Talk:Griffon (roller coaster)

71 or 75 MPH?
I have twice now changes someones edit for the "The world's fastest dive machine coaster" from 75 MPH back to 71 MPH. But I find reasoning behind their edits. On griffoncoaster.com they list the ride as 75 MPH, but on RCDB it is listed as 71 MPH. Which is correct I do not know unless I go to the ride with a radar gun but which should be included in the article. Montu Man 1011 20:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect spelling
Does anyone know why this coaster is named griffon when the correct spelling of the eagle/lion creature is griffin? A griffon, for the record, is a dog. - Jdmalouff 13:22, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, the proper spelling of the beast is "gryphon". Timetrial3141592 02:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * In response to this... the roller coaster is in the French section of the park. The accepted French spelling of "gryphon" is "griffon," at least according to Wikipedia. Perhaps this is the reason they spelled it incorrectly...? I could be wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.77.67.237 (talk) 04:00, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Ride Duration
I'm puzzled by the ride duration which is listed as 3:00. This is also the time on the official site. I timed it while on the ride, and it was only about 2:00 long.


 * 1:46, actually, I think. The 3-minute ride duration time was taken from the press release, and was probably written as an estimated, or "hoped for" time, like Millennium Force's "2:45" (2:20), Xcelerator's "1:02" (22 seconds), or Kingda Ka's "50.6" (59 seconds). SheiKra was also released as 3:00, but is actually officially only 2 minutes, 20 seconds long. --CPGACoast (talk) 16:06, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

It was almost 2:00 to the second from when the ride started moving to when it came to a stop back at the station. Getting to 3:00 would probably have to include when the boarding gate opened up to exiting the boarding area. It would depend on how much they have to yell at people to sit on their sandals rather than leave them on the deck :) 68.15.158.153 (talk) 23:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Stuck on the way up
On Saturday while I was riding this we got stuck going up the chain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jason Garrick (talk • contribs) 00:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Wait time at the top
Are we sure it's five seconds? The duration of time riders stop at the top of the first drop, that is? Last weekend, I was waiting on line, and we counted seven seconds pretty consistently. Of course, we didn't use a stopwatch. Where are these statistics taken from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.66.81 (talk) 18:59, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I've ridden it many times and I'm pretty sure it's five seconds once it comes to a complete stop at the top. We always count it off as we're hanging up there. It slowly edges forward to hang point for a few seconds before that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.15.158.153 (talk) 14:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Station Recording
this is just my opinion but is this section necessary I find it pointless and out of normal coaster format--Cmedinger (talk) 14:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree. It really doesn't add any useful or interesting information but takes up a lot of space. I don't see any other coaster articles with it. I'll remove it for now.

Never mind...it looks like someone already did it. 68.15.158.153 (talk) 23:19, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

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