The "fit" of PTC trains

[KenniB]

So this may be hard to answer for most people, especially you thinner folk, cause it's not something you usually have to think about.

 

I'm wondering how the PTC trains on newer coasters like The Voyage and Ravine Flyer II are in comparison to older coasters like Mean Streak.

 

Here's why; I've lost 170 pounds over the last three years and was finally able to fit in roller coasters again this summer. So now I'm looking to make up for lost time! It had been since the summer of 1991 that I was last able to fit into a coaster.

 

It was tight getting into Mean Streak and Blue Streak at Cedar Point so I'm wondering if the trains fit exactly the same or are the trains on the newer woodies a little smaller in the hip area and the way the lap bar/seat belt fits?

 

Thanks for your input!

 

Merry Christmas to all!

[mertz19]

I know the trains on gwazi that were manufactured in 1999 are about 12" wide per seat.

[larrygator]

^Where did you get this info?

 

The average person could not fit in a seat that size comfortably.

[gatorchomp83]

I'm pretty skinny with a 34" waist and I find fitting onto most PTCs uncomfortable. Gwazi, Voyage, Raven off the top of my head aren't the most comfortable seating arrangements.

[Simon Baynham]

Hi TPR readers

 

I suspect the width of roller coaster trains were originally determined on the basis of two average people sat side-by-side.

 

The addition of seat dividers in recent times has taken away the extra few centimetres, so that's probably why riders feel so cramped these days. So much for modernisation.

 

Simon Baynham

[astroworldfan1]

I had a hard time fitting in Boardwalk Bullet's trains. Not that i'm large around the waist, the trains just are not wide at all!

 

-Tatum

[Carnage]

I know the trains on gwazi that were manufactured in 1999 are about 12" wide per seat.

 

BS. My waist is about 16" wide. So if that was true I wouldn't have fit in any PTC train.

[DBru]

I think mertz (jokingly) made an understatement.

[KDCOASTERFAN]

I know the trains on gwazi that were manufactured in 1999 are about 12" wide per seat.

 

Gwazi's trains are standard issue two bench PTC's with individual ratcheting lap bars so what makes them so special in comparison to MS's trains which are exactly the same?

[coolhandluke]

^He didn't say they were special. He was providing facts. Even though 1 foot wide doesn't sound right. Whatever.

 

I hate the fit of PTC trains, and I'm only 32" waist at 140 pounds. They are no fun to get in and out of. Almost as bad as Arrow suspended cars, IMO.

[kidcoaster 2]

Just use Robb's Clench Technic. It worked at the film shoot on the Comet at Waldameer.

[All Clear]

I seem to remember some of the newer PTC trains (Voyage, in particular) have open seat dividers. It's like a rectangle of padding with nothing in the middle, leaving a little more donkey room than the ones with solid dividers.

 

I have a 38" waist and a big ass and I fit on the Voyage just fine. And I thank God for that every time I think of it.

[mertz19]

12" Was just my guess. I'm just saying gwazi was a tight fit.

[restoca]

I seem to remember some of the newer PTC trains (Voyage, in particular) have open seat dividers. It's like a rectangle of padding with nothing in the middle, leaving a little more donkey room than the ones with solid dividers.

 

Boardwalk Bullet has this type as well.

[KenniB]

I seem to remember some of the newer PTC trains (Voyage, in particular) have open seat dividers. It's like a rectangle of padding with nothing in the middle, leaving a little more donkey room than the ones with solid dividers.

 

My friend Anthony just text me the same info. I'll probably be ok especially since I plan on losing more weight before I make my first Holiday World visit this coming Memorial Day for Holiwood Nights!!

 

Now how about comparisons between PTC trains and Millennium Flyers?! Now that I'm back in the riding community I discovered that I pass right by Kentucky Rumbler every time I visit my sister in Tennessee. Gotta stop and ride it if I'll fit!!

[All Clear]

I think cows can ride Millennium Flyers.

[KenniB]

I think cows can ride Millennium Flyers.

 

Anyone else have wisdom to add comparing PTC and MF trains, or does the above quote pretty much say it all?

 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

[STR8FXXXINEDGE]

MF trains to me, seem WAY more roomy than any PTC train that I have ever been on. Just watch out for the lap bar stapling you in more and more throughout the duration of the ride.

 

MF trains are my favorite of any of the trains out there (Of the trains that I have been on). I think they look amazing, and are very, very comfortable!

 

Congratulations on your weight loss, and Happy Holidays to you as well!

Maybe I'll see you at Holliwood Nights next year.

[Kalepi_Konei]

All I know is when I was big and round and had a 46" waist I BARELY fit into Gwazi. (well I fit, it was just the seatbelt I hada problem with. )

[ElToroExtreme]

Im 170 lbs and 34" waist and i find the ptcs to fit like a glove! altho you feel the train flexing! My favorite woodie trains are Intamins for the prefab jobs (El Toro, Balder), after those i would say the MF trains are the best for a standard woodie!