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Postby JackGlass on May 8th, 2019, 1:29 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7KPePX9r4c

Some nice footage of the now, Floorless Iron Wolf.
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Postby CoasterNick3157 on May 8th, 2019, 8:10 pm
Taylor still says its still rough and a head banger. It's not the trains its the track
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Postby _FuryBull_330_ on May 9th, 2019, 7:29 am
Then, is there a way to retrack Iron Wolf (sorry Firebird) so it could be less rough and more comfortable. From what I know it's much harder to retrack a steel coaster.
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Postby CoasterNick3157 on May 9th, 2019, 9:00 pm
They were able to do it to Ninja now blue hawk as SFOG
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Postby redrobinround on May 9th, 2019, 11:12 pm
why does raging bull only have 2 trains and #3 is not even in the shed


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Postby B&MGuy35 on May 9th, 2019, 11:16 pm
redrobinround wrote:why does raging bull only have 2 trains and #3 is not even in the shed


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The same reason it does every year at the beginning of the season....Maintenance

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Postby redrobinround on May 10th, 2019, 7:42 pm
who knows the eagle noise in SW territory what is it


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Postby UWW-10 on May 11th, 2019, 11:36 am
^ I'm assuming you are referring to the anti-rollback strips that the trains engage as they approach the top of the hill prior to entering the helix. The loud "clicking" noise is the anti-rollback dogs on the trains coming into contact with the strips on the track.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on May 11th, 2019, 11:49 am
I think they are talking about the eagle sound effect in SWT but I'm not sure what the question is.
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Postby redrobinround on May 11th, 2019, 11:59 am
SFGAM_Hog wrote:I think they are talking about the eagle sound effect in SWT but I'm not sure what the question is.
yes what is that


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Postby JaminOut on May 11th, 2019, 12:10 pm
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SFGAM_Hog wrote:I think they are talking about the eagle sound effect in SWT but I'm not sure what the question is.
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It’s a sound effect. Of an eagle.
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Postby BCarroll on May 11th, 2019, 12:41 pm
It's an eagle sound that is played from speakers at the top of Giant Drop.
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on May 13th, 2019, 7:24 am
BCarroll wrote:It's an eagle sound that is played from speakers at the top of Giant Drop.


There's also a whirlwind sound as well! Those are both really cool!
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Postby cliffhanger on May 13th, 2019, 8:21 am
CoasterRiderSC wrote:There's also a whirlwind sound as well! Those are both really cool!

We got it timed perfectly once. We got to the top and heard the wind howling as we were held there. The eagle cawed and a second later we dropped. Really added suspense to an already scary ride!
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Postby UnclePennybags on May 15th, 2019, 9:21 pm
Great time at the park today. Raging Bull was walk-on around 12:50 PM. Except for the front and back rows, you could have marathoned this ride for most of the afternoon. Most rides were walk-on throughout the afternoon, with absolutely gorgeous weather. For me, this was the best day I've ever seen at the park. Amazing.
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Postby B&MGuy35 on May 19th, 2019, 5:52 pm
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Santa Express for Holiday In The Park this year?


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Postby SFGAM_Hog on May 19th, 2019, 8:17 pm
Does anyone know why X-Flight has been running one train this season? We always want to go on it when we go, but I'm not waiting any longer than past the station building.
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Postby cliffhanger on May 19th, 2019, 8:23 pm
B&MGuy35 wrote:Santa Express for Holiday In The Park this year?

I hope they restored the regular coaches while they were at it. They need some love, especially since they will be bart of Maxx Force.
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Postby ThemeParkFan07 on May 23rd, 2019, 8:46 pm
Today Eagle Blue side was running, and X-Flight was running both trains. I saw the Maxx Force trains from Condor, over by Superman. Whizzer had a few employees in the station but there was no sign of any testing.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on May 25th, 2019, 10:47 am
Whizzer is open today!
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Postby JackGlass on May 25th, 2019, 10:53 am
SFGAM_Hog wrote:Whizzer is open today!


Great news. Hopefully someone will post a POV today.
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Postby B&MGuy35 on May 25th, 2019, 11:50 am
JackGlass wrote:
SFGAM_Hog wrote:Whizzer is open today!


Great news. Hopefully someone will post a POV today.


Hmm

Pretty sure phones or cameras aren’t allowed while riding.....


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Postby _FuryBull_330_ on May 25th, 2019, 4:22 pm
^ They never said anything about camera glasses!
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Postby B&MGuy35 on May 25th, 2019, 5:47 pm
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Postby Ilovthevu' on May 27th, 2019, 2:13 am
They took off the County Fair train station sign. No LETTERS! I don't know why. Whirligig has a much longer ride time than it did before. I feel like Condor has new motors. It feels faster, and it stops on a dime when it ends the ride. Maybe, I'm wrong on that, but it just feels like it. Superman, (to me) looks like it's almost done being painted completely. The carousel had no carousel music playing. It was very silent / WEIRD! Near Revolution, they play all that County Fair OLD / CLASSIC music.

Whizzer has a flash pass person at the front of the entrance. This makes no sense whatsoever. A person could just cut from the regular line to the flash pass line, and not be seen (where the main line is). That's a stupid decision by the park. They didn't have a flash pass person at the top of the stairs.

EDIT^ They changed it to back to normal again. (Flash pass person near the station). Maybe, some flash pass person didn't know where to stand on that other day.
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