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Easy to claim it's one of the safest coasters in town when there are only 3 others to compete with.
Ron Garrett, Sahara's marketing director, explained, "The roller coaster is inspected and looked at every single day, and it's one of the safest ones in town."
mudinthevayne said:The tallest part of the ride (other than the spike) is the loop, and if the train did not clear the loop, couldn't the LIMs stop the train in an E-stop situation? Even if they can't I still don't see how it vallied in that area, I thought it would've vallied in the lowest portion after the loop (between the loop and LIM section.
From what I understand, the second LIMs failed (the ones near ground level right after the loop on the outbound run). If I read between the lines correctly, the failure of those LIMs prevented the train from making the top of the loop. Given that it got at least partly up the side of the loop, there'd be enough momentum to carry it past the malfunctioning LIMs and back into the area of the S-turn...
That's how I *think* it happened...at least until someone tells me differently... ;)
Jeff said:
If they were "rescued" that implies they were in some kind of danger. Clearly they were not.
res·cue /ˈrɛskyu/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[res-kyoo] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -cued, -cu·ing, noun –verb (used with object) 1.to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
Synonyms 1 liberate, release, save, redeem, ransom, extricate, recover. 3. liberation, deliverance, release, redemption, recovery.
Well they are being freed and released from the coaster.
i agree, it must be a slow day, especially considering how dramatic they made the article
SFoGswim said:Easy to claim it's one of the safest coasters in town when there are only 3 others to compete with.
Ron Garrett, Sahara's marketing director, explained, "The roller coaster is inspected and looked at every single day, and it's one of the safest ones in town."
Actually there are six coasters in Vegas!
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