Iron Dragon valley

Both trains are testing as of 12:40 this afternoon, so I suspect it may open later today.

Kevinj said:
Here's a little trivia for you;

What Arrow suspended coaster was actually supposed to feature a "splash-down" into the water near the end of the ride course (but never did)?

I believe that was either Big Bad Wolf or Vortex

Is that your final answer?

Sounds like you need to ask the audience...

Kevinj said:
Is that your final answer?

Sounds like you need to ask the audience...

It was probably Big Bad Wolf

You would probably be correct.

I took a few picture of the train being winched to the station today and rode it shortly before I left the park. All is well...except for the beach. The beach is a bit of a mess.

Err.. Mist on a Rhine river.. Didn't Anton and company pour the footers and layout the footprint? after vertical construction began they went bankrupt and couldn't finish? Then arrow was hired to finish the job? Maybe the Swarzkopf company had inflated aspirations of a splashdown...

Just because no one posted it yet:

TAER iT DOWNN!!!11!!

I don't think it is possible to valley it on purpose, no trim brakes to misadjust after the lift.

Maybe they attached a dragster parachute to the back to slow it down!!! ;-)

Yeah, I don't think the employees wanted to risk the operational by dispatching the train in those high winds.

But at the same time, I think Ben was joking.

Pete said:

I don't think it is possible to valley it on purpose, no trim brakes to misadjust after the lift.

Presuming that there is no combination of wind and temp sensors that will automatically shut down the ride, simply dispatch a train when you know the current weather conditions will likely prevent the train from completing the course.

topthrilldragster4lyf said:

Presuming that there is no combination of wind and temp sensors that will automatically shut down the ride, simply dispatch a train when you know the current weather conditions will likely prevent the train from completing the course.

There are none. There's a wind speed indicator but it doesn't stop the train.

Didn't think so.. unlike Dragster, per my understanding.

RideMan said:

For recovering the train, I wonder if the rope on the winch they use to drag the train up from the storage track under the station is long enough to reach back to this point...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

No, it isnt.

Someone said a while back that the waves were 12 feet when Iron Dragon valleyed. Sorry but no.

Are you suggesting Lake Erie cannot get 12ft waves?

I posted the wave heights and that came right from the NOAA Lake Erie open waters forecast. Waves were expected to be between 9 to 12 feet and that was confirmed by live data from the West Erie bouy. Lake Erie has seen waves significantly higher then 9 to 12 feet in the past, it is not uncommon.

I remember the National Weather Service stating waves between 7 to 12 feet and strong rip currents.

I'd say 8-12 feet pretty believable based on this.

Plus I trust the guy with the boat. He should know his waves.