Hopefully this means that they'll start allowing glasses with straps again. My blind ass needs glasses to see without real life looking like 144p.
Project 2022: Pantheon
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I rode last weekend and they were allowing straps
I ended up not getting back to ride Pantheon during the “no glasses even with straps” era, but it was nice to be able to leave them on.
Have to say that the wait clock was WILDLY off - as we got in line, it said 46 minutes and some people left the line saying it wasn’t worth that, but it was probably closer to 15 (20 at most).
Have to say that the wait clock was WILDLY off - as we got in line, it said 46 minutes and some people left the line saying it wasn’t worth that, but it was probably closer to 15 (20 at most).
Even if it was 46 minutes, that’s still worth it for the 2nd best coaster in the state.
In my experience, this is typical of wait time estimates in the park. But I guess they are just estimates after all. And bio incidents, height checks, or other restraint related issues can cause delays obviously.
FWIW, the first few times on Pantheon, the ride operators were doing a lot of tugging on restraints and the system would show them flash from red to green to red to green a lot when this happened. For me it was like 1 out of every 3 attempts, I wouldn't be able to ride, but my most recent trip to the park I rode fine, no problems. I'm also able to ride all the rest of the coasters without issues and without use of the larger seats.
I hope the restraint issues are able to get resolved as it's a great ride. But of course safety is the absolute top priority, as it should be.
Not sure what is going on with the restraints but yesterday was the first I personally had any issues. To start off im about 236lbs and wear a 36 pants so by no meand am I slim but I fit on rides with no issues. Yesterday the kid checking the seats who didnt speak english enough to understand what he was saying seemed determined to get as many seats to flash red as possible. My seat I pulled down the harness and got green, the first time he came by he pushed down and pulled up and it stayed green. He moved on then after doing the next couple seats comes back and pushes down again...still stays green. The third time he came back he pushed down to the point the bar was phyiscally uncomfortable and jerks up and got it to flash red for a split second. He did that to about 4 people in one train. Later he had a larger person who was obviously not fitting, he would push then turn his head over his shoulder and smirk....smiling....like he thought it was funny. Of course almost everyone he booted they allowed on the next train and fit with no issues and a diffrent person checking the harness.
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I too am eager to hear what the issue is with these restraint checks and see them get a solution. Velocicoaster has the same trains and you saw none of these checks.
This has to be a sensor issue of some sort, right? Yesterday we saw plenty of normal American-sized humans get denied of a ride due to this ridiculous procedure.
This has to be a sensor issue of some sort, right? Yesterday we saw plenty of normal American-sized humans get denied of a ride due to this ridiculous procedure.
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I also don’t see the team
members pushing and pulling on harnesses as much at they do at BGW. All I remember at Uni is they make sure they are pushed down and they fly down the line checking harnesses. Look how quickly they dispatch and how quick their super long line goes. At Busch it’s a push pull game on each harness as they stare at the monitor looking for the slightest blip of red.
members pushing and pulling on harnesses as much at they do at BGW. All I remember at Uni is they make sure they are pushed down and they fly down the line checking harnesses. Look how quickly they dispatch and how quick their super long line goes. At Busch it’s a push pull game on each harness as they stare at the monitor looking for the slightest blip of red.
Yeah, there are definitely some team members who act like the restraint has to be all the way down. I was scooched forward to get more airtime (duh), and I had already been checked as I was front row, but she came back and stapled me very hard. Crushed my nuts and took away all the air time.
I haven't been to Universal, yet, hope to eventually/soon, but this problem at BGW also causes the other train to stack up waiting for the station train to dispatch. I've sat and watched the TVs while waiting to board and the countdown for dispatch on the next train is starting before the incoming train even pulls into the station most of the times I've been in the queue.
the stacking is so bad. on friday we were on the break run for 7 minuets. Ive seen them rolling trains before so it’s possible for them not to stack. but operations overall lately have really sucked.
I'll say it again and again, take the complaint to a Park Ops supervisor or GR. That's really the only way to get changes done, especially when it is a specific team member(s).
Yea but that in itself is a problem….Friday around 7ish I needed to swap out something at GR……1 person working and it was taking forever for each guest. The line filled the queue line they had set up.
I’m not going to exonerate BGW completely here because only 1 person working GR is absolutely ridiculous. However, I’ve seen at times that line move super fast and at times move super slow. It seems to more depend on the issues guests are bringing up and how the guests handle the response.
One of the things I noticed, which seems kind of odd in my opinion, is where the test seat is placed. A lot of people beeline to pantheon. The current placement, when you beeline to the ride, is not on that beeline path. You have to detour around the teacups in your beeline to get to the test seat. Why they chose to put the test seat not in the ride plaza is kind of baffling to me. Plus, in its odd position, a lot of the larger riders may not even see it due to its location. If you’re entering Festa, and going to pantheon, you go to the right of the teacups because you can see the pantheon sword. The test seat is on the opposite side of the teacups. Therefore, most guests don’t notice the test seat, and this can lead to larger guests having to do the “walk of shame”. They really should place the test seat in a better spot.
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