[chargercrazy]

Mike is having way too much fun teasing us.

[uscbandfan]

Im pretty sure those are the last steps on the other side of the lift hill.

Could very well be. It's not the chain.. You can clearly see where the chain stops in this photo. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oiVO3Prjogo/maxresdefault.jpg

Anyone know why those steps are there? Couldn't see why they'd need access to below the track at that exact location.

[Squierson]

I have my next class at 2:00 so I really hope they test it soon.

[Axel]

Im at school so I can't see the cam and I'm using my phone in between classes but are they actually testing or no?

I just saw some guy go into a portajohn... I think he is getting ready to do something!

[HavenHamilton]

Im at school so I can't see the cam and I'm using my phone in between classes but are they actually testing or no?

I just saw some guy go into a portajohn... I think he is getting ready to do something!

That's a whole 'nother kind of supply and demand.

[Tinkerdog]

Anybody at the park in person who could let us know when they put the train on the hill ( so we don't miss since there is little leeway time before it goes over the hill )...............

[Cosmo_TAD]

Im pretty sure those are the last steps on the other side of the lift hill.

Could very well be. It's not the chain.. You can clearly see where the chain stops in this photo. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oiVO3Prjogo/maxresdefault.jpg

Anyone know why those steps are there? Couldn't see why they'd need access to below the track at that exact location.

Those steps are there for evacuations. While B&M does everything in designs possible to not have to evac off a lift (intimidator has a diesel lift motor just in case power goes out as it is easier to evac at the mid course brakes). The reason it goes so far past the end of the chain is for the chain dogs on back cars, until the last chain dog disengages the front of the train would be at that point...

[FamousAmos]

But this though...

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Would this be the second busiest time on the site? or the third?

[Mountain3307]

I was there, patience peeps.. I even got to talk to Mike for a couple minutes.

[Axel]

I don't think we would be as eagerly awaiting this test if the coaster had been cknwing's "Centurion Fugly Edition"...

[carowindsman6654]

I was there, patience peeps.. I even got to talk to Mike for a couple minutes.

So was Brian Williams.

[CodyH3333]

I was there, patience peeps.. I even got to talk to Mike for a couple minutes.

Did he say that they were for sure testing fury 325 today?

[uscbandfan]

Im pretty sure those are the last steps on the other side of the lift hill.

Could very well be. It's not the chain.. You can clearly see where the chain stops in this photo. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oiVO3Prjogo/maxresdefault.jpg

Anyone know why those steps are there? Couldn't see why they'd need access to below the track at that exact location.

Those steps are there for evacuations. While B&M does everything in designs possible to not have to evac off a lift (intimidator has a diesel lift motor just in case power goes out as it is easier to evac at the mid course brakes). The reason it goes so far past the end of the chain is for the chain dogs on back cars, until the last chain dog disengages the front of the train would be at that point...

I can understand the evac part of it. Maybe I need to be clearer. Not the steps.... the ladder at the end that goes down that would essentially give a worker access to under the train or track. No passenger would be evacuated from under there.

[uscbandfan]

can you imagine being evacuated from a train when your car is already crested the hill? WOW. I'd be scared to death the train would go on over the top after they disengaged my restraint.

[jscll]

If the train is past a certain point, it has to be tied back to prevent it from potentially going over. On some coasters, you can see a little sign that reads something along the lines of "If the front (sometimes back) of the train is past this point, the train needs to be secured before evacuation."

This sign should not be confused with the sign that reads "Fall restraint required beyond this point." These signs are particularly visible on many wooden coasters. Honestly if I were on a train and the train was stopped at the very top of the hill, I would ask if they could just push us over.