- March 28th, 2010, 10:56 pm
#39318
I think credit for the wait times should be shared between the crew and B&M equally. As I watched the trains being loaded I was just amazed at how perfectly they designed the new hyper trains. The lack of sidewalls to step over on the train, the huge capacity of 4x8 (or 2x16) trains, and the one-size-fits-most lapbar really make all the difference.
Unlike some other manufacturers (cough Intamin) they designed a train with no seatbelt to check and no jinxy go/nogo indicators. There is no questionable "the person fits but I don't see a red line on the bar or seatbelt" type situation like with some Intamin rides, and barely anyone gets refused a ride. Either it clicks, or it doesn't, and it takes no time to lock it up and dispatch. Perfect design. It seems Intamin has given up on even trying to find a working lapbar design with their horribad OTSR's going on even non-inverting rides, which seems like a huge copout when most other companies have now figured out inversion capable bars. I'll take our high capacity lapbar only coaster any day!
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