Funny Raptor Story and more!

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to share with you all a funny Raptor story. I worked on Raptor back in the summer of 1995. There was this gentleman that got on and he walked kinda funny but we didn't think anything of it. Anyway, when the train come back in the station the guy is missing a leg and we all freaked. Turns out, during the cobra roll his prosthetic leg flew off and landed over there where the antique cars are located. Anyway, if you could have seen the looks on our faces; brings a new meaning to secure your belongings.

Also, that same summer we had a roll back on the Raptor. A big storm came in off the lake and the train started to reach the second platform after the cobra roll. We had to shut down the ride and used a ladder in the pouring down rain and get people down. CP brought in a crane over night and pulled the train back up to the 2nd platform. Pretty cool stuff. Thought you all would enjoy.

Wkusig

lol @ the leg thing!! That would be so hilarious. But you waited 11 years to post that story?

Yeah, I know! I'm a huge CP fan and only recently found this website; better late than never i guess.

Thanks for sharing you great stories!

I won't be able to ride Raptor tomorrow without thinking of seeing someone's leg go flying away. haha.

And welcome to the site. ;)

The same thing happened on Wicked Twister a few years ago.

You mean with the roll back? ;)

that's kinna funny.

reminds of one time when i was working at G.L. in '94 on the Raging Wolf Bobs and after the ride, a lady came up to me and asked if i could find her mothers hair. at first i laughed at her and said yeah right. she says 'no seriously, my mother lost her hair!' and pointed to her. To my shocking surprise, her mother was completely bald. So sticking my foot in my mouth for laughing at the lady, I went and got the lady's hair.

like you said wkusig, brings a whole new meaning to secure your belongings.

(i thought they had some type of hair glue for things like that? then again, if you had a wig, why would you get on a coaster?)

Did someone catch the leg while on the car ride? I would have kept it for a souvenir! :P

"Sir, you're going to need to put your leg in a storage bin before boarding." :)

lol! :)

I am watching this conversation in my head right now:

Ride op: "Madam, I'm going to have to ask you to place the tupee in a bin"

Guest: "I am not about to reveal my bald head to hundreds of people!"

Ride op: "Alright, your choice. Its just that thousands of people will see you walking around without it if you don't put it in a bin."

(For those who work in the production industry...) "No really it's okay; I have it safety cabled." :)

You'd need more than a cable for some of the stuff I used to design with. :) We're talking 2 ton motors and chains.

If you've ever been to the Scene Pavilion, that speaker rig is worth more than a nice sized house.

DBCP- The "technical director" for my high school drama club didn't understand how to counter balance the fly rack on the stage and ended up causing about 10 grand in damage when the fly flew to the ceiling and the weight stack crashed through the floor.

You think safety cables would have helped there? ;)

Haha, I doubt it.

But only where I work can you burn down the entire building by allowing the power to go out. Yes, when the back-up generator kicks in, the lighting system powers up and turns on every single instrument that's circuited. That, and when the generator runs, the exhaust enters directly into part of the air conditioning system; which can be bad when you have a packed house, and it decides to perform a self test. Can you say "poorly designed?" :)

Oh, wow. That's beautiful.

wkusig, I was there the night that Raptor rolled back. I was 7 years old at the time.