Windseeker Testing

FWIW last weekend I was at KI and it looked like they had actually taken the dampers back off (pretty sure they were on about two weeks ago), and it looked like they had been doing a lot of work inside the towers. The "struts" or extension support on the swing arms for the dampers were attached, but it looked like there were marks on them where they had fully assembled them and then proceeded to take them off. It sounds (and looks) as if CP either hasn't encountered the issue that caused KI to take the dampers off/worked around it, or just hasn't gotten to that point yet. If it is (hopefully) the first choice, it could be open before too long. If it is the second and ends up looking like KI (dampers missing, seats still tied together, stuff in pieces in the tower)...I don't have very much faith in that particular one opening before the end of June, and if CP hits the same issue, again not until the end of the month, at least.

Again, that is all just my observation and feeling on the situation and not representative of any positive working knowledge to the specific situation(s).

So who's up for changing the name to Whenseeker? :)

I'll second that

That was LOL-worthy.

TTD 120mph said:
So who's up for changing the name to Whenseeker? :)

+5

FWIW last weekend I was at KI and it looked like they had actually taken the dampers back off (pretty sure they were on about two weeks ago),

For whatever reason, they were never installed at KI.

Yet.

Huh, I thought they had been installed (partly since it looked like there were marks on the extensions that looked like bolt marks/scratches, but I also thought I had read/heard that they were installed). Still, they didn't look anywhere close to even starting testing on it again as of Saturday.

Well it's Thursday of this week so they might be close now to starting testing if they haven't started yet. Let's all be optimistic :)

It doensnt look like anytime today (thurs) that they were testing it.

I plan on going this sunday, I guess i'll have to miss it again...

It went up and down today. But, didn't appear to be spinning.

For your viewing pleasure. :)

From what I've noticed, the spin-less trips up and down the tower seem to be for the purpose of delivering workers to/from the top of the ride.

TTD 120mph said:
[T}he manufacturer always over sees testing up to a point when they turn the ride over to the park for the remainder of testing. Thats when theyre taught how to run it. I think theres an order to who gets taught first, second, third, etc. Like park management, then mechanics, then supervisors, then ops. Dont quote me on that though. :D

So if i'm reading that correctly, if I see the ride ops in there and running the ride, it's going to open soon (a day or so). But if I still see Mondial guys there then we've got at least another 4 days left (probably more). Is that correct?

I don't think anybody could claim to know with any certainty.

Best educated guess... not looking for 100% accuracy.

On the webcam it looks to be spinning at the top...

Don't worry. We're just talking a matter of days here, people.

Did the park ever say "matter of days"?

I thought their last statement was "I think we're talking Memorial Day"?

By Memorial Day, but never said of what year! ;)