Talk:Griffon (roller coaster)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Griffon (roller coaster) article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability

	This article is part of WikiProject Roller Coasters, an attempt to better organize information in articles related to Roller coasters. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
B	This article has been rated as b-Class on the quality scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as mid-importance on the importance scale.

Contents 1 71 or 75 MPH? 2 Incorrect spelling 3 Ride Duration 4 Stuck on the way up 5 Wait time at the top

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)