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Postby Sireze on September 27th, 2006, 7:49 pm
I'd say its a tie between Giant Drop And Raging Bull. But i'm leaning towards Giant Drop
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Postby SFGAm Shock Wave on September 27th, 2006, 8:02 pm
^ Are you joking? :shock: Giant Drop has been down since July. Really not sure how you can call it the most reliable ride in the park :roll:
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Postby andyvball93 on September 27th, 2006, 8:38 pm
Im going to have to say Batman

Seen Viper get stuck once

Seen RB get stuck 2-3 times (missed being stuck once by one train)

V2 Have seen not operating once and missed getting stuck on it by one train and have been stuck on it (same day as the raging bull one)

Iron Wolf seen stuck couple of times

American Eagle Seen stuck many many times

DejaVu havent seen it down as much as people complain about it being down.

Superman Gets stuck on the lift like once or twice

Whizzer frequently down Ragin cajun same
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Postby Sedir on September 27th, 2006, 9:41 pm
RB, although I have seen it down quite a bit (stuck on it onetime too) it was usually a quick break for about 15 min.

Not sure about most reliable flat though, I usually don't see them down (minus GD, triple play, and revy).
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Postby RagingBullRocks32 on September 27th, 2006, 10:19 pm
I would have to say Viper or RB.
I've gotten stuck on Deja Vu. Stuck on superman, and i got stuck on V2 on Sunday. I've seen all the other rides break down.
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Postby rct2wizard360 on September 27th, 2006, 10:32 pm
CoasterDave316 wrote:Out of all the coasters Batman is probably the most reliable, it proved to me on Mother's day how great of a ride it is. I can't remember the last day I was at the park and Batman was down the whole day, hell just seeing a downtime on Batman is rare.


Batman had downtime end of last year and the beginning of this year.

I think I've seen it down more than that too.

I really can't think of a coaster thats literaly open all the time.
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Postby w00dland on September 28th, 2006, 9:05 am
Spacely's Sprocket Rockets. Never seen it down for any reason other than staffing. Everything else I've seen with atleast one day of significant downtime.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on September 28th, 2006, 12:16 pm
^Very true, come to think of it, i haven't seen Spacely's stuck either.
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Postby Bob O on September 28th, 2006, 1:20 pm
I would say that RB is the most reliable and is rarely down, and then not for long.
I would then say Viper and Batman would be the most reliable of the coasters.
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Postby Imeanbusiness on September 28th, 2006, 2:53 pm
SFGA 11 wrote:Yea, I have to agree with you on that... Demon is a workhorse.


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Postby Iggy ACE on September 29th, 2006, 12:55 am
Galvan316 wrote:Way to bring back a topic about 3 years old.


It's better then some of the crap being posted lately!

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Postby Jackluver18 on September 29th, 2006, 8:12 am
i'd have to say either Batman or Bull
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Postby BP317 on September 29th, 2006, 11:23 am
Undoubtedly the most reliable ride is Chubasco.
The only time I really ever see Bull or Viper down is for set-ups, so they are probably the most reliable coasters.
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Postby CoasterDude12-2 on September 30th, 2006, 7:55 pm
I've seen Bull down just twice so I'd say it's pretty damn reliable.

Batman was down for almost the entire day once when work was done on the first loop. Other than that i've NEVER seen it not operating.

Spacely's would be the most reliable, but the structure doesn't really take a beating, and its low speed, so it should be reliable.

Demon has had a couple break downs, but a 30yr old Arrow should be removed. The fact its still standing is great.

Deja Vu...oops...wrong topic.

V2..ditto

Superman..

Ragin Cajun has never broken down as I remember, but it's also never run at full capacity.

American Eagle has always peformed one track or two

Iron Wolf hasn't broken down for me, but the trains take way too long to load.

Whizzer isn't too bad for operations, but it does see some downtime

Viper always loads fast, runs in the rain, runs in the cold, runs in the hot, runs in the uber hot, and I've only seen it down once for less than 5 minutes..yes, my vote goes to Viper.
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Postby FParker185 on October 4th, 2006, 8:11 pm
I have never once in my life seen Columbia Carousel closed for any reason, maintaince or otherwise (during open park hours of course) :)

My vote goes there
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Postby Danhockey04 on October 4th, 2006, 10:14 pm
I have seen Columbia down like half the time I have been there this year.
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Postby zjohn1988 on October 5th, 2006, 1:23 pm
yeah it was a bad year for Columbia


RVD420 wrote:Hey it's a good topic and alot of new people can voice their opinions now.

I think the most reliable flat ride would have to be East River Crawler.
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ERC had a problem in June if anyone remembers.
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Postby FParker185 on October 5th, 2006, 7:37 pm
hrmm, good thing I stopped visiting SFGAm after 1.5 visits.
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Postby wishman35 on June 22nd, 2008, 9:42 am
So far this year and the 7 times i have been there...the only rides that i havent seen down has been Viper, V2 and Demon

Maybe i dont spend much time around it, but everything else has had problems.

Raging Bull numerous times has issues with the seats not showing up as secure
Batman has been down for long periods of time at opening numerous times
Superman has been closed at opening numerous times
American Eagle has been running one train randomly, getting stuck ect.

King Chaos closes often too
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Postby sfgam1 on June 22nd, 2008, 10:12 am
I'd say TDK.
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Postby wishman35 on June 22nd, 2008, 2:46 pm
sfgam1 wrote:I'd say TDK.


haha, i wish i could but considering ive been in the neverending line because it did break down wont allow me to lol
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Postby yankee Clipper91 on June 22nd, 2008, 3:44 pm
I would have to say the columbia. I have never seen that shut down.
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Postby zjohn1988 on June 22nd, 2008, 5:34 pm
Way to revive this topic...
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Postby RagingBullFan on June 23rd, 2008, 12:11 am
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Postby guitarhero119 on June 23rd, 2008, 8:02 am
Yogis yahoo River. Ive never seen it close. not even during the power outage two years ago.
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