Is X finally on the right track?
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Haven't heard lately, but how has X been doing? I really want to see Arrow suceed and hopefully have this amazing design at other parks.
Last I heard it has been reliably running 2 trains. Has that changed in the last month?
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why do you ask? Was it ever on the wrong track? I don't think it would run very good if was on the wrong track.
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MillenniumXL_200 said:
why do you ask? Was it ever on the wrong track?
I'd call 10+ weeks of prime season downtime the wrong track!
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- Peabody
The ride is actually very reliable now and has not had much downtime since it re-opened. There was only incident where the ride was down the majority of the day, and it ended up opening later that night.
-Jeff
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CFMatt - as we both know, capacity can be greatly increased and there are 2 ways to do it:
1] just leave the seats in the upright [load/unload] position when trains are moved from the unload platform to the load platform. It can be done, I've seen it.
2] stop using the unload side of the station. Just move trains directly into the load area and upright the seats. There is enough room for departing riders to walk along the track, under the bridge the control panel sits on, and walk out the exit. Then gates can open and the next riders can board.
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X will not be the last 4d, that I can pretty much guarantee that. Remember, designs change and evolve to increase capacity. Look at the B&M Flyer. They already re-designed the loading/unloading procedure and the ride is fairly new. If any changes are found that will help out in any way, the design will be changed.
Capacity will increase when they polish the load/unload procedures and add the 3rd train on heavy days. It always takes at least one complete season for the capacity numbers to be fully realized anyways.
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Comin' round the bend :P
TR2k3....GET READY!
As the ride operates now, (or at least when I was there in March) the separate load/unload stations hurt capacity due to the amazingly slow recline/upright operations. Going to a single station improves capacity right there--and may require less staff? The capacity issue can be solved in future products, if anyone wants one. (It is an amazing ride.) (Go with dual stations and good crews and you might even meet the stated ride capacity!)
Edit: Chris, I don't think with the current slow recline/upright operations that a 3rd train will ever help capacity. Are you implying this will be sped up?
*** This post was edited by Lankster on 9/10/2002. ***
Chris, I *tend* to agree with you on most of that, but CP never seems to have those problems...even WT was "hauling" before it broke the night before CM...I think it has a lot to do with how *capacity-conscious* a park is, and I also seem to have this weird idea that the park-goers at CP are more ride-educated....lapbars, seatbelts, load/unload, everything....
that being said, another park getting one of these (SFGAm, SFGAdv, SFoT, SFoG, PKI, CP, IoA...hey gotta HOPE) really should address capacity *before* installation...
The load and unload station helps out capacity a bunch. I simply said they are not using it to their advantage at this pont. Once they speed up the time an empty train sits empty, that should increase the capacity a ton. Also adding the 3rd train will help on heavy days like the weekend. Also, the trains dont need the unecessary seat rotations in the station and I think they will stop that once they get the Sensors and the blocks like they need to be. Give them time, they will have it running much better.
Gator, WT really isnt an indication of rides hitting their theoretical capacity. There is only so much you can do with a one train shuttle coaster. CP is able to come close to their target PPH due to the extra ride-ops in the station. When you have 1 person checking only 4 restraints, that is pretty damn efficient. Also, Cedar Point ops are on a different level than Six Flags' ops. An average CP op would be a lead at a SF chain park.
Take Millenium Force.. with the load/unload stations and 3 trains, their theoretical ride capacity is very reachable. The first season they opened, they no where near the capacity. But, when the crew has a good season of experience and all of the sensor bugs are ironed out, they improve on those numbers drastically. Remember, ALL coasters have issues the first season. You might not notice or hear about them, but they are most definitely there.
And don't think B&M are immune to these problems. Lately, every single one of their coasters have had sensor issues or other problems.
Remember, those capacity numbers are theoretical for a reason. There are WAY to many variables that determine if those numbers are reachable and I guarantee you those numbers are hit maybe 25% at the most. Every cycle has potential issues that will lower those numbers.
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I hear a train a comin'
Comin' round the bend :P
TR2k3....GET READY!
*** This post was edited by Chris Godsey on 9/10/2002. ***
The track on air didnt brake. It was one of the arms used in the station to hoist the trains into their prone possition. It was fixed within a week and has never occoured since. Air is now quite relable.
And at least no ones ever died on a Beamer due to it crashing. Unlike Arrow. And can u honestly name any bad B&M rides. Unlike Arrow were u stuggle to name good ones.
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I can name quite a few bad B and M's too.
Raptor while still amazing was rough as heck this Saturday. I expect some work there in the off season.
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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. ;)
Chaindog said:
I'm curious as to what the dispatch intervals are right now on X. Has anybody timed them lately?-----------------
I was there this past Saturday (9-7), and in the early evening the dispatch intervals were averaging 5 minutes and while we were waiting in the station, not once did they have to re-set the seats (lower and raise again).
*** This post was edited by MMCoasterBear on 9/10/2002. ***
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