Griffon

[Diamond Dave]

I rode Griffon tonight and as my train was pulling in, the guests on the train in the station that was preparing to take off were told to get off and stand back in line.  When we stopped, I noticed a guy laying on the ground between the platform where you get on the ride and the exit gates next to it.  He was holding his nose and there was a pool of blood underneath him.  It was as if he was walking past all the seats to set something aside before riding and fell and hit his nose or something.  I didn't see the incident happen, but they had to call first aid and shut the ride down for a bit.  I don't believe the incident happened on the ride itself, but it was kind of a scary sight to see someone on the ground with a puddle of blood underneath him.  I was wondering if anyone had any news on what happened.  It didn't seem like too big of a deal.  It looked worse than it probably was.  The staff remained calm, called first aid, and took care of it.  The guy was able to walk away without assistance.  I've never seen something like that happen at Busch Gardens.  Does anyone have any information on the incident?

Probably got hit by a duck. /s


I hope the guy is okay.

 

[Rhaw757]

Haha yeah, the Fabio incident on Apollo's went through my head. This was around 8:30pm though and I'm pretty sure this guy was getting on the ride, not getting off. It was really weird because nobody was freaking out or even helping the guy. My family that was on the ride with me didn't even notice the guy initially. They were just like "what's the holdup?" and then I pointed it out and they were like "oh shoot, I didn't even see him". The employees just told the guests who had just sat down on the ride to go back and stand in the line and I heard them mention that they called the first aid guys. The injured guy was just in a half-sitting, half-laying position holding his nose over the puddle of blood completely silent, barely even moving. It was a really awkward looking scenario.

 

[Nicole]

I'm actually impressed that the ride ops apparently didn't freak out and just managed the crisis efficiently and professionally.

 

[netdvn]

Sounds like the guy had a bad nosebleed. Not too big of an issue really.

 

[Rhaw757]

Sounds like the guy had a bad nosebleed. Not too big of an issue really.

Well that was my initial impression too. Then I realized, why would he be laying on the ground if it was just a nosebleed? Then, when they stood him up and walked him out, there was a gash on his nose.

 

[MAZ]

I rode Griffon tonight and as my train was pulling in, the guests on the train in the station that was preparing to take off were told to get off and stand back in line.  When we stopped, I noticed a guy laying on the ground between the platform where you get on the ride and the exit gates next to it.  He was holding his nose and there was a pool of blood underneath him.  It was as if he was walking past all the seats to set something aside before riding and fell and hit his nose or something.  I didn't see the incident happen, but they had to call first aid and shut the ride down for a bit.  I don't believe the incident happened on the ride itself, but it was kind of a scary sight to see someone on the ground with a puddle of blood underneath him.  I was wondering if anyone had any news on what happened.  It didn't seem like too big of a deal.  It looked worse than it probably was.  The staff remained calm, called first aid, and took care of it.  The guy was able to walk away without assistance.  I've never seen something like that happen at Busch Gardens.  Does anyone have any information on the incident?

Since there seems to be no 'this is what happened' answers here, I want to speculate. Is it possible that this guy was injured during his ride, went down on his knees while exiting and no ride Ops noticed until after opening the loading gates? (Upon realizing, sending new riders back.) If not, what in the world did he hit his face on that would cause a 'gash' while loading in? Drunk people doing faceplants usually end up with a bloody nose, but not a 'gash'...

 

[BGW Family]

Anyone know what these new additions are? One over each gate onto the ride and one over the exit. They are connected to a LAN.

 

[Peej1212]

I would think maybe its a way to boost wifi in the area?

 

[Thomas]

Or for team member headsets?

 

[Zimmy]

from the photo they look like photo-electric sensors. I will take a closer look next time I am there.

 

[Rhaw757]

I rode Griffon tonight and as my train was pulling in, the guests on the train in the station that was preparing to take off were told to get off and stand back in line.  When we stopped, I noticed a guy laying on the ground between the platform where you get on the ride and the exit gates next to it.  He was holding his nose and there was a pool of blood underneath him.  It was as if he was walking past all the seats to set something aside before riding and fell and hit his nose or something.  I didn't see the incident happen, but they had to call first aid and shut the ride down for a bit.  I don't believe the incident happened on the ride itself, but it was kind of a scary sight to see someone on the ground with a puddle of blood underneath him.  I was wondering if anyone had any news on what happened.  It didn't seem like too big of a deal.  It looked worse than it probably was.  The staff remained calm, called first aid, and took care of it.  The guy was able to walk away without assistance.  I've never seen something like that happen at Busch Gardens.  Does anyone have any information on the incident?

Since there seems to be no 'this is what happened' answers here, I want to speculate. Is it possible that this guy was injured during his ride, went down on his knees while exiting and no ride Ops noticed until after opening the loading gates? (Upon realizing, sending new riders back.) If not, what in the world did he hit his face on that would cause a 'gash' while loading in? Drunk people doing faceplants usually end up with a bloody nose, but not a 'gash'...

Yeah, that could very well be it. By the time my train had gotten in, there was already a good bit of blood there. Nobody seemed to be helping him either. There was a group of punk teenagers that were laughing and walked up and took pictures of the guy. He seemed to be alone. It was all just very odd to me. My family and I had no idea what the incident could've been. I just thought it was an interesting story so I figured I'd share it.

 

[BGW Family]

from the photo they look like photo-electric sensors.  I will take a closer look next time I am there.

Agreed. In person, they look a bit more like 2 cameras than senors. With 3 other small apertures. Sensors make more sense. Some sort of light curtain to count people? It has just piqued my interest.

 

[CastleOSullivan]

I'm pretty sure BGWFamily is right about it being a people counter. I looked for similar photos of people counters, and while this isn't identical, it has the two main sensors and three small apertures.

Maybe they are working on getting automated, up-to-date wait times. Tampa has marquees and TV screens with up-to-date wait times. Williamsburg has been getting similar screens, they just don't have wait times.

Edit: Some next generation LAN gates can ping WiFi signals on phones. The purpose of this is to tell how when the same person enters and leaves. Apple tried to override this in iOS 8, but I don't know how effective that was.

 

[BGW Family]

Okay, found them.

ClearCount 3D Video

The ClearCount 3D Video line uses 3D advanced stereo vision tracking technology to provide accurate people counting data under a broad set of environmental conditions. It monitors multiple people entering and exiting at the same time and accurately distinguishes between children, adults and other objects such as shopping carts.

Data transmission and power are provided over your local or wide area network. Onboard Flash storage ensures data is protected against network failures for up to 80 days for a single count zone and all data is maintained during a power outage.

The additional Queue Package can predict line wait times, monitor transaction times, measure queue length and other service metrics.

FEATURES:
Accurately counts for indoor, outdoor and heavy traffic environments
Simultaneously counts and defines adults, children and groups
Queue package for average wait times, line length and transaction times
Collections, stores and delivers data in configurable intervals
Streaming or recorded digital video for remote data validation

So, the next question. Why?

Suggestions in the description are; people counters, electronic article surveillance, predicting line wait times, or streaming and recorded digital video.

Have to say, not loving another place taking video in the overly saturated surveillance world of today. These can hold 24 hours of video and can easily be backed up to any server for unlimited retention. Hopefully, it is for wait times. Which also seems like overkill.

The investment for any reason in that list just seems like overkill to me. Okay insiders, your mission is to see what they are up to.

 

[Zachary]

Great detective work guys! Impressed you all actually figured that mystery out so quickly.

I'm interested to see where this goes too. That's a lot of data- guess the question is how they plan to process it and if they plan to share it...

 

[Zimmy]

based on the way they are mounted, 2 haphazard zip ties and what appears to be a quickly thrown together box and face plate, I think this may be a temporary or demo install.

Chaos know I would have a very short one-way conversation with one of my techs if they came up with that for an permanent install.

 

[Shane]

Time will tell.

 

[Ghost of Pretzel Kaiser]

They're to scan the microchips Obamacare forced us all to get.

 

[strycker]

They're to scan the microchips Obamacare forced us all to get.

They mark it as a pre-existing condition if you ride the coasters for heart failure.

 

[strycker]

What a rush this ride is for the first time. It would be a lot more fun too if it was a bit longer. It's over so quick, you are barely on it. The good part is it really does eat the line queue like no other ride with 30 people every 90 seconds or so. Here's a few pics. Enjoy!