Dean Barnett

Lap bars for SE would be ideal - will make the ride more thrilling for sure. Hydraulic launches are definitely the best kind in my personal opinion - closely followed by pneumatic air launches then LSMs .. but the LSM's can be hit and miss.

The problem with our lockers is they're at the start of the queue - SV's are towards the end, and you can take your phone on the train with you.

I never did such thing. I said it's interesting that some parks allow you to ride holding a untethered mobile phone with a backpack at your feet - and some parks (here) will force you to remove a tissue from your pocket before dispatching. I'm not saying out parks should follow the Disney method.. maybe just a happy medium?

Even saying it was only brought in a few months ago in anticipation of the first coaster opening soon that travels over guests (Tron)

100% I'm surprised that they aren't charging $30 for parking yet

It’s just the same as when Levi got evacuated on the hill. Also one occurrence in literally millions of riders. (one I know of - I haven’t done extensive research

I never said you should have to pay there - just another option.

So you’re just making stuff up now - ok.

You go through those smart scanners now. The only incident I know of on an inverting coaster where you can take a phone on with your backpack at your feet is the time a train stalled because a backpack fell on the tracks IMG_2524.MOV

It's just interesting looking at the juxtaposition of not being allowed tissues on rollercoasters here but at Disneyland they'll happy dispatch an inverting rollercoaster while you're holding your phone with an entire backpack at your feet.

If the grouper runs one train ahead (have 2 trains line up in the airgates) it is 💯 possible. If you’re not happy with that have a little machine at the front of the line for them - you could probably repurpose an off the shelf car parking ticket machine with a bit of custom software. I’m not sure every idea I propose to this forum is a bad one - when clearly they do work ( @Vidgamer) To be real I think we all know operations run way too slow for any of the above discussed to be any real issue. You don’t have to run it all the time - just majority of the time when the parks are dead and running one train anyway.

Just a webpage that accepts Apple Pay/Google pay would work too.

It would take about 20 seconds longer than getting a wristband and sharpie-ing over it - and can be done while the train isn’t in the station (no added time to the cycle)

Some parks use a wristband to verify a wriststrap / chest mount has been checked. Just an idea.

Just give the ride ops a eftpos terminal. Simples.

I never said visual checks are adequite, I said they're a part of ever dispatch around the planet. RFID tags don't make the ride safer - the attendant could just go down the train swiping rfid tags and the train would be marked as secure. All this aside the other practices discussed (not opening airgates til the train is empty etc) could be used to speed up operations - but as suggested before - its probably the parks on purpose slowing down operation to reduce wear and tear.. which is pretty unacceptable especially in peak periods. Velocicoaster has had around 20 million riders with no seatbelts, no RFID tags, and up until recently one attendant pulling up on restraints. Even with now 2 attendants checking restraints they still pump out 24 riders every minute.

How is this different than the RFID system? You can just look back at the video and see what happened. I get all that.. but alarm systems / CCTV / locked windows and deadbolts do actually reduce risk - Seat belts and the RFID system do not reduce risk. There's actual safety improvements with the RFID system - and you can tell this because nowhere else on the planet uses this system. The restraint is as safe as whether the rider pulls the restraint theirself, with no seatbelt. or if the attendant witnesses the seatbelt put on and restraint pulled down in 3.6 seconds. The operator being present for the restraint being put down does not make it a safer system. A visual check then? Cool cool - the same as every ride dispatch around the planet. A good comparasion is RMC Gen 1/2 trains - which are notiourlsy a pain to dispatch because of the seatbelt and then the lapbar. Gusest do their own seatbelts up - ride ops check each row then lock the train and then check each restraint. Why can't ST operate like that?

Correct. Unlimited fast track and backwards access in each park.

I still don't get the insurance savings. The ride is either safe to operate or not. If the rider is sitting correctly, and the restraint has been pulled up to check its locked (which actually isn't required because the train wouldn't dispatch if it wasn't). Can someone please explain to me how an attendent looking at seatbelts been locked and then watching the actual restraint close makes it safer and therefore decreasing insurance premiums.

The difference is anyone can purchase that fast track pass in american parks.. the pass they got is impossible for anyone to buy.

It doesn't take 3-4 days - it also doesn't take 2-3 months either. @New display name probably hit the nail on the head.. cost cutting.

As discussed before, its theatre. The ride doesn't even need seatbelts to be 100% safe

Yes I am aware - and I'd prefer our parks to move away from 365 day operations if more rides were available more often - and park guests have a more similar experience year round - and even the possibility of longer operating hours. Luna park Sydney was 365 day operation once.

I can’t even think of a low tier park on the whole planet that does has much maintenance periods as ours. You can’t go to our parks during peak periods because the lines are way too long, but you also can’t go in off peak because half of the rides are closed. 😕