DejaVu... All over again

[coasterfreak11]

Yeah, well it definatley didn't have much speed! I did hear a werid noise though, so maybe something happened and it released it!

[Timmy179]

The people were upside down?? im not catching what your saying.

[coasterfreak11]

No. It just went through the cobra roll and loop very very slowly. Then it didn't catch on the lift and it valleyed b/t the loop and the second lift.

[Timmy179]

From what i was told the brakes malfunctioned, causing the train to slow to the point that it almost didnt make the loop, it didnt miscatch

The brakes after the first tower activated when they wern't supposed to, causing the train to inch over the cobra and loop. If the train was empty it woulda been a valley.

[SFGAMkid]

What can the gp do? If it's not operating, it's not operating. I just can't believe it got stuck. Was the train coming out of the first or second tower? Eitherway, I always thought the train had enough speed to make it each way.

Let's not try to make a huge deal out of this. I mean it's pratcially ran flawless from May until now. Consider it better than being at a park that's open year round, but only operate theirs 2 months out of the year!

[coasterfreak11]

From what i was told the brakes malfunctioned, causing the train to slow to the point that it almost didnt make the loop, it didnt miscatch

The brakes after the first tower activated when they wern't supposed to, causing the train to inch over the cobra and loop. If the train was empty it woulda been a valley.

Yes, that is what happened, but since it went through the loop so slowly, it was unable to catch onto the second lift. Therefore it was a miscatch....

[Timmy179]

But it didnt vallie did it? it made it back to the station..

[coasterfreak11]

No, it did valley. It did not catch onto the second lift, and it vallied b/t the second lift and the loop.

[tyster22]

I went yesterday. In the morning it was stuck, in the afternoon it was gone.

[DejaVu The Ride]

Sounds like a David Copperfield trick.

[Ilovthevu']

That's not good. Last time it "disappeared," it wasn't seen for 2-3 months.

[SfGaMownz]

Deja Vu reopned at around 6:45 today, I was in line from 4:30 until that time. THere was many test runs where the train went up the 1st tower and when the cable released the train it just stayed there and didn't move. Me and my brother got Row 1A on the 1st ride after the 2 hour and 15 minute wait.

[Timmy179]

Sweet, Couldnt have been anything too major

[Ilovthevu']

That's great. The only problem is that you don't know how long until it gets stuck on the other side again. If it keeps doing this, we are going to have one very, very long topic. 2 hours and 15 minutes wasn't that long, was it?

You get to look at a great piece of artwork. The thing that amazes me with roller coasters, flats, water rides, real trains, houses, and other buildings is that they were all made by people. It sounds weird, but look how far we have come to build great things.

So, sure some people will say that D Vu is a mechanical failure, but to me it's a mechanical miracle when working right, just like any other ride at SFGAm. No one could have predicted that people would be attracted to a wooden, or steel structure that carries passengers at incredible speeds with loops, hills, boomerangs, corkscrews, and so on. We are living in some great times.

Sorry for the soapbox. (I guess people saying it's a piece of artwork gets to me.)

[playerplex]

Deja Vu RULES!

[DejaVu The Ride]

2 hours and 15 minutes wasn't that long, was it?

It sounds like he waited outside the line to wait for it to open.

[SfGaMownz]

Yeah, I was waiting for it to open. When I got off it was about an hour and 15 minute wait.

[coasterdude12]

How can so many people like a ride which is unreliable?

[coasterfreak11]

The thrill it gives you when you are able to ride it!

[DejaVuGurl1203]

/\ what he said.

[Ilovthevu']

I makes me go wwwoooooowww!!!!!!! If people didn't love it, there wouldn't be an hour and a fifthteen minute line.

And for whoever said make it faster coming back down on the first tower right when the ride is about to end (maybe different topic but still about D Vu), this goes out to you. Why?????? I love that experience.

[Geno21K]

The thing that I love about Vu is the fact that it is so different from everything else in the park. The slow trip up the first tower is filled with anticipation; the boomerang and cobra roll are completely discombobulating and the catch cars also add a neat jolt to the ride. I just find the ride really exciting from start to finish. I guess it's just a matter of opinion, though. Sure, I'm very disappointed when I go and it is not running. However, in some strange way it makes me appreciate how fun it is even more when it is. I'm not saying that I like the downtime, but I think the ride is so much fun that I'm willing to put up with it. That's just my two-cents.

[Danhockey04]

I got Deja Vu twice today, and the first time I got on, we (Tom and Dave was in front of me) got stuck leaving the station. After I told them that the ride always breaks down when I get off, the ride breaks down. They told us that someone unlocked their seatbelt, but the trolley that lifts us up left without the train, so we got stuck partially up the lift, then the train was released and we swung back and forth for 5 minutes. It was fun, and quite comfortable in the seats in the shade.

[rct2wizard360]

Haha. Fun!

[coasterzak]

Well I'm happy for you guys I didn't plague your ride and it's not broken for a while. Enjoy that ride - she's a good one! (when she's working! )