water spray

when i was in line for power tower and magnum,i seen some of them fans with the water hose hooked up to them,to create a mist over the q's.are these new?i dont remember seeing these last year,but i do remember seeing them in the mean streak line the year it opend.

I remember seeing them appear about halfway through the season last year. Do they have them in the MF q ?

-Craig

These were there last year, and were a godsent for those of us who went in the middle of the hot hot hot summer season.

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-Dave Hogsett

The Magnum had them in July. MF doesnt have them as of yet.

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See my Po!nt?
"Dont post if there is nothing to post about"

I have noticed that those black tubes (the ones used for sprinkler systems) are next to the queue. Along with electrical hook up. Could this be are fans?

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Millennium Force will be the next to sink!

I especially love the ones under the Magnum track when it first comes out of the station before it reaches the lift. Walking under those while I was sweeping in August was totally awesome. Let's just say those areas were extra-clean lol.

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Natalie
ATL Zone 3 Sweeps 2000

I noticed that sometimes they would be running with water, some times with no water, and some times not at all. Why is this? (I'll say, on a warm day, the plain air with no water felt very good.)

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"the Force of the new Millennium will be felt by those who choose to seek it... Beyond words... bey

This may be a bit off the subject..BUT...

The best place in the park to cool off is the doorway of the Power Tower gift shop :)

-Craig

I hate those things, I was at Cp in Setpember and they were leaking. It was soo cold

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I've seen them in the queues, but whenever I'm in line, they are never on.

"The best place in the park to cool off is the doorway of the Power Tower gift shop"

I dunno, that spot under the vent at the Candle Shoppe can get right frosty! I like the candle shop!

"Go ahead Katie, you dip all the candles you want, while dad stays right here and watches!"

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Tim Bretz
tabretz@stsi.net
"Remember to pillage before you burn"

I think I remember reading something about those fans in Rainbow 6. Only they put out some kind of gas instead of water.


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Remember, line jumping is NOT a sporting event!

I have a love-hate relationship with those fans. If someone in park op or planning and design is reading this take it from one who knows; the fans are enough to keep the guests in the queue cool. There is no need for the water at all. I have talked to guests, and employees and they feel the same way. The fans minus the water do a better job than the fans with the spray.


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daniel j. haverlock
'00 Magnum Count: 28/442
'00 M. Force Count:43/310
spiritofthepoint.com

Actually, they didn't put in some kind of gas instead of water. They put a deadly virus in place of the chlorene tanks. It would make no sense to put just poison gas in because then the vaccine plot could have never taken place.

Dan is mostly correct, but...

When done properly, the misters can work really, really well. The trick is, the spray needs to be really fine so that the water will evaporate quickly. This evaporation will significantly reduce the air temperature. When this is working, you can walk under the misters and never get wet, and not get droplets all over your glasses.

I was in a park last season where a large number of misters were in use and they were all adjusted and working perfectly. What is so surprising about this story is that the park was Kentucky Kingdom, and the location was surrounding Swampwater Jack's, their big restaurant. Lots of cold-water mist, a couple of big fans running, but nothing was actually *wet*.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

MAG & JM-
Your thinking of the infected mists at the Olympics. Speaking of Clancy- that book also had terroists taken down at an amusement park. :)

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Oops... I rode it again!