Comfortable Seats

Out of all the coasters I've rode (have'nt rode a floorless yet), MF has the most comfortable seats. When we were doing the Discovery Channel shoot and just got to sit there for the re-rides, I could have fell a sleep in those seats. What do you think?

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We bought a lifetime supply of pudding? How wasted were we last night?!
*Dude, Where's my car?*

Yes, those seats are pretty comfy. I was so shocked at all the leg room it had! I love the arm rests and head rests plus, the padded seats rule!

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~Eric L.~
www.theamazementpark.com

I think the seats are good, but the "ass bump" in the middle of the seat has got to go. The seat isn't deep enough (front to back) for me to not end up right on top of that bump. Furthermore, a reverse-travel stop on the lap bar would be nice, or at least a crew that realizes that the reason the lap bar doesn't touch my thighs is that the support post is already touching my crotch...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Whoa Rideman, you must have one seriously deformed crotch for that to happen. Go easy on the crew. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't believe the amount of guests that try to ride with their lapbar in the 'incorrect' riding position. I'd say on average at least one per train. The correct (safe) position for the lapbar according to Intamin was for the yellow padding to be in contact with the riders body. Maybe next time you ride, you should wear tighter underpants..................

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Get your fixin's here!

I would have to say that the seats on MF are the best in the park. I love how they are so open.

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MF Count: 11

Yeah, and the restraints seem so minimal, but just try and get out of that seat!


MF Count: 9

I simply love the restaints, they are so simple, but so extreemly safe. Those seats just rule. LoL

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We bought a lifetime supply of pudding? How wasted were we last night?!
*Dude, Where's my car?*

RideMan is so right about the "ass bump" as well as the crew. Some over-zealous host managed to put some great pressure on my testicles once.

No matter... that person wasn't on that crew for very long after I complained. Could be coincidence, but maybe not.

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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point
Millennium Force laps: 50
*** This post was edited by Jeff on 1/27/2001. ***

I've never had a problem with the restraints, but I only rode 9 times.

Actually, Cheeseburger, in all the times I rode on Millennium Force last season I only had trouble twice. It probably doesn't hurt when the operator checking my lap bar has also watched me snug up the seat belt. If the front of the seat were not cut out, I'd not have any trouble with the lap bar. If I pull the bar back so that the support pillar just touches me, that puts the lap bar just behind the center-point of my thighs. If I've had a couple of good meals, or if I happen to be wearing a jacket, that is also approximately the point where the bar will touch my gut. But I've been trying hard to lose that gut in recent years, and actually had some success last summer. The tricky bit is that with the bar in that position, it doesn't actually touch my thighs. Probably because if the upright were shortened an inch so that the lap bar would lay in my lap, it wouldn't clear my knees to bring it down...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

I feel the seats are fine, except when the ops shove the bar so far down that I begin sounding like the opposite sex. It's no wonder that a how good trip I have on the force directly correlates to how far the bar is shoved into my lap. These restraint's while well designed are made for the "average" rider.

I know one rule, probably set by the manufacture for any Arrow With an @#!$! OTSR is that the restraint must come latch down to a certain height. Many a time have I tired to ride the screw when the op told me that the OTSR must come down a couple more notches. What they fail to realize is the fact that the restraint is already digging into my shoulder. I have also rode the screw many a time with the OTSR in a near horizontal position with ops who care about rider comfort. This is not dangerous because there is no way a man of my height will fall out with the restraint in that position. It may be more unhealthily if they do force the restraint down because one time an op on the screw really got me in there bad with not an inch to move around. When pulling the loop I hurt by neck and back bad due to the fact that I was pulling those G's with no give to my position.

I feel the same rule should apply to the Force, people with different body types will not respond the same if the bar is shoved down to a certain position. If you are out there, I thank the MF op who gave me a lot of room on the last Friday Night of operation.

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Joe

I will have to agree that the "ass bump" can be very painful if you are not seated with it in the right spot.

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Proud to be a Cedar Point Fanatic.

I had really good luck this summer with ride ops not shoving the bar down far. On the Force, I got about 1 and 1/2 inches between the bar and my thighs every time I rode. (about 6 times or so) I just thank all the ride ops that aren't overly strict on this policy.

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Trim brakes-a necessity???
(used to be MFistheBEST)

Does anybody else know what other rides the seat is implemented on? It is on Knott's Berry Farms new 120 ft. water ride. Is it on any others?

...Any of the recent Intamin coasters as well. Most of them are named Superman: Ride of Steel; rumor has it that the seats on Superman: The Escape are similar.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Yes, S:TE has the same seats as the rest of newer Intamin coasters.

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Scott W. Short
scott@midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com

I knew that S: TE had the same type of lap bar for those coaster videos, but I wasn't sure about the seats.

One time on MF I got a good 3-4 inches between me and the bar. Let me tell you, it was one AWESOME ride. I stood up on the first drop, and I didn't touch the seat or lapbar on the 3rd hill!

Nothing worse than sitting down, gettin comfy then realizing that "The Stapler" is checking your side... Right Hooper???

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MF 2000 - 269 laps

Superman: The Escape was the first Intamin to feature the new seats and T-bar infinately locking hydraulic lap bars. There are a few differences how ever. First, because of the extreme speed on this ride there's a full headrest unlike the S:ROS rides that don't have them and unlike MF with a couchioned bar thing for a head rest. Also there's a hand rail built into the back of this head rest. The other big difference is the lack of a seat belt. If you think about it MF and the superman rides were designed to be ridden without seat belts. At Cedar Point: Queen of the Seat Belt clearly it would have had a seat belt, but seen at Darien Lake these Intamin rides didnt need seat belts until that guy fell out.

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Adventuredome Ride Op
MGM Grand Adventures Ride Op
Future CP Ride Op

i think that the new seats are awsome just like the rest of the ride. They give an awsome veiw i hope cp uses more of this type of seat on other new coasters. But the thing that i liked the most about the seating was how much room i had for my legs. Its hard for a 6'5" coaster lover like me to find seats like that. MF is the best!