(First off, sorry to Jeff and moderators and all, I know this is GTTP, but I wanted to share this with all of you...I had never seen this happen before...)
Hey gang...just came back from a very rainy, and not fun day at PKI!
The most interesting thing that happened today was that around 1:00 FACE/OFF, (the inverted Boomerange coasters) had a ROLLBACK with RIDERS on...here's what happened...
The riders were pulled up the lift hill backwards as normal...but they suddenly stopped, and the ride op said there was a mechanical failure. He said the ride would be shut down, and that mechanis were on the way...
As soon as the mechanics steeped out of the little white PKI truck, the riders were released!
They went through the cobra roll and the loop fine, but the other lift hill never caught them, and the went up maybe 1/4 of the second incline and began rolling towards the loop, when a loud "BANG" went off and we all say the train try to crest the top of the loop and then rollback, until it stopped...
The crowd in the queue were shocked and silent, and the riders seemed to be ok, except for the little boy in gray who was shaking...I felt very bad for him...
We saw them finally testing the ride at 4:00...
That's how it happened..I was pretty scared and I was in the queue watching them...
Mikey :)
And thats why Cedar Point does not have a boomerange! ;)
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-Matthew Couts
And your POINT is...
Good thing they don't! I was scared and I was in the queue watching the whole thing...
mikey :)