General Carowinds discussion
#37589
Well, I was over by the "grassy knoll" while all the afore-mentioned things were happening.. BTW, nice meeting ya Wes.. It just appears they were checking the safety systems and cycling a train today.. Yes, the MCBR did slow it down, but it was still going a good clip out of it..

It did appear faster today than last week. Dont be fooled by a camera or eyes several hundred yards from the object in motion.. This aint your grandma's buick...

Heck, I want them to check this stuff... extensively.... now.... That way we know it is right and will work like its supposed to in the event of a system failure.. Wear it out guys!!!!

Side note, whoever has closeups of the valley before the MCBR, look for "something" the train goes thru before it heads up the hill.. We noted a "clicking" as it passed over the bottom of the valley....every time. Something like a trim or a speed sensor... It sounded similar to the MCBR but much shorter...

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#37591
I was surprised at how much speed it seemed to have through the helix even after a full stop on the MCBR. From the looks of the tests so far it's going to have some nice speed rolling through there.

I'm interested in what that clicking noise might be.
#37595
o1matt wrote:I will be riding the ride before the parks opens but I don't know exactly when. I will be sure to write an extensive review of the ride from beginning to end.



Lucky. How did you get to do that.
#37596
o1matt wrote:I will be riding the ride before the parks opens but I don't know exactly when. I will be sure to write an extensive review of the ride from beginning to end.


How can you ride it before it opens and not know when? Everyone else that is going knows (I think, lol)!
#37601
Mountain3307 wrote:
coasterbruh wrote:One of the water dummys planning on calling in sick? Lol lol



NICE... :lol:



:lol: Maybe they are a water dummy assigned to one of the other trains that have not been tested yet? :?: I don't think the Water Dummies Of America Union will let the same dummies test all three trains.
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