- Feb 15, 2012
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It's all about that hand off guys. Ops wants 3 trains from what I hear, they can only get two so far. One train of a smiling, ethnically diverse group in colorful clothing is one thing, day to day ops is another. ![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Ride time is just over two minutes.
What would that equate to? A dispatch every 45 seconds or so?
-Andy
They do it with Barnstormer. It is under a minute ride and when they dispatch the one, the other is coming into the station. Sometimes they load it so fast and get it ready when they dispatch the coaster it stops before the lift hill to let the other one finish. These types of coasters are very quick to load and get out.
At 3 trains it has a capacity of 1200 an hour, at 2 it drops to 800 an hour. 800 would be a disaster as that is below Barnstormer capacity.
I think opening year is going to be a disaster even if they can get 4 trains on (which I don't think is possible without 2 loading stations). But I do think after the opening year buzz this will go down. Barnstormer is between 800 and 1200 an hour. I believe it is closer to 950. I Can't remember if there is 8 or ten rows and I also think that even if it was 10 there is no way it is 1200 since two adults unless really skinny can ride in a row together. So that is why guessing that capacity is harder. That line sits around 60 minutes in really busy seasons and 30 in slower seasons. Now mine train will be more popular than Barnstormer, however it will not be as popular as thunder and space mountain. Many people have must ride rides when they come down and normally thunder and space are in that, I don't see this coaster being on that list. SO I think we are looking at about 60 minute waits on a consistent basis (probably the waits will parallel the waits at space and thunder) with the first year being 120.
50 minutes for magic carpets!!!!! :'(This summer, though, I fear the wait times.
50 minutes for magic carpets!!!!! :'(
You know the sad part? This is the first ride that my daughter made the conscious decision to point at because she wanted to go on it. For the longest time she was too young and just went on what we took her on. Never complaining, never pointing to stuff, just went on whatever. The one day we are at the park passing by carpets (a ride she had maybe been on twice before since they did not have a FP line) headed to Pirates and wouldn't you know all the sudden this arm pokes out from the stroller pointing to carpets. I asked her if she wanted to go on it and shook her head up and down saying yes. It was cute, but, wish it was a different ride lol
I guess kids really are attracted to spinners![]()
^^^ I agree with you. They almost have to open with FP+, but if they can't get that third train on the track to bring up the numbers to 1200 per hour, they are in deep trouble. To me that would be a huge Failure for this ride. Now they could offer way less Fast Passes because nowhere in the system does it tell you how many are given out each hour, but still, any way you look at it, 800 people per hour is going to be a nightmare on all levels. I can see why employees are panicking looking at the numbers.
Now I also think that they will figure this out and fix it before opening it. Maybe they might start some limited softs with two trains, but I just don't see them opening this thing with only two trains.