Precisely. A gravity fed coaster (take for example Cyclone or Sea Viper) has a sensor at the station exit, and another on the lift hill. The system is programmed to expect the train will reliably take a certain time to travel from one sensor to another.

Where water is involved, many things (including riders rocking the boat) can impact on how long it takes the boat to travel from one spot to the next. If a boat is getting stuck up on the outdoor track, this doesn't mean that it is that outdoor portion of track causing the issue - it can just be boats stacking indoors, causing the occupied blocks to lock out the previous blocks and prevent further boats entering the splashdown until it is cleared.

Just a theory on my part anyhow.

Should we be making another topic about this? Call it "Storm Coaster has Daddy Issues.."

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I don't get it.

^ Good, I thought it was just me.

Same...

Back to the original topic, I went to Dreamworld yesterday, and it's the most packed I've seen it this year. Spoke to a random in the car park when we got there mid-morning, and they had just left Movie World as it was too busy, and hoping DW wouldn't be so bad.

Back to the original topic, I went to Dreamworld yesterday, and it's the most packed I've seen it this year. Spoke to a random in the car park when we got there mid-morning, and they had just left Movie World as it was too busy, and hoping DW wouldn't be so bad.

You would be looking for the Dreamworld thread, Liz.wis

Is it still the issue of getting stuck at the top of the lift hill? The chain slows right down at that point, meaning they could probably reprogram it or something. Then again, don't know where it's getting stuck

Is it still the issue of getting stuck at the top of the lift hill? The chain slows right down at that point, meaning they could probably reprogram it or something. Then again, don't know where it's getting stuck

If a boat is getting stuck up on the outdoor track, this doesn't mean that it is that outdoor portion of track causing the issue - it can just be boats stacking indoors, causing the occupied blocks to lock out the previous blocks and prevent further boats entering the splashdown until it is cleared.

I don't know what the issues are, but if it is as you describe - ie: the chain is slowing right down at the top, it sounds like it is part of the ride's normal operations, wherein the lift chain acts as a block section, and it stops the boat from entering the next section until the appropriate safety gap is attained.

We need a lot more info about where, and how it is 'breaking down'

Did'nt go last weekend but I will be going to SeaWorld on Saturday. I will check out what's happening with seaviper and wild.

Sea Viper has covers over a section of track and "Wild" is a pile of sand and some water.

I think it's safe to say wild is buried.

I'll be interested in seeing what happens with Viper though.

At SeaWorld today sea viper was covered in scaffolding just as Gary said. Oh and storm only got stuck three times today!

Storm broke down again! Poor Sea World .

If someone posted on here every time a random ride broke down on any given day, the boards would be very busy indeed.

And it has broken down again, but this time it made the news. It was no different to the other times really.

A ROLLER-COASTER has stopped midway through a ride at a popular Gold Coast theme park this afternoon.

It’s understood that the Storm Coaster at SeaWorld in Main Beach jammed around 12.30pm, with thrill seekers reportedly forced to evacuate using the maintenance stairs.

It’s believed one of the carts, otherwise referred to as ‘boats’, became stalled on a flat section just prior to a big drop.

No one was injured.

It is not the first time the notorious Storm Coaster has broken down midway through a circuit.

Two ‘boats’ became stuck back in March, one of them halfway up a ramp, with people forced to wait up to 30 minutes to be retrieved.

http://www.mygc.com.au/news/people-rescued-from-broken-down-roller-coaster-at-gold-coast-theme-park/

Story has since been updated to say that Jet Rescue stopped & guests had to be evacuated from the ride mid track at the exact same time as the Storm stoppage

Sounds to me like a power outage/surge in the park for 2 rides to go at once

^you can hardly call it news.

At Dreamworld last year The Claw's floor would not go up and at the same time some poor guests were stuck upside down on Pandamodum. So it is not the first time for 2 rides to break down at the same time.

Find it very hard to believe guests were stuck upside down on Pandamonium given the counterweight. It would have to been a 'perfect' equal weight distribution to spot spinning upside down. Even so, guests rocking in their seats would unbalance and cause it do rotate

I would say that a news reporter was at sea world today and when they saw it had broken down they thought; Yes a story. And then of course the media make it out to be something bigger than it actually is. But a lot of people don't realise that it keeps on happening.

Find it very hard to believe guests were stuck upside down on Pandamonium given the counterweight. It would have to been a 'perfect' equal weight distribution to spot spinning upside down. Even so, guests rocking in their seats would unbalance and cause it do rotate

I honestly don't know how it happened on Pandamonium but it actually did. I'd say it was likely the motor on the arm seized up and locked the gondola in place. I was in the park when it happened, but it truly is a bit confusing as to how it occurred.

A little off topic but didn't DW have to offset the operation / starting of sequence for Wipeout and Reef Diver otherwise it would overload the circuit they shared or something? Had an old friend that worked there told me once...

Find it very hard to believe guests were stuck upside down on Pandamonium given the counterweight. It would have to been a 'perfect' equal weight distribution to spot spinning upside down. Even so, guests rocking in their seats would unbalance and cause it do rotate

Isn't it a geared drive? I'm pretty sure pandamonium doesn't have free-swinging capability - so if the drive stops turning, it's going to stay in that position, isn't it?

I saw it with my own eyes. It was on my last trip in November before my pass expired. I saw a first aid staff member and a security guard rush to the scene of some girls stuck upside down on Pandemonium (at the same time guests were stuck on The Claw when the floor failed to come up). People were still lining up for Pandemonium even though it was stuck but they did manage to manually get it back down again.

What you're explaining was that it was stuck upside down.

Did you see anyone poke it with a stick and rock it down? or did anyone encourage the riders to rock themselves?

Or did it slowly lower itself around, thereby implying it was a geared drive?