Windseeker Status

[Jerome]

I talked with a ride operator who's ride was not running and he had some time to kill. We got into a long conversation. I got some great information about windseeker from him. First off this is a ride operator...not a mechanic. But he does have mechanic friends and seems to know tons of information. So take this at face value and know it Is not a 100% reliable source.

 

The new evacuation system was parked under windseeker at Knott's yesterday. DOSH did inspect it I believe Wednesday. They signed off on it...More about that in a moment. But they didn't like the ladder inside the windseeker and told them to fix it. It has no railing for a harness or any safety around it. This is the one inside the ride, not outside. I'm not sure why they didn't bring this up the first time but they brought it up now.

 

Now the news on the new evacuation system at Knott's. The DOSH told them this is not plan a or b or even c to evacuate. It's like plan f. They want them to only use this one at Knott's if all others plans will not work. Seems it's in two pieces and It's behind a wall where Montezuma is. The only way to get it to windseeker is with a crane. Once the crane is at Montezuma it will take about an hour and a half to get it moved and install. Now for the bad part. The only way to get the crane to Montezuma and to windseeker is to CLOSE THE MIDWAY! So they are looking at many hours to do this.

[cfc]

It was posted on Facebook that KD's Windseeker is open again--at least according to the KD Fansite.

[ArundelHigh Coasters]

That's good news. I hope it'll be reliable.

[Jerome]

It was posted on Facebook that KD's Windseeker is open again--at least according to the KD Fansite.

I see nothing from Knott's office facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/KnottsBerryFarm

It's listed as close on their site. I'll swing by Knott's today to check it out.

Edited April 20, 2013 by Jerome

[coasterbill]

It was posted on Facebook that KD's Windseeker is open again--at least according to the KD Fansite.

I see nothing from Knot's office facebook page.

 

Which would make sense since most people in Southern California have no interest in whether or not the Kings Dominion Windseeker is open.

[cfc]

^

 

To be fair, Kings Dominion's Facebook page doesn't say anything about it either--just KD Fansite's Facebook page.

[chasecross]

Carowinds' WindSeeker was open today! Pretty much the same operation as before, just noticed it to be some slower than last year. The Evacuation platform is stored behind Nighthawk's Station.

[Koasterking48]

^ Slower at loading or is it physically rotating slower?

[necoastergp]

It's good to hear they are starting open. I liked the one at CP wish I got a night ride though. Amazing view but it did seem to spin faster than I was anticipating .

[Jerome]

Knott's is still closed. Good to see other ones are opening.

[DarienLaker]

^ Could Knott's be the first Cedar Fair Park to get rid of their Windseeker ride?

[cfc]

^Again.

 

 

You certainly seem to hung up on speculating about ride removals lately--you asked the same question regarding Space Mountain in the Disneyland discussion thread, too.

Edited April 21, 2013 by cfc

[DarienLaker]

^ O.K. I'm sorry I even brought up Disney closing Space Mountain and about Knott's closing their Windseeker ride!

[cfc]

^The whole thread is about the Windseeker rides being closed due to technical concerns. You were speculating about whether Windseeker at Knott's (and Space Mountain at DL--again, a few pages of the thread were devoted to this, no doubt, temporary closure) would be removed. I doubt Knott's would go to the trouble of adding this new EVAC mechanism if they were planning on removing the ride anytime soon.

[Angle O. Descent]

I just saw Wonderland testing windseeker, looks like at least it's a go up here.

[chasecross]

^ Slower at loading or is it physically rotating slower?

 

Slower loading, whereas last year if you were a the entrance of the queue of WindSeeker at Carowinds you would have to wait around 10 minutes, yesterday it was about 25 minutes.

[XYZ]

^ Slower at loading or is it physically rotating slower?

 

Slower loading, whereas last year if you were a the entrance of the queue of WindSeeker at Carowinds you would have to wait around 10 minutes, yesterday it was about 25 minutes.

 

So much for Windseeker's supposed high capacity.

[Aceattack52]

^ Haha! Yeah! Those days look to be over.

[Homeboy23]

Kings Dominion's was open yesterday. They are storing their evacuation unit next to Hypersonic's station.

[Jerome]

^ Slower at loading or is it physically rotating slower?

 

Slower loading, whereas last year if you were a the entrance of the queue of WindSeeker at Carowinds you would have to wait around 10 minutes, yesterday it was about 25 minutes.

 

So much for Windseeker's supposed high capacity.

I've heard from ride operators that many parks were short cycling the ride to have more people ride per hour.

[beatle11]

CW's Windseeker was up and running for preview night on Friday. The op's are slow as hell, but that's another story.

[boughtontroy]

WindSeeker currently open is Kings Dominion, Carowinds, Kings Island, and Canada's Wonderland. Cedar Point maybe will open their model this weekend.

 

 

Windseeker currently closed is Knott's Berry Farm.

[PKI Jizzman]

Rode it at Kings Island for the second time and really just a tame ride. Glad I didn't have to wait more than five minutes, it really doesn't seem like you're 275ft in the air. In my opinion a bad investment! It didn't have a line all day Sunday.

[Aceattack52]

There's tons of weird stuff going on with these things.