Personal longest wait time
Getting into this thread late, but here's my story:
Easter Sunday, 1993, SFMM. Massive crowds. Viper was running three trains but the line was all the way down the hill to the carousel and then douibles BACK up to the station. After waiting in line for an hour, they had problems with one of the trains and moved it into the transfer, causing a 30 min delay. That slowed capacity but workers were trying to get the third train back in service. An hour later we'd reached the station and they closed the ride again to put the third train back, causing another 30 minute delay. Total waiting time: 3:30 minutes. I know that's a long time to wait but after investing 2 hours we didn't want to get out of line. At least the park was doing everything they could to keep things running!
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2002 - the year of IB's LoCoSuMo!!
Longest wait for any ride? 2 hrs 45 min for Escape From Pompeii opening year at BGW on a blazing 90 something degree day in July.
Longest wait for a coaster? Sad to say but, close to 2 hrs for Predator the year it opened at Darien Lake. It was rough even then. I simply refuse to wait that long for any ride again unless I know I won't be back to that parkfor the rest of my life. I am very impatient.
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Enjoy yourself. These are the good old days you're going to miss in the years ahead.
3 1/2 hours for MF because of two breakdowns and a rain storm. When I finally boarded th coaster for my first ride ever, it began to downpour. When it is pouring rain on MF, it hurts real badly. Ouch!!!
5 hours for Volcano on opening day. I did not know that it was opening day when I arrived at the park and the ride broke down 3 times.
BUT, the coaster that takes the cake is Batwing, almost 9 hours!!!! It was a day of ERT for Coasterzombies members. It was opening day for Batwing and Coasterzombies members like myself were allowed 1 hour of ERT at 9 AM but the ride did not open at 9 AM or 10 or 11 or 12 or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5. The coaster finally opened at 6:30 PM at night. It had 3 rain storms but the main problem was that Vekoma was just training the ride operators for the first time and there were many technical difficulties. They said the ride had to make 15 complete circuits before it could be open. Well around 6:00 I had it with waiting for 9 hours, so I went home. Supposedly the ride opened at 6:30, which is30 min. after I left. I was so pissed because it was raining and I thought the ride would never open. 9 hours of waiting for nothing. Anyone else there that day. I know Sam Marks was because he was the coordinator and theis big security guard tried to manhandle and throw us all out of the line. That guy was a jerk and had no idea what he was doing. Anyone else there?
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Dave
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Its seems like everytime I go to Cedar Point Millennium Force wait time is usualy around 3 1/2Hours hopefuly coastermainia wait times will be shorter ;).
Kennywood: Phantoms Revenge last year with only one train waited about 2hours.
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ACE15 said:
"BUT, the coaster that takes the cake is Batwing, almost 9 hours!!!! It was a day of ERT for Coasterzombies members.
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theis big security guard tried to manhandle and throw us all out of the line. That guy was a jerk and had no idea what he was doing. Anyone else there?"
Yeah I was there. But I dont really count that as a wait because I know at least *I* didnt stand there the entire time (long enough though). remember, they gave us a couple of spins on S:ROS, then most everyone else went off to see the rest of the park (I know I rode JJ and ROAR...maybe Wild One too).
And I dont remember that guy being a "jerk" so much as just not knowing what was going on. He made no attempt to 'manhandle' me.
lata,
jeremy
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