[Capler]

Sadly, if any of the theming in the queue is within reach, it will be destroyed within a few years. I've seen it happen at Busch Gardens, and I have no faith that Carowinds would ever repair anything in the queue

Sadly, things don't have to be in arms reach. Parents will allow their kids to climb over the railings and play in the areas that are off limits. I noticed so much of that during Winterfest, and the parents were standing there in line like everything was normal.

[Capler]

Sadly, if any of the theming in the queue is within reach, it will be destroyed within a few years. I've seen it happen at Busch Gardens, and I have no faith that Carowinds would ever repair anything in the queue

I sure hope that doesn't happen! The theming is too detailed and unique and i'd be extremely sad to see it go!

People are nasty, destructive animals, so it's up to the park to anticipate that behavior. The Disney way is to scrub, paint and repair after-hours so the park will be brand new the next day.

[coasterbruh]

Disney also charges 100.00+ for one day at one park . . .

[Techedchart1551]

What I hope will happen is they'll keep a large fence between most of the important theming and the queue. I think that's already been constructed, but I don't know what part of the queue it will be in.

[Carolinacoasterguy]

The headlights on the trains do indeed light up in case anyone was wondering. They’re running two trains consecutively right now with the headlights on.



Here’s a video of the testing..
https://youtu.be/dl47mVx9AX4

[mdsmith98]

Was just posting about that, but didn't post it since you beat me to it

I figured it would have working headlights, and i'm glad to see it actually does.

[Carowinds Sully]

Night rides on CS are going to be crazy. Not being able to see the quick transitions and the fact that the ride will be low to the ground will make this ride ten times better at night.

[sccoasterbear]

Those lights look great!

[yawetag]

Watching from the webcam seems to give the ride a lot more punch than the POV shows. I want to watch a non-POV closer to the track, just to see. I was a little worried the last 10-15 seconds were boring, but watching it whip around with the headlights on the far left, just before the final brakes, shows it to be a bit faster than the POV implied.

A video was also posted on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters ... _dispatch/

It shows both trains, and the second was launched right as the first was coming into the final brakes. I know there was some discussion on blocking, so there's definitely a point before the train ends its run that they can launch the next one (unless they were overriding for testing).

[KIJester]

^The two train ops look good so far, it will be interesting to see if they can initiate a 3 train operation.

[uscbandfan]

^ It should be easy to have a 3-train operation if they're launching one as soon as the other hits the final brake run. The 3rd train will be boarding.

The question is.. will it take 18 hours to load each train like it does over at Goldrusher?

[yawetag]

^ It should be easy to have a 3-train operation if they're launching one as soon as the other hits the final brake run. The 3rd train will be boarding.

Thought the same, but is there enough space on the final run to hold two trains? If they send train 2 as train 1 hits the brake run, but then there's a problem with train 3 (slow load, etc), there has to be room for train 2 on that brake run.

[Techedchart1551]

I think a 3 train operation is possible, but i think for most days they'll do a normal 2 train op. 3 train ops would only be for the opening week and very popular days in the season. I just hope they do a 2 train operation well, because on Nighthawk, they were running two trains but they wouldn't dispatch a train until the second train hit the brake run, resulting in an hour-long line

[hikernut79]

^ It should be easy to have a 3-train operation if they're launching one as soon as the other hits the final brake run. The 3rd train will be boarding.

Thought the same, but is there enough space on the final run to hold two trains? If they send train 2 as train 1 hits the brake run, but then there's a problem with train 3 (slow load, etc), there has to be room for train 2 on that brake run.

Shouldn't be a problem at all. One train in station, second train on transfer track section and third on the brakes.

[mdsmith98]

The ride can easily handle three train operations... that’s why they have three trains lol. I imagine they’ll begin testing 3 train operations soon.

The station and brake area can fit three trains. The trains aren’t very long, anyways.