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Odd question #51387

By Bigcoasterguy - August 8th, 2013, 9:56 pm

- August 8th, 2013, 9:56 pm #51387

So intimidator went down today and they say they "don't know" what the problem is, every time I ride goes down at every park I've been to they say this, I don't understand, how could you not know what's wrong? So, I assume they know but they just can't tell you, so my question is, why can't they tell us? Or do they honestly not know.
Any help?
Thanks guys!

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Re: Odd question #51389

By RollerBee - August 8th, 2013, 10:13 pm

- August 8th, 2013, 10:13 pm #51389

Because most of the time, ride ops dont know.

Source: I worked Hurler/Drop Zone 2006.

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Re: Odd question #51391

By Wolf - August 8th, 2013, 10:27 pm

- August 8th, 2013, 10:27 pm #51391

Bigcoasterguy wrote:So intimidator went down today and they say they "don't know" what the problem is, every time I ride goes down at every park I've been to they say this, I don't understand, how could you not know what's wrong? So, I assume they know but they just can't tell you, so my question is, why can't they tell us? Or do they honestly not know.
Any help?
Thanks guys!

They know what the problem is every time. They just aren't allowed to tell you (except when there's bad weather in the area).

Source: I worked at Intimidator

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Re: Odd question #51399

By Bigcoasterguy - August 9th, 2013, 8:41 am

- August 9th, 2013, 8:41 am #51399

They know what the problem is every time. They just aren't allowed to tell you (except when there's bad weather in the area).

Source: I worked at Intimidator

Is there any particular reason they're not allowed to tell you?

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Re: Odd question #51404

By TrojanCamMan - August 9th, 2013, 11:11 am

- August 9th, 2013, 11:11 am #51404

It's basically just bad PR to give out information about rides that go down. All a park needs is for word to go around that Intimidator went down because of *insert reason here*. Then it gets blown out of proportion, and the news picks it up.

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Re: Odd question #51406

By LemondsHead - August 9th, 2013, 11:21 am

- August 9th, 2013, 11:21 am #51406

TrojanCamMan wrote:It's basically just bad PR to give out information about rides that go down. All a park needs is for word to go around that Intimidator went down because of *insert reason here*. Then it gets blown out of proportion, and the news picks it up.

Thats a really good point

Re: Odd question #51413

By Bigcoasterguy - August 9th, 2013, 5:26 pm

- August 9th, 2013, 5:26 pm #51413

TrojanCamMan wrote:It's basically just bad PR to give out information about rides that go down. All a park needs is for word to go around that Intimidator went down because of *insert reason here*. Then it gets blown out of proportion, and the news picks it up.

Agreed, extemely good point! Thanks so much!

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