cfc Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 ^Man, the TPR East Coast Tour is the Kiss of Death! Griffon broke it's lift-hill chain last week (supposed to be up and running again by Monday, Aug. 4). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 yeah they were working on it tuesday when I was there. I was kinda let down since I really wanted to experience it but oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Man, God even hates coasters in New Jersey. That state can't get a break... -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 It better be ready when we go for the East Coast Trip. I've been on it a bunch of times but I was looking forward to the hour of ERT we are getting on it. Oh yeah I was there on Monday & Nitro broke down & never reopened as well as Kingda Ka, but that was only down for awhile. I am not happy with GADV right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Obviously we knew about this and contacted SFGAd...they won't say it, but the ride will be up by early next week, and we're not there over 10 days so not worried one bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Obviously we knew about this and contacted SFGAd...they won't say it, but the ride will be up by early next week, and we're not there over 10 days so not worried one bit! What a relief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttd rox Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Well that stinks and I'm glad it didn't catch fire either. That would have been terrible! I hope it gets back up tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 CF's own Jerry (East Coast(er) General) decided to investigate the scene First off, no offense to CF's "East Coaster General" but I'm not going to take some forum guy's hersay information as any kind of factual infomation. I can tell you that in my experience WORKING at parks, that sometimes the head engineer may not have the correct answer you're looking for. How about using some common sense? El Toro is the #1 ride in that park and the #2 wood coaster in the world (even though it should be #1). I have seen first hand that a wood coaster that has been struck by lightning can re-open THE VERY NEXT DAY. I would have to assume that Six Flags would be doing everything they can to get it open. For those of you on the East Coast Tour, please keep up with the trip forum. We have a call into SFGadv and we will update you as soon as we hear something, but I will be the first to tell you that if the ride is not open, there isn't really much we can do about it, so please don't be upset or roll your eyes at Elissa or I. --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haux Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I wonder if they'll put some sort of ground on the lift hill now so another strike doesn't wipe out the whole thing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalize Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I really hope its open in time for everyone going on the TPR trip, but as long as its open in 2 weeks when I drive up there I'll be extremely happy. I had a bad enough trip up there last season, I would hate to have my favorite coaster down for the day again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dammie16@vt.edu Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 ::Rolls eyes:: lol j/k I'm not even on the trip. I wanted to get this credited so bad before I started summer work here in SC but with a 2 week time period and no car it didn't happen. Oh well maybe next year El Toro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast(er) General Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 First off, no offense to CF's "East Coaster General" but I'm not going to take some forum guy's hersay information as any kind of factual infomation. Rob, No offense taken, I was only trying to pass along what I had heard & never claimed it to be factual. I found out today that the gentleman that gave me the information I posted on CF was not a ride engineer (that was the term I used to differentiate him from ride operations staff), but part of the ride maintenance team (the guys that actually do the work on the coasters). As you know all too well, the park will not give out any information other than saying that rides are closed from time to time for maintenance, that is why I tried to find out more. It was never my intention to cause a stir, rather just to inform people who were thinking of going to the park that the coaster is closed for an unknown period of time. Today I did find out that El Toro is still closed, but I also got 'official' confirmation that the park hopes to have it opened by the weekend. I will be attending Saturday's Rise & Scream, so hopefully El Toro will be back up and running for the event. Even if it is not open by the weekend, I am sure they will have it fixed long before the TPR event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 ^ I do appreciate you telling us what you know. Just want to make sure people understand that in cases like this no one person really knows for sure how long something will take. And if anything, I think it was more how VerticalZero quoted you and the topic title that created the stir. I've been in touch with the park as well and without really getting anyone's hopes up one way or the other, they don't seem that worried about it which make me not that worried about it. But that's all I say.... --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dammie16@vt.edu Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 If it was down for the trip, and people said the trip was ruined by not riding it then they would be greatly under-appreciating the work of you and Elissa. I doubt anybody would say that but you never know, since it is the supposed (I say supposed since I haven't ridden) #1/#2 woodie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyChrist Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 There is no need to worry about El Toro being down for much longer. I was informed today by one of the higher-ups in rides that the ride should be operational this weekend, if not tomorrow. It just needed some parts to get replaced after a severe thunderstorm blew through the area. Everybody happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillgeek Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Good to here it's close to reopening. I was getting worried for all of you going on the east coast trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast(er) General Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 El Toro remains closed today (Friday), but they still say that they are hoping to have it open for the weekend. I will be attending Rise & Scream tomorrow (Saturday), so I'll post an update after the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Well that stinks and I'm glad it didn't catch fire either. That would have been terrible! I hope it gets back up tomorrow. I would think that every coaster at Great Adventure is grounded very well, they're not going to catch fire. It is kind of funny though that people are saying "x coaster was hit by lightning and it took this long to fix". When something is hit by lightning it's very random what components it takes out and what components it doesn't. Even if you surge protect them, if it hits the component itself or anything after the surge protection box it might blow out anyway. I'm sure no 2 lightning - coaster incidents are alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Davidson Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Just got a call; Toro is testing right now, and staff are stating it will be operating tomorrow for Rise and Scream as planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast(er) General Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I am happy to report that El Toro is back to normal operations. Today's Rise & Scream event featured ERT on Kingda Ka, Medusa, Rolling Thunder & the Wild Bull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankees15 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 ^That is great to hear! I should be heading out there the 12th or the 13th. I'm just wondering, I have been hearing El Toro is getting rougher. Is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Good to hear it's back up for the folks on the East Coast trip to ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast(er) General Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 ^Yeah. ERT on El Toro is going to be awesome! We got 8 rides in a row without having to leave the train this morning & it was in-f*cking-credible! ^That is great to hear! I should be heading out there the 12th or the 13th. I'm just wondering, I have been hearing El Toro is getting rougher. Is that true? No, that's not true. It seems to give a bigger jolt as the train moves onto the lift hill (perhaps due to the new cable), but that's the only difference I noticed. Like Maverick, you have to anticipate the turns on El Toro or you might get roughed up a little, but not any more than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautWithAltitude Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I´m happy to hear El Toro is up and running again (though I´d be much happier to see it burned to ashes so we could build a new one ). Like I can interpret all those rumors, lightning has struck somewhere top of the ride and made it down to the station including the very brains of El Toro, so the lift cable had to be exchanged. Well, aren´t we all happy Six Flags take all they can to ensure safe operation again? So there´s a lightning rod next to El Toro. As someone said before, lightning is a son of a beach. Since normal roller coasters are not advanced enough to operate radio transmitting sensors, stuff like that could happen again, where the current goes all the way down. SF took all precaution necessary to get the ride back within less than a week, being sure noone will have to mourn or sue anyone. That´s pretty quick, ain´t it? Legal department must have been sweating a little, more so the technicians and buying department, to get all the -possibly- broken parts like lift hill cable and random stuff ready to go. Good work, I´d like to see that on a lot of other coasters too, or have they already paid off? Norman "happy and not so" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_e219 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 This happened at Conneaut Lake Park in 2006 when lightning struck the top of the lift hill and the curant traveled down the chain and ruined the lift moter. They had it operating again in less than a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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