I seem to remember the Gladiator's Gauntlet making a ridiculously loud screeching motor noise (for lack of a better way to describe it). Finnegan's Flyer can't be worse than that, can it?
Project 2019: Finnegan's Flyer (S&S Screamin' Swing)
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S&S Screamin Swings make an "air discarge" sound. Certainly nothing like a screech. I wouldn't personally consider the sound very disrupting at all.
That's what I'm thinking. And I honestly am glad they thought of that. Looks like they kinda care about atmosphere after all.
I thought the tanks were being located quite a ways up the edge of the pipeline easement -- but upon reviewing the excellent article here, I note that the compressors will be located back there. Not sure what is logistically possible with the tanks themselves.
My guess is that they'll be holding the weight of the ride itself and the majority of the weight of the loading deck as well. This definitely will be one of the unique screamin' swings out there as most of them are plopped on flat ground.
I doubt it, the last things I can remember opening on the first day was Apollo and before that Alpengiest. I could be wrong but I was there for both including Fabio and the snow flurries that morning.
That said, with the exception of Mach Tower and its obvious issues, it's been literally decades since the park installed a major flat ride so there isn't much modern precedent here.
BFE's opening doesn't give me a whole lot of hope. I know it was new tech for the park but if they can't have a remodeled ride open by opening day then it seems unlikely that a major build is going to be ready on time.
Counterpoint- These rides are common and it isn't a prototype
I concur and frankly, I think SEAS needs to keep doing things like this. Use “off the shelf” flats, just different ones at the parks to keep them all individual. When a flat isn’t a one off, the chances of delays are much less.
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