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The lockers are good, though I noticed some trains go out with empty rows. The lockers really meter the queue and limit how many people are in the station, so I’m wondering if this will be problematic on really busy days backing up and slowing the queue more than normal.
 
The queue actually backed up really fast today when i believe their were issues with the metal detectors.
 
Like I said in my trip report, the new lockers are only for keys, wallet, glasses and phone. Other stuff must be put in a paid locker. The way it works seems a little problematic right now, but I think they’ll smooth it out.
 
The rides performance is amazing. I must have rode this at least four times on opening day. But the best experiences on it are still those night experiences. Hopefully there will be plenty, when I go on 4th of July. But what makes this ride so great? I'd say it's the back of the train. There is a thrill in not seeing every bunny hop before it comes. More specifically, the bunny hops you experience, before the upside down part. I referred to these little humps as "Click, Click, Click". I had my buddy cracking up when I did an impersonation of us on the ride before the upside part.
 
aerobadger said:
Back row on the right is my favorite seat. The barrel roll drop sitting in the back and the right just feels like you are floating and rotating in some sort of perfect balance.
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I agree with this statement. There's something about the RMC coasters and the backseat that does it for me. I think it has a lot to do with the ride design and the psychology of riders. I hate to think about how cool Twisted Timbers would have been if they had converted Grizzly and Hurler into one big ride. It would have created a true night ride experience, with Grizzly's wooded area. Of course, this would have cost Cedar Fair around the price range of Intimidator 305; but it would have been so worth the cash.

Picture this timeline. Volcano closes in 2018. Cedar Fair announces Twisted Timbers for 2020 season. Ride construction begins on Grizzly and Hurler conversion. The pandemic happens in March of 2020. Construction continues throughout the park's closure during the 2020 season. On opening day 2021, Twisted Timbers opens to the main public. This would have been a huge treat for Volcano's removal.
 
Interesting idea but I don't think it's technically feasible without either a second lift or major reprofiling of one of the two to provide the momentum needed to complete a circuit.

Also, more practically - having them as separate attractions continues to fill the holes in attractions available in a given area, helps keep guests spread apart and increases overall capacity.

Combining two rides that have stations in separate areas of the park, even if they get physically close to each other in their respective layouts would result in a net capacity loss and potentially require another large capacity attraction to become available in whichever area that had its station decommissioned.
 
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DOH! And lol. To clarify, they are holding people's stuff and using the blue tickets to keep track of who's is who's.
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And what happens when the ticket gets lost on the ride :)
 
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It looked like Twisted Timbers got stuck at the start of the brakes before the station last afternoon and had to be evacuated. I was on Windseeker when I saw the train not moving and an employee walking between the station and the train and later I saw a whole bunch of people walking from the train to the station while I was on the drop tower.
 
That is very interesting. I was sitting here thinking about many of the issues these rides are having. Generally they don't have these issues. Could part of this problem be occurring from the rides sitting dormant for a year? I'm sure the park did test runs before opening this season; but a lot of parts on these rides probably didn't move for a while. At least until maintenance technicians were cleared to return to the park during the time of the pandemic.
 
Is there a technique for taller people to ride this thing? I know somebody of a similar height to me (6'3) but isn't particularly overweight at all and he said he had to like curl his feet basically to where they were pointing down to get the sensor to go green because of the shin guards and I've never tried that at all so might check it next time I go though riding with my feet like that sounds objectively awful.
 
On the first gen RMCs you can solve a lot of issues with rider size by crossing your feet, however on the second gen RMCs you can't really do that because they put a larger divider on the shin guard.
 
MikeLovesKD said:
That is very interesting. I was sitting here thinking about many of the issues these rides are having. Generally they don't have these issues. Could part of this problem be occurring from the rides sitting dormant for a year? I'm sure the park did test runs before opening this season; but a lot of parts on these rides probably didn't move for a while. At least until maintenance technicians were cleared to return to the park during the time of the pandemic.
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For Twisted this is pretty normal. Also from my understanding, maintenance still cycled the rides on occasion all throughout 2020 to keep them moving for the reasons that you mentioned, but that still doesn't equate to having 20+ riders on them as far as wear and tear goes.
 
And I was going to mention that as well. The water dummies are generally filled with the same amount of water. They give and resist the same way. When your dealing with actual people, it's a little different. People pull on lap bars and distribute weight much differently than a water dummy. But wear and tear will effect each ride differently. Given the extensive time Flight of Fear was closed; I'd say that it did pretty good.

Only mentioning FoF because we are talking about ride comparison. I generally sit in the middle of FoF. With Premier launch rides, the middle feels just as thrilling as the back. I've rode it so many times, that I know the speed of the ride. When I rode it on open day, it felt a lot faster than usual. That thing rockets through the first two inversions. Obviously, sitting formant did not effect it negatively.
 
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I have heard that TT broke a lift chain and that this is at least the second time it's done it this year. How normal is that?
 
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horsesboy said:
I have heard that TT broke a lift chain and that this is at least the second time it's done it this year. How normal is that?
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I've never heard of that being a regular issue before. First GateKeeper and now TT? CF has got to get their act together!
 
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TT was definitely down most of Sunday afternoon and did not open up again.

Not sure what the reason was.
 
Nibbins said:
TT was definitely down most of Sunday afternoon and did not open up again.

Not sure what the reason was.
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I am here today I was told it broke a lift chain this weekend and that they didn't get the replacement in till today. I was also told that it take 30-60 minutes to fix now that the chain is on site. I can't verify any of that but it's been repeated to both me and other guests by multiple employees.
 
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