Cedar Point Operations
I found something odd on our recent coaster trip. At both Six Flags parks and Nickelodeon Universe the ride operators lowered our restraints on rides with seatbelts. Is that IROC or just insanity?
Not sure but it's not all that unusual. Kings Island does it on Orion, Cedar Point on Steel Vengeance and Mine Ride, etc.
Not sure on the IROC front but on crews I have worked with, it speeds up dispatches on some rides.
On an Arrow Hyper, for example - we had to visually assess that the buckle was fastened - not just tug on the belt. Depending on the size and shape of the rider the restraint often covered the buckle and the check took three times as long.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
One of my local parks has a coaster with Arrow mine train cars, and they used to check belts by pulling up on the belt at the outside of the seat. So they were pulling against the retractor instead of against the buckle, so the physical check proved...nothing.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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For what it's worth, you could have it worse.
Steel Taipan (Dreamworld) has a RFID system that requires an operator tap their token against the side of the car within a few seconds of the lap bar being pulled down – to show that they checked it.
If that doesn't happen, the whole train has to be unlocked at they start again.
Typically at least a few guests pull down their own restraints despite being told not to, and this causes the system to time out forcing an ulock.
I develop Superior Solitaire when not riding coasters.
If only there were a way that the guest could demonstrate it was locked.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
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