Deja Vu officially dead

[zjohn1988]

Testing has been consistent since Wednesday...so far, so good..

[onyxhotel08]

The key words being so far...Like I always say a coaster with consistent problems ranging for 6 years will not magically improve just because it gets moved to another park.

[CoasterCruiser]

Heres a video I found of Aftershock's test run. It seems like the train barely got halph way up the tower.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hRjUOQGl-IA

[Goku1910]

^That's a news report, not a test run....

[CoasterCruiser]

^That's a news report, not a test run....

Sorry about that, I just fixed the link.

[Goku1910]

It looked like it didn't catch the train....

Was that the second tower? (Going up)?

[SFGAm07]

Not a big deal, DejaVu normally wouldnt run properly when it was started up in the morning, it took a few cycles and sometimes some adjustments every morning to warm it up and run properly. It should be no surprise to see it miscatch a LOT while they make adjustments for it to run properly (hell it did at GAm after every offseason or when the park was closed during the week, of course it will when they take it down and rebuild it).

[superflybri]

Deja Vu, I mean Aftershock is now open. You can check it out at; http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com/
Maybe they will have good luck with the coaster!

[stockboy300]

I will all way's remember Vu because i smashed a cell phone on it. Fell out of my pocket going over the loop backward. I still shakes me up not seeing the GIB i loved so much!!! Green and Blue I miss you!!

[onyxhotel08]

I can't believe it's open, so far away in some small town and I can't ride it. Wonder how bad the lines are. Rollercoaster pro has been down today.

[Jackluver18]

Uhhh that disgusts me

[traincrossing9]

It looked like it didn't catch the train....

Was that the second tower? (Going up)?

According to the video description

it did valley, however, that was due to a forced miscatch

Let's hope Aftershock works for them!

[onyxhotel08]

Hope? I wouldn't go that far. I'm over it somewhat but it still upsets me my favorite coaster is in Idaho.

[sfgam1]

I emailed Brooke Gabbert today and asked her why the park took out Vu and she wrote back within 20 min. saying:

Hello- Thank you for writing. We decided to take Déjà Vu out for future expansion and through-put issues. Thanks.

[onyxhotel08]

through-put issues...what?

[DejaVu2001]

^Throughput = Riders per hour. Deja Vu got 450-500 riders an hour (with a good crew) which is pathetic for a major coaster.

[demonbulleagle]

wonder how long it will be until it breaks down to the public, if it hasent already, and what do they do when it valleys with people on it and they don't have the evac. platfore.

[onyxhotel08]

wonder how long it will be until it breaks down to the public, if it hasent already, and what do they do when it valleys with people on it and they don't have the evac. platfore.

They can call Vekoma which told them they don't "need it", fools. You'd think Silverwood would have been more careful about taking all the necessary precautions. They got it up fast though. But it's already mid-season basically we really won't see how Aftershock does until next year.

[Chitown]

If you are referring to that wooden platform SFGAm put in, they really don't need it.

SFOG and SFMM never had one.

This coaster makes much more sense at a park like Silverwood since DV is low capacity.

[FParker185]

I think they mean the Cobra Roll evac platform. Silverwood didn't want it, I would assume as the advice of Vekoma, it'd be much safer and easier to evac people with a cherry picker than deal with the evac platform and ladders as it's a flat platform for a train that's not level and partially banked.

With that homemade platform gone, all Silverwood has to do is get rid of the Premier Rides added seatbelts and it will almost be back to original Vekoma specs.

[onyxhotel08]

The evacuation platforms were later installed on both Deja Vu in Magic Mountain and Over Georgia. Even Stunt Fall had one installed.

[stockboy300]

When Vu would mis catch on tower 2, How do they get the train back to the station. I have seen Vu mis catch on tower 2 and it does not get over the loop. They must have some kind of cable system to pull it over the loop and through the cobra roll back to the station. Two years ago the last night the park was open FF, I was standing right next to Vu when a mis catch happened. I kinda freaked out because of the sound it made.

[Chitown]

When it valleys between the 2nd tower and the loop, maintenance goes in and manually lowers the catch wagon from tower 2 and pulls it up until it has enough momentum to make it through the course.

[onyxhotel08]

When it valleys between the 2nd tower and the loop, maintenance goes in and manually lowers the catch wagon from tower 2 and pulls it up until it has enough momentum to make it through the course.

Must be a real pain in the ass. I wonder how many times did ours do that. The real test of Aftershock will be next year after the harsh Idaho winters and 2009 will be the year the ride either gets painted or a evacuation platform is put in. Maybe both.

[KissyLou]

It happened more than you might think. My husband and I had two loop/tower 2 miscatches in one day.