^ 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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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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Ilovthevu' wrote: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.
Does that mean there is no grouper before the station now? If so, that's a terrible move and makes for an absolute train wreck in the station as people crowd and pack in as much as possible. I'm not a flash pass user, but also sucks for them as they would now get to the station and still have a 30 minute wait. The incompetence of select Six Flags management continues to surprise me. Hopefully I'm either wrong or they quickly change this.
EDIT^ They changed it to back to normal again. Maybe, some flash pass person didn't know where to stand on that other day.
Last edited by Ilovthevu' on May 29th, 2019, 1:14 pm, edited 2 times in total.
"I've been staring at the world, waiting. All the trouble and all the pain we're facing. Too much light to be livin' in the dark. Why waste time? We only got one life. Together we can be the CHANGE. So go and let your heart burn bright"
Ilovthevu' wrote: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.
Does that mean there is no grouper before the station now? If so, that's a terrible move and makes for an absolute train wreck in the station as people crowd and pack in as much as possible. I'm not a flash pass user, but also sucks for them as they would now get to the station and still have a 30 minute wait. The incompetence of select Six Flags management continues to surprise me. Hopefully I'm either wrong or they quickly change this.
I’m sure that was only temporary. They may have been light on staff that day.
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