"check"

As you can see all of this varies by park policy and is ultimately up to the op to follow through.

At Adventuredome we were supposed to put up our index finger up when we finished checking our section of seats. The MCO (master control operator) then gave his/her index finger with a "station clear" and we were to hold it there while the train/boat was moving through the station. If we needed to stop the train you were to use the clenched fist.

Hmm...lessee as for other parks

When MGM was up and running we had the "high clear" system as well. The dispatch enable op was supposed to wait until the unload op had thier thumb up before giving the clear. At controls we had to say "incoming train, stand clear" when a train returned as well as "dispatching train, stand clear" on the dispatch.

Disney uses open palms and closed fist but normally doesn't say anything on dispatch.

Six Flags Magic Mountain uses the same but says a lot. They say "load clear and unload clear" on most rides before "all clear". On Riddler they don't really do rechecks as they dont really seem to care about rider comfort. They usually say "your seats will be locking on my count of 3, 2, 1 your seats are now locked." They end up doing more rechecks on Batman for some reason. One cool thing is crossing the train. They say "hands off for the cross" with the "drivers" hands in the air.

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"ok everyone go ahead and pull down on your shoulder restraint so you feel nice and stuck!"

Well I went yesterday with the "checks" in mind. The only ride I head "checks" on was Xcelerator. It was more like a joke though.

The only ride I have ever worked on that we had to say "check" was Slingshot. Then, we had to say "belt, clip" or as I said once and got it to stick for the rest of the night, "belt, stick".

The way we crossed at SOB was in front of the train, and we waved to the driver in the direction we wanted to cross. The driver gave the signal back and we crossed. Easy as that.

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SOB crew in twenty 02
111 SOB laps, and wishing the park was still open

WOF uses a "clear" statement, but only prior to dispatching a train or vehicle after the loaders/unloaders give thumbs up. Mamba has a few levels of clear for where the train is in the course, and if it's running 2 or 3 trains.

Oh yeah, back a few months ago, one of the Ghostrider ops were doing the "train entering block 2, train entering helix, train on brake run" deal to tell the ride attendents where the train was. It has permanently put an end to the stacking, as the ride attendents can now dispatch a train when the other one is on the MCBR. All they need to do now is add 4 more ride attendents and run 3 trains during haunt. It would be no sweat.