AusCoasterFan Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Dreamworld's Cyclone is pretty bad... you spiral around the outside of the queue building (that used to be the exit) and after the train has come back from it's cycle the operator then walks a good 15m worth of useless tunnels to where your standing. You then walk through to the station and stand behind 1 of 6 doors for another minute or so before they open the doors to load the trains. The total time is generally around 10 minutes between dispatches. It's just so inefficient, hot and stuffy especially in the Australian summer. Such a useless design! Agreed. It's terrible. For the amount of space that stupid cylindrical tower takes up, you'd think they would have solved the exit path intersecting the entrance path farce. The operators are slow also and make a bad situation even worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 ^Yea.. I think all BTR clones have those steps leading up to the station. Theres nothing worse than being on those stairs, getting all excited and hearing "Ladies and gentlemen... May I have your attention please... The Riddler has hijacked the Batmobile and we must temporarily discontinue operations at this time" This is off topic but do all of these rides break down frequently? The one at Great Adventure breaks down all the time. It's very rarely closed for an entire day, but for a B&M invert the amount of down time this ride has is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kailisun98 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I don't know, but I think Gold Striker's station is a little narrow. Thus, you can't pick your seat which is kind of annoying sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrapesLie Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 SKYRUSH! OMG! makes loading take a lot longer! I know they didn't have a choice but I hate it! Ride still rocks though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Projektion Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Not so much the station, but the "cattle grid" queues at Portaventura during the summer months. Every time I've been to Portaventura during the summer months, the queues have just been unbearably hot, sticky and smelly in the Spanish heat. It can't cost much to just put an AC unit in the queue section (or maybe there is and I've just been unlucky every time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolercstrluvr Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I'm gonna have to go with nearly all the stations at CGA, except for the 2 that are covered. (Grizzly & Gold Striker) They really need some shade coverage on the stations for the coasters here, especially on those hot days you literally bake in the line while waiting to get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2012jarrett Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Dragster! It got SO crowded the day I rode it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djboss302 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Batman and X-Flight at SFGAm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwaziBSRider1 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 As much as I like Millennium Force, the station can get really irritating to move around in when the park is crowded and there's nobody controlling the number of people entering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seddy Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 This is off topic but do all of these rides break down frequently? The one at Great Adventure breaks down all the time. It's very rarely closed for an entire day, but for a B&M invert the amount of down time this ride has is insane. I do know that the clone at SFOG has some type of glitch where releasing the advance/dispatch button too early will trigger a ride error... In my experience BTR is one of the more reliable coasters in the park. SMUF breaks down ALOT more than Batman. Especially when it starts to get cold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceattack52 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 ^ Speaking of SFOG, the GASM station is outdoors and has ceiling tiles from 1972, just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seddy Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 ^ Speaking of SFOG, the GASM station is outdoors and has ceiling tiles from 1972, just saying. Yea... thats a badly designed station as well but at the same time the ride has had very little changes done since it opened 40 years ago, other than removing those levers used to brake the train and putting in a computer system and a control panel. That ramp that ques down to the station from the que house is out of place as well... they would have done better putting steps there. And im still trying to understand why they removed the chasing lights... but that has nothing to do with the station. During my reign I remember begging my supervisors for a stool to sit on but they told me that I couldnt sit because people could see me from like 5 different angles. And its like the sun rises right behind the GASM. That sun is BRUTAL in the summer time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Corkscrew at Michigan's adventure has to be one of the ugliest stations. The ex Chang station was bad as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceattack52 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 And im still trying to understand why they removed the chasing lights... but that has nothing to do with the station. Yeah those were nice, but a lot of the lights were blowing out and that made it look crappy on top of the really old look that the lights had. It was just time to get rid of them, but I liked them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seddy Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 ^I used to love turning them on at night. GASM was so beautiful with those lights twinkling. And I agree about many of them burning out. Maintenance got lazy when it came to replacing those bulbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Stratosphere Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Desperado at Buffalo Bill's in Primm, NV doesn't have the worst station, but I must note the "Air Gates of Death" the ride has. It's on my FB page, but worth a share. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1490663195401&l=1665399136798093581 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcoastermark Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 ^ Ye ouch ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booink Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Cobra at La Ronde (home park ) has a very very ugly station, it looks like it was made with a few pieces of scrap metal welded together. Also, the airgates barely works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desalia Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I don't know if you guys have never ridden it or whatever, but... Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom. INCREDIBLE theming aside, it's VERY tight and compact, and the lines are so close together. The magnetic gates are so close to the line (the people are anyway) that you can hear EVERYTHING, and it's not pretty what you hear! When I went in August of 2012, as I was waiting for the front row, the guy behind me was PETTING my hair and asked "Wanna meet up with me sometime?" Now I just take the fastpass line. I found this on Google Images, the people going left are the line, and you can see the metal gates. On a busy day, you can get right next to the lines. Scary Stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaminkid2005 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Desperado at Buffalo Bill's in Primm, NV doesn't have the worst station, but I must note the "Air Gates of Death" the ride has. It's on my FB page, but worth a share. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1490663195401&l=1665399136798093581 Man I would really hate to get caught in those gates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiFan Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 At other parks, I sometimes see people rushing to board the coaster train while the air gates are closing. I wonder how many people have been hit with the gates at that coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctneil Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Desperado at Buffalo Bill's in Primm, NV doesn't have the worst station, but I must note the "Air Gates of Death" the ride has. It's on my FB page, but worth a share. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1490663195401&l=1665399136798093581 I remember them doing that back in 09 and commenting how sudden they were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Even though X-Flight at SFGAm is my current favorite roller coaster, it has my least favorite station. There's nothing wrong with the boarding procedure or the theming. It's the annoying-as-heck recorded boarding instructions: "ATEEEEEEENTION! X-FLIGHT RECRUITS, WELCOME TO YOUR TOP SECRET MISSION X-FLIGHT!" I don't understand how anyone can stand listening to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Desperado at Buffalo Bill's in Primm, NV doesn't have the worst station, but I must note the "Air Gates of Death" the ride has. It's on my FB page, but worth a share. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1490663195401&l=1665399136798093581 Ah, yes! I remember those gates. Wonder how many kids have had their teeth knocked out. I've always wondered why they didn't just lower the air pressure on those damn things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The49er Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I have to agree with Green Lantern and Riddler at SFMM. There are just some odd things going on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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