There was a very nasty accident in america involving seatbelts on a drop tower called Haunted Mine Drop not being secured properly. In fairness the cause was more related to the operating company's incompetence and neglect for training, but it was sufficient to scare most parks away from using seatbelts on drop towers.
Wow, I never knew that! When was it changed?
At least 15 years ago. I think they had similar issues as the lap bar will only close as tight as the largest guest and smaller kids can then not be secured.
The ride was open.
Yeah one of the towers has been waiting for a part (and still is) for quite a while now I believe. Great that the exit lifts are back though.
I could see this, they have been investing in more permanent lighting, with places like nemesis and some smaller places (like one above the rita tunnel in the dark forrest) which I really like and hope they continue untill most if not all of the park dosn't require generators and has a permanent lighting packages (I would imagine it also opens up the option to have a night opening when ever without needing to set up and rent all the tools required for the lights, and probably decreases long term costs by reducing the need to set them up every time)
They were working when it re-opened in June, so they must have broken again
