After our good luck on 2/11 with walking on the ride after the scheduled downtime, we decided to line up on 2/12 (Wednesday at 1pm) with a posted time of 45 minutes. As I feared might happen, the ride delayed after we were in line for 10 minutes. Line kept moving as people ahead gradually left since there was no ETA on when it would be back up. We eventually made it to the last room as the line emptied out. Spent the majority of time in that room and there was only a few dozen people left in line at that point. After waiting in the delay for a total of 1.5 hours (2:30pm), we were told by staff to get out of the line since they didn't know when it would be back up. They gave out passes to skip most of the line next time.
We left to drink at margaritaville (great decision) and I kept checking the app for when it was back up. It looked like the ride was down until 4ish. We went back at that time (now with a posted wait time 60-75min). With the passes they let us go through what looks like will eventually be the express lane. It dropped us off in the second to last room. We only had to wait maybe 15 min to ride from that point.
A frustrating experience overall but not necessarily a bad one. I'm glad we stuck out the wait during the delay since it resulted in good conversation with people in line and the passes. Between all the unexpected and planned downtime, I feel bad for anyone who has been trying unsuccessfully to ride this the last couple of days. Would be nice if they could keep this thing consistently operational.. It really is a great coaster.
We left to drink at margaritaville (great decision) and I kept checking the app for when it was back up. It looked like the ride was down until 4ish. We went back at that time (now with a posted wait time 60-75min). With the passes they let us go through what looks like will eventually be the express lane. It dropped us off in the second to last room. We only had to wait maybe 15 min to ride from that point.
A frustrating experience overall but not necessarily a bad one. I'm glad we stuck out the wait during the delay since it resulted in good conversation with people in line and the passes. Between all the unexpected and planned downtime, I feel bad for anyone who has been trying unsuccessfully to ride this the last couple of days. Would be nice if they could keep this thing consistently operational.. It really is a great coaster.
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