Rain

[exeunt_omnes]

I am wondering if anybody knows if parks usually operate their coasters in the rain or not? And specifically Coaster (at Playand in Vancouver) if anyone knows anything about it. I apologize if this had been covered already but I didn't see anything with a quick search.

 

Thanks

[Calvin]

It depends on the park.

 

Parks that close when the clouds look "angry":

-Knott's

 

Parks that only close when fifty feet of snow is falling from the clouds every three minutes:

-Any Japanese park

[IceDragon]

in England, a bit of rain will close violent coasters (ie Crokscrew, Rita, Oblivion at Alton Towers) purely because they go too fast and rain is painful at speeds.

 

Thorpe Park dont close their Rollercoasters unless there's a thunderstorm

[yankees15]

I know Dorney only closes their rides if it is poring or if it’s thundering.

[ScottBrown]

It all depends on the park and how rain may effect the ride - From what I have seen most rides that have drive tires close and in some cases coasters with exposed brakes will either drop down to a single train or close

[asr]

All accelators close in even a light rain. Once I saw TTD close during a very light drizzle, or perhaps it was stormclouds. I forget. The only other thing I know is that Thunderbolt at SFNE will run in light rain.

[YoshiFan]

I know Dorney only closes their rides if it is poring or if it’s thundering.

 

And they still run Music Express and The Whip in a thunderstorm (except for when the power went out this summer while I was on the Whip) which was surprising since I would think every ride would haev been closed in a thunderstorm

[Satoshi]

you can get all rides on when rainin' cat and dogs in Yomiuri

but was kinda like you've got lots of pain in the whole body!

like lots of tacks keep stingin' you.....

[viking86]

The only park I have been to in the rain is Tusenfryd. It was only light rain so all rides were open. They even ran both trains on Speedmonster and Thundercoaster, with both rides being near walk-on. Nothing beats having Supersplash to ourselfes in the rain though