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Post by Magnum XL-200 on Jan 16, 2007 1:33:50 GMT -5
What rides have you ever broken down on? I broke down on the: Mine Ride, Gemini, Wicked Twister, and Magnum. We almost didnt make it over the hill on the dragster once What about you?
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Post by DeWalt Racing on Jan 16, 2007 13:59:06 GMT -5
I haven't been so lucky. I haven't been on any coaster yet that broke down while I was on it. ;D
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Post by Coasterdude5 on Jan 16, 2007 15:34:23 GMT -5
My main event was Expedition Everest's E-Stop, where we got to walk down the lift and go behind the mountain, it was cool.
I also had a long e-stop on Revolution at Libertyland.
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Post by kennywood007 on Jan 16, 2007 15:37:06 GMT -5
Hurler at Kings Dominion. It sucked cause they have elevator music playing on the lift, and it was annoying cause we were stuck for 20 min listening to that stupid music over and over and over again!
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Post by mizzkid92 on Jan 17, 2007 22:51:36 GMT -5
I got stuck on the break run of Screamin' Eagle for about 20 minutes. It wasnt too bad, eventually the let us off and I got an exit pass (which came in handy for getting a front seat ride on Mr. Freeze and skipping the 1 1/2 hour long line).
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Post by spaminacan11 on Jan 17, 2007 23:11:34 GMT -5
I have gotten stuck on The Georgia Scorcher on the lift for about 15 minutes. That was fun and all with those so called "seats." I also got stuck on Half Pipe at SFEG for about 10 minutes because the car wouldn't lock and just kept spinning. it was wierd because there is a crease in the "board" and you could see the mechanics walking under us trying to fix it.
Also, in the first post you said that you almost didn't make it over the tower on TTD once. I am not sure if you mean that you almost just got stuck at the top, which has happened by the way, but it rolls backwards sometimes because it doesn't have enough speed. You probably knew that though. I must admit, getting stuck on the top of TTD would give some amazing bragging rights in the coaster community.
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Post by Magnum XL-200 on Jan 18, 2007 1:21:55 GMT -5
Yea, we like stopped at the top of the TTD, and it like couldnt decise whether it wanted to go one way or the other. We went forwrd though. But, we could have went backwords
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Post by coasterfreak101 on Jan 18, 2007 15:39:01 GMT -5
On out night ride on El Toro, we got stopped at the top of the lift for a few seconds. They were doing this about once every hour, so it wasn't really a "breakdown", it was more of a "check" of the cable lift. I have gotten stuck upside down on the Iron Eagle at SFA (now gone, too many problems). At the beginning of the ride, you're raise upwards to about 15 feet, then flipped backwards once and forwards twice. On the second forwards, you stop facing down (flying position). On our run, however, we kept going into an inverted position. Now, keep in mind, this was the ride's second run with passengers in the past three to five years, and it was our first ride ever. We hung there for about...5-6 minutes with about 12-13 mechanics working on the ride. We were given a pass that we used to get onto Superman. Eh, it was worth it
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Post by phazan on Jan 18, 2007 19:26:29 GMT -5
Let's see here...
-V2 at SFMW They played music for us while we were waiting for the mchanics on the launch track
-Tidal Wave at PGA...A looooong time ago.
-Riddler's Revenge at SFMM. We got stuck on the lift for just a few minutes, then the ride continued
And, I think that's it...
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Post by asdflkahsflasd on Jan 27, 2007 23:39:49 GMT -5
Once, I was on one of those Dragon coasters when it broke down. I think I was four years old.
I've seen Goliath at SFMM break down as it hit the brakes, but I can't recall being on any other rides when they broke down.
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Post by I love DW on Jan 28, 2007 1:17:07 GMT -5
Let's see let's do this by parks: (Mine are actually more stops not breakdowns)
Magic kingdom (two visits all happened in one): Haunted Mansion (stopped for 7-8 min.) Buzz Light year (stopped for 2-3 min.) Petter Pan's Flight (in que line when it stopped for 10 min.) Splash Mountain (stopped for 7-8 min.)
Epcot (two visits all in one): Space Ship Earth (stopped backwards for 7-8 min.) Test Track (this happend to my mom I wasn't with her at the time but they stopped it and had to take them out of the emergency exit. Then they closed the ride the rest of the day which was about 6-8 hours.)
Dollywood (in 299 visits): Waltzing Swinger (its first weekend it opened stopped tilted in the air for about 1-2 min. then they brought us down and let us ride about twice as long as a normal ride)
Not to sound rude because I know Disney handles tons of more people but I had more stops in one visit to the Magic Kingdom than I have had in 299 to Dollywood that's sad.
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Post by lakeccrunner on Jan 28, 2007 12:43:57 GMT -5
I was stuck in the station on Great Bear for about 8 minutes, when the power went out.
I also got stuck on Disney's Haunted Mansion for about 20-25 minutes at the end of the ride...it was quite annoying hearing, "Hurry baack, make sure to bring your death certificate," about 35 times while sitting there.
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Post by PLCP on Jan 28, 2007 14:31:50 GMT -5
Now, I don't know if it can get scarier than this:
My first time at an amusement park ever. I am about to go on my first roller coaster ever, Blue Streak. I was 8. We were next in line, and the train got stuck on the lift hill. It took 10 minutes to fix, and then there were, like, 20 test runs before I could get on. Scared the crap outta me.
I've also gotten stuck on Magnum's 1st brake run for about 5 minutes, Raptor's brake run for about 10, and Mantis's brake run for about 5.
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Post by Coasterdude5 on Jan 28, 2007 14:46:56 GMT -5
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Post by I love DW on Jan 28, 2007 20:21:09 GMT -5
I also got stuck on Disney's Haunted Mansion for about 20-25 minutes at the end of the ride...it was quite annoying hearing, "Hurry baack, make sure to bring your death certificate," about 35 times while sitting there. I know what that is like I was in the room with the disembodied head in the crystal ball and I heard it at least 25 times then every 4 times the lady said something a recording would go off saying that the ride has temporarily stopped and to remain seated that it would start temporarily, then I think it said the same thing again in Spanish very annoying.
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