http://www.wvec.com/news/Busch-Gardens-Apollos-Chariot-stuck-268506572.html
Apollo's Chariot is stuck and train is being evacuated.
Apollo's Chariot is stuck and train is being evacuated.
Apollo's Chariot
- Thread starter Zachary
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If there isn't one AC evacuation at least once a year the park gets there own landscaping segment.
This is all caused by Sea World's unethical treatment of coasters. They should be in the wild where they can be free with their own kind! Coasters are intelligent and social creatures, this isn't right.
Pretzel Kaiser said:
You bring up a great point! I refuse to give Budweiser any of my money until those coasters are treated with respect!
So who escorted riders off? Park officials or Maintenance personnel?
Ride operators/ supervisors/ village managers assist in the ride evacuation. Classify them as you will.
b.mac said:
Not necessarily. I've seen some pretty gnarly evacs, and not as many people tend to show up as you'd think. Granted, there are always a lot of people on the platform, but compared to the number that could be there, it's surprisingly smaller than you'd expect. It's not quite as much of an all-hands event as it gets made out to be.
In the event of an evac, only a rides supervisor is typically required to be present, and maintenance personnel and the rides team members will assist the guests. Usually higher-ups and full-timers from the Rides Department will come down to monitor the situation and make sure they don't have a potential PR disaster on their hands. Sure, they might show up with some different colored name tags and fancy earpieces, but we all know who they are, it's just that guests don't typically see them milling about the paths.
There are a few people who will hang out in the station. Security and EMT's will be onsite in the station as riders de-board the train.
Last time we had an evac at my ride there were more than 20 people in the station at a given time. Full-time ops, HR, Staffing, Labor, Dispatch, Security, EMT, supervisors from other rides in my area. Then and again we had to evac from the block 61 feet in the air so I can understand the manpower needed to climb those damn stairs, once a morning is enough for me.
