MAINTENANCE

Morey’s Piers Attractions and Facilities Maintenance Teams fulfill the vital roll of ensuring that our rides, attractions, and facilities are ready for safe operation on a daily basis. Beginning early each morning, maintenance teams complete a thorough inspection of each ride system, vehicle, and structure. Our maintenance management information system tracks the preventive maintenance requirements for each of our 70+ rides and generates daily work orders based on what needs to be completed.

During daily inspection, Maintenance Teams complete a comprehensive inspection checklist for each ride. Inspection procedures include testing critical components for wear, checking for correct torque on bolts and other fasteners, ensuring restraint systems operate properly, and running each ride system through all operational modes to ensure proper functioning. If a problem is found, the ride will remain out of service until it is corrected. Each ride is released to Operations only after it has been inspected and all checklists have been completed.

Depending on ride complexity, Certified Ride Operators arrive each morning from 30 minutes to two hours prior to opening. Once the ride operator confirms that all daily maintenance has been performed, another inspection of the ride begins. The staff members that will operate the ride throughout the day conduct this daily, ride specific inspection. Items that are checked include restraint operation, sign placement and mounting security, the presence and security of fasteners, and ride system operation.

In addition, our staff performs a daily cleaning and waxing regimen to ensure our rides maintain the highest cleanliness standards. Before allowing guests to board, all paperwork must be completed and any items considered by the ride staff to be unsatisfactory must be corrected or cleared by management as non-safety related (for instance, if it is noted that a scenery light bulb has burnt out).

In addition, all our rides are on a rotating rehabilitation schedule. For example, in 1999, Morey’s Piers completely dismantled our 156 foot tall Giant Wheel and performed a complete inspection and painting of the entire structure before placing it into operation again in 2000. The Condor underwent a complete rehabilitation in 2002 when its entire tower was removed for ground level inspection and painting.

As for our six roller coasters, all cars and trains are removed from the tracks shortly after the close of each season and taken to our dedicated coaster maintenance facility. While there, each carrier will be dismantled and paint will be stripped from critical parts. These parts undergo special testing regimens to determine if any flaws have appeared in the material. These flaws are not visible to the human eye and require highly trained individuals to perform what is known as nondestructive testing or NDT. Depending on the material to be tested, the performance of NDT may be by magnetic particle, dye penetrant, ultrasonic, or radiography. Virtually every ride at Morey's Piers undergoes some type of NDT testing each year.