- June 21st, 2018, 9:36 am
#100927
This has nothing to do with "Feeling". It's there. and it's not a "rattle".. it's a vibration. With so many people complaining about it, that's been proven a FACT. I rode it several times the day I was there. It's different every time. It was almost imperceptible on one of my rides. I felt that it was there on all of the other rides but not as bad as the last ride. It was to the point of bone-rattling on the last one I spoke about.
I feel VERY confident that it has to do with the seat you're in as well as probably the train you're on. I haven't paid close enough attention to the trains as the numbers are very hard to see on the front left of the train when you're sitting closer to the back. This could all be related to wind-buffeting the trains at 95mph. (It's not there on Intimidator.) Or it could be related to something in the hubs wearing. Whatever it is, it can NOT be good on the equipment since parts feel vibrations at much lower levels than people do. (We definitely don't want a part failure at 95mph or 200+ feet off the ground.)
Bottom line is that Carowinds has spent millions of dollars to purchase a fantastic world-class coaster. They should want to spend whatever it takes to keep it smooth. When I rode it on the last week of March, 2015, it was SMOOTH AS SILK. Because of that, we know it CAN be smooth. Also because of that, and because it's seeming to get worse as time goes on, we can relate that it may indeed have something to do with wear. I've actually heard people tell their buddies that they'll wait for them because they didn't want to ride it because of the vibration. I'm sure Carowinds doesn't want that.
I'd ride it non-stop if the vibration wasn't there.
Whatever it is, FIX IT.
cwgator wrote:I rode it back to back in the back row when I was there on June 8th. I felt no rattle whatsoever. I guess we all feel things differently.
This has nothing to do with "Feeling". It's there. and it's not a "rattle".. it's a vibration. With so many people complaining about it, that's been proven a FACT. I rode it several times the day I was there. It's different every time. It was almost imperceptible on one of my rides. I felt that it was there on all of the other rides but not as bad as the last ride. It was to the point of bone-rattling on the last one I spoke about.
I feel VERY confident that it has to do with the seat you're in as well as probably the train you're on. I haven't paid close enough attention to the trains as the numbers are very hard to see on the front left of the train when you're sitting closer to the back. This could all be related to wind-buffeting the trains at 95mph. (It's not there on Intimidator.) Or it could be related to something in the hubs wearing. Whatever it is, it can NOT be good on the equipment since parts feel vibrations at much lower levels than people do. (We definitely don't want a part failure at 95mph or 200+ feet off the ground.)
Bottom line is that Carowinds has spent millions of dollars to purchase a fantastic world-class coaster. They should want to spend whatever it takes to keep it smooth. When I rode it on the last week of March, 2015, it was SMOOTH AS SILK. Because of that, we know it CAN be smooth. Also because of that, and because it's seeming to get worse as time goes on, we can relate that it may indeed have something to do with wear. I've actually heard people tell their buddies that they'll wait for them because they didn't want to ride it because of the vibration. I'm sure Carowinds doesn't want that.
I'd ride it non-stop if the vibration wasn't there.
Whatever it is, FIX IT.