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  1. mba2012
    Honestly I'm surprised to hear that. It was probably happening every other week when I worked on it; I never stopped the ride myself but was there when it happened more the once.
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    It's definitely still the same announcements used. Justice League and West automatically play the female announcement when the e-stop is pressed, Green Lantern doesn't do any automatic announcements, and I'm not sure about the others.
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    All the ride technicians are mechanical trades people, and electricians. The parks employ engineers but they typically aren't hands on with the rides, except when doing commissioning or more complex issues arise.
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    The two bottom letters were lit up earlier tonight. They look pretty bright and legible from a distance; the full word will definitely look good once it's all lit up.
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    Perhaps more likely to be underground services. I can't imagine they'll want the queue to go through the smokers area
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    Yep, as far as I'm aware
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    All the ride uniforms have disappeared at movie world now too, all the ride ops are just wearing this new uniform. I think it looks very bland and having the blue on the old shirts made them much more recognisable.
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    I'm betting that we've all had our final rides on Doomsday.
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    You'll have to note that there being two staff members in the booth is due to training, which always inevitably leads to longer cycle times.
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    Was also my first visit to try and ride Leviathan but it was still closed when I left at 2. As I was leaving there was a big film crew setting up around the entrance to the ride. I'm certainly hoping that wasn't why it was shut, because I checked the maintenance schedule the night before and it had no indication the ride would be closed. Would be very disappointing if they closed a ride at short notice for a film crew, who presumably would have given them extensive notice.
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    My understanding is that when the seatbelt is in the operator can't properly pull up and see if the harness is functioning correctly.
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    I know these kinds of applications often have delays before they appear online, would that likely be the case here? Superman is going down for maintenance at the end of the week, this would be the perfect time for it to be moved into a new spot at movie world just in time for the easter holidays.
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    While I agree that MW operations could do with a fair bit of improvement, I've also heard the ECC group described as not very understanding when it comes to loose items policies and the like.
  14. mba2012
    I think that's the point Joz is trying to make. Also I'd hardly say Silver Star has a well themed station or queue line, it's just a flashy corporate showcase. But I do agree it's an incredible coaster (although rougher than I expected), it doesn't really need anymore themeing.
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    I'm pretty sure the trains only had a drivers cab at one end, the other end provided a larger space for prams and wheelchairs.
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    Scooby typically operates with around 14 cars, I'm not sure if that changes much for busier periods or not.
  17. mba2012
    Rivals backwards seating did have surge pricing for a period this year, I'm not sure when exactly. They didn't advertise the price anywhere and the staff at the ride wouldn't tell you what it is. It seems to be stuck at $30 now though.
  18. mba2012
    That lines up perfectly with the olympics in 2032. So surely MW will be planning something big for then, similar to Rivals coming the year before the commonwealth games.
  19. mba2012
    I'd call that a complete success then
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    I've been told that the water dummies are being used to test the second train after its rebuild, and are entirely unrelated to the other train getting stuck. I'm pretty sure we established a while back that the ride more likely than not, has an interlock that would prevent it from being dispatched in winds that were too high. It was definitely a combination of factors including wind gusts, but also temperature, and weight, and probably more. The ride has successfully been cycled empty in all sorts of conditions for the past five years, so one windy day can't be the sole cause.
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    Green lantern was cycling with water dummies this afternoon. Perhaps it will be opening earlier than expected?
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    There's a pretty hefty crane parked in the carpark over near rivals now.
  23. mba2012
    Like I said, it became stuck during morning checks. Would you rather the park just puts people on the ride first thing in the morning and hope that there's nothing mechanically wrong with the ride? I understand this concept quite well, I'm an engineer. All the operating procedures, wind limits, etc, would all be specified for the worst possible case plus safety factor. This will only have happened because there was some freak, momentary combination of factors. Which is why I suggested cold wheels and tracks were a likely factor too; my understanding is that there's a difference in running time on the order of multiple seconds, between the first cycles of the day and the last cycles of the day. I'd also be very surprised if this wasn't the case.
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    All these wind speeds are below the maximum operating wind speed for the ride, which is the same whether it's an empty train or not. It became stuck during checks in the morning before anyone was riding it. I imagine it was a combination of an empty train, a strong momentary gust, and probably cold track and wheel temperatures, all compounding at the same time to cause it to valley.
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    I wouldn't be surprised to see them disassemble it where it is. Towing it back sounds like a long and difficult process, but they routinely take the trains apart for maintenance.
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