I have to laugh whenever I see all this chatter about rides, their qualities, their shortcomings, and the manufacturers. Back in my days on the park, no one ever thought about this stuff. Most of the rides were made by the SDC work crews, although they might have outside companies supply parts or technical knowledge. I remember when the American Plunge was being built, the SDC crew took a boat down to Six Flags in Texas to run it through their flume channels, testing it to see how it performed. Many of you are very knowledgeable about this stuff, and I just scratch my head and think to myself "what are they talking about?" I encourage you to talk it all out here. As for me, I will just go to the park when something new is announced, and see it for myself. I do have to admit, all this stuff, the big rides, that they have purchased over the years does seem to break down a lot. I do not remember us old "citizens" having trouble with stuff like that back in the old days. All the rides were very low tech, even the diving bell, when compared to todays rides. Ha! I'm an old goat! Ha!