Rusty Nail Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) ^ Do you know/remember where it was located, in the park? Am still curious about this ride. It operated from 1976 until 1999 in the Roaring 20's/Boardwalk section of the park, it was removed for Perilous Plunge. Edited February 18, 2018 by Rusty Nail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 ^ Ah ok. Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Come to West Coast Bash in early Sept. and enjoy as many re-rides on GR as you can stand, lol! just a small warning, i didn't look last year, but normally, the week of WCB is often when Ghostrider is down for maintenance. the last WCB was the refurb year, and it closed the day after i believe. but i'm pretty positive in 2014 and 2015 Ghostrider was closed during WCB. hopefully, it will be open this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 ^ Yes, in 2016, GR stayed open for WCB, then closed down the next day, which was the Monday I went back to Knott's...and found this out. So I agree with you, but this past year, there was no WCB, so Knott's did the maintenance thing with GR, whenever they wanted, in Sept. Monday, Sept.12, 2016 ~ Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. I also didn't get the cap I wanted, as the chuck wagon souvenirs shop at the exit of GR, was also closed for the maintenance schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeboy Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 ^ Do you know/remember where it was located, in the park? Am still curious about this ride. It operated from 1976 until 1999 in the Roaring 20's/Boardwalk section of the park, it was removed for Perilous Plunge. That vid has come great footage. Parachute Jump, Whirlwind, Whirlpool (indoor Scrambler--and still miss that Art of Noise soundtrack), Windjammer, and glimpses of XK-1, Hammerhead, Wacky Soapbox Racers, Corkscrew, and more! Brought back a lot of memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxexaxn Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Could you control the spinning on XK-1? Or was it random? Part of me wants to say the rider could control it but I’m not sure, I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 They both share extended lateral helixes (Helixi?) Helices, pronounced "HEEL-ih-sees." Words of Greek origin ending in -ex have a weird plural, like vortices (plural of vortex), vertices (plural of vertex), and Kleenices (plural of Kleenex). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoasterKing Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Could you control the spinning on XK-1? Or was it random? Part of me wants to say the rider could control it but I’m not sure, I could be wrong. Yes, each pod had a joystick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Both webcams went black tonight. I’ve heard rumors about them testing tonight, but that makes no sense because we haven’t seen any signs of trains arriving yet (and there’s no way they could hide them so easily). My guess is they are testing the lightning package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I just checked, and the webcams are still off for the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfBobs Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 They're probably offline so they can remove all the dangerous dented supports and replace them with slightly less dented but safer supports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laqueefa Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 They're probably offline so they can remove all the dangerous dented supports and replace them with slightly less dented but safer supports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shut It Down Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I finally got to ride new Ghostrider in the front and it was amazing. Way more airtime than the back on all parts other than the first drop. Loved it. In other news the building for Hangtimes exit is getttint a 50’s theme to fit in with Johnny rockets and the roaring 20’s section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnottsBerryMountain Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Hangtime is testing rn. It just completed its first test cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shut It Down Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Damn they ghosted that. I went on SS today and didn’t see a train in there at all and that was at 4 pm!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shut It Down Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Damn they ghosted that. I went on SS today and didn’t see a train in there at all and that was at 4 pm!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 No wonder the webcams are turned off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) Wow! I am shocked. They hid those trains really, really well. They were nowhere to be seen on site! This is awesome. I can't believe they're still advertising this as opening this summer when it is only the third week of February and it's testing... Edited February 22, 2018 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livai Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 that's why they have obscured the webcams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebird81 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Looks like the pacing is definitely going to be very similar to Monster's with a lot of actual hangtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 It actually looks like it takes the course a lot faster than Monster to me. And I think that's a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 It actually looks like it takes the course a lot faster than Monster to me. And I think that's a good thing. For sure! I am actually surprised to see a train run so fast on it's first lap. Although the train doesn't seem to make a complete stop on the holding brakes, so that may affect it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Although the train doesn't seem to make a complete stop on the holding brakes, so that may affect it? I have a feeling this is the reason. Also, isn't it fairly common for the first test run to be a little fast because they don't want to risk valleying, so they put hard wheels on it? Or something like that? I remember Valravn's first test run being abnormally fast, then they started to control the speed. Mako too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Valravn didn't use the holding brake for the first few runs either. Obviously it's a different coaster type, but it's dropping at full speed from a much greater height with that thing off so the fact that it's running fast shouldn't be a huge surprise. ... plus it's in California. It's not like most parks where the first test run occurs on a 38 degree winter day. I'm sure that helps too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Webcams are back up, and the train(s) are nowhere to be seen anywhere (probably the transfer shed). They really wanna keep this a secret lol. We’ll see if the cams get turned off again tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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