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2018: General Discussion

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Could Air have not been reprogrammed, theoretically, so trains could go back to the station they exit?

Not that I care, I'll be glad to see the back of VR and queues return to resonable levels.

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@James it could do that (it does it when running a single station, after all) but if running three you'd have one train utilising one station and the other two utilising the other, so you would end up with an odd dynamic with waiting trains.

Interestingly, on the original Superman Ultimate Flight, Six Flags opted for the same station design as Air but abandoned it for a single station with longer trains on the second and third rides.
 
Or maybe oblivion just has a higher capacity when they're running it on two stations and god knows how many shuttles.

Oblivion on full capacity: 1,920 people/hour
Enterprise: 1,400 p/h
The Blade: 1,200 p/h

For the record, I know that the figures for all these rides are most probably wrong as it was just a quick Google search, and I am in no way saying the park isn't in dire need of more flats, because it is. I think we were all hit hard by the removal of forbidden sweep. but I think it's unfair to say oblivion was less popular when that is most likely not the case.
 
JackFitzy said:
Or maybe oblivion just has a higher capacity when they're running it on two stations and god knows how many shuttles.

Oblivion on full capacity: 1,920 people/hour
Enterprise: 1,400 p/h
The Blade: 1,200 p/h

For the record, I know that the figures for all these rides are most probably wrong as it was just a quick Google search, and I am in no way saying the park isn't in dire need of more flats, because it is. I think we were all hit hard by the removal of forbidden sweep. but I think it's unfair to say oblivion was less popular when that is most likely not the case.
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I had no idea oblivian could run on two stations
 
One station, but two shuttles can park in it at once. There are eight sets of air gates, feeding two shuttles with two rows each. The gates alternate, so that one queue is filling while the other is loading. When both shuttles are ready, they dispatch together, and the second one waits at the bottom of the lift, until the first one has got to the top. It's an amazingly efficient system, especially for it's age.

At least, that's what USED to happen....
 
DiogoJ42 said:
One station, but two shuttles can park in it at once. There are eight sets of air gates, feeding two shuttles with two rows each. The gates alternate, so that one queue is filling while the other is loading. When both shuttles are ready, they dispatch together, and the second one waits at the bottom of the lift, until the first one has got to the top. It's an amazingly efficient system, especially for it's age.

At least, that's what USED to happen....
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They were operating it on two stations when we went in April, fantastic for us to keep riding again and again.

I’m going in two weeks and I’ll see if they’re operating on two stations then.
 
Joel3 said:
They were operating it on two stations when we went in April, fantastic for us to keep riding again and again.

I’m going in two weeks and I’ll see if they’re operating on two stations then.
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I'm going on Tuesday, I'll report back whether Blivvy is on two stations. :)
 
It was on two stations last Sunday, amusing really because I never saw the queue get out of the station!
Very smooth operation with all the gates running though.
 
JackFitzy said:
Enterprise: 1,400 p/h
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I don't think your Oblivion number is too far off when it's being run as designed- not sure about Blade, but Enterprise seats a maximum of 40 people. To hit 1400pph you'd need to complete each cycle with loading and unloading in less than 2 minutes. I am not sure that happens in less than 5 or 6 minutes in reality.
 
Burbs said:
To be fair, I have seen them use 2 stations on the majority of my visits this year. Praise be to Merlin! Aren’t they just wonderful, thinking so considerately about making our queueing times shorter? Merlin are the best!
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I agree! I normally see them operating 2 stations!

So they are technically reducing our queue time! It’s something they don’t need to do, but they’ve done! It’s very nice of them, if you ask me!
 
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