Tuesday August 4th- Park Update+ Report
We arrived at the park around 11:00 and it was a fantastic day to be at the park, about 80 degrees and sunny. It was pretty busy and the parking lot was fairly close to being full as we saw later in the day, however the lines did not reflect it as much as I would have expected. We got on every major roller coaster, with the longest wait being Maverick at 1.5 hours and shortest being Gatekeeper with a 15 minute wait (of course in the evening). Though my last time at the park was only about 3 weeks ago, a lot seemed to have changed. Well not the big empty plot of land, but other areas. For one Halloweekends work seems to be in full swing. While in line for Chick fil A we witnessed a lot of work being done to Eternity Infirmary. The exterior is mostly complete other than the sign. We also noticed that Eden Muse and Cut Throat Cove appeared completely ready to go. While we didn't ride the train at night, I noticed the new LED lights in Boneville while at the Gemini crossing and they look very nice at night. I applaud the Mean Streak Crew for making the best of an unpopular ride and having fun and working very hard to dispatch trains the second the one before it crested the hill. Other than that every ride was good as always and TTD surprisingly did not break down until about an hour til park close and Maverick not at all. Windseeker was on and off all day, presumably for wind, but we never made our way over there to check.
Now a question, my last trip to an amusement park was to Kings Island, which is a great park. While there I noticed that after the first all clear the ride operator in the booth said scan, all the hosts scanned the train/ride before the final clear for dispatch. I thought this may have been a new Cedar Fair policy but after being at Cedar Point yesterday, I did not witness it once. Does any one know what the purpose, other than a last double check of the ride, of the "scan" is and why Cedar Point does not do it?
Early in the season, they were waiting until everyone from the prior train had cleared the station, and THEN they would begin to check restraints on riders on the train once everyone was seated. It sounds like they have streamlined this process again, beginning to check restraints as soon as there are restraints to check.
Is this what you mean?
No, at Kings Island they did the usual that you see at Cedar Point, but went one step further and the operator in the control booth said "scan", the ride ops did a quick look and gesture with their hand up and down the train/ride and then said clear.
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