03-10-2005, 07:29 PM
| | Looping Poster | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: W. Carrollton OH Age: 47
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| | | Saw ride today in very poor unsafe condition
I just happened to visit an amusement facility today just to look. It had been open to the public for a few months now. It had kiddie rides. I just happened by the bumper cars and looked in it was a quiet part of the day so nobody was at the ride at that moment. Now I know by its nature the bumper cars has a little more dirt then others. However this one was just filthy and I saw exposed wireing in one of the cars. I saw a car with what looked to be a bent frame. Now this place has only been around for a few months. I was like thats nice. Now this is an indoor ride so how it got that filthy is beyond me. I would not sit down if I was a guest and I have seen some grungy stuff before I cleaned it at the start of the season. I wondered if they gave a darn. What would you think would you care. I was appying there. I am still looking at PKI as well. I am not sure if they would care about being safe. That is the place I saw today.
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03-10-2005, 07:42 PM
|  | Bite my shiny metal ***! | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Ca$hville, Nashvega$ Age: 29
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| | | I would've been appalled at that. My question was were they operating it with people?
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03-10-2005, 07:52 PM
|  | It's Extreme | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: SW Ohio Age: 20
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| | | Was this that dragon park thing in Dayton? |
03-10-2005, 07:54 PM
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| | | Nobody was at it then but I am sure it would run later. Oh yea there was a sign on one of the cars stating that car was out of order. Which I've seen before at other parks I thought of emailing the state inspector. I am not 100 percent sure its not down but there was no sign saying down at the entrance. I may go back at night and take another peak.
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03-10-2005, 07:56 PM
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| | | PM me I'm not sure if I should say names here then decide.
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03-10-2005, 09:03 PM
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| | | Could you please give the park name? |
03-11-2005, 07:06 AM
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| | | I won't say the name but if you have been there you will know it by this description. Its a family place for kiddies. It has a Mini Himalaya, A rocket ride you know along the lines of a hellicopter. Then the questionable bumper cars. There is a roller rink and games like skeeball those kind of things. They also have party space. It was weird cause the rest of the place was in good condition. The rides maybe they were used or used real hard. The place has only been there since fall. I had just heard of it and went for curiosity's sake. It is a chain too.
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03-12-2005, 12:21 AM
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| | | What, like Boomers? [gags]
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03-12-2005, 07:15 AM
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| | | I Never heard of Boomers is that in the UK? It sounds like its bad ha?
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03-12-2005, 11:58 AM
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03-12-2005, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Montu Man | Boomers is also a chain like "Jeepers" and "Bonkers" (little indoor parks with a miller coaster and 2 or 3 rides...)
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03-12-2005, 04:24 PM
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| | | The dirt you saw everywhere is a carbon dust. Just about all bumper cars have the problem; the dust is created by the friction of the wheels and 'stingers'. They literally have to be cleaned daily. |
03-12-2005, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by FlimflamShwansn The dirt you saw everywhere is a carbon dust. Just about all bumper cars have the problem; the dust is created by the friction of the wheels and 'stingers'. They literally have to be cleaned daily. | lol, and I can tell you from experience that it isn't a fun thing to do. Those things get dirty as hell. Though cleaning coaster trains may actually be worse since there is greese on them, gotta use some elbow greese on them. |
03-12-2005, 08:11 PM
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| | | If you want to see unsafe rides, go to Camden Park in West Virginia. Two years back, I visited and nothing felt right. I later was talking to Jeff Hammersley (head of maintenance at Holiday World)...and he mentioned that Big Dipper was missing about 60% of the bolts that hold the track on the wood.
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03-12-2005, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by FlimflamShwansn The dirt you saw everywhere is a carbon dust. Just about all bumper cars have the problem; the dust is created by the friction of the wheels and 'stingers'. They literally have to be cleaned daily. | I do realize the source of the dust cause I have operated bumper cars at two seperate parks. Its was just this was let go and was gross. The cars looked so worn for the park to have been open less then five months. In other words it was worse then it needed to be.
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