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Industry => Industry News => Topic started by: Millennium Force 44 on July 25, 2011, 07:55:02 PM

Title: California Screamin' Valleys
Post by: Millennium Force 44 on July 25, 2011, 07:55:02 PM

News article here http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-california-adventure-ride-stuck,0,386834.story (http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-california-adventure-ride-stuck,0,386834.story)

onride video of the train that vallied http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ILQlHCnl_0#noexternalembed&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ILQlHCnl_0#noexternalembed&feature=player_embedded)

Title: Re: California Screamin' Valleys
Post by: WadeJ on July 25, 2011, 08:38:40 PM

Makes you wonder if they'll continue allowing backpacks on their coasters since that is all that caused this to happen.

Title: Re: California Screamin' Valleys
Post by: B-mac on July 26, 2011, 01:01:14 AM

Youtube requested the video to be removed and it did. I wanted to see how the ride valleyed...

Title: Re: California Screamin' Valleys
Post by: coastercrazy9 on July 26, 2011, 04:03:51 PM

The video is still on Theme Park Review, if you wanted to watch it.

Title: Re: California Screamin' Valleys
Post by: B-mac on July 26, 2011, 05:01:58 PM

http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1066880#p1066880 (http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1066880#p1066880)

So many rules broken in just three minutes. It's also quite obvious that Disney won't let loose articles on rides after this.

Title: Re: California Screamin' Valleys
Post by: Dubya91 on July 27, 2011, 11:51:40 AM

The initial moment you realized your about to valley....Priceless

Title: Re: California Screamin' Valleys
Post by: B-mac on July 27, 2011, 01:49:44 PM

Completely off-topic but a similar event to this almost happened in Texas on the New Texas Giant. One of the Ride-ops heard a weird noise while the train was leaving and they hit the E-stop button, the mechanics later found out a wheel was due to be replaced and the Ride-op is getting ridiculed by Texas media because of his decision to play it safe.

It's people who say screw safety that really piss me off.

Title: Re: California Screamin' Valleys
Post by: ChuckR on July 27, 2011, 03:27:06 PM

Kudos to that ride op!

Title: Re: California Screamin' Valleys
Post by: rjholla2003 on July 30, 2011, 12:22:50 PM

There's no winning in the media. If someone doesn't have all of the limbs necessary to ride according to it's SOP, and you have signage posted...you're a jerk and should know better. A week later, someone doesn't have all of the limbs necessary to ride, you let them ride, they fall off...and you're a jerk and should know better.