The Dark Knight Opens At GrAdv

On May 16, 7:21 am, Coastin_St...@ (Coastin Steve) wrote:
> With the cutting of the ribbon and the <POP> of jumbo, black and
> yellow party favors SFGrAdv opened Dark Knight yesterday.
> A pre-show room opens the ride experience with what seems like a
> normal Gotham City press conference that it soon taken over by the
> Joker.
> Out of this room and on the way to the ride vehicles, guests get to
> see themselves on a TV monitor before the Jokers white clown faces are
> superimposed on their own.
> (this is a really cool effect that everyone seemed to like )
> At first view the ride vehicles seemed rather large and heavy for a
> wild mouse type coaster and this seemed to make front row seating more
> desireable.
> Now the first GREAT thing GrAdv has done w/ this ride.... the
> cars don't stop at the loading area... they just slow way down so
> riders can get out and in. This REALLY keeps things moving
> Up a fairly steep, dimly lit lift hill, fairly quickly, the car
> just has time to get off of the chain before making a 90 degree right to
> start the series of straights and 180 flat turns that wild mice are
> known for.
> Some of this is dimy lit and other spots are in complete darkness
> which leads to some really good surprises.
> You know the drops are coming, but you don't know when and flash
> of the cameras strobe tells you that your surprise was captured on
> digital file.
> I think GrAdv has a real winner here. After a couple years of
> building very intense coasters
> KK & ET, it's nice to see them add a not so intense ride for younger
> riders and those adults who are not looking for such intense thrills.
> While I was told that many of the displays that riders are able to
> see while riding are quite interesting, I really didn't notice them
> much as my eyes were drawn to trying to see where the speeding coaster
> car is going, rather than things to the side. 8-(
>
> All and all, a very nice addition to GrAdv's coaster collection
>
> Coastin Steve

I'm just curious to find out when black light graffiti started costing
millions of dollars?

On May 16, 7:21�am, Coastin_St...@ (Coastin Steve) wrote:

> � � Some of this is dimy lit and other spots are in complete darkness
> which leads to some really good surprises.

Like abrupt stops in the braking zones.

Ken Simmons

Coastin Steve <Coastin_Steve@> wrote:
: Now the first GREAT thing GrAdv has done w/ this ride.... the
: cars don't stop at the loading area... they just slow way down so
: riders can get out and in. This REALLY keeps things moving

Oddly enough, that is the standard behavior for a Mack Wild Mouse.

I say "oddly enough" because so many of them...California Adventure,
Canada's Wonderland, Kings Dominion, Carowinds, Busch Gardens...do not
operate in this way.

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"Dave Althoff, Jr." wrote:
> : Now the first GREAT thing GrAdv has done w/ this ride.... the
> : cars don't stop at the loading area... they just slow way down so
> : riders can get out and in. This REALLY keeps things moving
>
> Oddly enough, that is the standard behavior for a Mack Wild Mouse.
>
> I say "oddly enough" because so many of them...California Adventure,
> Canada's Wonderland, Kings Dominion, Carowinds, Busch Gardens...do not
> operate in this way.

But Wild Izzy did when it first opened at BGW?

Bill Buckley wrote:

> "Dave Althoff, Jr." wrote:
>
>>: Now the first GREAT thing GrAdv has done w/ this ride.... the
>>: cars don't stop at the loading area... they just slow way down so
>>: riders can get out and in. This REALLY keeps things moving
>>
>>Oddly enough, that is the standard behavior for a Mack Wild Mouse.
>>
>>I say "oddly enough" because so many of them...California Adventure,
>>Canada's Wonderland, Kings Dominion, Carowinds, Busch Gardens...do not
>>operate in this way.
>
>
> But Wild Izzy did when it first opened at BGW?
>
>
Mulholland Madness is conveyor feed and they have been for a while.

--CM