KDTV: Behind the Scenes of a Morning Ride Safety Check

[@TheCoastermanMike]

I'd love to see more behind the scenes footage of maintenance checks on the trains for the coasters,in particular the restraints.

[@carolinenapier7219]

That’s my dad inspecting the rides 😭😭 he’s so cute

[@bearwithnicehair]

AWWWWWWWWWWWW, so cute

[@thisisnotmylife29]

We appreciate your dad! And I love his accent!

[@IBUILTTHAT]

He's awesome. He is apart of the team that really makes Cedar Fair parks the best. I've seen what happens when parks aren't taken care of and it really makes me appreciate what he does. Thank him for me!

[@geekmoto1363]

i used to be a ride op at sfmm and i remember often working opening of the park and having to do ride checks before we opened, i would always check in the maintenance before i did an on ride check, to see what we needed to keep an eye out for. most times, nothing was mentioned and even when we did the afternoon ride checks, nothing was out of the ordinary, so when the ride closed for the day, we didn't really have much to tell maintenance about during the day, I was always grateful when during the days we did have minor issues when maintenance could get there quickly and get the ride back up and running. im sure the guests appreciated it too. Im willing to bet also if i were to ever go back to SFMM and got rehired on the same ride, i would still remember most of what i was trained in.

[@declanarmstrong3758]

I wanna see Drop Tower behind the scenes!

[@carriersignal]

Andy... the guy I pray to when my ass is locked in and the ride starts to move.

[@UkrainianBazooka]

carriersignal they're good ol boys here but they love rollercoasters and not dying

[@carriersignal]

I wasn't poking fun. I was speaking figuratively, but also with a hint of seriousness. We entrust a lot to these amusement park maintenance people.

[@triple7marc]

The ride has several safety features in place as well.

[@Intimidator305]

Intimidator 305!!! That would be awesome to see behind the scenes! Also Flight of fear would be a cool one to see too! :D

[@kaboda317]

Volcano and I305 for sure. Thank you so much for uploading too, this is cool.

[@ThreeOhFiveAlex]

Interesting video! Thanks for sharing. It would also be nice to see a behind the scenes look of Intimidator 305 and Volcano.

[@Haarslevx]

Love vids like this. One time a saw such a vid abaout magic kingdoms Space Mountain but cant find it anymore.

[@jammjcpotter]

Flight of Fear, Intimidator 305, Back-Lot Stunt Coaster and the water rides.

[@kristennrobertrox]

Intimidator 305 and dominator, and the stunt coaster. And omg shockwave

[@rankinnathan1207]

Volcano, Dominator, Intimidator, Flight of Fear, Drop Tower, The Crypt, and Shockwave!!!

[@Hannah591]

Alton Towers inspections take 8 hours altogether every morning before it opens!

[@wypmangames]

a water rapids river with round boats and the pumps used to control them

[@mitchellries256]

Probably Intimidator 305 would be what I want to see, or Volcano.

[@12tbarnes]

My kids' and grandkids' favorite amusement park!

[@guidingkeyblade7834]

I wanted to see behind the scenes for I 305.

[@tammylynnparker1871]

Thunder run @ Canada's wonderland and Leviathan behind the scenes

[@ricedabbahxd355]

the water park behind the scenes

[@Ofecks]

I-305, Volcano, and White Water Canyon.

[@vennamilano7441]

when you actually do all the steps you usually skip because your supervisor is there today 🤪

[@waynethexplorer]

Hey Gene, I haven’t been to SFoG lately, didn’t know you were at KI now?

[@happyhughes8901]

I wanna see the freak out behind the scenes

[@VevoKIlledUtube]

That coaster is so old it moves when you turn. lol

[@jacksons__]

Bet you it's the dominator because of the beginning 0:10

[@JMHalleyJr]

The B&M "Ball" on Dominator in operation

[@MrJoshua1098]

most people want to see i 305 and drop tower i want to see both

[@NickyD]

flight of fear

[@jonathanmchugh1391]

Twisted timbers progress

[@sidthegamingsquid]

I wish I could say top thrill dragster

[@TheImacoolgirl123]

FLIGHT OF FEAR!

[@LexiNicole64]

valcano intmidator abd flight of fear

[@katrinawizard]

Flight of fear Or the Backlot Coaster

[@sham_69channel99]

Nice 👌 perfect

[@CoasterGeek101HD]

Flight of Fear!

[@NickyD]

and i305 and volcone

[@TheSaka82]

Damn! 60 rides, 2 hrs per ride to check it and probably no more than 3-4 mechanics. How often you guys do safety checks then? Weekly, monthly?

[@triple7marc]

Daily.

[@jonathandpg6115]

they have more than 3 mechanics total

[@KLLBUND]

Volcano and 305

[@aptiteamuk]

do a flatride maintainance

[@23kyleadams]

Flight of Fear

[@lilkdfan1230]

305 and volcano oh and crypt

[@23kyleadams]

Anaconda and Volcano

[@TimeWithRigo]

Flight of fear

[@916chidori]

intimidator or volcano

[@ProfessorSnape22]

Is that stone cold Steve Austin?

[@Lyllified]

Volcano the blast

[@Lyllified]

Rip

[@henryf9373]

Volcano

[@losassofilms5477]

Space Mountain

[@terrywagar1864]

Why did Multnomah county sheriff and Portland police eliminate the owner of Oaks Amusement Park in the early 1980's and why did those sting op's take covert control of that park by installing sting op's as managers and on the maintenance team and a few on the ride team? Why did Dick Connor's the ride manager and his maintenance team sabotage the Monster Mouse ride in either late 1981 or early 1982 by un-balancing the ride? Why is it when in early 1983 a safety conscious ride operator discovered the Monster Mouse was sabotaged and discovered their was a break in the track where the track was sabotaged and he reported it to management that management covered up the fact the ride was sabotaged by having Funtastic Shows tear the ride down thus covering up the evidence of sabotage? Why is it that when a couple of safety conscious ride operators that were in shock over the cover up of the sabotage those safety conscious ride operators warned all the other ride operators that sabotage was taking place and was putting people on guard for it and those safety conscious ride operators tried to find the owner of the park to warn him that his park was being sabotaged the owner of that park was missing, and why is it that the sting op's that were embedded within that park were making up false stories to explain away what happened to the owner of the park? Why is the park under the control of a sting operation and why was the owner of the park missing and why are the sting op's making up false stories as to what happened to the owner? Could it be murder and illegal take over of the owners business by sting op's? Why is it that the sting ganged up on these whistle blower safety conscious ride operators and eliminated them from the park? Why is it on the fifth day of the season of 1983 that the Boat ride in Kiddyland was sabotaged and why is it that it was management and their maintenance team that sabotaged that ride? Why is it when a young child is hurt on the Boat ride via sabotage and 911 is called for an ambulance for the child that police and news media don't even bother to show up, even after the general manager put the entire park on guard for sabotage? Why is it when an entire amusement park is put on guard for sabotage by the general manager of the park that police don't care to respond and it don't make the local or any news? Why is it that after Dick Connor's the ride manager and his sting op maintenance team successfully got away with sabotage in Kiddyland that they decided to sabotage in Kiddyland again only this time they sabotaged all of Kiddyland? Why did Dick Connor's have Kiddyland to a new area in the park and he and his maintenance team moved the Boat ride and they stuck it ride under the main power transformer for the entire park with only a three feet clearance? Why is it that Dick Connor's then put the entrance/exit to Kiddyland right next to the sabotaged Boat ride? Why is it that Dick Connor's bought brand new ten feet tall fences and used these fences to surround all of Kiddyland and he paid for specially made tarps and used those tarps on the fences so no one can see in or out of Kiddyland? Why is it they planned out their huge disaster to take place on one of the busiest days of the year for that park which is July 3rd? Why is it that the sting op's pulled strings in order to get me stuck running and operating the Boat ride on the day they planned out their big disaster? Why is it just a couple hours before they staged their big disaster that a known sting op for the Multnomah county sheriffs was taking photogenic photo's of me operating the Boat ride? Could it be because the sting op's were expecting me to be killed by their disaster and that they wantd a few before hand photo's of me operating the ride right before their planned disaster? Why is it when it got dark and the fireworks display began in the park that the power transformer above the Boat ride blew up and was on fire and so was the power lines going to and from that power transformer? Why is it that at this very moment everyone on the Boat ride is in danger of immediate electrocution and so is everyone else in Kiddyland because the power-lines attached to that power transformer go right over the entrance/exit to Kiddyland? Why is it that I saved everyone on my ride and then I got everyone out of Kiddyland in pitch darkness by directing the flow of people out of there and by keeping people away from the danger area and then I posted a guard outside of Kiddyland and directed that guard to not let anyone in Kiddyland because of the risk of electrocution and then I saved everyone that was trapped on the Ferris Wheel? Could it be because I care about people's safety? Why is it park management and local authority's just covered it all up and acted like nothing happened and none of this was mentioned on local news? and why is it management never even thanked me for saving all those lives Why is it the following season in 1984 Funtastic Shows bailed out of Oaks Park and set up their new base of operations on SE POWEL ST in Portland Oregon and why is it in 1984 Dick Connor's became the new general manager of Oaks Amusement Park and he got rid of all the other managers and he got rid of his maintenance team and he got rid of all the ride foreman and he got rid of almost all thhe ride operators from the prior season? Why is it Dick Connor's the new and now only manager left from the prior seasons hired a temp maintenance team all of whom consisted of local sting op's and they were in a rush to sabotaged all of the midway rides before the season of 1984 starts? Why is it Dick Connor's then hires 36 all new ride operators and six mid level experienced ride operators and does not hire any ride foreman? Why is it on the first day of the season Dick Connor's pulls those six mid level operators aside and tells them there is no ride foreman yet and that these operators have only forty minutes to train the new 36 new operators on as many rides as they can before the park opens up and then Dick Connor's disappears? Could it be because Dick Connor's was expecting disasters right off the bat? Why is it that I detected the Looper ride was sabotaged when I was training a couple of ride operators on that ride and why is it there is no one in authority in the entire park I can report it to? Why is it the next day I discover the Carousel ride was sabotaged and after I asked one of the temp maintenance people what happened to the Carousel that this grinning smirking sting op temp maintenance admitted their the ones that did it to my face? Why is it Dick Connor's has this temp maintenance people setting up the Monster Mouse at a new location in the park and have them balance that ride? and why is it that after this temp sting op maintenance team finished that ride Dick Connor's then lays them off and then that night right after the park is officially closed he has security hanging out outside the ride room door and is running off all the ride operators out of the park just as they step outside the ride room? Why is it that Dick Connor's and the maintenance supervisor from Funtastic are sabotaging the Monster Mouse in the dark after Dick Connor's had security run all the ride operators out of the park and why is it I was able to catch them in the act? Could it be because I was the only employee Dick Connor's hired back from the prior season that knewe how to do the ticket count and that I had to stay until the ticket count was finished? Remember Dick Connor's got rid of almost everyone from the prior season! Could it be because of that and because I was the last ride operator to clock out and leave and could it be because I walk home I do not drive home that I was able to catch this large ass murderous kid-killing sting operation in the act of being mass murderers? Who the hell am I supposed to even report these crimes to? This is not crimes of just a couple of people, it is crimes committed by dozens and dozens of sting op's that were embedded within the park, they had all the key positions within the park and they eliminated almost all the normal safety concious people and replaced them with either rookies that cannot catch sabotage or with more sting op's! Why is this sting operation in such a rush for disasters within Oaks Amusement Park?

[@terrywagar1864]

Could it be because local government was already under the process of taking official control of the park and that local government wanted their excuse, a justification to permanently shut down the park so local government can use the water front property for more profitable purposes such as condo's along the water front river? Why is it in 1985 that local government took official control of Oaks Amusement Park and why did they try to hide that fact by turning the park into a non-profit organization? Is that how they hid the fact local government is running an amusement park? Why is it that after Oaks Amusement Park is turned into a non-profit organization that local government for the first time is now engaging in open business with Oaks Amusement Park by becoming contractual partners and entering into contract partnerships? Why is it that Oaks Amusement Park in 1985 forward becomes an official place for public school field trips and why is it that the park becomes an official sponsor in the Rose Festival and why is it that Oaks Park becomes an official place for the Navel sailors to visit during the Rode Festival? Why is it that government begins busing in thousands of public school children into the park as official field trips and why is local government entering into such contracts with Oaks Park but they never did this before when the park was privately owned? Why is it that government installed more sting op's into Oaks Amusement Park and installed the parks new CEO and why did that CEO continue to keep Dick Connor's as the general manager? Why is it Dick Connor's continues to sabotage the rides along with his sting op maintenance team but from this point forward their no longer in a rush and instead their taking their ever sweet time in sabotaging the rides? Why do they want disasters? Could it be because they still want their excuse,their justification to permanently close the park down so they can use the water front property for other purposes? Why is it every time Dick Connor's has a maintenance team move and setup and balance the Monster Mouse and he is not involved in the balancing then that ride becomes sabotaged? Why is it that that ride has been moved several times within a ten year period while most of the other rides are either never moved or may be moved once or twice? Does Dick Connor's have a secret method for sabotaging the Monster Mouse? Does Dick Connor's know how to un-balance the Monster Mouse and be able to hide it from inspections? Yes he does!

[@jbtrains]

Dominator

[@mikestein1024]

Was on the grizzly and my lapbar just popes up by itself great job guys don't quit your full time job at the hog farm Jeb

[@triple7marc]

Unless this happened at the end of the ride when you were told to get out of the train, it didn't happen.

[@spuzzgekk]

This didn’t happen. Stop spreading lies and scaremongering!

[@sharkboy8me938]

I305

[@Matt.Minton]

Toxic Plauge!!!!!!!

[@terrywagar1864]

Why was Oaks Amusement Park in 1983 forward under the covert control of a sting operation and why were the sting op's running that park sabotaging the rides at that park and why was the sting op's running that park pretending the owner of Oaks Park Mr Bollonger still around when he was not and has been missing from early 1983 forward? Why was the owner of Oaks Park missing in 1983 and why was the ride manager Dick Connor's living on the grounds of Oaks Amusement Park and why is it it was Dick Connor's the ride manager in 1983 and his entire maintenance team which were filled with sting op's sabotaging the rides? Why is it in early 1983 a week before the season of 1983 started a experienced safety conscious ride operator discovered the Monster Mouse ride was sabotaged and that there was a break on the track why is it that management and their maintenance team and even Funtastic Shows which was based at Oaks Park at the time covered it up by pretending it's a balancing error and tore the ride down in order to cover up the sabotage and to eliminate the evidence of the sabotage? Why is it five days into the season of 1983 it was discovered the Boat ride in Kiddyland was sabotaged and a young child got seriously injured because of it and the general manager of the park shortly afterwords put everyone on the maintenance team and the ride team on alert for sabotage/unauthorized tampering? Why is it Portland police and Multnomah county sheriffs never even responded when 911 was called for the injured child and why is it no police investigation of any sort occurred and news media had no interest in reporting to the public that an entire amusement park was put on guard for sabotage? Why is it on the 8th day of the season of 1983 three days after it was discovered the Boat ride in Kiddyland was sabotaged the maintenance team is witnessed by the ride team grinning and smirking while they drained the excess water from the water tank of the Boat ride and they admitted their draining the excess water thus their covering up the evidence of sabotage on that ride as well? Why is it that after Dick Connor's the ride manager successfully got away with sabotage in Kiddyland why is it he chooses to continue to sabotage Kiddyland by moving all of Kiddyland to a new area in the park and the first ride he and his maintenance team move was the Boat ride and why did they stick that ride right under the main power transformer for the entire park with only a three feet clearance? Why is it Dick Connor's wanted the en trance/exit to Kiddyland to be right next to the sabotaged Boat ride? Why is it Dick Connor's bought brand new ten feet tall fences and used those fences to surround Kiddyland thus forcing customers/employees to use his sabotaged entrance/exit to Kiddyland? Why is it Dick Connor's bought brand new tarps specially made for those ten feet tall fences and used those tarps to cover the fences so no one can see into or out of Kiddyland? Why is it a month later the power transformer for the entire park blew up right above the Boat ride and it was on fire and why were the power lines going to and from that power transformer were also on fire? Why is it at that very moment everyone on the Boat ride was under the immediate danger of electrocution and so was anyone that tried to enter or leave Kiddyland? Why is it that Dick Connor's expected a huge disaster and why did Dick Connor's rely on those tarps on the fences to hide the position the Boat ride was in from a media circus of which he expected to happen after the disaster? Why is it that Dick Connor's and his ride foreman pulled strings on the day of this disaster to get me stuck on that Boat ride the day that power transformer blew up? Why is it a couple hours before the disaster a known sting op for the Multnomah county sheriffs was taking photogenic photo's of me operating the Boat ride and she was hinting this disaster was going to happen? Why is it when the power transformer blew up and the park went dark that I stayed on the Boat ride in order to save the children's lives by getting them off that sabotaged ride in record time? Why is it I saved everyone in Kiddyland by directing the flow of people in Kiddyland out of Kiddyland and kept the flow of people away from the danger area? Why is it that after I cleared Kiddyland of people that I posted a guard outside of Kiddyland and told the guard to not let anyone into Kiddyland because of the risk of electrocution? Why is it after that I saved everyone that was trapped on the Ferris Wheel? Why is it I was never thanked by management for saving around seventy to eighty people's lives? Why is it after the park closed for the season of 1983 that Funtastic Shows bailed out of Oaks Park in a hurry and set up their new base of operations on SE POWEL ST in Portland Oregon? Why is it that Dick Connor's became the new general manager afterwards and he got rid of almost everyone from the prior season? Why is it on the first day of the season of 1984 that almost everyone from the prior season is gone? Why is it in the start of the season of 1984 that all the park managers were gone except Dick Connor's? Why were all the maintenance team from the prior season were gone? Why were all the ride foreman gone? Why were almost all the ride operators from the prior season were gone? Why is it I was the only person left on the ride team that worked the prior season and the only one left in the entire park that was put on guard for sabotage the prior season? Why is it on the first day of the season there is no maintenance team and no foreman and no managers other than Dick Connor's and no senior ride operators? Why is it on that first day there was only Dick Connor's and a temp maintenance team he borrowed from Funtastic Shows? Why is it on that first day Dick Connor's hired only six mid level experienced ride operators and 36 all new ride operators? Why is it Dick Connor's only gives those six mid level experienced ride operators forty minutes to train 36 new ride operators on as many rides as they can before the park opens up? Why is it when I trained a couple ride operators on the Looper ride that I discovered three of the seat clamps on that ride were sabotaged? Why is it there was no one in the park I could even report this to? Why is it on the second day I discover the Carousel ride was sabotaged and why did the temp maintenance team grin and smirk and admit to my face they did iit with no fear of prosecution? Why is it on the fifth day of the season after Dick Connor's temp maintenance team finished setting up the Monster Mouse at a new location in the park that Dick Connor's laid off that temp maintenance team and sent them back to Funtastic Shows? Why is it that at that night immediately after the park closed for the night Dick Connor's had security run all the ride operators out of the park? Why did Dick Connor's have security hang out outside the ride office and ride break room and why did Dick Connor's order security to run off all the ride operators out of the park the moment they step outside of the ride office and ride break room? Why is it that I was the only ride operator from the prior season and the only operator left that is on guard for sabotage and the only ride operator left that knows how to do the ticket count? Why is it I had to stay in the office to finish the count while all the other ride operators are being run out of the park? Why is it I was the last ride operator to clock out because I had to finish the ticket count before I leave because I was the only employee left that new how to do the count? Why is it after I clocked out and ,locked the ride office door and step outside to leave the park that I was confronted by security and told by security that Dick Connor's wants all the operators out of the park and that I need to leave immediately? Why is it that after I drop off the ticket count sheet at the drop box at the managers office I proceed to leave the park on foot since I live just a couple blocks away? Why is it as I walked out of that park on foot that I caught Dick Connor's and a maintenance supervisor from Funtastic Shows inside the Monster in the dark with no lights on anywhere near them and their sabotaging the posts on the Monster Mouse in the dark by unseating the posts from the ground? Why is it after they noticed I was walking past them from the parking lot side of the ride they stopped what their doing and became motionless and silent? Why is it as I continued to walk out of that park I was under the belief I was going to get shot in the back for catching them being saboteurs and kid-killers? Why is it after I got home I made the decision to never go back to that sting invested hell hole of an amusement park but the next morning I realized I have to go back? Why is it I knew I had to go back because if I did not go back then Dick Connor's and his other fellow sting op saboteurs would know that I know what their guilty of and then they would go after me to silence me?

[@terrywagar1864]

Why is it 2 days later Dick Connor's hired a new maintenance team and he had a couple of sting op's on the ride team advertising this fact by having two ride operators running around and telling all the other ride operators that a new maintenance team was hired? Why is it this new maintenance team on their first day on the job, and it being either the seventh or eighth day of the season for me the maintenance team spent their first day in the maintenance shed taking stock and inventory of what they got to work with and then the maintenance team left the park after their shift ended at six thirty PM and then the maintenance supervisor left at six forty five, fifteen minutes after the maintenance team left? Why is it that an hour and fifteen minutes later at exactly eight O'clock PM as soon as it turned dark there was a sting op dressed like the newly hired maintenance team and he entered the midway and was passing himself off as maintenance to the rookie ride operators and he was brandishing a level in his hand and he stunk of booze and he was demanding access to the rides so he could check the balancing of the rides? Why is it this sting op knew the park was filled with rookies and can be easily fooled by a sting op and why is it there is no one in the park at this time in a position of authority there were no bosses no foreman and no managers and n o maintenance team? Why is it there is no one that can even challenge this imposter? Why did I run this imposter off of the midway? Could it be because I was no rookie and not fooled at all and was keeping track of everyone an d everything? Why is it the next morning two sting op ride operators were running around on the midway before the park opened and they were telling all the other rookie ride operators that the new maintenance team was a bunch of drunks that want to mess around with the balancing? So why was the new maintenance team being framed as the fall guys over rides being sabotaged and why is it an organized effort by multiple people to do this? Where the hell are all the state ride inspectors? Why are state inspectors looking the other way when organized sting op's are sabotaging amusement rides? Why is it the local government took official control of Oaks Amusement Park and in order to hide the fact that government is running the park they turned the park into a non profit organization? Why did this so-called new n on-profit organization continue to keep Dick Connor's as the park general manager? Why is it from 1985 Dick Connor's continues to maintain control of all the key positions within the park by keeping sting op's in the foreman positions and on the maintenance team? Why is it from 1985 Dick Connor's and his maintenance team continued to sabotage amusement rides but are no longer in a rush to do it? How many hundreds of people did I save in that park by hanging in there and by keeping the park safe by identifying the sabotage and by shutting down the sabotaged rides and or by drawing attention to the ride and letting other's shut it down? Why is it after the park officially becomes under the control of local government that government started entering into all kinds of business contracts with Oaks Amusement Park and the park became an official public school field trip destination and schools began busing thousands of school children to Oaks Park for field trips? Why is it in 199o before Dick Connor's retired he trained his current maintenance team on how to balance the Monster Mouse and right before the season in 1990 ended Joe Norling the CEO of Oaks Park ordered his maintenance team to move the Monster Mouse to a new location in the park and the maintenance sabotaged it, again, using the same method and tactic that Dick Connor's was using in the early 1980's? Why is it at the start of the season in 1991 several track sections on the Monster Mouse are sabotaged/UN-balanced and Joe Norling the park CEO hired 2 collage educated wielders as minimum waged ride operators and they hogged the Monster Mouse the whole season of 1991 in order to develop metal fatigue and cracks and breaks on the tracks where the posts were sabotaged? Why is it after the sting op's that hogged the Monster Mouse suddenly quit their job without warning right after they created a break in the track? Why is it the next morning the maintenance team covered up the break in the track by covering it up with a huge hunk of wielding slag the size of a grown man's fist and never said a word to me about it? Why is it the lead ride foreman Jim Clooten held me in the ride office while the maintenance team slagged the crack on the Monster Mouse? Were organized people in that park making a strong effort to hide the sabotage from me? Was I keeping track of what their guilty of and proving it right under their grinning smirking faces? Why is it a week later on the busiest day of the public school field day of the year that hunk of slag the maintenance team used to hide the break in the track that track section was separating as the cars go over that ride and the normal ride operators that were running it did not catch it? Why is it when I relieved the front break operator for a fifteen minute break it only took me sixty seconds to catch it and I shut it down saving around one to two dozen school children's lives and probably saved a ride operators life? Why is it after I shut the Monster Mouse down and reported over the radio the Monster Mouse is down that both the maintenance supervisor TC and the CEO of the park Joe Norling showed up and they both were grinning and smirking and started mocking me for shutting down the ride? Why is it I snapped at TC the maintenance supervisor and told both of them the track was cracked and that the track sections were separating? Why is TC getting scared at this moment?

[@soshilover5235]

Flight of fear