Sunday August 10th, 2008

Can anyone tell me why they only ran some of the coaster trains ont TTD, & Millenium Force plus why they only ran one Skyhawk swing. also, I may have misssed this a while ago but why did they take away one blue train and one red train on Gemini! It was so busy and the waits were to long and having the extra trains sitting on the transfer track made no sense. Especially with Corkscrew, Iron Dragon having all trains running.

Just curious!

Thanks!

Gemini can no longer run 6 trains. The airgates pretty much killed any shot they had at doing that ever again.

TTD only runs 5. Surprisingly, it is more efficient running 5 than 6. The blocking system that Intamin originally tried just didn't work with 6 trains because they kept violating blocks (if I am remembering right).

As for other rides, it could be they needed to do maintenance on a particular train, and that is why it was off the track.

I never even thought about the air gates. All good answers, thatnks for the input!

Keep in mind it was raining off and on for a while yesterday, which might have been the reason for MF's 2 train operation.

They wern't running as many trains, because they were all out celebrating my birthday.;) I turned 22 on Sunday! :) Happy Birthday to Me...lalala. lol.

^Happy birthday. I went 2 saturdays ago, and I was surprised to see Skyhawk running both swings even during the early entry. I walked on it twice in a row and they probably had about 10 people on it each time. I guess it kind of makes sense since there are only a few rides open at that time, but then when you see Power Tower running only one side of each style until around noon, it seems strange I guess.

Thanks Dvo! :)

I'm still shocked when I see a legitimate line for Gemini, even though it's now commonplace for the former capacity "king." I miss three- train operation :(

And another question about the 10th, were Magnum's trims off the whole day, or was it just me? I rode it 3 times and the train tore through the turn-around like I've never experienced before. Definitely awesome, even if they were on...

I was at the park on 8/10/08 and 8/11/08 and I think Magnum's trims were barely running if at all. The ride back on those bunny hills was just unreal (and somewhat forceful) so I can see why the trim exists.

^On my last trip (8/3-8/4) Magnum was running with trims. But I was in the ejector seat 3 of 4 times, so I still got some wicked air ;)

JuggaLotus said:
Gemini can no longer run 6 trains. The airgates pretty much killed any shot they had at doing that ever again.

I didn't think that was the reason for going to a 4 train operation. I just figured that they were cutting down on operating costs. 4 or 5 years ago i remember the 3 train on each side always sat on the transfer track anyways. On a weekday they would never race if there was three trains on each side. I would rather have a little bit of a line than just the red or the blue. Just curious, how do the airgates affect the ride?

The Millie 2 train operation may have been due to staffing issues. I was there on the 12th and they were down one ride-op. They were only running 2. But, on the otherhand this was during ERT. So, they may have added another train later in the day. They only had 3 ops checking harness'. Peace, Mikey

All three of my days at the park Millenium was only running two trains and the wait was real long each day so I was wondering about that also.

TopThrillChris said:
Just curious, how do the airgates affect the ride?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but they just add to the time that it takes to get a train out of the station. (Aside from the obvious safety advantage.) Without airgates, people can be stepping into the train as people are stepping out. With airgates, you get that good 5-10 second delay before they're even opened after a train arrives. Then, it takes a few seconds for them to open, and then people have to step into the car. It's a good 15-20 seconds that you lose. So, Gemini can't run 6 trains because the trains running the course would almost always get stopped at the mid-way brakes just before turn three. Then the ride would E-Stop...then you'd have to reset the blocks...

Coaster Nuts said:
Can anyone tell me why they only ran some of the coaster trains ont TTD, & Millenium Force plus why they only ran one Skyhawk swing. also, I may have misssed this a while ago but why did they take away one blue train and one red train on Gemini! It was so busy and the waits were to long and having the extra trains sitting on the transfer track made no sense. Especially with Corkscrew, Iron Dragon having all trains running.

Just curious!

Thanks!

Millenium Force will be on a two train operation probably for the next few weeks if not for the rest of the season and staffing has nothing to do with it.

Skyhawk is down to one swing because the air compressor for the right swing is broken. Which proabably means it will be down for the rest of the season as well.

^They should have the compressor fixed long before the season is over on Skyhawk. As for Millennium Force, what is your reasoning for that length of time with just 2 trains?

He can't tell you, because he's that cool.