Recent content by Maverix

I know what I am allowed/ not allowed to put online. Figured answering a question about if the ride is open or not is appropriate! As far as why we have or haven't been running, I have to keep my mouth shut. Hence why I don't post very often anymore. At this point, I am thrilled to be able...

From your friendly neighborhood Lightning Rod ride op, we have been back in technical rehearsal since Thursday! Not sure how long we plan to be in tech rehearsals before going back to officially open, but the ride has been up and running with guests again!

You guys timed your trip about damn near perfect.

Was awesome to get to come hang with you guys for the ERT last night! Not surprised by the new #1 for everybody tho, especially with night rides ;)

The heat lamp/ fog in Mavericks tunnel. The fog made sense to go as it was causing downtime but the removal of the heat lamps made me so sad. It was an amazing feeling having the tunnel heat up as you got launched and then shooting out of the tunnel and getting blasted with cooler air, even in...

My rankings, 1. Fury 325 2. Goliath (SFoG) 3. Nitro 4. Diamondback 5. Apollos Chariot 6. Raging Bull Goliath, Nitro and Diamondback are all really close, could go in any order really depending on how it rides that day.

Re: Top 10(ish): 2015 Edition - page 27 The only part of Toro that had any sort of roughness or rattle was the first turnaround at the bottom but it wasn't bad and I only really noticed it early in the morning, as it sped up throughout the day it seemed to go away.

Re: Top 10(ish): 2015 Edition - page 27 It really is tho, I don't see it moving from 1 for a long time. Skyrush and Toro are very far ahead of the rest.

Re: Top 10(ish): 2015 Edition - page 27 Well Skyrush was number one for less than a day... 1. El Toro 2. Skyrush 3. i305 4. Fury 325 5. The Voyage 6. Maverick 7. Lightning Run 8. Storm Runner 9. Millennium Force 10. Phoenix 11. X2 12. Banshee 13. Thunderhead 14.Goliath 15. Nitro 16...

100. Manta (SWO) 150. Full Throttle 200. Skyrush Finally got to 200 (well 219 after all said and done with my little trip to Hershey, SFA, SFGAdv and Knoebles) super happy to have had Skyrush be number 200, also was my number one, but lasted for less than a day. El Toro <3 <3 <3

Well I'm currently interning at Dollywood, which part of it consists of being a ride op, and I'm not sure about anything not owned by Herschend, but every morning, and any time we re-open, say after being closed for weather, we have to do ride-arounds to make sure the ride is safe, so I still...

Re: Top 10(ish): 2015 Edition - page 27 This will change after the next two days with trips to SFGAdv and Knoebles but after a return trip to Hershey... 1. Skyrush 2. i305 3. Fury 325 4. The Voyage 5. Maverick 6. Lightning Run 7. Storm Runner 8. Millennium Force 9. X2 10. Banshee 11...

Re: Dollywood 2016 || Teaser While I'm not 100% on the $27 million, I do know for a fact that the new coaster is the largest single investment in the parks history, so for sure more than Wild Eagle.

I've been on 3. Thunderbird: Fantastic ride, love the launch and the rest of it is smooth and forceful, with little bits of airtime and some floaty bits thrown in. Plus I love the barrel roll at the end. GateKeeper: I seem to like this ride a lot more than most and have it just behind...

Having ridden it 4 times now, I can confirm the trim is NOT active.