What have lines been like on weekdays so far?

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Re: What have lines been like on weekdays so far?  

By uscbandfan
-  April 2nd, 2015, 9:48 am #75138
fishels wrote:Thinking of maybe going today or next week. What has Fury been like?



When I was there on Monday, other than waiting until 11:30 for it to open because of the cold weather, I don't think the line ever got longer than about 20 minutes for Fury.
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Re: What have lines been like on weekdays so far?  

By KIJester
-  April 2nd, 2015, 11:19 am #75147
Same here, was there yesterday after work around 6:00pm. Never waited more than 20 min for Fury. Afterburn running two trains had no wait, Vortex running two trains with no wait, Nighthawk...well what can I say about Nighthawk. Only running one train (never will understand that when it is busy) and I would guess that the line was about a 45 min wait. Timmy's line was about 45 min due to a two train operation. To be fair, the pit crew dispatched several trains empty which halted the line for about 15 min. Anyone know why they do this?? ...just curious!

btw....it appears that the Intimidator crew lost their lack of dispatch priorities (or sense of urgency) and have shifted that priority over to Fury. Anyone recall last year at the end of the season when on Timmy's platform they would actually count down from 30 seconds...it went something like this...." Please place all items in the bins as quickly as possible as this train will be leaving in 15 seconds" or something like that. Anyway that's the difference from last year to this year on Intimidator.
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Re: What have lines been like on weekdays so far?  

By dianals
-  April 2nd, 2015, 2:16 pm #75167
We were also there yesterday, starting around 3pm. Rode Fury twice around 3pm, and twice again around 6pm. Both times we waited 20-25 minutes (got 2 rides in under an hour).

We rode Intimidator around 4:30 or 5:00, waited maybe 15 minutes. Cyclone was about a 10 minute wait. Cobra and Afterburn were both closed when we went by them, and we took one look at Nighthawk and decided to pass.
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Re: What have lines been like on weekdays so far?  

By Littlegiles
-  April 2nd, 2015, 4:13 pm #75176
Jonathan wrote:Leviathan has a countdown clock, which I thought was a cool idea:

It's hard to see, but directly above the first car of the train there's a green three digit countdown clock (currently at five seconds in this photo).


That is a cool idea. When I was at Carowinds earlier this week, they were doing a "game" on Fury and counting down from 5. It was fun to watch people scramble so they weren't last to buckle up. People were moving quick and not playing around so the load time was quick. It was a nice way for the crew to tell people to hurry up but not sound bossy. :lol:

Re: What have lines been like on weekdays so far?  

By TinaC101
-  April 2nd, 2015, 5:08 pm #75183
What are the lines like now? I might be able to get to the park by 6-6:30. I want to get at least one ride on Fury before I have to take my kids to the park who won't ride anything besides bumper cars and the merry go round. :crazy:
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Re: What have lines been like on weekdays so far?  

By j___sante
-  April 2nd, 2015, 5:15 pm #75184
KIJester wrote:Timmy's line was about 45 min due to a two train operation. To be fair, the pit crew dispatched several trains empty which halted the line for about 15 min. Anyone know why they do this?? ...just curious!


on tuesday, a guest threw up in his/her seat coming back to the station. timmy's crew poured absorbent powder on it, then swept it up, then dispatched the train empty. upon return, the crew sprayed and wiped down the seat, then dispatched it empty again. upon return, the crew again sprayed and wiped down the seat, dispatching it empty a third and final time.

moral of the story... simply keep it together for everyone's sake lol.
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