Djwadeknox Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 https://www.knoxnews.com/story/money/2022/06/25/dolly-parton-knoxville-unveils-heartsong-lodge-and-resort-progress-do Dollywood’s Dreamer In Chief was on park all day Friday and Saturday promoting new things coming to Dollywood. The article link above mentioned bigger waterpark and even an indoor waterpark. Just another step in making the Dollywood Resort a year-round destination! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Bad link. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDodd Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 3 hours ago, jarmor said: Bad link. . . https://www.knoxnews.com/story/money/2022/06/25/dolly-parton-knoxville-unveils-heartsong-lodge-and-resort-progress-dollywood/7715704001/ Seems part of it was cut off. Suite 1986 might be fun but the price is way to steep. Story I saw earlier said it starts at $10k. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djwadeknox Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Thanks for reposting the complete link. The $10.000 is for a 2 night stay. Also most of the money will go to her Charity. Still more money then I could ever spend on a room for 2 nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDodd Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Djwadeknox said: Thanks for reposting the complete link. No problem. Simple search on the site. 3 hours ago, Djwadeknox said: The $10.000 is for a 2 night stay. Also most of the money will go to her Charity. Still more money then I could ever spend on a room for 2 nights. Sure, charity. And it includes a room in the resort, and more. But even if that was for a month that's too rich for my blood. That's a year of mortgage payments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 More than three months of my income for a two night stay?! No thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u4icmusic Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 On 6/27/2022 at 8:58 PM, Djwadeknox said: Thanks for reposting the complete link. The $10.000 is for a 2 night stay. Also most of the money will go to her Charity. Still more money then I could ever spend on a room for 2 nights. The press release said a portion of the $10,000 with go to charity, not most of the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appel Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 According to "https://www.dollywoodwaittimes.com/ride.php?ride=Lightning%20Rod&day=2022-07-09" Lightning Rod has again ongoing problems which keep the ride closed most of the day, even more so than a few weeks ago. I know that it never ran reliable and you have to expect longer downtimes if you plan to visit this park. However, it seems that the coaster had been doing OK so far this season until the beginning of July. Does anyone have any insight info what's going on, especially why it has more prolonged downtimes now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDodd Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 2 hours ago, appel said: Does anyone have any insight info what's going on, especially why it has more prolonged downtimes now? Based on a conversation with some operators the other day, heat is an issue. They run 2 trains until it gets hot and then pull one to slow the cycle time so stuff has more time to cool down. Thursday it had a stop during launch (stopped at the bottom of the hill again) while was I line that I think was heat related. That was around 5:30 pm I think. It was back and fine until lighting shut everything down. it was also 1hr late opening Friday. Couldn't get any indication why. After ~30 min they started test trains. Did about 5 before they let us on. It was running 2 trains then. Then the weather went to crap for most of the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyWould Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 14 hours ago, TEDodd said: Based on a conversation with some operators the other day, heat is an issue. They run 2 trains until it gets hot and then pull one to slow the cycle time so stuff has more time to cool down. Thursday it had a stop during launch (stopped at the bottom of the hill again) while was I line that I think was heat related. That was around 5:30 pm I think. It was back and fine until lighting shut everything down. it was also 1hr late opening Friday. Couldn't get any indication why. After ~30 min they started test trains. Did about 5 before they let us on. It was running 2 trains then. Then the weather went to crap for most of the day. It needs to be replaced with a more reliable B&M Hyper by 2025. Turn the train approach out of the station around & put the lift hill going out over the employee parking lot to run a longer course. Put a fork in LROD already...it's done. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Sir... I think you've had too much cinnamon bread. You're drunk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfoot12 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 So I plan to make my first (and long overdue) trip to Dollywood next month on Monday, August 8. Question about Lightning Rod. Coming from a larger rider, do ride ops still make you pull down your own restraint without any assistance? If they do, would the restraints on Twisted Timbers be a good test before trying Lightning Rod? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tndank Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Twisted Timbers and LR use the same trains. They are friendly folks for the most part and will try to help get you verified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyWould Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 19 hours ago, prozach626 said: Sir... I think you've had too much cinnamon bread. You're drunk. Yes, I suppose suggesting that replacing Lighting Rod with a more reliable coaster (eventually) is a completely drunken & insane idea. *confused* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfoot12 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 7 hours ago, tndank said: Twisted Timbers and LR use the same trains. They are friendly folks for the most part and will try to help get you verified. Cool. I fit on TT a few weeks ago but it was tight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDodd Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 5 hours ago, DollyWould said: Yes, I suppose suggesting that replacing Lighting Rod with a more reliable coaster (eventually) is a completely drunken & insane idea. *confused* You said a B&M Hyprer by 2025. That would mean starting now, probably start clearing next year. They need to fix Lightning Rod to better handle the heat. I can't get https://www.dollywoodwaittimes.com/ to load very fast, but I recall March - May was pretty good, then things started getting hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megan Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 That is the stupidest excuse-valid or not- that a coaster can’t run when it’s hot. Kings Island has a LIM launched outdoor coaster that pretty much run all day, every day, 3 trains. I know. It’s not wood, it’s not up a hill (it’s a launch straight into a climbing helix) but seriously? “We can effectively run this because it’s hot…in the South… in the summer”? Dollywood got screwed by RMC on this deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 ^ RMC didn't design the launch motors IIRC. Meanwhile SFOT is closing Mr Freeze every day from 2p to 8p due to Texas' godawful electric grid. Long story short, maybe electromagnetic launches are a bad idea these days? Let's go back to flywheels. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Weight drop. . . and lap bars only. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I would have thought all of that new track would have fixed everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDodd Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 3 hours ago, prozach626 said: I would have thought all of that new track would have fixed everything. Fixed a different issue. Track not handling the forces and excessive wear/maintenance on the trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDodd Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 19 hours ago, KBrylczyk said: ^ RMC didn't design the launch motors IIRC. As I recall it was Velocity Magnetics, and their first coaster launch system. https://www.velocitymagnetics.com/no-brakes-on-growth-at-velocity-magnetics/ Their Projects page list 4 coasters. 3 of them are braking systems. LR is the only launch. https://projects.velocitymagnetics.com/ There was something else about the system too. I think it was using a storage system because getting enough power to directly drive the launch in to the park was problematic. The description for their LR video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FDJBWQnrfs mentions it. [quote]This launch draws approximately 2.5 megawatts over a 5 second period of time from our ION-Vault system which re-charges every 100 seconds, and does this approximately 40,000 times per year with no maintenance to the ION-Vault system over the past four (4) years of operation.[/quote] Interestingly (or is it telling?) there is no link to info on the ION-Vault or the Ion Energy™ Launch System on their site. The ION Energy site https://www.ionenergyinc.com/ doesn't mention it either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 So a poorly engineered coaster with a faulty launch system. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeykaise Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Do it like the Navy.... steam catapult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDodd Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 hour ago, jarmor said: So a poorly engineered coaster with a faulty launch system. . . Seems the forces in some areas were higher than modeling showed. Don't think anyone has ever called RMC a company with poor engineering. This was new territory, and lots of lessons learned. I wouldn't call the system faulty, just not reliable in the environment. Like a sports car. Again, new territory. Pushing a system well beyond previous limits. This was the first, and so far only VM launched coaster. LR's issues are minor compared to some military projects I've been involved with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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