I know I'm breaking the rules by quoting the post directly before mine but man...
Tyler Boes said:
I think this ride would be more fun if it were [...] more fun.
You should proofread your comments. And yes, less people ride things that they feel are "more scary (sic)" which is why family rides are generally small and slow.
I was able to ride Texas Skyscreamer today before they closed it due to high winds. The ride is actually not scary at all, it was just plain fun. In fact, if it weren't for the twisting chairs and excellent view this ride would be dull as dish water. The shorter Skyscreamers wouldn't be worth the two hour wait. But TS's sheer hight makes it a thrilling ride and well worth the wait.
For what it's worth, small children were riding TS and laughing the whole time.
Blech. Down all day for weather today (well, until I left the park at noon with high winds in the forecast for the whole day and tomorrow incidentally). The ride op (so take with a grain of salt) said the anemometer at the top had to be below 50 MPH for half an hour before they'd even test it.
Hobbes: "What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do?"
Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."
50 mph sounds a little suspect, especially given that we didn't have gusts up to 50 mph on Tuesday, much less sustained winds that high. From what I remember, Tower shuts down at 30 mph winds and Chute Out was at 25-30 mph. I would be surprised if they let Sky Screamer keep going in winds much higher than that.
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