One of the clarinet players was three sheets to the wind. I bet he did it 
WindSeeker
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MAZ said:
It was busy on Saturday. However, they were down to 5 beer selections 20 minutes into the event and 4 by 1pm. The food houses didn't start accepting credit cards until about an hour in. The beer line was painfully slow and long. This was the 3rd big food/drink event this year and it wasn't consistent to the other events. I saw other people also looking for the ticket booth to buy food and drink tickets.
I feel like Windseeker is closed most of the time when I go.
Dusting this one off - I rode today but noticed that ops were only loading every car with only 1 rider apiece.
I couldn't figure out why they'd do that; I don't think it changes weight distribution and you still need the same amount of staff considering entire circumference was being loaded. Inherently all it seemed to do was to artificially decrease capacity.
Anyone know why they did this?
I couldn't figure out why they'd do that; I don't think it changes weight distribution and you still need the same amount of staff considering entire circumference was being loaded. Inherently all it seemed to do was to artificially decrease capacity.
Anyone know why they did this?
When I worked the ride they tended to do this when there was high winds.
I heard someone mention winds as a reason for the single rider loading yesterday when we were on WindSeeker.
...which is ironic considering the name of the ride.
...which is ironic considering the name of the ride.
Trust me the irony is not lost on the operators, a lot of them say the ride only runs to seek the wind and when it finds them it has no need to operate anymore.
However I do not understand the need for a single rider rule in those wind conditions even being trained at the ride, never got a proper explanation for it.
Nice to know that the park is turning Windseeker into an observation tower since they can't get the Eiffel Tower open.
Seriously though, almost every visit I've had since the beginning of last season, this ride is either closed or gets stuck at some point.
Seriously though, almost every visit I've had since the beginning of last season, this ride is either closed or gets stuck at some point.
Our last visit, it got stuck right before we were going to get on and it had to be lowered down slowly. I personally find the coming down to be the most relaxing part of the ride, so it's not all bad.
Yeah not long after I took that picture, they slowly lowered it down. Maintenance was working/testing it a while after wards. Honestly I agree too because for some reason spinning rides make me nauseous now so I wouldn't mind riding Windseeker like that. I just wouldn't wanna be stuck on it for a longer than 15 minutes.
Nice to see that we now have practically three observation towers: Drop Tower, Windseeker, and Eiffel Tower.