The Dare Devil Dive coaster was recently accounted as Six Flags Over Georgia addition for the 2011 season. The ride is a Gerstlauer Euro-fighter model featuring a 95 degree drop. The latest version of the Euro-fighters have featured cars which seat six riders (two in three rows). There are no trains; just single cars. The obvious reaction of the majority of the coaster enthusiast community was the ride will have horrible capacity resulting in huge lines and was a poor choice for Six Flags Over Georgia. This, of course, is the usual enthusiast whining without anyone taking the time to look at the actual numbers. Here we go.
Six Flags never provided the capacity numbers but based on other similar models I think it is safe to assume a theoretical hourly ride capacity at 1000 people per hour. At a Disney park that would be awful. But this isn’t a Disney park. Let’s compare that to the other attractions at SFOG . The total hourly capacity for all of the park’s rides is 30,800 (before DDD is added). There are a total of 38 rides at the park. 30800/38=810. The average capacity per ride is 810 people per hour. Therefore, Dare Devil Dive will actually have a higher hourly capacity than most rides at the park. So enthusiasts, have no fear, the lines shouldn’t be that long and you can get your new coaster credit. Then get back in line again.
(In case you were wondering, after the addition of Dare Devil Dive, the average capacity increases to 815 people per hour. All of these capacity numbers can be found on the internet or go to the park yourself and figure it out.)
Just for fun, here is a No Limits simulation of the future ride. Compare this to the Anubis launched coaster below.
Anubis:
I think that this (and Anubis, originally) might be my least favorite layout I’ve ever seen from a company. I don’t know why, there’s just something about it that just doesn’t click with me.
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Unfortunately, your logic for overall park capacity is well off. Yeah, Goliath surely gets over 810pph hour on busy days, but I can’t think of many other rides that would get even close. If you are following theoretical capacity numbers, those are the highest numbers the manufacturer believes the ride can hit. (Sometimes, even those are impossible.) Also, do you honestly think children’s rides are reaching 800pph?
There was no logic involved for the overall capacity. I got that number from the park. However, I agree that there is something wrong. Looking at Six Flags New England’s data, they have 66 rides and they claim their ride capacity per hour is around 8050 (not sure if that is theoretical or actual). So the average capacity at SFNE including all rides and waterslides is 122 guests/hour. According to my data SFOG only has 38 attractions but the listed capacity is 3x more than SFNE. So you’re right something isn’t adding up.