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Post October 13th, 2008, 7:40 pm

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A coaster valley? If so, which one and where?

I saw Maverick valley back in early June when i was working there, one morning we were testing and it just rolled back in the horseshoe roll. It was a cold morning, maybe that helped.
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Post October 13th, 2008, 8:07 pm

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omfg, maverick valleyed? lol, that sux. how do you get a car back to the station though? I've always been curious about that...
So, my friend came up to me the other day and asked if I wanted a frozen banana, and I said no, but I want a normal banana later, so... yea.

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Post October 13th, 2008, 8:50 pm

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Cold grease, loose trucks (because the steel has retraced in the cold) and loose fittings that cause higher vibrations combined with a light empty train = valley.

Yeah I'm curious too, how'd you recover the Maverick?
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Post October 13th, 2008, 9:00 pm

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The did kind of a "pull through" to get it over the second roll it LITERALLY took hours. Then once it got the brakes, we just reset it and launched the train.
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Post October 13th, 2008, 9:43 pm

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I saw the Wackyworm at Coney Island (Astroland) valley during its test run. They had to push it through the rest of the way.

Post October 13th, 2008, 9:54 pm

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Post October 13th, 2008, 10:33 pm

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I dont think that counts. Its not really a valley, just a rollback.
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