence

 

Thanks for everybodys input.

 

I hope KK is open next week for credits sake (OK 128mph sounds like fun)

 

JEFF

[saxman47]

yeah from what I've heard KK was running all night friday till 1am, then mysteriously sat and sun it was closed all day with no signs of any activity. They even closed off the whole Golden Kingdom area, which is not good.

 

anyway I hope it is up and running by the 23rd because I'll be at the park and I finally convinced my dad to come along and ride El Toro

 

and pkdcoaster I'm not sure if you've been to the park this year yet, but dare I say you may have a new favorite woody Make sure to take some good video, your 1999/2001 gadv video is one of my favorites!!

[RaptorBoyASU]

I read something about a TTD incident over the weekend, but couldn't find details. So that's prob just a rumor, but I've also heard all the mega rockets ared down.

[pkdcoaster]

and pkdcoaster I'm not sure if you've been to the park this year yet, but dare I say you may have a new favorite woody Make sure to take some good video, your 1999/2001 gadv video is one of my favorites!!

 

I have not been there since Oct. 2001, so there are a couple new things I need to try out Main goal is El Toro but it would be nice to ride KK as well. I love the Grtadv video as well but it is just my footage, my buddy Chris did a fantastic editing job on it.

 

If anybody goes this weekend (SFGAd) please update us on KK, thanks.

 

JEFF

[TPDave]

Stealth is by no means reliable at the moment, It's not been down for days on end in about a month, but it has it's 20 - 30 minute closures on a daily basis.

[Hercules]

Seriously though, is it really a surprise that they are down?

[jamesdillaman]

^ Um, Yes! TTD's been operating almost daily for a couple years. Sure it has it's downtime, but MF has been closed more this year than TTD has.

 

-James Dillaman

[Hercules]

Eh, I'm not surprised.

 

Almost daily eh? Didn't have an oil leak that had it down for a few weeks towards the end of the season last year?