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horsesboy said:
The last two times that I have ridden I have noticed a light spray of water hitting the under side of the train at least on the back cars while it was parked in the station for loading...
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I305Evan said:
Yes, it's for cooling the wheels. The water sprayers only turn on when the train is in the station...
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And what's super awesome is when those water nozzles sometimes get pointed upwards, arching their spray directly into the cars of the train.

Unlike i305, I (very sadly) cannot sprint at 90 mph. But one visit earlier this season, I don't think the coaster realized that - where during an unusually long dispatch cycle - decided to completely drench my lower body; perhaps thinking I too needed some 'cooling of my wheels'.

So where i305 loves to deliver some of the most extreme intensity ever to be found on a coaster... sometimes, just sometimes, you get an extra added bonus of water elements 😀
 
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outhikn said:
And what's super awesome is when those water nozzles sometimes get pointed upwards, arching their spray directly into the cars of the train.

Unlike i305, I (very sadly) cannot sprint at 90 mph. But one visit earlier this season, I don't think the coaster realized that - where during an unusually long dispatch cycle - decided to completely drench my lower body; perhaps thinking I too needed some 'cooling of my wheels'.

So where i305 loves to deliver some of the most extreme intensity ever to be found on a coaster... sometimes, just sometimes, you get an extra added bonus of water elements 😀
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While not as dramatic as your experience sounds to have been that was exactly how my attention got drawn to them in the first place.
 
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I’ve ridden this ride more than any other coaster out there by far. Yesterday as I walked under the archway for the whatever hundredth numbered time, I still got chills.
 
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NOTE for those heading to the park today.

I305 was down the second half of the day yesterday and never appeared to reopen. I’d check queue times before going if you were planing on having your face melted right off today ruthlessly. You may need to turn to alternatives for face melting.
 
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Maybe this is a stupid question, but what made them stuck on the brake run and why wouldn't the train they manually lifted up the hill end up stuck on the brake run too once they run it?
 
Crunchewy said:
Maybe this is a stupid question, but what made them stuck on the brake run and why wouldn't the train they manually lifted up the hill end up stuck on the brake run too once they run it?
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"Stuck on the brake run" is likely a misnomer for what actually occured. There was probably some sort of fault or other e-stop triggering event with the coaster (could be any number of things, anywhere on the ride) that wouldn't allow operations to dispatch a train in the standard operating mode. That requires maintenance to come and put the ride into maintenance mode in order to facilitate the manual moving of trains outside of the standard safety parameters dictated by the ride's logic systems.
 
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Crunchewy said:
Maybe this is a stupid question, but what made them stuck on the brake run and why wouldn't the train they manually lifted up the hill end up stuck on the brake run too once they run it?
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The reddit poster who posted the video said it appeared that there was an issue getting the car to catch on the lift as they apparently cycled the lift several times before the video.
 
It probably over or under parked the train, I305 has to park on the exact same spot every cycle or it won't be able to dispatch in "Auto" mode. On the unload side of the train is a red paint stripe on the first car that lines up with paint on the station floor, this is so the board operator can visually verify the train is parked properly.

Another common issue is with drive motors locking up. When that happens maintenance can force the train to advance in manual mode, it'll just slide through the locked up motor.
 
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Zamperla Volare said:
When that happens maintenance can force the train to advance in manual mode, it'll just slide through the locked up motor.
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Unless, its Backlot and maintenance shoves a rock in the drive motor which forced the motor into neutral. Fun fact: Last time I rode, this motor still freely spins. Take a look at the unload drive tires when the train is being moved from unload to load station. All of the other tires will stop and lock while one of them will freely spin.
Crunchewy said:
Maybe this is a stupid question, but what made them stuck on the brake run and why wouldn't the train they manually lifted up the hill end up stuck on the brake run too once they run it?
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Zachary and Zamperla Volare already answered this and Horseboy mentioned that it appeared to be an issue with the train connecting to the catch car. But hypothetically let's say the issue was with the waiting brake area. Kings Dominion has a rule/guideline where rides cannot be Code 2 (ride is down with riders on board) for greater than 30 minutes. Priority is always to get riders off as quickly and safely as possible. First plan of attack is the manually jog the trains around to unload in the station. If the issue is so severe where trains can't be moved, then decision to evacuate would be made. Some of the more experienced maintenance can look at the fault type, and make the decision to evacuate without attempting jogging the trains. This will get the evac process started faster and helps the park with the guidelines of 30 minutes or less of riders being stuck onboard. In this case, even if the train on the lift got stuck on the brake run when it came back around, the park wouldn't care as much since it was empty. They still have the goal to get the ride open ASAP, but once riders are unloaded, then it's not as high consequence.

All ride downtimes are situational though and decisions are made based on riders on board vs. not. Where are trains located. Type of fault, etc.

Referring back to the issue with Backlot above.... I was evacuated from the transfer block. However, my train got stuck in the warehouse block. The issue was that the drive motor in the unload station locked up causing the train to under park. Because the train under parked, the computer was thinking that the transfer block was still occupied. Maintenance's first goal was to get the riders off the ride that were stuck in warehouse. They reset the ride and got my train moved from warehouse to transfer. From there, the system wouldn't advance the trains any further and I was evacuated from the transfer block which is easier because it's much closer to the station (and you don't have to worry about locking out the fire effects). Once everyone was off the ride, maintenance then addressed the issue with the motor locking up causing the train to under park.
 
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redsoxfan787 said:
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This is the most amazing roller coaster ever!
But what made them change the seat harness? It was red, now it's more like a NASCAR seat belt
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the original restraints were plastic

better than lightning rod, pantheon, skyrush, comet, and mako
 
Wildcats Revenge really took a lot of the luster out of Skyrush for me this year, thus I have recently flipped on my preference for Skyrush and Intimidator 305, Skyrush was removed from the top 10 instead.

life scandal GIF
 
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