The name is in quotes because don't you all think this coaster should be renamed "Twin Out-n-Backs"? After about 5 trips to PKI this year, and about 20 rides on this coaster, it has raced maybe twice. The ride ops at the controls do nothing but sit there and press the button, with an empty look on their face. Must be fun for them lol.
This ride does not have lines where capacity is an issue, escpecially with 4 trains running all the time. How much effort from the ride ops would it take to actually race these trains? More than half the fun of this medium size coaster or any racing coaster is the race, you will hear cheers from the winning train when there is a race........Cheering people mean people having fun......
They could take a HUGE lesson from Cedar point. The ride ops there make a great effort to race the trains. There were even times when one train started to dispatch, and they held it so they could race! The racing makes Gemini one of the most fun rides at the Point.
This goes for any park with racing coasters that just let them run independently. They are taking away a huge part of the ride in doing that.