The rides that have signs up front have a staff member at the entrance at all times. This allows the staff member to change the queue time accurately. This is so much more effective than how the wait times on the app are put in.
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I disagree. If I'm at Timbers and want to see the wait time for Dominator I should be able to look at the app and get an accurate time. I shouldn't need to walk all the way to Dominator to find out.
I think RollyCoaster is referring to the infrastructure of the system. I don't think he is saying the app should be correct vs. the sign out front. But the system in place for the app is not as reliable as a person judging wait time.
This could have changed, but in the past, the communicationsdepartment/ family care center would call each ride, every hour, asking for their wait time. They would then input the time in the system which would transfer to the app. This can be unreliable because it's updated every hour instead of real time.
This could have changed, but in the past, the communicationsdepartment/ family care center would call each ride, every hour, asking for their wait time. They would then input the time in the system which would transfer to the app. This can be unreliable because it's updated every hour instead of real time.
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Which - there's so many factors as to the time of wait based on queue line length.
For I-305, discounting the extra wait for front row, they group riders into the station vs everyone has immediate access.
They could use a tool that counts individuals walking past a certain point (say, the giant marquee) then do the math for riders per train, trains running, average dispatch times (assuming there's no easy way to access actual dispatch timing), etc and come up with a relatively decent wait time estimate which can be automatically plugged into the app in near-real time (think 5 minute refreshes or something like that).
Downtime would be either manually entered or the system would essentially throw a message after a significant time (maybe 15 minutes) of nobody entering the queue which then disappears once the queue reopens.
But if suddenly there's an influx of fast lane passes come through that line, then it's on the batcher to move the line appropriately... which means the wait time calculations go out the window.
For I-305, discounting the extra wait for front row, they group riders into the station vs everyone has immediate access.
They could use a tool that counts individuals walking past a certain point (say, the giant marquee) then do the math for riders per train, trains running, average dispatch times (assuming there's no easy way to access actual dispatch timing), etc and come up with a relatively decent wait time estimate which can be automatically plugged into the app in near-real time (think 5 minute refreshes or something like that).
Downtime would be either manually entered or the system would essentially throw a message after a significant time (maybe 15 minutes) of nobody entering the queue which then disappears once the queue reopens.
But if suddenly there's an influx of fast lane passes come through that line, then it's on the batcher to move the line appropriately... which means the wait time calculations go out the window.
I certainly think that the wait times on the app are not updated regularly at all. Pretty much everytime I've gone this season it's shown Dominator with a 20 minute wait and everything else as "open" or "0 minute wait" man that is disappointing when you get to Timbers to find out it is "not in fact a 0 minute wait."
They aren’t updated properly because half the time the associates answering the phone are overwhelmed and give a half assed guesstimate on the line without even looking at it. “Hey this is ***** with the family care center what’s your wait time?” “An hour” on an empty Tuesday morning that the park just opened lol. Nobody enforces proper time either. I love these new signs at the entrance.
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And honestly at that point what's the purpose of having wait times on the app if it cannot be updated properly?
Rode this on the second run of the day (some lucky fellow managed to snag the first run with the whole train to himself), and it was my first time on the ride. I can't speak to anyone else's experiences this summer earlier in this thread but I for sure was greying out through those first couple sections. I have been on a lot of roller coasters but never had that happen to me before. Very very intense experience. Loved it. I had a guy tell me he rode it five or six times in a row that day and even with the thirtyish minute line to wait in between rides I'd not want to put myself through that XD
“Volcano, Gavin.”
“Hey this is Janet with the Family Care Center, can I get your wait time.”
“4 hours”
“4 hours?!?”
“Yes, 4 hours. The line is past scrambler now.”
“Oh…thanks.”
-Me, every day of Haunt.
It's not the drop and turn that do an number on me It's some of those sharp change of direction that beat me up especially in the back.
Intamins in that time period had a nasty habit of extremely sharp transitions to make up for lack of speed and I hate it. I rather have a smooth B&M transition than an Intamin whip moment.
Honestly those left-right whips might be my favorite part of I305, which is a coaster I love dearly.
I got some minor bruises around my neck from my visit on Sunday. Timmy and I have an odd relationship, but it's consensual.
If you don’t leave with some marks on your neck, did you really even have a good time?
I 305 has a lack of speed ???
I did get stapled the other night due to a noncooperative seat belt. I can see how tall thin people might find the restraint uncomfortable and restrictive. Even though I'm usually that stapled by the end, never had the shoulders be the main point of restraint over the whole ride.
I think the only time I 305 noticeably slows down mid-course is when it hits the trim on the bunny hill parallel to the drop, especially noticable in cooler weather and if your twin isn't fully loaded. ElToroRyan's video on the ride also points it out in good detail.
Otherwise, on a warm day with a fully loaded train, it hauls ass until the end of ride brake run.
Otherwise, on a warm day with a fully loaded train, it hauls ass until the end of ride brake run.