The lift hill cable was not the problem in 2013. A cable does not need to be shipped overseas from Europe to be lost in shipping for 2 months.
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The lift hill cable was not the problem in 2013. A cable does not need to be shipped overseas from Europe to be lost in shipping for 2 months.
I305 got stuck on the lift hill for most of the afternoon yesterday. Glad I got a few rides on it before it went down.
@ the person above. Don’t want to say their name. Would highly recommend you delete your comment as soon as possible, and if that’s your real name I would suggest changing your username on the forum as well.
Guessing it wasn't @Pompeiiboy you're referring to? That's the previous poster to your comment that I can see (super efficient mod crew or some automated thing?).
Otherwise, anyone know if the issue with the ride is related to the shutdown the other week ago?
it was infact some super efficient mod crew, but i wont say the user or ehat was said in the message
Yikes, what did I miss? My heart jumped for a second thinking I made a mistake somewhere haha
Ad. They were filming on the log flume and in soak city yesterday.
I was at the park on July 4th, does I305 ever actually get a queue? I feel like the only times I see it with a line are Saturdays in October. Part of me wonders if it suffers a lot from being in a far away corner from the rest of the park but I mean I know people are afraid of the blackouts. I know it's a people eater as well and that makes me think it's rather difficult for it to generate any sort of line especially running two trains because the volume of people heading back to that corner of the park isn't particularly high and it seems to have a steady stream of people getting in line. That being said Twisted Timbers didn't have much of a queue either on July 4th largely just a station wait whereas it seems like half the park is at Dominator sometimes now.
Longest wait I ever had for I305 was about 20 min for the front row the weekend after it opened... ever since It's been almost walk on everytime I've been there since (I only go about once a year, but usually on Saturdays no less)
Location and capacity are the biggees that keep the queues down. It's a long walk to get there and any supporting service (i.e. food, bathrooms, other entertainment) is a decent walk back. Compare that to Twisted Timbers, which has lousy capacity, but also has lots of other attractions and entertainment right in the same area as the entrance.
The best thing KD can do when they take down Anaconda is open up the area to I305 as a plaza of sorts with food/shops/stage to draw more guest traffic to the area.
Got to say, I don't want to see Anaconda replaced by a stage.
Honestly, if Anaconda was removed, they’d probably add another Entrance to Soak City there.
That is a good point about the lack of amenities over there. The closest restroom is past Backlot from Intimidator. Wonder if you switch Dominator and Intimidator 305s locations and you'd see a huge difference in lines. Not that I have much to complain about the lack of lines I just hope Cedar Fair doesn't get some annoying ideas in a couple years.
The main thing would not be re-using the Anaconda station to open up the area. If you put the station for a new ride over near Backlot, you can do both.