The Hand Dryer Battle of Cedar Point

The topic says it all. I'm a fan of the Air Blade system myself, but I understand wanting Xlerator hand dryers near the water rides because it dries clothes and shoes too. What do you think? Should Cedar Point stick with one type of hand dryer or should different locations posses different types? Discuss

Air blades are crap compared to the Xlerators. :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

C'mon RideMan! Air Blades are awesome! Although I think it would be pretty cool if they had a full-body air blade.. like a blade that would move vertically up and down.

Why not just combine an xlerator AND an air blade? It'd dry your hand in less than 5 seconds. ;)

Could someone explain the advantage of one over the other? I like them both but don't see why one might be a better choice.

All hand dryers blow.

I prefer the "Push Button, Receive Bacon" dryers but the classic "Push Butt**, Rub Hands Under *arm ***, *tops *********all*" are still serviceable.

XLerator driers = Dog sticking head out car window at 65 mph

Air Blade driers = Squeegee for humans

I prefer the XLerators, because my skin almost falls off my hands, but they're dryer than a rattlesnake in Arizona on a hot summer day. AirBlades are cool, but they don't have dual uses. :)

Between the two I take the air blade. Xcelerator blows water all over me.

Overall I prefer paper towels, they still do the job better than dryers. The towel dispensers should be located directly above the sinks. That way you don't drip water across to room to the towels and/or dryer. Next time your at Kings Island notice how dry the rest room floors are. That is because the towels are above the sinks.

The bacon dispensers are truly classic aren't they Tip.

My biggest complaint with the air blade driers was that somehow I ended up getting water (usually leftover nasty stuff that has been sitting inside the thing) blown into my face every time I used them.

I really don't know. I prefer the Air Blades better because it is energy efficient plus it drys your hands faster. If you ever want to dry your clothes, you can take the article off and have it dried really quick. Or you can use the overpriced Haystack dryers

ohhhh the topics of the off season

But what about the toilets in the park? Auto-flush or manual? That's the real, gripping debate.

Auto all the way! I don't really like the thought of touching the microscopic poo ridden handles.

Haystack dryers are the biggest ripoff ever. Not only are they ridiculously expensive, but they don't work. I tried one last year because I went on Snake River Falls with friends and one of them paid for it. Never would I ever put $5 of my own money in one of those.

Ohh and I would definetly go with Xcelerator dryers.

The air blades and the xlerators both work, but the xlerators are *faster*. It usually takes me two passes through the air blades, each pass taking longer than I need with the Xlerator. Of course the problem with the Xlerator is that the air blast is so powerful that it actually knocks the paint off of the wall.

As for toilets, auto-flush is a great idea most of the time, but there ought to be a better way to do the sensing if you're dropping a #2...invariably you end up with three or four needless flushes while you're doing the paperwork...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

We all know auto flushes are so much better. The OCD inside of me says so. Auto flushers, auto sinks, auto soap dispensers (with anti bacterial soap) and auto dryers... xcelerator or the air blades, I don't care which.

And then some hand sanitizer when I get out of the darn bacteria infected restroom. :)

RideMan, I agree totally on the needless flushes with the autoflush. I do still prefer them regardless because of the poo ridden handles on the manual type.

That's what shoes are for! :)

My main problem with the auto-flushes is, and how should I put this delicately? Let's call it the high probability of inadvertent undercarriage sprayings. It's a disgusting sensation, when you (a) don't know what was in that bowl before you sat down or (b) damn well know what you just added to that bowl.