Deja Vu at SFGAm - CoasterBuzz

Nope. Coasters valley every year, and theyh are removed from the track. There are pictures on the web if you don't believe it.

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they take the train apart and then re build it on the transfer track (well for normal rides anyway) it can be done with any ride, infact it happened to X this past fall.

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KrazyKoaster is right. They do not remove the train from the track when it valleys. They just hook up a chain to the train and pull it up the second lift. There is only one place where the train ever valleys.

The ride does *not* valley in just one spot. It's designed to only valley in two places (one is the station), but that doesn't mean that's how it always happens. SFMM's valleyed in the cobra roll. SFGAm's has valleyed numerous times between the loop and the cobra roll. If the ride could *never* valley there, then why are there valley floors?

WHEN the ride valleys in a place it isn't supposed to (cobra roll or between the loop and the cobra roll), guests are evacuated and the train is returned to the station in one of two ways. If it's in the cobra roll, they may be able to push the train through the cobra roll and let it roll into the station. If it's between the cobra roll and the loop, it means taking the train *off* the track and putting it back on in the station. It's that simple. I don't know why half of you can't understand that.

-Nate
*** This post was edited by Chitown 4/28/2003 12:17:00 AM ***

deja vu is getting 4 across trains. not a rumor.

Not a rumor, where's the proof

DaCoasterMan said:
deja vu is getting 4 across trains. not a rumor.

Um...I'm pretty sure that it's not. The other 2 Deja Vus went down for rehab and the same thing was said about them, but they came back out of rehab the same as they went in.

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Ok, if it is, then who/what is your source? In other words, where is the proof?

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so if it vallies and they have to remove the car from the track, how long is the ride closed? don't they need a crane and several people in order for this to occur? does it take place the same day or the next day?

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coasterdude318 said:
If it's between the cobra roll and the loop, it means taking the train *off* the track and putting it back on in the station. It's that simple. I don't know why half of you can't understand that.
-Nate

When it valleys inbetween the loop and the cobra roll, they take the cars off one at a time and move them over to the other side of the loop. Then they run the ride from there to get it in the station.

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Is their Deja Vu broken down often?

Coasterdude316: That makes sense (and is probably easier than putting the train back on in the covered station), but that's still removing the cars from the track. Like I've been trying to get across, if the train valleys between the loop and the cobra roll, there are only two ways to get that train back to the station. One is to painstakingly push the train through the loop and back to lift two. The other is to take the train *off* the track and to put it back on the track elsewhere.

-Nate

Raptor Pilot, I hope that was sarcasm.
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Well I guess what I meant was how often? :)
Enough to where it's advised to run to it first thing, before it breaks, I assume?

i think coasterdude316 is saying they detatch the back car and bring it though the loop, but not take it completely off the track.

Raptor Pilot -- That's correct. If the ride is open, the wise choice is to get in line right away. When it's open, it's "operating on borrowed time," if you know what I mean.

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Booya, I said they take the train *off* the track car by car and move it to the other side of the loop.

And as far as Deja Vu always being down, this is so untrue. Out of my 32 visits to the park last season Deja Vu was only down the whole day for 2 of those visits. And the reason it was down was because it valleyed on the 2nd day of the season.

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*** This post was edited by CoasterDude316 4/28/2003 4:02:04 PM ***

Just so we get this completely clear....When Deja Vu vallied at SFGam, in between the Loop and the Cobra Roll, they would disconnect car four from car five (effectively splitting the train in half).

They would then bring out two crains (one pulling from the front the other to control the decent on the other side of the loop) and pull the front half of the train over the loop. Have the lift cable pull it part of the way up the 2nd tower then pull the back half of the train over. Then lower the front half and reconnect them.

Once the train is whole again, they pull it back up tower 2 just like if it had vallied there.

I've seen them do this twice now. It's absurd to think they would disassemble the train and then reassemble it back in the station especially with the lack of room they have to get the necessary equipment directly under that section of track.
*** This post was edited by unit_82 4/28/2003 4:08:34 PM ***

Coasterdude,

Your sample of days is obviously not representative, as you apparently skimped on visiting during the first MONTH of the season because it was down.

I went once in Mid-May, once in late May/early June, and once in mid-August. Never did the train run a single lap. On my trip during a Friday night fright fest, the train got stuck on the 2nd tower at about 8:30 at night (park was open 5-11) and it never re-opened.
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unit_82 said: Once the train is whole again, they pull it back up tower 2 just like if it had vallied there. I've seen them do this twice now. It's absurd to think they would disassemble the train and then reassemble it back in the station especially with the lack of room they have to get the necessary equipment directly under that section of track.

Why, exactly, is it absurd to think that when that's how other parks do it with their launched coasters (Chiller, for example)? Especially since coasterdude316 pointed out that the train could be assembled at the bottom of lift two just as easily.

-Nate
*** This post was edited by coasterdude318 4/28/2003 4:13:49 PM ***