Bringing capacity back to the forefront again since it was mentioned, I'll clarify just how bad Tempest is going to be. A traditional 90 minute line by El Toro's standard would mean 1620 people are waiting in line so we'll use that as a base comparison across all rides.
El Toro - 1080 rph target for a 90 minute line
Bizarro - 1184 rph target for a 82 minute line
Volcano - 928 rph theoretical max, 105 minute line
Full Throttle - 792 rph max, 123 minute line
Tempesto - estimated maximum capacity of 450 rph, 216 minute wait
Hershey's Wild Mouse - 832 rph, 117 minute wait
Raptor - 1792 rph max, 54 minute wait
Maverick - 1200 rph max, 81 minute wait
i305 - 1344 rph based on 42 dispatch/hour cycle, 72 minute wait
Apollo - 1728 rph max, 56 minute wait
This is taking into account peak operations and operating at max or target capacity. El Toro and Bizarro have a lowered target capacity due to limited staffing and more stringent operating procedures (Visual Scans). Cedar Point is absolutely bonkers about capacity, especially at Raptor. It isn't rare to see their crews running at max capacity, or close to it on their packed days. That's what will make this ride so bad with capacity. Being generous with a 25 dispatch/hour cycle and 18 riders per train means that no matter what you're doomed to wait, and wait, and wait some more. What's more is Premier has not posted their capacity on the LSM catapult clone. For comparison Full Throttle only gets 792 rph MAX, and that's with two trains. Tempesto will only have one and will have a similar ride cycle duration to Full Throttle, that's where I'm being generous with that 450.
