Plastic "Shields" on Maliboomer

Post by **spaulo** » Feb Mon 12, 2007 11:15 pm

sure... but it keeps you from making a mess all over people 200 feet below you on the ground....

Hathaway · Post by **Hathaway** » Feb Tue 13, 2007 12:52 am

I thought I read in a guidebook that they were to cut down on the noise from screaming. But I could easily be mistaken.

Post by **subsonic** » Feb Tue 13, 2007 11:35 am

Hathaway wrote:I thought I read in a guidebook that they were to cut down on the noise from screaming. But I could easily be mistaken.

You're exactly right, because DCA is right next to an urban area they need to take precautions about noise. That's exactly why there are the shields, it's to muffle the screaming. Look at California Screamin'; All the drops have shrouds facing the outside of the park. This is to muffle screams as well.

Post by **spaulo** » Feb Tue 13, 2007 11:46 am

No! It's for technicolor yawns!

soccermouse · Post by **soccermouse** » Feb Tue 13, 2007 4:45 pm

I have wondered if it was mostly to stop people from seeing how far they could spit from the top.

realcal · Post by **realcal** » Feb Wed 14, 2007 12:14 pm

I Like the "Spew Guard" idea over the noise barrier...

thatbanddork · Post by **thatbanddork** » Feb Wed 14, 2007 3:12 pm

I never even thought about that, I just thought they were to keep you from barfing over the edge. Smart people that designed that... but I guess that's why they get paid and not me, right?

broncoflyer8912 · Post by **broncoflyer8912** » Feb Sun 18, 2007 1:33 am

I'm pretty sure I thought I read somewhere they were to prevent you from spitting when you were up high, but the noise idea also makes sense as well.

AKLRULZ · Post by **AKLRULZ** » Feb Sun 18, 2007 7:35 am

That's the only ride of it's kind in the country that I'm aware of that has those shields - my guess is that they're trying to keep the noise down. Similar rides at Islands of Adventure and at the Cedar Fair parks across the nation don't have those and don't seem to be concerned about noise factors.

Post by **acp** » Feb Sun 18, 2007 10:44 am

According to Wikipedia (the fountain of all knowledge, there)...

The seats feature "Scream Shields" to help lower noise going out into Anaheim. These were added after receiving complaints from hotel guests.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliboomer

Andy.

Post by **subsonic** » Feb Mon 19, 2007 11:48 am

Yes, thank you Andy.

And no thanks to anybody else for not trusting me when I said this before! Muahahah!

Post by **js3901** » Feb Mon 19, 2007 5:56 pm

but, based on the one thread in the off-topic forum (I think, maybe it's anything else), can we REALLY trust the wiki?

Cali Coaster · Post by **Cali Coaster** » Feb Fri 23, 2007 5:48 pm

acp wrote:According to Wikipedia (the fountain of all knowledge, there)...

The seats feature "Scream Shields" to help lower noise going out into Anaheim. These were added after receiving complaints from hotel guests.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliboomer

Andy.

Hey, thats what I added! LOL. Yeah it's deffinately because of the complaints from the hotel guests.

ambiguity123 · Post by **ambiguity123** » Mar Thu 01, 2007 11:50 am

I asked a cast member and they said it was a scream shield, but for their "neighbors" who I take to mean more than just hotel guests.

FlyingMouse · Post by **FlyingMouse** » Mar Mon 12, 2007 4:10 pm

subsonic wrote:Look at California Screamin'; All the drops have shrouds facing the outside of the park. This is to muffle screams as well

Ah Ha! Silly me. I kinda thought they were maybe some half-tunnel, or something. Makes sense now.