TheRickster

Yeah, whoever acted as the police spokesperson and gave them this press release should have maybe gave a bit more details. But it's not a huge deal because it happened at the end of the day. What if this had happened at 3pm? There is a big difference between we found a box that contained a left over firecracker, vs. we just found a firecracker.

It was probably in something that looked suspicious... they regularly patrol with bomb dogs and one probably hit at something the fire cracker was inside. Could have just been a box or a bag, but it's not like the dog can tell them it's only 1 small firecracker. At least I hope this is the case...

I doubt outpost 5 is protected it's just way to general... SOB would have likely been trademarked, but it's hard to say what the status on that would be now. But they could probably still come after anyone doing any amusement park/roller coaster things with any name reflecting "Beast" But it all just depends. I doubt they are really going to care unless you're making money or damaging the brand. Technically anything that is created is already copyrighted even without filing the paperwork. The paperwork is just a system in place to help the small guy easier protect his rights. But bigger corporations would have no problem with their legal teams to prove who originally owned the media.

Def more to this story.

I can't fit on Drop Tower without some die hard stapling, and it's not even worth it for me to try. Also Wicked Twister I really don't fit on, but can occasionally get stapled on if I'm in the right seat. SV I can do just fine though. It's tight but I can get the light green even on my own. Sometimes our bodies are just really different in how we carry weight. I'm also 5'11 and 272. Through out the day our bodies tend to swell rather substantially as well because of dehydration and water retention. I used to have to even loosen my watch a whole size about halfway through the day. So if I was gaining that much in my wrist, it's hard to tell how much everywhere else I was holding water at. Also everything has a machining tolerance, so some seats MIGHT give more space than others. But it's going to be a small, small margin. Likely it wouldn't even be noticeable because how you're sitting at that moment (all the way back holding legs together or apart etc) will have a bigger impact, as well as that current moment body proportions. You should be just fine with everything at KI except maybe Drop Tower.

I'm not affiliated with the park but I answered some of the questions you wrote that are kind of common knowledge. See the quote above and my answers are next to me.

I've had a few throughout my time at the park. Last Tuesday I somehow managed to get a front row zen ride on FOF of all things... My mind was in disbelief.

Yup, it's always been this way...

This can be a lot bigger deal then people realize. It could be misconstrued as though the ride operator didn't buckle it. At least if it's treated the same as a bar being left up.

I got all excited to Oh well, it still only costs me like $6 a visit.

It would probably take more time to pull the slack (pinching and folding of the belt in the slider) than just to wrap the slack out of it. You can also just wrap it with one hand and then buckle with the other, where as pulling the slack would make it a two hand into another two hand process.

I think I remember this story... I probably know you from back then as well.

Rides are just a lot more aggressive now than they used to be, people do think their phones are secured, but a pocket is not secure unless it's sealed. With the way the seats and restraints hug you, especially on modern coasters, the phone is probably already half way out when you're sitting down and up the lift hill. Then factor in all the up and downs and a phone can even be pushed out of a back pocket. There needs to just be more attention called to the issue, and people need to be educated that even pockets aren't secure. Then fines/punishments need to be aggressive and posted as mandated by the state in case of accidents.

Sometimes parents just sneak their kids past the greeters... or tell them they are doing a parent swap. Then in the station it's like a big surprise that they aren't allowed to ride. It DOES happen.

Yup I could only speak for KI, I know CP has been rather dependent on internationals in rides.

E-Stops just prevent the ride from functioning while it's pressed in and cut the power off at the control panel. (not at the main disconnect that would be used for lock out for maintenance /emergency purposes) Also at my time at the park we NEVER tagged out or locked out at control panels, the main disconnect was always thrown for the up-most safety. No park trains ride operators on what to recognize if the ride isn't working right. There are an infinite number of things that a ride can do and they want them all pretty much reported if you're not sure about something. If you introduce training then the ride operator is making that decision on whether or not they feel it's serious enough to report. They typically want to track all things. Also I believe teenageninja's point is that if the floor is the positive it's very easy for someone to simply ground themselves out vs the ceiling. If a guest were to simply touch the floor they are much more likely to be shocked if it was a positive vs a negative. The ceiling is typically seperated on it's own even using rubber bushings so it doesn't ground its self out before powering the cars. Some research I also read the system is high voltage/low amperage and will also have breakers as an added safety feature as well. The newer bumper cars that do not have a ceiling have a grid of positives and negatives on the floor that are spaced out.

they stopped hiring internationals in rides in 2006.

It's pretty much directly for that. They can bring in international workers and people from further away who are out of high school. Will also help the weekdays a bit in the early weekday and late weekday operating days.

I haven't seen it in motion before the incident to know if SV used them or not, but a lot of parks in the past decade did not like the idea of rolling blocks. I can't say whether or not SV has it, but on rides like Maverick there is more than just a simple 1 or 0 for the block being occupied and a mechanical brake.

I wanna be a glow worm.

I'd say racer got a good amount of track work over the offseason and is running rather well. They'd be pretty crazy to change it.

This forum never ceases to amaze me, we are actually talking about the park franchising a texas roadhouse lol.

Some of those boxes will probably block the keys rf signal for the car. I'd test it out if I were you and you still wanted to use one. Where I work at we handle hundreds of cars and use lockboxes on the windows, we have a metal insert that the smart keys go into before going into the lock box so that people can't just hop into the car without getting the key from the lock box.

He did. How bads a place gotta be for you to end up at Six Flags. xD Also random fact Craig Ross, PKIs Pre-CF GM is the CEO for Herschend Family Entertainment (Dollywood, silver dollar city etc.) now.

Steak is one of the safer meats to handle. To be fair, it would just cost a ton to eat there, the food wouldn't be worth the money. They are best just using it as they have been, special fireworks shows with peanuts and the Winterfest events.