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Postby djvv2 on July 11th, 2004, 12:25 am
What's up with Raging Cagin brake on the second set of spirals. It brakes so hard that the spinning ain't fast and hard anymore.
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Postby SfGaMownz on July 11th, 2004, 2:40 am
They toned it down, supposedly because people complained that it was to intense or rough or something like that.
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Postby coasterfreak11 on July 11th, 2004, 10:17 am
Ragin CHagin? Hmm.... Is this supposed to be Ragin Changing? Or Ragin Cajun? Haha!

I'm glad they toned it down, maybe it won't give bruises now! :)
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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on July 11th, 2004, 11:22 am
Last time I rode it, they had the brakes on, but barely, because I didn't notice one difference from my earlier experiences on it. I'm not gonna be happy when it's toned down, I liked it the way it was. Even though it hurt, the 'violence' was fun. :lol:
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Postby tyster22 on July 11th, 2004, 11:32 am
I haven't been on it yet.
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Postby DejaVu The Ride on July 11th, 2004, 11:57 am
The trim brakes don't ruin the ride experience. It is as rough and fun as ever. I wouldn't complain about the trims. We spun just as fast and I almost knocked my friend out because we were thrown around. Good times, good times.
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Postby tyster22 on July 11th, 2004, 12:08 pm
Are trim brakes the same as block brakes?
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Postby DejaVu The Ride on July 11th, 2004, 12:21 pm
Yes, I think so. In Ragin' Cajun's case.
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Postby coasterswimgurl12 on July 11th, 2004, 12:21 pm
i liked it rough, I rode it yesterday and they had so many of the brakes on my car didnt even spin as fast as it use to... hopefully, maybe some days they'll take the brakes off and let it go to its original roughness! :lol:
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Postby coasterzak on July 11th, 2004, 3:10 pm
I don't understand why RC is so rough when I've been on other models that are really old and they don't hurt at all. Those brakes really take a lot of the fun spinning away. It's a shame it's so rough.
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Postby coasterdude12 on July 11th, 2004, 4:52 pm
Well, I'll try it again then.
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 11th, 2004, 7:44 pm
They toned it down because of mechanical reasons. It kept breaking down, if you all have been there before the brakes, so they toned it down to keep it from having mechanical problems. It breaks down less with the brakes stopping it. Don't expect it to switch back to no brakes anytime soon.
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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on July 11th, 2004, 7:51 pm
Before they started using the brakes, I only saw it break down once while in line for it the first 4 times I rode it... And after they started using them, it broke down three times while I was in line for it last time I was there. The cars kept getting stuck on the brakes. A mechanic had to push one of the cars to get it going again. But I don't see them switching back any time soon.
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Postby djvv2 on July 11th, 2004, 8:25 pm
Then the ride is a kiddie ride which sucks
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 11th, 2004, 8:32 pm
NO, it is a family ride, not a kiddie ride. And if you read the sign before going on, this ride is a high intensity ride.
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Postby coasterdude12 on July 13th, 2004, 8:08 pm
Well, they call it a family ride :)
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 14th, 2004, 7:31 pm
I know they call it a family ride, but it should not be, turn off the brakes and let the sign before the ride state the truth.
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Postby Virtua Tennis on July 14th, 2004, 7:35 pm
It's been running fine, the only brake that actually does something is right before the spinning and my last few rides have been good.
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 14th, 2004, 7:38 pm
not for me, my last ride was terrible, there was no spinning, you were there, you should of have our ride, it was pathetic
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Postby SFGAm Rules on July 14th, 2004, 10:46 pm
I went on the other day and the brakes were on. It was still fun, but at the very end I could still tell where I was. The best part of that ride for me was hitting those two bumps at the end when spinning so fast I didn't know when they were coming. I can see why they toned it down. I would always see little kids coming off saying that they were hurt. They shouldn't have marked Ragin' Cajun as a family ride.
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Postby RoxyGirlie718 on July 15th, 2004, 10:50 am
I do admit, the pain was what made it fun.
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Postby Virtua Tennis on July 15th, 2004, 7:39 pm
Ragin' Cajun was runnin pretty good today, very minimal braking (although I believe it was in 2 1/2 car operation).
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Postby DejaVu The Ride on July 16th, 2004, 1:00 pm
It was in 3 car operation. The one(green) with the half car was on the transfer as was the purple one. It was like this all day. Props to operation management for only keeping 2 switchbacks open and letting people wait outside the entrance to make the line shorter for people in it because if they filled all the swtichbacks, it probably would have been an hour and 45 minute line when full.
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Postby Virtua Tennis on July 16th, 2004, 1:57 pm
...they taped off half a car about an hour after it opened.
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Postby DejaVu The Ride on July 16th, 2004, 2:53 pm
I didn't know that. Sorry
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