AKL2003
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And build a theater?? I can't help but think about how much that would have helped MK!!
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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom
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For an E in the worlds most popular park it is very poor.
Since when were we conditioned that this is good?
Movielover
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Since the decade or 2 when absolutely nothing was being added to the parks...
Painful.
EricsBiscuit
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i never said it was good. I’m saying that at least they’re building a ride they know how to operate. Splash only gets 1800 on a good day. RotR is getting about 1000 (although yesterday was an improvement). I wish they built them with 3000 / hr but at least 1900 is a step in the right direction.
Bocabear
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Does anyone know what the throughput on Hagrid's new coaster is? Just for comparison?
trainplane3
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According to the RCDB, 1700.
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The Magic Kingdom needs more rides with capabilities of 2000 plus an hour. They draw about twice what either Universal Park draws and average over 55,000 a day in attendance. Even with a theoretical capacity of 3,000 an hour a ride at MK could allow every visitor to ride it. That said the park that needs the most additions is still Hollywood Studios. They need 2 new lands, a second Star Wars Planet and a 2nd Pixar land. Hollywood Studios should be large enough to be the second park in the US to draw 20 million a year. The demand is there, all anyone has to do is look at Hollywood Studios any morning at 6:30AM.
EricsBiscuit
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I only know that it was running at half capacity for a while (I’m not sure if it still is) because one of the drops was not working.
Rider
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Any kind of normal roller coaster is going to have a peak capacity around the 1000-1500 range. Super efficient B&Ms like Hulk can get up to 1900 (in real operation it's probably lower) but no coaster compares to people eaters like Small World.
Disney improves coaster capacity over other parks like Six Flags by having multiple stations and faster lap bar checks (No seat belts, asking guests to quickly push up themselves). But even with those improvements you can only get a coaster so high. At the end of the day the trains spend more time loading, unloading, and waiting than they do running through a short course.
Disney improves coaster capacity over other parks like Six Flags by having multiple stations and faster lap bar checks (No seat belts, asking guests to quickly push up themselves). But even with those improvements you can only get a coaster so high. At the end of the day the trains spend more time loading, unloading, and waiting than they do running through a short course.
Both drops are working. 10 trains out of 12 (13) is the norm now I believe.
Movielover
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EricsBiscuit
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I’m glad they got that fixed!
JoeCamel
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They had 11 trains on a couple of days ago.
Even better.
Rich Brownn
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Yes, the queue moves pretty quickly nowadays. And looking out at the track you can tell there's way more trains running
Steph15251
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Yes DHS needs more additions but they really need to replace and update the shows too.
Magic Feather
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The Enterprise Branding...
Let's hope they find a way to better integrate it ala Chevy in Shanghai.
trainplane3
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I had a slight chuckle at this.
When I think of a fast and thrilling rollercoaster, I think of Enterprise. The same place where I can rent a Versa, Jetta, or if I'm feeling extra spicy...a 4 cylinder Mustang!
Nothing against those cars. I'm just shocked there's a sponsor.
RSoxNo1
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Hagrids is generally hitting about 1600 per hour now during normal operations, but it is still problematic. For comparison, opening day, the number I heard was they got through 4600 people on opening day.