Lockers or station cubicles?

Camel@Work: That's a fair assessment. I just wish everyone thought like you do.

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Jeff
Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com

I agree with Camel@Work and with Jeff's response to him (posts just above). We carry items, like Camel@Work listed, in a backpack when at parks as a family. It's a small one, though. It provides a function of value to me/us, and I am always conscious of others and place it where it should be (in platforms cubicles, out of traffic areas). Some ops even take it for you.
We leave a larger pack in a locker to retrieve other stuff from as needed during the day.
When I visit parks alone, I am a lot less "fussy", so I carry a very small fanny pack.
This thread appears to have been discussed out.
Since I started it, maybe I should end it!
Thanks to all who responded.
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I know you rider Gonna miss me when I'm gone

Sometimes I carry a backpack when I am going to an in-park waterpark (mainly Carowinds), because I need somewhere to keep my towel, swimsuit, camera etc.

I'm what you would call poor, and even I can afford a couple of lockers a day. Backpacks? Why's it even an issue? You don't need all that stuff. Towels, clothes in the bags? Locker. The less we have with us, the better. You buy something at BGW, tell 'em you're riding some more, no matter what it is, you can pick it up as you leave, you buy several things, they put 'em together. It's not an at my convenience thing, it's my fault if I want to go to a waterpark or on water rides, I have to go back to my locker and get dry clothes. People stop while they're walking with backpacks, look around like where am I, and then get ran into by people like me, who thought everyone wanted to continue moving on. People turn around, they could knock you down. For a backpack to be properly worn, it's like it's gotta be filled way out. Backpacks aren't cool, IMO, I've waited to get into the parks several times while somebody is getting searched. What you got in there? Anyways, with the way I look, they'd probally dump my bags out and ruffle through the contents looking for "something" that's not in there.

Waterproof pants, zippers on the pockets, even fannyrigs, amusement park, not national park, no stuff to clutter.

Actually, I think that Raptor and Mantis are the only coasters at Cedar Point that have bins to put your stuff in.

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Your best? Losers are always whining about doing their best...winners go home and ******* the prom queen.

I think I can explain one reason why people have to carry so much CRAP with them, Jeff...
People like you and me, we can strip down to whatever little bits of kit we actually need in the park: wallet, keys, perhaps a camera bag. But think about how much stuff you might have brought to the park and left outside...maybe a cooler, a change of clothes, the all-important towel, portable computer, medication, food, whatever. Think about it. What do Jeff and I (and many of the rest of us) do with that stuff? We leave it in the trunk of the car.
But there are a lot of people in the park who cannot do that. These are the people who arrive in those big ugly yellow things in the parking lot which are often secured when unoccupied, and which leave their occupants with no way to get to their stuff during the day.
Of course, that's what lockers are for, but at least it might explain the backpacks...!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Rideman hit it right on I think. This year when my highschool did music in the parks (getting a superior btw:)) we had the equipment truck where we secured our CD players and stuff, but I took a backpack. The first thing I did upon entering the park? Shoved it in a locker and never used it. It had extra clothes and the usual stuff...but I never ended up using it.

A towel and a satchel... where have I heard that story before? Next you'll be telling me to stick a fish in my ear.

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Jeff
Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
"From the global village... in the age of communication!"

Coastin Carl said:
"I just can't stand, especially at Six Flags, people lugging HUGE tweetys and tazmanian devils twice their size onto the platform, It's ridiculous!
"

LOL! Whenever my dad and I see some one with a 2 foot tall plush dog we always say in unisin "I've won a huge stuffed dog, now what do I do with it?" If it isin't funny to you it's priobibly because it is a semi-inside joke. :)

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Cameron Willis
Dr. Doolittle 2: "So young, so angry. Damn that rap music!"

I usually carry a backpack to the park becasue they charge you up the wazoo to keep your stuff in a locker. Especially if you are going to an in-park waterpark. Im not going to pay seven dollars so I don't have to carry a 10 lb back pack around. Its not that difficult. Its more of apain to have to go back to the locker whenever you want to get something. (By the way, Im talking about the all day lockers. On the othr hand. One time use ones are too restraining, since you don't want to have 75 cents in change ready every time you want something that you brought. ) I think that the cubbyholes are a good idea though. Having stuff on the platform is too dangerous. most people have trouble walking when there isn't something they have to step over. Combine that with getting off a disorienting ride, and you have a recipe for disaster. If a ride has two stations, they should have something that you can check your stuff into, but theyu shoudln't charge for it.

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Red Wings Suck!!!

By the way, Corkscrew now has the same policy as Millennium Force. No loose articles on platform.

-Natalie
CP Ride Operations '99-'01

Jeff said:
"A towel and a satchel... where have I heard that story before? Next you'll be telling me to stick a fish in my ear.

Alright, Arthur Dent...
Here's a java version of the old infocom game based on the story to which you refer. Not on topic, but quite fun.
http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html

*** This post was edited by Camel@Work on 7/23/2001. ***

Well, I like lockes better because I wouldn't want some stuipd person to take my $700 camera from a station cubicle.

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Current Favorite Coasters:
1)Raging Bull 2)Millennium Force 3)Medusa (SFMW) 4)Vertical Velocity (SFGAm) 5)Incredible Hulk, The *** This post was edited by StealthmF5m3 on 7/29/2001. ***

they have them on RIddlers revenge too

To answer the base question, my favorite is the free limited time lockers at IOA. These are located by the ride exits, and the greeter at the very start of the line does a pretty good job of sending anybody with contraband items over to the lockers before they even get in line.

These lockers are secure and free if you return within the stated free use period, which is printed on your locker ticket with the combination. No secret here.

The problem with article checking in the station is that it typically isn't secure, and usually slows dispatch times while folks have to walk through the train, drop their stuff off, get back into the train.

The article left behind that I get a kick out of are those souvineer cups/sippers. When folks hand them to the attendants and the attendants put them on a shelf all in a cluster. How do folks really determine which one is theirs?

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David Bowers
Mayor, Coasterville

75c is the cost...Personally, I don't like the locker policy on Millennium Force. However, at the entrance of the line, I took a picture of a train overhead, and the girl at the measurin station said, "Be Sure to put your camera away before you ride." So there is a extent to what you can carry on. I also got a great picture going up the Millenium Force Lift Hill...

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