Does Six Flags America Have the Worlds Worst Operations?
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2016
- We've all heard they're slow...but how slow are they? Is it really as bad as people say it is, or are the rumors true? Today we put Six Flags America to the test and time their train dispatches!
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did yo hear the kid on the wild one?
"Sir, what ya gonna do with that thing?"
I kinda feel bad for him.
I mean it is kinda weird imagine getting on a roller coaster and see some random dude recording u
What time?
Southern Stars Order first coaster up
@@Zyairewest hey, I'll have you know I do NOT record people.
Excuse me sir, what are you going to do with that? Lol
lmao that kid was so weirded out
Kinda feel bad for him!
Savage
Woah, didn't know you were a fan of coaster studios! I'm a fan of your vids!
+qazwsx thanks
0:55 "What are you gonna do with that?" 😂😂😂
That’s awesome
Joe Momma That’s the perfect explanation for Six Flags America’s quality operations 😂😂
0:53*
This image says a million words 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
The worst operations ive seen was by far shockwave at SFOT, OMG IT FELT LIKE AN HOUR GET RID OF THE VR PLEASE!!
Hi coaster kids! big fan!
Go whenever the VR isn't running, they don't run it all day. I went down to Fiesta Texas and the wait time for Superman was half of what is was before it ended, which is a park that has much better dispatch times.
Hi koaster kids!!!
Koaster kids I'm a big fan
Hi logan
What they should do is have a separate line for VR and give them the headsets while there waiting and making sure they fit there to speed up dispatch time
Right! Or at least start handing out the VR a little earlier and strap them on
When I was there on Sunday the 28th . . . they had a sign up saying the VR headsets would only be used from 5 pm until closing. A few weeks ago, the headsets weren't used between 2-5 pm . . . . .
And they should hook the VR headsets to the seats, so the rides can just pull them down on their head like shoulder harnesses. And that's what a genius comes up with. (I don't mean to brag)
You should do cedar fair vs six flags and compare which chain is Better over all, like prices, operations, parks apperence, coaster collections, and over all experience
Great Idea!!! +Coaster Studios
+Jake Smith …Until you look at KD's announcement.
The announcement would have been fine.
But they hyped it up...
cedar fair has better inverts
six flags mostly has BTR clones and SLCs
while cedar had more original inverts
Yeah basically six flags has one invert and that's batman the ride
Do more of these they're interesting.
agreed
agreed
+Coaster Studios do more please.
Yea that would be cool
do cedar point pls
I'm not a cedar point fan boy or anything, but they are quick about dispatch. You sit down, workers check your restraints fairly hastily and you're off! Also for some reason people seem to move quicker at Cedar Point, is that just me?
Foolin What? Coasters at Cedar Point break down because of the wind and rain. Cedar Point has quick dispatches while also making sure their riders are safe.
I am a cedar point fanboy its my homepark so I appreciate the comment about it!
@@SwarvelaLive have a lot of accidents??? from what I’m aware theres barely any
to me, kings island has the most impressive ops. like of course dollywood and disney and universal and busch gardens parks are going to have good ops bc theyre destination parks and of course cp has good ops because a lot of the people who work there are coaster/park enthusiasts but kings island is literally like staffed by a bunch of teenagers from the cincinnati area and they still have like sub-minute dispatches on rides like orion, diamondback, banshee, the bat and mystic timbers
Lmfao all the cedar point fan boys triggered about their park not being perfect
Did anyone notice the guy dabbing in the start of the video 0:22
my godd
My god, that's Jason Bourne
Just saw it 😂😂
Haha I saw it the first time I thought I was the only one who saw that
Oh yea lol
Not saying that they can't be slow, but if you think about it, a lot of times, its th guests that are slow, and at rides like the fireball, of course its gonna go slow, its only one person..
VR is a terrible idea and should just be temporary.
Eh it actually makes Iron Dragon at Cedar Point a way better and enjoyable ride
i talk to the guy in charge on shockwave at sfot, and he told me he hates the VR
It workds with cedar point because they can operate rides quickly, unlike six flags who has really bad operations like "WORST OPERATIONS EVER"
It works with air/galactica becaus of the duel loading and because it was redisigned to suit the vr instead of just sticking them on
And VR for galactica is nessicary for the theme.
Fireball: It's not a coaster!
its a flat ride, still terrible operation lmao
The fact that the kid at the front of the Wild One restrained the empty seat beside him just tells you even the guests know how slow the dispatches are lol
Personally, if no one gets in next to me, I always pull it down to save the ride ops some time.
Wow, by the time Superman: Ride of Steel Dispatches with VR, Fury 325 would have dispatched six times, including block operations.
Kid, you're awesome. Extremely professional job. First video. Subbed. Well-done. 👍
thank you!
Everyone knows six flags America is the red headed step child of six flags parks
And Great Escape is the kid they pretend doesn't exist.
And the one in Georgia.
Scabe and St. Louis
*goes on to name 4-5 other Six Flags parks you could argue fit that description as well* 😂
I went there in 2007 and wasn't too impressed, plus I was afraid of roller coasters then, so it wasn''t much fun and it was really hot that day!
I used to work at a theme park years ago in the rides department. I can understand the long time it takes to load/unload & dispatch trains out of the station. Although I will admit a great deal of the long wait time is due to either employee laziness or the lack of working at an efficient tempo with guests, the other part of it is also because some riders (usually the older folks) are nearly in a hurry to board the train and often take their time to remove their personal items and then get comfy & cozy before pulling their lap bars down or seat belts on. In this case of this video, you've definitely exposed a fatal flaw in ride operations, not just this park but virtually in most if not all parks around the world. One thing to keep in mind is that these are your regular, mostly teenaged workers making minimum wage for the summer, but they need to realize that it's their JOB to provide the park guests with the best experience possible.
love it! I spent Over 20 years in theme park operations and I find it hard to enjoy myself at improperly run parks. Thanks for taking the time to put this together
2016: 2 minutes 2 seconds not to shabby
2019: 32 seconds *OMG YOU DEMON SPON WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE, 23 seconds is THE MAX TIME TO WAIT*
No hate to Taylor. This was a joke
Annoying Theatre Kid exactly how it is now... the dispatch is WAYYY better 😂😂
Nowadays on Superman whenever the air gates open to guests to board the train the person operating the control panel will do a 5 second countdown for people to get through the gates or else they'll shut on them. Operations have definitely improved since this video was posted.
The wait is finally over! The hype has been built up! The teasers have all led up to this! KD is getting... Kiddie rides!
hahahaha that was awesome
This is why Cedar Fair Parks are better
Shadow X and thats why more people die there
Actually, there have been way, WAY more accidents at Six Flags parks than Cedar Fair. Some are due to riders doing something stupid, like entering a restricted area, than by malfunction or safety error.
www.therobotspajamas.com/u-s-theme-parks-with-the-most-deaths/
Shadow X, yeah if six flags wants to 1 up cedar point they have to improve their operation
Shadow X yeah, kings Island is my home park, God bless my soul
Jonathan Dominguez more people die at six flags
Kings Dominion took the year's biggest L today. Even bigger than the other KD.
L
You Mean "Kings Dominion Made The Biggest Troll Ever" Get It
More than Kevin durant? Idk.
Wait what did they announce?
+Aidan Cavanaugh (RollerCoasterPhantom9) planet snoopy expansion
The truly sad thing is, this kid is timing things from when guests start to sit down and that's NOT A DISPATCH INTERVAL. It's actually measured from when a train parks to when a train dispatches. Add at least 30-60 seconds to each of those for the actual dispatch times.
RushTest ForEcho ikr i got so annoyed from that
Yeah Taylor should really fix that, but by then half the rides would have a 10 minute dispatch because this is one of my home parks and the employees don’t give two u know what’s about your safety like they don’t even check your restraints half the time (but since I’m an enthusiast I know that you are really safe because of the rides design). Love your username btw
@@brandonj520 How do they not check your restraints? That something they could easily get fired for
@@TitanLRV yeah, that’s a violation of basic amusement ride safety laws
@@TheCycloneHunter Yeah I work as a ride operator and I've seen people get fired over things that weren't even as bad as this.
Very interesting video! I'd hate to be stuck in some of those queues.
The queues aren't usually that long. Most coasters on a busy summer day are still a station wait.
The lines are usually station waits at Six Flags America. Batwing sometimes can get more than that.
now coaster bot your vids suck
Harry, my man!
Me as well
The guy in the front row on the first ride takes like 15 seconds for the empty seat and like 1 second for his seat 😂
IKR
EvanTheArcader his fat ass could barely get in the seat 💺
I worked at Cedar Point in 2008-2009, if our dispatch time was anything over 1 minute, we would be taken off the ride. Six Flags is a joke.
My friend got hurt on Iron Dragon because of too fast operations. The attendant slammed the OTSR down on him not realizing he hadn't gotten his arm down all the way, and of course they dispatched the train.
I think it's hilarious you released this video the day I was at the park. XD I was furious at the 8 minute dispatch times (I timed them myself) for Superman and only running one train, on a Saturday of all days. Surprisingly Batwing wasn't too bad dispatch wise.
I love how he refused to get in line for the superloop
Cedar Fair and Six Flags should start learning on how to operate efficiently from German theme parks. Europa Park and Phantasialand, for example, are extremely efficient in dispatching the coasters. I was there last year for the opening weekend of Taron and they did such a great job in operating the coaster. So great that the line was never more than 40 minutes long despite the massive crowd.
Actually cedar fair has pretty fast operations with nice employees
The mind eraser operations were great. the longer you have to wait for your death the better. I mean 48 hour operations on mind eraser would be the best operations ever (not in other coasters) but the ones it has were okay
"excuse me sir what are u gonna do wit dat?" IM DYING
What’s the song at 1:07 and at 4:23? I’ve tried to Shazam and SoundHound it but I haven’t got any accurate results.
Not horrid, but definitely could be better.
Batwing is a vekoma flying dutchman. I rode firehawk, and in the loading position it was uncomfortable.
Superman vr took a bit of time probably because they have to check the vr goggles to prevent motion sickness
I've rode Nighthawk before, and dispatch took like 5 minutes longer because some guy had a panic attack and had to get off.
Notice how Vekoma coasters always have the worst operations
Shut up. Almost every other park runs their Vekomas pretty good, its just the atrocious ops of Six Flags
@@sheeple04 No he's got a point. Expect for the junior coasters, they don't got that good of a time.
@@glitchinthesystem4798 Almost every single park with Vekomas runs them pretty good. Especially in Europe, Walibi Holland, Efteling, etc. This is just Six Flags operations all around. Although it does make sense for Batwing, that has quite a complex system so dispatched will be longer on that, but there's no excuse for the long dispatches on Mind Eraser and others, that's just Six Flags being Six Flags.
3:36
"Dispatch...
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The way they do the VR at MM is so much better. They give you the headset as the group of people on the train in front of you board so you already have your headset when you board the train, making the dispatches much faster.
Yikes! Those wait times are horrendous!
Sidenote: sometimes, the guests make the dispatch take longer than expected also.
Safety>speed any day my friend
Good video! I love how you made it in Cinemasins format. :)
LOL that was very funny, will you do more of those "how bad are (insert park name here) operations (and other stuff)"?
i’ve ridden Everything there but batwing, which was closed unfortunately. i Think this park id pretty damn Underrated. It doesn’t deserve 90% of the Hate it gets.
Taylor I really liked this video anyway you could do more of these for different parks?
I'll try and do a few more this summer!
Coaster Studios also I'm saying that to you
Coaster Studios six flags magic mountain
0:53 that kids parents taught him well. "Hey sir what are you gonna do with that." - The kid in the front seat.
Wow that is pathetic how slow they are, I worked at Carowinds this past summer and we would get in a massive amount of trouble if we were ever that slow.
I hate that this is my home park :( I live about 10 min away but I can't stand this boring park.
meanmelons not that boring
Me too the best part is the water park
Emmanuel yup
This is my home park too and I think you should rethink that. It's actually not that bad.
At least you have one that you live near and you would have to go to a nother state to get to one
3:37 Apocalypse. Oh man. I just got a phantom pain in my balls from the former Iron Wolf.
Can I ask what may be a really dumb question but we only have/had one VR coaster local and it was galactica but never went on it with VR but from what I could see it was attached to the ride in some way. Is it attached in the superman ride? A friend told me her headset kept coming off during galactica and I thought how dangerous they would be if they aren’t attached? But I may have just missed them attaching it with the superman ride?
You know your operations are horrible when a standup coaster dispatches faster than a regular ol' woodie
PLEASE MAKE THIS A NEW SERIES
It looks like Six Flags America's operations matches its state's traffic.
Shark Assassin true
That's a major offense to a lot of people including me you dingus
True
That an offense to me because I live 25 mins away from there
And Metro
Back in 2008, I went to SFA with some friends. Tried to get on Joker's Jinx, but it broke down when we were at the front of the line. Fortunately they gave us passes to get on another ride, so we went to Superman. Waited maybe 45 minutes and the line barely moved (we got to see Batwing dispatch about twice during those 45 minutes). We ended up giving up and just went and rode Wild One instead. At least I got the one credit that mattered at that place. The last line I waited in was for season pass processing (as they were the cheapest we were going to SFGAdv the next day) and that line also took forever
i remember working at revolution at sfmm and we were able to dispatch trains in usually about 3 mins, seat belt checks were done in less than 30 seconds our crew was efficient and we figureded out how to get it done quickly and safely. some of the other ride ops from around the area would sometimes come over and study how we did it.
in vancouver (where i live) they have a coaster that dispatches in 14 seconds
have you ever seen the coaster at playland in vancouver (my home park)
you should review it
You should use the 10 min dispatch as the thumbnail.
That would be clickbait tho
5 minute dispatches for thunderbolt a SFNE yesterday. And dude I feel like ur neck is longer then usual! Lol maybe I haven't seen u in a while! Great video though!
Haha the kid in the front seat on Wild One: "HEY. WHAT YOU GON DO WIT DAT"
You Put Bourbon Street Fireball
Me: Its not a coaster!
Anyone catch the dude dabbing in the background
Wow, you're back with ANOTHER creative video type! Good Job!
I love how you counted the superloop as a coaster lol
La Ronde's operations are also pretty bad. And average coaster dispatch there is 2-3 min.
Goliath is usually 2-3 min without VR and 7-8 min with VR.
well it got faster now. Goliath always dispatches at 111 seconds
To be fair, ik this is hilarious, I mean It makes me nuts how pointlessly long it takes them to load "Bizzaro" at Six Flags Great Adventure. But the stand-ups are always a nightmare, you just got lucky. They should all get sit down seats. The Vekoma Flying Dutchman problem is stupid people or lazy employees, so that one is kinda a 50/50. They fool around on Mind Eraser just to try it make look like people are riding, that needs to be removed and replaced with a 4-D free fly. Intamin's hyper Supermans are just bad tbh, i'm suprised they ever built more than one.
SFNE's Superman would like a word with you there.
Alaeriia
Should be replaced with a real hyper or better giga title it "Batman" versus time lol. Not trying to troll, just don't get those nor the hype. They make about as much sense to me as Vekoma SLC's, Zacpsins, strata coasters, or togo stand ups. Aka no idea of how it even got made, more than one anyway. And somehow they are standing while arrow's meant to be B&M Drachen Fire was taken down lol.
I like how the intro where he talks about the video was entertaining, gets to the point, and relativity short! :D
This was a very amusing video excellent!! You should do this for every park you visit
7 minutes is awful, I don't care what kind of coaster it is
Real Adam Lanza I think the reason the batwing takes so long is because it flips over and you are literally facing the ground so they have to have a seatbelt on your chest, a bar and your feet are also restrained
The wild one is my favorite one
Hey what coasters should I go on first when I go to cedar point Taylor
Today I got to see your Europapark-Video and was really suprised, that you found those operation times so amazing, as for me they are totally normal. Now after this video, well, thank god I live in Germany!
Don't get confused six flags great America is different and better
Maggie Grudzien shut up
Everyone knows this
Jokers Jinx?
Didn't have time to film it
Coaster Studios Long dispatch on that?
Roller Coasters And More no, actually quite the opposite. There wasn't a line so I walked right on and never got the chance to film a dispatch
Coaster Studios That's good news! Roar?
+Coaster Studios you should come to Australia. In our theme parks they take so long doing checks and quite often only have 1 train running. Like on the Arkham asylum coaster at movie world they have 1 train and take 15 minutes to "dispatch" the train!
I work as a ride operator at one of the many Six Flags locations. I know a terribly long wait time to be put on your ride, it just depends on how crowded the park is and how well our rides are working. There’s lots of things we have to do before every single launch to ensure that everyone is and will be safe while the rides are in motion. We even arrive an hour to thirty minutes early and go down two page checklists to make sure that every single ride is operating as it should be and won’t put anyone in any kind of danger. Maintenance and Safety walk up and down the tracks and test the cars/RVs/trains (whatever the ride uses to dispatch) every morning and come in at four to five in the morning to do so depending on when the park opens. It’s a hassle to load, unload and check restraints when we have to take some guests on and off the ride while loading and then we ALL have panels we have to run back to and start pushing buttons and rushing. I’m sorry you had such long dispatch times, we’re really trying our best.
When you talked about the food service about midway through the video, it reminded me: I once got denied a Baskin-Robbins at an airport because the ice cream was "too cold", even though they could shove the scoop in partway. Worst excuse ever!
for 2017 Six Flags America's should get faster staff
0:22 D A B O N ' E M
I went here around 12 years ago, and its still to this day the only time I have ever walked out of a park after 3 hours of being there. Every single line was hours long because of their ridiculously slow operations, and absolute refusal to run more then one train on the rides even though it was a weekend and the line for Batwing was 4 hours long.
Out of all the other dispatch videos that you’ve posted, this one failed miserably, while the others were great!
Personally I'm fine with that. Take your time, thank you for ensuring my safety(:
Would you really consider them taking their time to ensure your safety or just being plain slow?
You’re safe no matter what. There’s only about 1-2 roller coaster accidents a year.
but why is it a problem?? id rather let them take 20 minutes than 1 minute if they're making sure we're safe so i really dont care lol. when i went to six flags on the green lantern ride the ride operator let us know they've been working non-stop 6 days a week 11-11 at night. cut them some slack.
The thing is that they don't need to take that much time to keep you safe. I've seen Firehawk at Kings Island, which is the same coaster as Batwing, dispatched in less than 2 minutes. These coasters were designed to be dispatched in a short amount of time. This isn't a safety thing- this is about being slow. When I was there watching them checking restraints, they had very little energy or enthusiasm and just didn't care about the time it took to send out a train.
Soneful That happens at Cedar Point too, yet every day they are hauling and still are more safe than Six Flags.
AND, the longer the dispatch, the longer you wait in line!
I love when the kid on the first coaster says “what are you gonna do with that?”
I had the exact same experience with operations when I visited back in early July. It's atrocious. I'd love to see more videos like this!
The reson why it takes so long because they have to make sure that everyone is ok
So you're getting upset at the longer time its takes for operations to ensure people are safe and locked into their seats....
No, that's not it at all. I think you're missing the point. Most parks are not this slow- on some coasters, ride ops can have the train out in less than 60 seconds AND ensure everyones safe. You can be fast and keep riders safe. I'm not saying they should sacrifice safety to be fast, because that's not what I think at all. Safety is always #1 priority. The point is to see how fast they can be while guests are secured and safe.
Look at Cedar Point. Their dispatch times are crazy fast and they never have any incidents with people falling out of cars, seatbelts unbuckling or anything like that. I work at Cedar Point and from this past Summer's time slots, it looks like Raptor had the fastest dispatch times in under 30 seconds, and there aren't any freak accidents on there. Like Coaster Studios said, safety is the #1 priority, but obviously their ride operations are not pushing them to move quickly because I can only imagine how backed up the lines get when you go to an amusement park like Six Flags.
The problem is workers who work painfully slowly. At all the parks i've been in dispatch has been so much faster than these examples, even on VR coasters!
You just need the right team. The park I work at is great. Particularly on our Boomerang coaster we can generally fill all 28 seats, check restraints and get it dispatched in under 60 seconds. (Granted we don't have to let anyone off, or there are no guest issues) Efficiency and turnaround times are really important when the line is long but so is safety.
LiftedX I worked at Busch Gardens and it takes us 2 minutes tops to dispatch a train
Great Video! Keep up the great work! :)
If you want quick operations, you absolutely have to visit Knoebels. Their dispatches are so quick, I timed Twister's dispatches and they were 30 seconds long. As soon as you lower your lap bar, the operators immediately start checking and before you know it, you are out of the station with no warning. It was great.
Twister would have a longer dispatch time if they used the seat belts that PTC installed (seat belts always make for longer dispatch times). Instead, Knoebels stuffs them down in the seats.
if 2 mins is bad for you. then your really impatient
Oml Tiera challenges! This is by comparison to other parks with similar rides who have faster dispatch times and STILL no restraint related incidents
Megan Dailey yea but our dispatches take time because we have top security to make sure nothing happens a
Oml Tiera challenges!.... The other parks have that too... And take less time to reach the exact same results, on identical rides.
Oml Tiera challenges! Just face that with employees at this park it isn't all about safety, some of them are legitimately lazy and just being slow for the hell of it.
0:20 look at that savage guy at the background doing a dab
I love on how in the first one the kid asked what you would do with the camera.
The guy at the back at 0:21. Yeet 🤣
fun story: one time me and my friend (both 13) went to six flags discovery kingdom. we got on medusa and had to wait 8 minutes to dispatch because they didn't want to send it with just us two on it lmfao. the ride ops were super nice about it though so props to them
0:50 "what are you doing with that?" Lol
I work at an RMC and we usually dispatch 2 minutes at most sometimes 1 minute and 30 seconds depending if the guests remember their seat belts first haha. I consider our selfs pretty fast with their being seat belts on the ride.
My first ride at the park was the mind eraser. The park had just opened so the line was pretty short but I still didn't get on the ride. There was also some virtual reality thing going on for the ride so of course it added on to the wait time. When I actually got in the seat, I'm positive I waited a good ten minutes. It was ridiculous.
I went to Six Flags America a few years ago and it had the worst operations ever. I don't remember dispatch taking that long, but the rides were constantly breaking down. Even the fast pass machine was broken!
I was amazed at Carowinds, they had Fury unloaded, loaded and dispatched in less than 30 seconds, they were literally rushing people over the intercom, don't know if they're trying to break a record or something but they are top notch when it comes to dispatch
9 minutes and 49 seconds is crazy, the line could be like 100 people and you wait an hour
Lol the kid in the beginning was like what are you gonna do with that
Crazy, I work here and I agree . I’m here rn actually
Wow!! I could walk a marathon and they would still be doing whatever they would still be loading!!!
0:50 Sir what are you going to do with that AND THEN THE TRAIN JUST LEAVES!!! 😂😂😂
You’ve CLEARLY never been to Lagoon in Utah