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2019: General Discussion
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AstroDan
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- Steel Vengeance, Cedar Point
Odd. It was open yesterday without an issue as far as I can tell.
Snagglemama
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- Wicker man.
Had a quick look around by nemesis. Couldn't see anything going on.
Sky ride didnt open today at all. They said it was because it was gonna be hot.
Sky ride didnt open today at all. They said it was because it was gonna be hot.
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Good day at towers. Got on decent amount of rides for saying the park was very busy. Wicker man, galactica and oblivion closed on and off throughout the day and nemesis didn't open at all...
So ye not great in terms of reliability however good day nonetheless. Smiler didn't go down once and on a day like today, where it's busy and other rides are breaking down, it managed with the crowds very well. Great operations on there
So ye not great in terms of reliability however good day nonetheless. Smiler didn't go down once and on a day like today, where it's busy and other rides are breaking down, it managed with the crowds very well. Great operations on there
The Smiler has been great all year, top notch operations and a great crew. Was good last year too. Don't want to tempt fate but it must be the most reliable coaster on the park these days.
Slightly concerning about the SRQ though, i go with a mate who won't ride it and it's always good to pop on for a quick ride.
Having said that though, last time i was there the SRQ was halfway down the stairs and it took 30 minutes. Pehaps they're saying that to stop abuse or something.
Ye that's the problem. I can understand tbh why they took it off the rides last year cus people just abused the system which made it pointless. A lot of people saw it as free fastrack, which meant many used it and the queue in SRQ built up often. It was designed for SINGLE RIDERS not groups to split up
AT86
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That's stupid, if they put 'for people riding alone ONLY' then there would be no queues as there wouldn't be groups in thereHashtag, just sayin’
D4n
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- Zadra
What absolute nonsense. It's a queue for anybody willing to fill an empty seat.
Rick
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- Crux
I think you're over estimating how much attention people would pay to such a sign...
Regarding the sign above and what we understand a Single rider queue to be - am i right in saying the sign put up this year say "Single riders only?" - so perhaps after they removed these queues for abuse before last season, they've now changed the definition to ACTUAL single riders only.
In which case groups of people going on is now seen as abuse.
In which case groups of people going on is now seen as abuse.
Do we actually know this, or is it just "board wisdom"?
Dave
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It was part of removing the merge point and baggage, so although no one at Towers fessed up to the reasoning it was fairly obvious why it went. All the SRQ’s that requires an extra staff member to operate where cut.
John
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SRQ has been removed from Nemesis, Air, Rita, Thirteen, Spinball and Oblivion in addition to the 1 year break on Smiler.
Smiler and Thirteen SRQs were removed when the bag rooms closed, as they needed fastrack to go straight to the station which left no room for SRQ. This was clearly cost cutting to reduce staffing on these rides.
Nemesis lost SRQ as, due to poor implementation, it reduced the overall throughput of the ride by about 3 trains per hour. Clearly this defeats the entire point - a few people benefitted but most were worse off (and unlike fastrack, there's no profit in it either).
Rita SRQ was basically useless as it was almost always at least as long as the main queue, no loss there. These days they need the fastrack queue capacity, SRQ seems highly unlikely to return here.
Air SRQ closed when it became Galactica as, like Smiler/Thirteen, fastrack was directed straight to the station. This was probably due to the reduced capacity which meant a long wait even from the original merge point (I'm guessing here, it's not cost-cutting though as the old merge point was still staffed). They could probably bring SRQ back if they wanted to, though it would require the merge host to at least try to send odd numbered groups to the correct station.
This just leaves Oblivion and Spinball. In both cases, there is no obvious cost saving in removing SRQ. My best guess is that they just made a decision to remove SRQ from the whole park as it coincided with the removal of SRQ from Smiler and Thirteen. Spinball's was repurposed for fastrack, but there's no real reason why the old fastrack queue couldn't be used for SRQ - it's certainly big enough as you'd be waiting ages if it were full. Spinball's SRQ was supposed to be returning but I've not seen any evidence of it ever happening, meanwhile Oblivion's could return right now if they wanted it to.
Smiler and Thirteen SRQs were removed when the bag rooms closed, as they needed fastrack to go straight to the station which left no room for SRQ. This was clearly cost cutting to reduce staffing on these rides.
Nemesis lost SRQ as, due to poor implementation, it reduced the overall throughput of the ride by about 3 trains per hour. Clearly this defeats the entire point - a few people benefitted but most were worse off (and unlike fastrack, there's no profit in it either).
Rita SRQ was basically useless as it was almost always at least as long as the main queue, no loss there. These days they need the fastrack queue capacity, SRQ seems highly unlikely to return here.
Air SRQ closed when it became Galactica as, like Smiler/Thirteen, fastrack was directed straight to the station. This was probably due to the reduced capacity which meant a long wait even from the original merge point (I'm guessing here, it's not cost-cutting though as the old merge point was still staffed). They could probably bring SRQ back if they wanted to, though it would require the merge host to at least try to send odd numbered groups to the correct station.
This just leaves Oblivion and Spinball. In both cases, there is no obvious cost saving in removing SRQ. My best guess is that they just made a decision to remove SRQ from the whole park as it coincided with the removal of SRQ from Smiler and Thirteen. Spinball's was repurposed for fastrack, but there's no real reason why the old fastrack queue couldn't be used for SRQ - it's certainly big enough as you'd be waiting ages if it were full. Spinball's SRQ was supposed to be returning but I've not seen any evidence of it ever happening, meanwhile Oblivion's could return right now if they wanted it to.
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