Deja Vu Capacity

The proposed capacity is 1010pph, but how is this possible? They'd have to do 31.561 cycles per hour. I hear that they usually only do 12-15 resulting in low capacity of 350-500pph. Will they ever be able to dispatch quicker, to avoid 2 1/2 hour lines? Even 700 or 800pph would be great.

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I love Deja Valley. And Stunt Stall too!

Well, I'm sure the afterthought orange seat belts don't help. Especially when they're checked separately (SFGAm.).

Isn't the ride cycle itself around 1 minute? That would mean 1 minute from floor up to floor down every single interval...Hmmm...

They will never get to 1010pph especially at SFGAm. The orange seat belts really hamper them getting there. The ops have really got to be getting frustrated with this ride. I feel for them.

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stoogemanmoe

The capacity was pathetic when I was at SFGAm. It was slightly under 400pph! I don't understand why some parks purchace such low capacity rides!

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- Peabody

I think they should just forget about the lap belts... I mean, keep them there, but force the riders to be smart enough to get them tight. I'm almost surprise that the capacity at GAm is nearly 400 pph, because I don't think it is even THAT high...

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Yep... It is PICTURES now... http://www.loopscrew.com

SFoG's Deja Vu might be about 400pph and that is on a good day.

They should take all four GIBs, move them to the same park, and then they might have the capacity of a normal major coaster. (If they can get 3 or 4 of them working at the same time!)

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- Peabody

It sounds like the loading process of this ride just plain blows. I experienced the exact same thing at SFMM on 8-25. Most of the blame seems to be with the peeps who try to carry things onto the train, take shoes off and leave them on the platform, forget the lapbelt and sofourth.

The ops could hussle a bit more, or at least add some more to the platform. I think SFMM had only one op per side checking restraints. That's 16 difficult checks per op, not good.

Deja Vu... Love the ride, hate the capacity.

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Nothing... NOTHING... can prepare you for... the Fourth Dimension!

Good idea there Peabody.

That way if one goes down then the other three might remain up & running, LOL.

When I was at SFGAm,

This lady actually ran down the exit stairs, and down the exit line to hand off a camera or something to her "husband." She then ran back up the ramp and up the stairs and the ops actually delayed the ride so she could get on. Among other things mentioned before, people removing shoes and so on, we waited almost 4-5 minutes for the train to be dispatched (after we were sitting in it). The ops were also joking around with one another and seemed to care less about getting people on the ride before the impending rain.

I am not one to complain much, but that was ridiculous

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Do the Moo Shoo!

Well I hate the seatbelts on Deja Vu (speaking as an operator) but they are here to stay. And we have to check the orange belts, then lock the shoulder harnesses, and check them. If we just locked everything, then people would ignore the orange belts, we'd have to unlock ALL the restraints, get them buckled up, relock everything, taking even longer than it does now.

The ride just sucks. I hate working it.

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the member formerly known as MisterX

Anyone knows how the capacity is on the latest GIB, Stunt Fall. Would be nice to know if most of the problems have been worked out.

If they took out the orange seat belts it would really increase capacity, if my memory is correct didn't SFMM's Deja Vu open without the orange seatbelts? If it did, that proves they can operate the ride without them.

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CoasterWorld

They *can* run the ride without them, but SFOG for certain is not going to remove them, and I imagine that SFMM still has theirs in. They are not going anywhere soon.

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the member formerly known as MisterX

At SFOG the timer between dispathes is 5-6 minutes. First each ride op has to check the seat belt for everyone. Then they have to walk and check every restraint. Also there is quite a bit of talking on the loud speaker, then lots of sitting, then finally dispatch.

Anybody know what the capacity of an Ivertigo is? I would assume face/off is around 700 PPH but I am not sure.

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All I need is 4.5 million bucks and a half a mile long sliver of land and maybe someone could build me my very own Shivering Timbers. ;)

Why don't the parks, knowing that capacity is terrible, get a video or an op or something to tell people the correct procedure for loading and unloading? Or more ops to check the train? I mean, I can understand that a shuttle is naturally going to have bad capacity, and that the extra restraints aren't going anywhere, but when you only have 2 unenthusiastic ops working the ride, it doesn't help.

MagnumForce, it's been a while, but I remember timing Face Off at around 600-700. It is much higher than a GIB :(

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- Peabody

Those seatbelts are the real killer though. Ifyou weigh the advantages (nearly twice as many people per hour capacity-wise) versus disadvantages (a marginally improved feeling of security for less brave guests) it seems like a no-brainer. And another thing: I can't imagine it feels any more dangerous without the seatbelts -- you're pressing incredibly hard against the restraints, even with those seatbelts.

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ApolloAndy said:
"Why don't the parks, knowing that capacity is terrible, get a video or an op or something to tell people the correct procedure for loading and unloading? "

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Because it wouldn't make a damn bit of difference. People do not listen to ride operators unless they are nose-to-nose right in their face. I've been watching this all year at various amusement parks and I notice how few people read signs, listen to ride ops or even watch the other passengers. The funniest thing is watching the ABSOLUTE CONFUSION with the belts on the Premier lapbars. I swear, some days you can actually *see* a carton question mark appear over people's heads...

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