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it allows for some additional queuing snakes
Difference is, this is Vekoma and not Intamin. Vekoma tends to be more reliable and less issue prone. This ride system has been in public use on F.L.Y. (although the ride inverts numerous times) for nearly 2 years now. I'd expect minimal issues.
I think Hagrids downtime is the coaster, I’ve heard because of its absurd amount of track changes leads to its unreliability
It is a fantastic attraction. Probably the best rollercoaster in Orlando. Loved velcicoaster but the story element of Hagrids makes it take the cake for me
The drop was a big handicap at open. Only one of them worked and that one was not as reliable as it is now. Of course, other things contributed to the downtime but as far as I know the drop situation was the biggest dilemma.
There are no hard set rules. Soft openings are desirable because they let the operations team practice running the attraction with real people. There isn’t some rule that you have to have X number hours of soft openings.
Hope springs eternal in the hearts of Disney fans.
Well and someone mentioned a while back, and I buy into the thoughts - in today's social media world with information swarming at light speed it's not practical to do an actual soft opening. You can't just open the gate and let people in for a while to test it out, that information swarms in minutes and you suddenly have thousands of people at the entrance with "expectations".
Apple device?
