Zeus derailed in the station again?

It appears Zeus at Mt Olympus derailed in the station. This dent look like the first time this has happened. lets see gif we can figure out why.
Zeus was made by CCI. Custom coaster international. I accidentally said GCI in the beginning. This is definitely not correct. Great coasters International had NOTHING to do with this in any way. My apologies
Thanks to Amusement Hunter Photography for letting me use their clip of the work happening.
‪@amusementhunter‬
Original video
• Mt Olympus Zeus Derail

[@ryantheridemechanic]

Zeus was made by CCI. Custom coaster international. I accidentally said GCI in the beginning. This is definitely not correct. My apologies

[@cameronwillis2567]

Ryan’s face when the guy jumps into the track!! 😂😂😂 I can’t think of a single park in the US where more people have first hand accounts of very questionable facilities and operations. It’s not a good situation there.

[@wrj5187]

My Big Fat Greek Rollercoaster Derailment

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@wrj5187 haha!

[@Danrarbc]

I’ve been to Mount Olympus. I’ve seen their mechanic work on coasters. This isn’t the least bit shocking. Wisconsin has very lax amusement ride laws and the park takes full advantage of that. I have 3 stories. In 2020 I decided to take a road trip there because that park was going to be the first in the country to reopen after the strictest COVID restrictions ended. I was going to be one of a handful of people riding coasters that day. What I saw from the ride crew and the mechanic on Hades 360 was absolutely chilling. 1) This was the morning and I was in the station for some of the first runs of the day. I witnessed a ride op check a restraint and go back to it to pull and extra couple of times and then go to the phone and call someone. They dispatched the train with a rider in that seat. This is a small park so the mechanic actually made it to the ride before the train was dispatched again. They seated a new rider in that seat and nearly dispatched again. I watched the mechanic cross the track without signaling and requesting hands off. They open the restraints. Then he lays down on his back and takes a wrench and starts tightening a bolt on the lap bar. Yes. The ride op seems to have noticed the bar was loose and loose enough to call maintenance AND DISPATCHED ANYWAY. Then they just closed the bar and sent the train off with the rider in it without so much as another restraint check pull. 2) Same ride. Hades 360. Later in the day they started running the coaster with one row empty and the same mechanic shows up while I’m waiting for the ride again. Don’t ask me why I trusted them with my life more times. Anyways. They dispatch the single train and this guy hops down ON TO THE TRACK while the ride is running with people on it. He takes a brush and compressed air and tries to clean up one of the contact points that operate that row of seats. After an attempt or two he whips out some electrical tape and just tapes it down. They don’t reopen the row but I suppose this cleared a code that was still firing even with the row blanked out. Absolute insanity trusting the braking system to stop the train if it returned while he was on the track. 3) Cyclops this time. They were literally running the coaster with passengers on it with at least 3 rows on two cars half built. Two😮 of them the lapbars and seats were entirely missing. The third row only the cushions were missing. But they were running this thing anyway in a half constructed state. That trip was eye opening.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Danrarbc I’m using the word “yikes” more times today than I ever have. This is not great.

[@Danrarbc]

PS: The guy in this video is the mechanic I saw in 2020.

[@Kai-nw6ej]

@@Danrarbcmust be ole faithful putting in work until he either gets sued or retires

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

Ok now I REALLY wanna go.

[@patrickstrahm05]

Yeah Mt. Olympus is famous for thier lack of matainence on thier rides

[@Shadow-fo6gu]

I work at Universal Studios as a ride electrician (ride mechanic that also deals with the electricals), and at 16:10 had the EXACT same expression on my face and almost had a mini heart attack.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Shadow-fo6gu right, “no-….just,.. no…”

[@RF-sq1lw]

Classic mechanic touching controls, just no!

[@simplestu9449]

16:10 thats not even the worst thing I've seen maintenance workers do at Mt Olympus. Just a month ago I watched maintenance work on the brakes in the station in between ride cycles.

[@KatieKiwi1144]

😮😮😮

[@colinf2316]

Mt Olympus is basically todays Action Park.

[@stephenboshears4832]

At 18:20 that isn’t Zeus you’re hearing that’s Hades 360, Timberliner anti rollbacks make a very distinctive sound. And as for multiple train operations that’s not an issue for Mount Olympus because they only have one train on all of their coasters.

[@porcelainthunder2213]

It’s a pretty common thing to hear that this place cuts corners and is sketchy. Then you see this. The state inspectors need to see this and fix it permanently, the fact this happens all the time, and how they are forcing back on is unforgivable. This is worse than traveling carnival botches and can be very dangerous. Shut it down. OMG! The guy standing on the track pulling it!! These guys are not trained to work on that! The park needs to be shut down!

[@SmithCommaBenjamin]

I live here... Mt. Olympus is a cancer to the Dells

[@mdomnis]

Mt. Olympus is literally the only park I've been to where I can honestly say I feared for my life a little...

[@dindog22]

maybe we can let these guys have a crack at Top Thrill 2

[@bbarber1974]

Perfect. 😂😂

[@Intotheairwaves124]

I went to Mount Olympus for the first (and only time) in June. I saw kids jump across the track both in front of and behind a train in the station while an employee watched and didn’t care, I had to get moved along with the person next to me one row back on Hades 360 for what I can only assume were valleying concerns…despite the fact that both of us weren’t larger people. The coasters hurt like all hell too, I’ve never been in so much pain after a ride as I was on Hades. All the people who got off the same train as me all agreed we felt like we had been punched in the chest. The layouts are awesome but my god the maintenance, lack of safety standards, and the fact that they all badly need to be retracked makes me never ever want to go back. The whole place just felt like a giant ripoff, and frankly I felt icky just being there. Never again.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Intotheairwaves124 that’s bad. And it bad when this is echoed so many times. Normally comments like this are like 1 in 1000 but it’s almost every comment here

[@Danrarbc]

Hades before the 360 conversion actually did valley a lot. When cold and empty the PTC trains struggled to get up out of the tunnel and over the airtime hill that is where the roll is now. With the airtime hill replaced with a roll and the Timberliners I don’t think it has valleyed since. But they still haven’t changed their operating procedures requiring a nearly full train.

[@Intotheairwaves124]

@@Danrarbc Yeah I knew valleying used to be a problem, I just find it weird that they’re so unconcerned about safety, yet they care about valleying even after all the changes were made to the ride. Such a weird place.

[@pomonabill220]

I KNEW you were going to wince when the guy stood infront of the train! I cringed when I saw that as well.... WOW!

[@Porcf81]

I have never once had a trip to this park without witnessing shocking and wild things. I've seen terrible go kart crashes due to unsafe track conditions, ribbon boards dangling by a single nail over active go kart tracks, employees walking on active coaster tracks, maintenance literally hammering boards back onto the structure of active coaster structures, guests walking into active coaster tracks, and more. This does not surprise me to see, at all. I will say that I've seen PTC trains (Ryan, I know you are more familiar with Millennium Flyers) commonly come into the brakes where the lead car will tip forward and ride the rear upstops. Mean Streak did this all the time, and when the brake would release the rear of the car would drop an inch or so back down onto the road wheels. Zeus does this as well, and as you can see, is capable of getting out from under the rails due to an unmaintained gauge. I understand that this is an area of the ride where the track sees less maintenance as you explained, but one cannot help but fear how well the gauge is maintained throughout the ride and the other 3 woodies in the park. I just cannot fathom the lack of standards in this park. It's a miracle nobody has died from a coaster catastrophe here. I do not trust them.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Porcf81 only point I’m sure it’s not a great one, most parks allow maintenance to work on an active wood structure assuming there not close to the ride envelope and a spotter is in communication with the operator. But probably not what you saw.

[@bjoe385]

I used to work at a place where I thought I'd seen and heard it all when it comes to dodgy, but this is something else.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@bjoe385 this isn’t standard for amusement ride.

[@bjoe385]

@@ryantheridemechanic I gathered. Based on all your other videos, the amusement industry is highly professional.

[@sammorris6104]

I had a great day at Mount Olympus but yeah, this looks about right! On Hades 360 we watched these guys unbolt and remove a seat to try and repair a faulty seat belt, while we were still aboard in the row behind. When they were done, they bolted the seat back in then sent the train with us still on it. I didn't feel in much danger but it's still something I wouldn't expect to see anywhere else!

[@alkankondo89]

Given the number of stories I'm reading in this comments-section ALONE (not to mention other videos/accounts I've seen/heard), I find it absolutely amazing that nobody has gotten seriously injured or has died at this park! I even have my own story, haha! I visited the park on Memorial Day weekend this year, and got a free 2nd-cycle on Cyclops after the train blew past the station breaks and stopped with part of the train past the station. "Do y'all want to go again?", the ride op immediately asked. We all agreed, and got a free 2nd ride. Mind you, this was right after the ride was down for about 10 minutes while the ops were literally hitting the side of the train with a hammer to fix a restraint problem! 😅🤣 Crazy maintenance protocols at this park!

[@Danrarbc]

At least one person has died here. Indoor wild mouse that they removed.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

Pretty sure Opa killed someone, or at least injured.

[@Doofles]

I am very surprised that no one at the park told the person filming this to stop. I can't believe there was a crowd cheering them on, too. If I saw a coaster derail and then they push it back on the track to reopen it, I'd be running in the other direction. Very alarming safety practices there, it seems. Good analysis and speculation from you!

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Doofles thanks. Yea it’s not good what happed there.

[@mutoneon]

It shows they have no fear of consequences to themselves.

[@anderfrank1]

You are now the default ride malfunction analyzer on youtube 🙂Keep up the great work!

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@anderfrank1 Ha! Thanks! I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

[@stephenboshears4832]

@@ryantheridemechanicI’d say it’s a good thing, because it beats rampant speculation from less reputable sources.

[@anderfrank1]

@@ryantheridemechanic Its a good thing, you have lots of good knowledge to share!

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@stephenboshears4832 well mine is speculation as well because I wasn’t there. So take it with a margarita rim of salt.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@anderfrank1 thanks. I try to do what I can

[@olicoasters]

This story sounds exactly like every experience I've had at Mt. Olympus, ever. lol

[@j-coasters]

I don't know if you saw the series of photos from the same poster that showed the track damage that was caused by this incident or not. It's on their facebook page, but I assume they posted to Instagram as well. You can see some pretty serious marks to the metal running surface on the inside of the track (the metal rail that the guide wheels contact, I don't know the proper name for that component lol). If I interpreted the photos correctly, It looked like the car was already out of position before entering and stopping in the station after seeing where the scrape marks started. As far as the brakes go, the three CCI coasters at this park all feature fully manual braking (or at least they did when I visited). It's actually pretty common to hear about Zeus or Cyclops blowing through the final brake run and overshooting the station. I've seen some people mention that this is often caused by the operators releasing the final brake run before the train has fully stopped, giving it a bit too much speed as it approaches the station. I can't personally verify this, but it makes sense... at least by Mt. Olympus's standards. At least you get a free re-ride out of it since they typically send the train around again to try and park the train properly the second time. And speaking of this park, as much as I hate to say it, this park simply does not care about maintenance or safety. I saw so many things happen at this park within just a few hours of visiting that I had never seen before. That mechanic jumping in front of the stuck Zeus train is pretty tame in comparison. For example, at Cyclops, they were having an issue with one of the lap bars. A rider said something about it partially opening during the ride. Mechanics came over, closed the lap bar all the way, gave it one quick tug, said it was fine, and then they reopened the ride. They didn't even close off that seat. I also saw mechanics working on one of the brakes in the final brake run of Hades 360 while the ride was running around the course with a train full of guests. And when I say he was working on it, he wasn't off to the side working on any of the pneumatics or under the track. He was on top of the track. I also saw several ride ops sitting on the track at several of the coasters while waiting on the train to return to the station. Also, I can't remember wether it was cyclops or zeus, but several cars flooring were completely rusted / rotted out leaving holes in the flooring. One of the cars had a hole so big that during my visit, a child didn't watch where he was stepping ( shouldn't really need to anyways), and had his foot fall completely through the hole. I had a friend visit one or two years ago and said that the hole was STILL THERE... If this park can't be bothered to fix something as simple as that, can we really trust them to maintain more critical components of the ride?

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@j-coasters that very distressing to Hear. I want to believe it’s not that bad but that’s a hard case to prove with observations like this. Thank you.

[@Danrarbc]

@@ryantheridemechanic This is a park that already had a guest die on a Wild Mouse. Wisconsin amusement laws are apparently extremely lax. And there are signs up in the park saying ride at your own risk.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Danrarbc and that doesn’t make it right of course.

[@bisem433]

Nothing like brute force over a long term fix. Can you believe that people in the station are applauding with anticipation of actually getting on that train after watching this clown show? Looks like an episode of the Three Stooges!

[@AmusementLabs]

Are Mt. Olympus and Indiana Beach competing to be Action Park 2.0?

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@AmusementLabs oooh let hope not. Every time something and happen the entire industry gets a black eye. Things like this aren’t great but need to stop at the same time.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

What has Indiana beach done that even compares to the other two?

[@CoasterPack]

The worst I’ve seen at IB was running cornball express during thunder or the potential to touch the rails on something like cyclone or tig’rr. Camden Park is way worse than IB for example

[@ninjagirl226]

This weekend my mom asked me why I wasn’t going to Mt Olympus as part of my Midwest road trip. I told her that the coasters there were sketchy and I don’t want something to happen. I was told I was paranoid. And that I should just go instead of hitting up small historical sites when connecting Minneapolis to Milwaukee. Little did I know there would be an accident that weekend. Who’s paranoid now?

[@danblanchfield4918]

Ryan, for the dip into the station I’ve noticed that CCI would do this on coasters that are built to only run one train. There’s no block system whatsoever. You’ll see a similar brake set up on Silver Comet at Niagara Amusement Park. I’m not sure exactly the reasoning for it, but the operator has full control of those station brakes and can let it fly through if they so choose.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@danblanchfield4918 that’s interesting thanks!

[@Whatchamawhozit]

But how do you explain Boulder Dash, Great White, and many other coasters by CCI which have the brake run elevated yet run 2 trains (Great White runs two trains every weekend. and boulder Dash started running two train ops again in July, but had more days of 2 train ops when it first opened

[@danblanchfield4918]

@@Whatchamawhozitthat’s fair.

[@eekedout]

That’s funny. I started yelling at the screen DON’T DO THAT, right at the same time you hung your head when he jumped in front of the train.

[@BigJerm47]

Mt Olympus is notoriously slack with their coaster maintenance. Both Zeus and hades 360 are designed with final brake run uphill of the station. Trains will coast down into the station brakes and stop. Sometimes there's a bit too much speed and if you're sitting in the front car you can feel it jump. It's too bad they're poorly maintained. Hades 360 could be one of the best woodies in the world. It's wild, but unfortunately needs a better maintenance program.

[@coasterbp]

0:46 FYI, Zeus is a CCI, not a GCI.... 10:35 I think the brakes you are hearing are from Hades's brake run, which is right next to the station of this ride

[@LTCoasters]

I want to stay in the queue and watch. Especially one as exciting as this. Sure beats the last ride call. I got to watch, haha. Maintenance Sup Ryan would have been no fun clearing the queue.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@LTCoasters yea people don’t need to see that. Especially because that would have been down at least the rest of the day until the root cause was identified and repaired.

[@macsignals]

Man parks like this are why I have to renew a ride inspector's license every three years 😂. Working at a park and formerly for a railroad I also did a full facepalm when the guy jumped in front of the train.

[@henriktiger9073]

I went to this park a couple years ago, no desire to go back until ownership changes. I heard ride ops were lax with restraint checks, so on Hades 360 I intentionally put the lapbar at the minimum distance for the attached seatbelt, leaving about 6 inches between my body and the restraint. She only pulled on the restraint. On a ride known for airtime and an inversion, I could easily fit both fists on top of each between my body and the restraint. I knew to pull it down more after she checked it, but would non-enthusiast guests know to do that? Speaking of Hades, how does a ride prone to valleying if the train isn’t fully loaded test in the morning? I saw no water dummies in or around the station, so I wondered “Do they even test cycle it before opening it?” Not a question that should ever be asked. Three of their wood coasters were being operated by one person at each, so restraint checks (stepping down on the track behind the train to cross) and dispatches were being done by one person. One of the go-kart ops needed to move move a kart out of the station and out of the way for repairs, so he sat one side of the kart with one foot on the gas and the other on the metal bumper frame. The one maintenance guy I saw pulled to a broken down coaster on a gator and rather than taking the stairs to get to the station, he climbs up the ride structure about 10ft in front of the station to get there. I’m surprised more people don’t get hurt here, because there have been injuries.

[@alaeriia01]

I had ERT on Hades 360 as part of a coaster trip back in 2013, and I can confirm that they do not do morning test runs before they let people on.

[@ThrillSeekersandHellRaisers]

Zeus is a CCI and this is NORMAL for Mt. Olympus. The rides at Mt. Olympus when I've ridden them mostly stop at the brake run.

[@seangearhart2494]

A highlight of my visit to Mt Olympus was a mechanic adjusting a track sensor in the station for Hades 360 while it was cycling the course.

[@905Metalhead]

Damn, I just rode this thing 2 weeks ago on my midwestern road trip. Glad I saw this now and not before.

[@smart_cloud]

"Don't go Infront of the train" Correction *"NEVER Go Infront of the train"*

[@kendonagan5535]

Ryan on a Wednesday, I'm so excited! I would sooner vist fair rides supplied by Josh macaroni than I would ever go to Mt Olympus

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

Surely cramming giant metal rods won’t have any negative affect on the restraint system and wheel assemblies…

[@CoasterFootage101]

This actually happened to me too, I was there and saw it derail. They wedged it back, went for one test run, and me and my family were in the front row of the next train. Insane. I hope they fix this soon

[@richardbest5385]

Ryan and the Ride mechanics would be a good name For a rock band or gang

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@richardbest5385 ha! Never thought about that

[@pdkev]

I've made one trip to Mt Olympus, in 2023. I got 2 rides on Cyclops because we blew right past the brake run, hit the hairpin turn into the station at full speed (the most violent lateral force I've ever felt, which is saying something considering I could immediately compare it to Pegasus), flew right through the station, and ended back on the lift hill--at which point the ride ops just sent us again. I've seen on reddit that this incident isn't too uncommon.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@pdkev wow

[@chrisbender8714]

I just got off Zeus and she's running just fine. A bit rough like all of their woodies. Was my first time at the park and yes, I definitely saw some safety concerns like when kids cross between the cars of the train without the ride ops caring or noticing. Cyclops was literally being run entirely by one ride op which I thought was unusual

[@peterclarke3166]

I don't know how that place gets away with running the rides the way they do. It's too bad that Hades isn't somewhere else where it could actually be taken care of. If there is ever another great roller coaster catastrophe it'll be coming from Mt. Olympus. I will never ride anything there again after I witnessed parts of my carriage literally cracked through and almost falling through the back. Need to call whoever inspects these rides there and shut this place down

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@peterclarke3166 yikes. Maybe I can start a series “undercover ride mechanic” haha!!

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

@@ryantheridemechanicyou are the parks only hope! Go save some lives Ryan!

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@S.J.C._Entertainment most parks need no help. I feel like this is some crazy blue moon twilight year that’s hit everyone. So odd.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

@@ryantheridemechanic Lol really. At least my home park is doing just fine.

[@mutoneon]

Wisconsin has poor regulations or Mt. Olympus wouldn’t get away with it. Hell, they probably lobbied for it, might have even cost them four figures!

[@jfelm7436]

Mt Olympus is by far the sketchiest park I have ever been to.

[@Mforcebob]

I am taken back that this clearly is a reoccurring issue and that they re-opened the ride. It makes me question that if this is the practice for this type of situation, what else is going on? As a rider with children this doesn't exactly give me a warm and fuzzy towards the park. Lastly, I can believe they didn't clear the station. It's like the park was begging for this type of attention. I can see why / understand why their wooden coasters are known for their roughness. Sad to see videos like this.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Mforcebob when I had to take a restraint apart (10min repair) I asked ops to clear the station. Didn’t have to clear the entire queue line but I didn’t want people watching.

[@ellexking9136]

Real life 3 Stooges working on a Derailed Rollercoaster Train!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣‼️

[@eburdick8471]

You know them too? Lol

[@leeriffee4606]

Considering this happened at Mt. Olympus, this does not surprise me in the least. I was there a couple of years after Hades opened (right after they had put the new trains on it) and I was shocked at how different this park was to all others I had visited. First thing I noticed was there was no fencing around most of the coasters, as there always is everywhere else. Considering that park guests have been killed while retrieving lost items at other parks (after scaling fences) the lack of fencing seemed very unsafe. The whole park just had a lackadaisical feel about it. Then my friend and I were in for a real treat when we went to ride Hades. As we got onto the platform we noticed that one of the restraints didn't want to open in one row. The ride ops were pushing it down and pulling up to try to get it to release, and sometimes that worked. Apparently someone had called for maintenance, and soon a mechanic showed up. What he did next was unbelievable. Once the train (loaded with riders) left the station, he jumped down onto the tracks and sprayed what looked like a can of WD-40 onto something. He kept looking over his shoulder, and when the train was getting close, he jumped back up onto the platform. He did this over at least five ride cycles, checking the problem restraint each time the train came back into the station. That was downright scary to watch... I am no expert on this kind of maintenance work, but I would think that there would be some regulations with regards to shutting down moving machinery before working on it. My husband is mechanic who works on industrial machinery in factories and I told him about what I saw. He said what that guy did would be the last thing you'd do if you want to live to a ripe old age! As for the rest of Mt. Olympus, the other coasters were extremely rough. Hades was decent at that time, and I think we did ride it twice. I just remember thinking "OK, I got the ride credits, but this is the last time I'm going to set foot in this park!"

[@KatieKiwi1144]

I had to laugh when you said you'd be worried about the delicate restraint assemblies cranking down there with the bars. I was at this park 2 years ago on the last weekend of the season so it was not busy, and someone's restraint got locked down. They cycled the ride 9 times to let others keep getting rides in with him staying in his seat until the mechanics came and finally released it. How? By cranking on the release mechanism against the station platform with a crowbar just like he was doing in the begging of this video 😅 the entire station platform shook 😬

[@patrickstrahm05]

Zeus is a CCI (Custom Coaster International ) coaster just to let you know. All thier woodies minus Hades 360 are all CCI coasters. And most of the stations are elevated so they have elevated brake runs as well. Pegasus have might have the most entertaining one of them all with a violent snap into the brake run. This park is sketchy Holiday World....

[@Littlefreetime]

Gosh! I wish I could see underneath that. I see so many things that I just think are NOT right!!! Something aint right!

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Littlefreetime some-ting-wong for sure

[@batshtcrazy5293]

There is ZERO excuse for crap like this happening in ANY park. I dont care how many excuses people might try to give, this is unfathomable to me. I've been to tons of parks around the U.S. and never seen or heard anything like what Mt Olympus does in thier maintenance depts. I love coasters, love Ryan's explinations, and consider myself an enthusiast. But over the years of hearing about this park, you couldn't pay me enough to ride anything in it. Just wow. On the funny side, you made me laugh when the idiot stepped on the tracks in front of the train. I think most of us watching this were aghast when the guy did that. I expect a VERY bad accident or death to occur in the place eventually. And that's just sad and inexcusable.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@TheKurtsPlaceChannel you as well!

[@bakerfx4968]

Are they making the problem worse by prying on that stack too?! How is this not questioned by anyone there lol

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@bakerfx4968 if it’s a wide gauge or loose stack that caused the problem, then yes, their making it worse.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

Looks like they’re prying the track apart as they do this, likely only gonna cause a worse accident.

[@crooked-halo]

Zeus is a Custom Coasters International (CCI) coaster, not Great Coasters International (GCI). Built in 1997 by PTC.

[@Amarokofnature]

I hope that this park coded and new safety protocols are put in place. As I love PTC trains and they do not deserve to be treated like this!

[@porcelainthunder2213]

Yeah. They are putting a LOT of stress on the cars, which loosens the bolts and the car starts to flex. It’s really bad for them. These guys are clueless.

[@Danrarbc]

Based on my own observations and what others have said they’ve seen nothing has changed and there’s little reason to believe anything will change. Basically the only maintenance they do is what is necessary to make a train complete a course and that lap bars are facially operable. Their ride training appears to be nearly nonexistent and they have no safety protocols for how to approach and cross the track on the coasters. It’s absolutely unbelievable their kill count is as low as it is.

[@rossh688]

At least a lot of track was recently replaced on Zeus. Like you say, it's a in station issue. Now that they've spent tons on the water park, hopefully, the video of this incident will motivate them to keep this from happening again.

[@Galistia]

Yeah, there's a reason why I didn't want to go to Mt. Olympus when I lived in Wisconsin for a few years lol. I saw (I think) El Toro Ryan go around the time I had moved there, and there were literal bolts from Hades 360 missing and lying on the ground next to the ride. They definitely don't do the proper maintenance or inspections there.

[@CarolinaCycloneJames]

I swear mt Olympus is lawless in terms of rules and maintenance

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@CarolinaCycloneJames no good.

[@billsskiefc]

Last time I went to kings dominion grizzly was doing the same thing and practically derailing in the station

[@StevenCronin-qi6vg]

I've visited this park a few times. Everything is sketchy. To the point that I won't visit anymore. The maintenance and ops are terrible.

[@Hangtime_Davi64]

This is sad to see. I would love to go here some day. I love wooden coasters, and they have three great looking ones. It feels like it might not be worth the risk, though. I had a very similar reaction to the mechanic stepping onto the track in front of the train. Yikes.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Hangtime_Davi64 I’m waiting for the positive comments from someone who will say people are over reacting. But haven’t seen any yet. I have no experience with this park so I’m in the dark here. Not a great tase in the mouth so far.

[@Danrarbc]

@@ryantheridemechanic Honestly given how cheap it can be early or late in the season it might be worth a visit for you just to watch these stations. Then again it might be hard to avoid yelling at them.

[@Tard129]

Wow this is terrible. Wisconsin needs to get its act together and investigate this park or shut it down.

[@Charlestons-House]

I live near that park it’s probably the most poorly managed park in the world we’ve meet the owner he has made billions off of this park it is truly sad to see the park in such made repair

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Charlestons-House no good.

[@DougYeager-i8b]

Your silence was golden. Ever do that to your son? 😂.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@DougYeager-i8b no I always say what I need. So silence is a rare thing.

[@jonburney]

Do they still run this ride as a 2-lap special? They used to let the train roll straight through the station for a second lap after a quick stop on the brake run. Would that explain some extra momentum when the fin hit the side of the brake if no other brakes were engaged at the time?

[@kevkevdel]

Would love to see Ryan go to the park and do an safety practices investigation video

[@JoebDragon]

they can fix it in the off season after filming the next Final Destination

[@zacherz13]

HAH! We made the same face when duder stepped in front of the train 😂

[@AlanJohnsrud]

Soooo yeah I loved your reaction when he jumped into the track area. This is VERY much what Mt. Olympus does though. They do not take care of their rides at all. For years they had a sign outside the ticket boots that said “NO INSURANCE, RIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK”. Yeah... they still seem to operate with that mentality. As a park, I do not trust them at all. Do I think they run any kind of preventative maintenance? Nope, they do the bare minimum to keep things functional. It’s bad…...

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@AlanJohnsrud that’s hard to hear. I’ve always held permanent parks to a high standard. For this to exist is bad news for everyone.

[@alaeriia01]

​@@ryantheridemechanic to be fair, this is specifically an issue with Mount Olympus rather than the state or industry as a whole. I usually put it like this: "Amusement parks are some of the safest places on the planet. Mount Olympus is the exception that proves the rule."

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@alaeriia01 I agree. BUT…… the majority of the general public doesn’t know that.

[@AlanJohnsrud]

@@ryantheridemechanic couldn't agree more. Having been around the industry for years they really are the black sheep that keeps the stereotypes and misconceptions alive because of how they operate. I remember doing a media event for Hades 360 when it opened, and the park owner was there was trying to get us to agree it was finally smooth now. (Parts were but the rest was still obviously not kept up.) This is what happens when they care more about money than experience / customers.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

Is that some sort of loophole that allows them to get away with this nonsense? Lol.

[@damonappel]

Wouldn't those guys crowbar-ing the heck out of it potentially damage the train (and the brake fins) for other more critical points in the ride? 🤔

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@damonappel depends on where they pry. Plenty of good and bad points to pry on. Most of the bad points are just cosmetic. Worst case you hit the restraint box and then the restraint stops opening.

[@kinzdesign538]

When I still lived in Wisconsin, I debated offering to pay your transportation costs to Mt Olympus to see the faces you'd make. 16:11 saved me some money!

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@kinzdesign538 that needed a face! Haha!

[@kinzdesign538]

​@@ryantheridemechanicmy (biggest) time making that face was waiting to get on Cyclops. Mechanics were working on a restraint while the ride was running. They dropped some nuts and washers onto the track below. Without even stopping to buckle the seat belt, they had ops dispatch the train, fully loaded except that row. The mechanic hopped down, grabbed the hardware, waited for the train to come back, and kept working on it. It was about then that I noticed that all the seat belts are chewed up from being dragged on the course. The ejector airtime in the last row on the last hill is amazing - standing upright and white knuckling the lap bar to stay in the train! And it was a pretty dark time in my life, so I waited a few more minutes and rode it for the second time that day...

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@kinzdesign538 sounds like a fun ride.

[@pjgaringer2901]

Hasn't happened to me but I have heard of Zeus blowing through the final brakes and giving a second lap

[@nito209]

Love your channel!!!

[@SinisterSpatula]

I rode Zues just a month ago. They have a good collection of coasters. Bit rough but definitely thrilling.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

Perfect Gene staples candidate.

[@kentsoliday763]

17:40 We have a saying in the industry. "Don't do that!"

[@JeffPike-m5s]

Ryan, correction: In the first part of your video, you state that the ride was built by Great Coasters International. GCI had no involvement whatsoever with the Zeus project.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@JeffPike-m5s correct

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@JeffPike-m5s I’ll add that at the top and in the description

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@JeffPike-m5s I corrected that. In text at least.

[@MetaverseAdventures]

16:25 made me LOL

[@thorpreston-esler1445]

lol i've been to this park and boy have things degraded over time. this is the worst i've seen things operate. i think it's time to RMC these coasters before anything bad happens. They need better staff at the very least. the video basically says everything. there must have been an issue that was ignored with the first set of brakes. i've been on the ride and to the park several times. haven't been there for 7+ years though, but staff was very lackadaisical even back then.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@thorpreston-esler1445 that’s too bad. I’d agree an RMC would lessen the work required to the track

[@Danrarbc]

RMC won’t fix the core issues with this park. RMCs still need maintenance and you still need functioning safety protocols and ride op training.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Danrarbc and they are more aggressive. So when they break they brake harder. Probably not a good fit here.

[@Project_Storm1999]

The regulations in this state must be really chill for them to do this and not be afraid of getting in trouble especially being watched. If they did this in my state the whole park would probably be shut down 😂 thanks for the surprise video I love this channel

[@jbponzi1]

If you saw what happens in Madison, you would understand. Yikes 😱. Our motto is Forward. Though it should be modified to “Forward! Into the Past!”

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Project_Storm1999 I know where I was would have it shut down until it was fixed and the entire ride was checked for like conditions.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@jbponzi1 “backward is the new forward”

[@kinzdesign538]

Wisconsin laws are super lax, all liability is on the rider. I don't know if there is even any state amusement inspection body.

[@jbponzi1]

@@kinzdesign538 there is not.

[@christiwright3604]

You need to do video reacting to how maintenance teams repair certain issues on rides lol gp being left watching the whole thing go down made me cringe. lol #rmcZeus

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@christiwright3604 any topic ideas. In my brain I have so many I don’t know what would be interesting or where to start. What’s your top 5 repair video ideas?

[@christiwright3604]

@@ryantheridemechanic let me think about it for a little bit and I will email you about it if that’s ok?

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@christiwright3604 sure

[@christiwright3604]

@@ryantheridemechanic cool. I just laughed when I saw your face when the Maintenance worker stepped in front of the train. I started laughing because I already knew close to what you were holding back. Just made watching the video fun.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@christiwright3604 😁

[@JamesPrill-hz1oj]

Whenever i go to the Dells, i avoid any attraction that mt Olympus owns or is affiliated with.....

[@CoreySnow87]

This is a very rough riding coaster

[@dbarden89]

Hi OSHA boy do I have a case for you 😳

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@dbarden89 haha!

[@Spectacular66]

They're already not gonna be happy once they see that video lol

[@Amerigo3356]

Ooo here it is. Noice!!!

[@KingGamingRoblox]

Question. So ive seen people in rhe comments say thay it is unsafe to work on the rides while its running, but j have a question about that. If they work on a train are they able to work whole its running? Cycle the train they are working on and run the working train with guests, thats allowed, right?

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@KingGamingRoblox typically (well for me) we would unload the train we were working on. So replacing seat blfs or a pad. Do it between cycles. But we left it unloaded so the dispatch time was easier. 2-3 cycles later, belt was changed and back open. It much harder to work on a train with people on it.

[@Spectacular66]

This sure does not look like this is the proper way to handle a ride malfunction... This erodes public confidence in ride safety!

[@Shredxcam22]

Do they use derailers to lock out tracks on coasters like we do on trains?

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Shredxcam22 if you need to work in front of you would chain it off. Lock outs cover most all work as the train has no internal power. But if it was an odd location on the track (stuck) I’d use track stops. In general you can’t really derail a coaster with any ease. Well away from this I guess.

[@Shredxcam22]

@@ryantheridemechanic I figure in the station when working in front of a train, even with the controls powered off, your reliant on spring pressure to maintain the breaks.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Shredxcam22 it’s acceptable to work that case. Air applied brakes, must chain off the train.

[@jbponzi1]

The gods have been angered by all the celebrating’.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@jbponzi1 but this into they threw a train at it! Haha🤣

[@Littlefreetime]

What i cant help but notice is that this guy has funny pants on. What the heck is he wearing? Or is that a costume? Or am i just seeing this wrong? Either way........wouldnt ride that thing knowing after seeing this.

[@mjojo1000]

Never get in front of the train that’s very dangerous always chain the train down or stand behind it

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@mjojo1000 agreed

[@pebsymax9113]

They only run 1 train on the ride

[@dindog22]

Mount Olympus is kinda janky about maintaining things

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@dindog22 definitely seems like it.

[@Whatchamawhozit]

Zeus was built by Custom Coasters Intentional, not Great Coasters International

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Whatchamawhozit I thought I said cci? Sorry if I botched that one up.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Whatchamawhozit I’m very familiar with GCI so I know it’s not them.

[@Whatchamawhozit]

@@ryantheridemechanic all good, the names are so similar that it is easy to cross them. I wish we could have seen if they got the train back on the track, and also Mt O is a sketchy place. The rides are not well maintained and they barely run trains on Hades 360, they won't dispatch until the train is full and you could be waiting a while... but yeah they are not know for Track Maintenance... only reason hades 360 got a partial retrack was due to the profile change. I will say tho between GCI and CCI I still prefer CCI coasters as I found them far more exciting, but IMHO GCI's best coaster to date is Wood Coaster in China... that is an intense terrain coaster.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

@@Whatchamawhozit love a good terrain coaster.

[@bassjasinski]

lol this looks sus