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Postby cowboy1192 on July 26th, 2007, 6:14 pm
Do roller coasters ever get stuck at the bottom of the a hill? I know they have rollbacks on Kingda Ka and TTD, but that is different. Does it ever happen on coasters like Bull, Mellenium force ect. If it does, how do they get the train off the track and what happens?
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Postby Mr.SIX on July 26th, 2007, 6:41 pm
Didn't that already happen to Bull?
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Postby BullInDaBack4Life on July 26th, 2007, 7:00 pm
I heard Bull vallied (didn't make it over a hill) early in the season or before the season began when it was testing, but I've never heard of a coaster getting stuck at the bottom of the hill. I don't know what you mean. You mean it just stops at the bottom of the hill and doesn't even go up at all or what? I don't think that can happen.
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 26th, 2007, 9:58 pm
It happens on times, it has happened a few times this year to different rides. I don't know if you mean valley that it doesn't make it over the hill and rolls back and stops at the base of a hill. When that happens, depends on where the train is and what their options are to have the train complete the circuit.
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Postby Jackluver18 on July 26th, 2007, 10:07 pm
Eagle red got stuck just before coming into the station but I don't know the reason why it got stuck.
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Postby demon boy on July 27th, 2007, 9:26 am
^The reason would be because of the trims/blocks right before the helix at the end. Its not that much more elevated than the final break run so if they're fired hard, the train barley makes it up.
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Postby cowboy1192 on July 27th, 2007, 4:56 pm
BullInDaBack4Life wrote:I heard Bull vallied (didn't make it over a hill)


Thats what I mean. Woodies seem like they would valley alot for some reason...

Didnt Robin: The Chiller valley not too long ago?
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Postby [jonrev] on July 28th, 2007, 1:59 am
Robin valleyed a year or two ago. I think that's part of the reason the barrel rolls were removed.
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Postby FParker185 on July 28th, 2007, 2:33 am
yeah, chiller used to valley all the time in the heartline roll, which would result in inverted stuck riders, which is why the heartlines were removed.
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Postby kahmooza on July 30th, 2007, 1:30 am
I saw millie valley once at CP. It didn't clear the last hill coming off the island, they got a crane out there and started taking the cars off one by one. There wasn't anyone on it they were just testing in the morning, and I knew it was WAY too windy, so thats what happened.
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Postby Galvan on July 30th, 2007, 2:58 am
Im surprised no one has mentioned the numerous times Deja Vu has vallied, then again that was probably common knowledge :lol:
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Postby [jonrev] on July 30th, 2007, 3:10 am
Didn't Vu used to valley in the cobra in its early years?
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Postby BP317 on July 30th, 2007, 3:20 am
It did once, MMs and OGs did numerous times. The only way it can valley in the boomerang is if brake 1 or 2 for some reason were to close at the perfect time to just catch slow the train down enough for it to loose that much momentum, 99.9% of the time it will just miscatch.
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Postby demon boy on July 30th, 2007, 9:51 am
Vu usually vallies in between the loop and cobra.
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Postby w00dland on July 30th, 2007, 12:49 pm
^Thats why they installed the PARTY DECK!

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Postby batcave on July 30th, 2007, 1:08 pm
PART DECK!!!! OMG! Good Times! :D
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Postby FParker185 on July 30th, 2007, 6:01 pm
I think if the park ever holds an enthuiast event when Vu is down, they really should hold the meals up there, is a pretty awesome deck :)
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Postby rct2wizard360 on July 30th, 2007, 10:37 pm
It would be great.

Just lay under the track.
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Postby cycamps on July 31st, 2007, 11:17 pm
Jackluver18 wrote:Eagle red got stuck just before coming into the station but I don't know the reason why it got stuck.

Speaking of American Eagle Red...Is it any smoother since the new track was finished?
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Postby FParker185 on August 1st, 2007, 12:28 am
I've ridden red a few times this year, didnt seem rough at all, though for me it never really did and I only ride in the front row which is a bad roughness barometer :)
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Postby cycamps on August 1st, 2007, 3:45 pm
I'm the same way. I don't think it is ever very rough but lots of my friends complain how rough it is. I was just sort of speaking from their point of view.
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Postby cowboy1192 on August 1st, 2007, 5:03 pm
Last time I went on Eagle I dont remember it being very rough...
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