Unagi said:
Just wait until summer, it's becoming almost a yearly tradition that it'll be down for at least 20 days straight.
Volcano: The Blast Coaster
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Just wait until summer, it's becoming almost a yearly tradition that it'll be down for at least 20 days straight.
HA CALLED IT.
Kings Dominion has released to ACE that Volcano will not be on any itinerary for Coaster Con. It will be closed until at least June 20th based on this announcement.
Kings Dominion has released to ACE that Volcano will not be on any itinerary for Coaster Con. It will be closed until at least June 20th based on this announcement.
warfelg said:
The problem isn’t cedar fair, it’s the manufacturer... intamin
Cedar Fair also has some of Intamin's more experimental creations. Volcano, Dragster, and Xcelerator come to mind as coasters that were first-of-its-kind, and as a result are likely more temperamental when it comes to maintenance.
warfelg said:
It's also more to do that other parks have mostly gotten rid of their problem rides. Volcano, TTD, Xcelerator, and the ilk are popular enough to warrant keeping them around due to their draw with Fast Lane Plus sales.
Magic Mountain's Green Lantern (The Intamin Zac Spin) has been down for at least 3 months now with no signs or indications of anything with regards to reopening. They've also been running 1 train on Full Throttle for a while and no one knows why. Hell Kennywood's Sky Rocket is going to be down for a while thanks to the electrical fire in its computer shed this weekend.
Full Throttle and Skyrocket aren’t Intamin.
On the flip Hershey’s Intamin trio had restraint issues but are never down long. And F97 has the only vertical lift that’s double chain, SR has a unique launch, and Skyrush has the wing, steep climb and cable lift.
On the flip Hershey’s Intamin trio had restraint issues but are never down long. And F97 has the only vertical lift that’s double chain, SR has a unique launch, and Skyrush has the wing, steep climb and cable lift.
FWIW not absolving Intamin of making issue laden rides, but rather the duration, the frequency, and the typical issue (what’s causing the shutdown) is mostly a reflection on the park or ownership change IMO.
You can point to the fact that those three are unique, but by now the launch system ok KK, TTD, and Xcel are the same as SR and a few others, and SR and KK don’t see the same amoumt of downtime as the CR counterparts. Same thing for the launch system on Volcano (inverted is unique but they even have a few non full loop versions), it’s not unique so it can be fixed quickly.
So at some point it is just CF and speed. Makes me wonder if the fixes that need to happen are something that they send CF engineers to work on rather than the individual park maintenance.
You can point to the fact that those three are unique, but by now the launch system ok KK, TTD, and Xcel are the same as SR and a few others, and SR and KK don’t see the same amoumt of downtime as the CR counterparts. Same thing for the launch system on Volcano (inverted is unique but they even have a few non full loop versions), it’s not unique so it can be fixed quickly.
So at some point it is just CF and speed. Makes me wonder if the fixes that need to happen are something that they send CF engineers to work on rather than the individual park maintenance.
I can't confirm this but my understanding from what I have heard is that Volcano is in a similar situation as to what Intimidator was in a few years ago. IE its has a broken part that is hard to get and shipped from overseas and is down till they get it. Again I can't confirm that but that is the rumor that I have heard a number of times.
The park's website now says "Volcano: The Blast Coaster is temporarily closed. We apologize for the inconvenience." This, coupled with previous reports in this thread, seems to suggest the ride won't be open for a while. :-/
For what it is worth, we heard that Volcano's crew has been broken up. I'm not sure if there is any timeline in place, or if the park is still figuring things out.
Additionally, Volcano does not appear on anywhere on Coaster Con 41's final schedule.
Additionally, Volcano does not appear on anywhere on Coaster Con 41's final schedule.
Just got an email from Kings Dominion stating that they do not expect to open Volcano anytime soon.....seems there are some major headaches with the ride....well, it's an Intamin.
I told them that we are going in late August and they still were not sure about it....
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I told them that we are going in late August and they still were not sure about it....
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This is, unfortunately, in line with what we have been told by people familiar with the matter inside the park. This sounds like a really bad one, folks.
Should I begin my ' bring the haunted river back' campaign now?
Yeeeesh. That's not good. I hope it's something they can salvage and get it going again.
Hmm... A river... with dinos. Maybe you could have some sort of adventure...