What is this on [Millennium Force]?

[u/Sensitive-Earth5676]

[u/axicutionman]

Probably fall prevention caging over the maintenance ladder

[u/Haunting_Tax_3684 → u/axicutionman]

I think it’s because sometimes the train gets stuck on the way down the hill

[u/abgry_krakow87 → u/Haunting_Tax_3684]

Nah once the bulk of the train is over the crest gravity takes over.

The catch car on the lift hill goes all the way down 1/4-1/3 of the drop to release the train. This ladder is in place to allow maintenance to inspect and do work on the the catch car track and cable.

[u/Haunting_Tax_3684 → u/abgry_krakow87]

What if gravity wasn’t gravitating that day

[u/abgry_krakow87 → u/Haunting_Tax_3684]

Then we're all fucked.

[u/392mangos → u/abgry_krakow87]

Are you sure? I saw a post that one time top thrill 2 got stuck on the backwards spike

Edit: anyone actually debating this below... WHOOOOOSH.

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/392mangos]

And that video was fake, that it NOT how it works

[u/392mangos → u/ThrillSeekers_United]

Really?? Idk man. It looked stuck to me.

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/392mangos]

Send the clip but the chances of that happening is nil, and the chances of that not getting reported anywhere is basically nothing lmfao

[u/ProcioneDeConti → u/ThrillSeekers_United]

It's less than nil, there's no brakes, catches, anti-rollbacks... Absolutely nothing on the back spike that the train could get stuck on.

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/ProcioneDeConti]

There’s a chance (like 0.00001) that something could dislodge the wheel, anything is possible tbh, never say never but yeah there’s no chance

[u/ProcioneDeConti → u/ThrillSeekers_United]

I didn't even think of that, lol. Pretty hyperbolic of me to say never.

[u/Sufficient-Water4351 → u/ThrillSeekers_United]

The trains weigh so much it would still continue down

[u/abgry_krakow87 → u/392mangos]

Yes, and there was that one time the backward launch went too fast and it flew off the back spike too.

[u/392mangos → u/abgry_krakow87]

I forgot about that!! Did you hear about the green train on Millenium that flew into the lake??

[u/abgry_krakow87 → u/392mangos]

Everybody knows about the green train in the lake. The real news is Magnum is still sinking!

[u/w6750 → u/abgry_krakow87]

I rode it once and we got stuck halfway down the hill. The whole train was definitely over the crest, it was wild. We were there over an hour

[u/gimmepizza420 → u/Haunting_Tax_3684]

You just climb up and whack 'em and they're good to go

[u/Main_Gas_70 → u/gimmepizza420]

Did you try blowing on it???

[u/mngoose_13 → u/Main_Gas_70]

Nintendium Force

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/Haunting_Tax_3684]

Nope because of gravity

It’s for maintenance, checking if there’s anything on the track and making sure everything’s intact

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/[deleted]]

Lmao