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Offline Bradley Robertson

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Universal Orlando's twin dragon coasters will never 'duel' again
« on: Oct 21, 2011, 09:46 »
Despite what the media, and park-goers are saying I fully blame asshat kids.  I find it really hard to believe that the damage that occured to these people was because of loose change "falling" out.  Seems more likely debris was thrown.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/universal-orlandos-twin-dragon-coasters-will-never-duel-1924424.html
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Re: Universal Orlando's twin dragon coasters will never 'duel' again
« Reply #1 on: Oct 21, 2011, 09:58 »
That sucks. I'm glad I was able to ride it when I did.

At first I was wondering how feasible it would be to put up some mesh/netting between the near-misses, but I'd imagine that camelback over the zero-g roll would be damn near impossible to construct.
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Re: Universal Orlando's twin dragon coasters will never 'duel' again
« Reply #2 on: Oct 21, 2011, 12:59 »
pisses me off
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Re: Universal Orlando's twin dragon coasters will never 'duel' again
« Reply #3 on: Oct 24, 2011, 02:49 »
Boooo, I'd happily endure a TSA search before riding to get the dueling back. :(
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Re: Universal Orlando's twin dragon coasters will never 'duel' again
« Reply #4 on: Oct 26, 2011, 09:01 »
I have no problem with the TSA searches anyways, so I say add it!
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Re: Universal Orlando's twin dragon coasters will never 'duel' again
« Reply #5 on: Oct 26, 2011, 09:08 »
This is certainly sad news.  Both rides are decent but when combined they shoot up my chart.

I think that a TSA search is a bit extreme for a roller coaster ride.  A couple of high quality security cameras would do the trick IMO.  You could even mount fake lipstick cams on each train and post signs saying that riders are being recorded.
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Re: Universal Orlando's twin dragon coasters will never 'duel' again
« Reply #6 on: Oct 27, 2011, 01:45 »
Quote from: Jason on Oct 26, 2011, 09:08
This is certainly sad news.  Both rides are decent but when combined they shoot up my chart.

I think that a TSA search is a bit extreme for a roller coaster ride.  A couple of high quality security cameras would do the trick IMO.  You could even mount fake lipstick cams on each train and post signs saying that riders are being recorded.

Wait, or even put REAL video cameras on the trains and then pay for it by selling on-ride videos. Although this doesn't prevent any injuries should someone decide to carry a brick onto the train anyway, it at least allows them to be caught and will probably deter a good amount of other morons.
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