Curse of DarKastle
- Thread starter Zachary
- Start date
I am still trying to finish that update of the video. I am having a little trouble with the non-on-board audio. If anyone could get a decent audio recording for off-ride audio scenes, especially the scene with the wind blasts, I would really appreciate it. Feel free to send it as a P.M.
Also, since you've all been so patient, here's another photo! These are elevation drawings for the last two set pieces in the ride.
Also, since you've all been so patient, here's another photo! These are elevation drawings for the last two set pieces in the ride.
Attachments
Mad Ludwig said:
Explain? Okay, I'll try my best.
The wolves don't have canines because of a very clever, subtle bit of theming. DarKastle takes place in the heart of the Black Forest, correct? In the Black Forest, as seen in various Verbolten promotional videos, there is an abundance of large carnivorous plants which grow uncontrollably. The abundance of carnivorous plants consumes the majority of animals, tourists, and German peasants in the forest before the wolves have a chance to get to them. In order to consume proper nutrition and protein, the wolves must resort to killing the plants and eating the decaying carcasses of animals within the plants' digestive tracts. However, as we all know, the strong acidity of carnivorous plant digestive juices is notorious for wearing away at tooth enamel.
The wolves' diet of carnivorous plants in the Black Forest was causing their teeth to decay, especially the front canines which had the first impact on the acidic digestive juices. As a result of the icy, frigid conditions within the castle walls, Ludwig's wolves quickly found their canines experiencing horrible toothaches. The decaying enamel had weakened their sensitivity to the cold! As a pack, the wolves of Darkastle rushed outside the gates to warm up their temperature-sensitive teeth. Diverted by the pain, and in such a panic to relieve their achy canines, they completely forgot about the curse of the castle. The second they stepped out of the castle gates into the warmth of Germany, the wolves immediately turned to stone. Much like Ludwig's icy, decaying body and soul, the decaying canines of the wolves were no match for their stony transformation. With the last of the wolves turned to stone for all eternity, the weakened structure of the decaying teeth gave way to the weight of the stone. With that, the wolves' canine teeth withered into dust, and blew away in the wind deep into the Black Forest, never to be seen again.
That, good sir, is why the wolves in front of Darkastle don't have any canines.
Or they got broken off somehow by some clumsy tourist.
Mad Ludwig said:
So mommy bloggers do not get upset. The canines might upset their little precious darlings.
When I was at the park last week, most of the crew working the ride all came out of the break room at once. I'm not sure what the minimum number of staff for the ride to run is required, but I only counted maybe three people working the load and exit. At least five people came out of the backstage area.
If they're running 1 load and 1 unload station, then it's only one attendant for each.
1 person at load, 1 at unload, 1 person at controls. Then there is 1 person at the pre-show. 1 person in the pre-show. Not sure about the exit of the pre-show. Then there is the attendant at the front of the queue line.
I imagine it only takes 3 people to run the ride itself, then 3-4 people to run the queue line and pre-show.
Officially, I couldn't answer that.
1 person at load, 1 at unload, 1 person at controls. Then there is 1 person at the pre-show. 1 person in the pre-show. Not sure about the exit of the pre-show. Then there is the attendant at the front of the queue line.
I imagine it only takes 3 people to run the ride itself, then 3-4 people to run the queue line and pre-show.
Officially, I couldn't answer that.
Minimum operators required for 9 sleighs is 7. 1 Load, 1 Unload, Ride Controls, Grouper, Pre-Batch, Pre-Show, and Entrance.
For 10 sleighs it's 2 loaders and 1 unload. For 11 it's 2 loads and 2 unloads.
As the park now refuses to run 11 sleighs, if staffing is available, they'll run two unloaders with 10 sleighs, which helps.
Depending on attendance, non safety-sensitive positions like grouper, pre-show, pre-batch, and entrance may be cut. However you will always have a pre-batch to take the role of entrance if entrance is cut.
For 10 sleighs it's 2 loaders and 1 unload. For 11 it's 2 loads and 2 unloads.
As the park now refuses to run 11 sleighs, if staffing is available, they'll run two unloaders with 10 sleighs, which helps.
Depending on attendance, non safety-sensitive positions like grouper, pre-show, pre-batch, and entrance may be cut. However you will always have a pre-batch to take the role of entrance if entrance is cut.
They never have two un-loaders anymore, I still get really mad, because it slows down the whole ride's operations. Sleighs back up to the last scene, and it takes forever for the sleighs to get to the loading area, which slows down loading, because a sleigh will still be loading in the back loading area when the front loading area is waiting for another sleigh, which just wastes time.
They cut the pre-show all the time now, but yet there still isn't two un-loaders.(N)
They cut the pre-show all the time now, but yet there still isn't two un-loaders.(N)
Pre-show is cut because the flyway door into the stables has been broke for the past month so operations are currently mimicking 2006-2011. On some busy days a second unloader has been present to help, as it was Saturday afternoon. Why they refuse to use 11 sleighs or two unloaders is beyond me.
So much this.Matthew said:
That door broke in 2012, but they got it fixed soon. Why they don't get that fixed is beyond me too.
Rode this today. A TON more movement!! I think I got whiplash!
There are notable differences between some of the sleighs.