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[Old Guy]

Trust me, FITH with the lights on is no great woop. I spent part of a winter replanting plastic flowers in front of Red Flander's place, picking up garbage thrown from cars etc. and it's kind of seady looking with the lights on. Now off would be cool......

[Baldknobber]

I also remember the voice yelling "FIRE-IN-THE-HOLEEEEEE" being different back then...Sounded alot better than the last time I was there. The guy really belted it out back then..I don't know...there is just no UMPH! to it in its current form.

[History Buff]

Trust me, FITH with the lights on is no great woop. I spent part of a winter replanting plastic flowers in front of Red Flander's place, picking up garbage thrown from cars etc. and it's kind of seady looking with the lights on. Now off would be cool......

That's what I'm thinking.  Actually, so would the Flooded Mine - no shoot-out, just floating through with the music and sound effects.  Something for them to think about for another Midnight Madness in October.  I know they won't want to promote the Halloween theme, but there's nothing wrong with scaring people.

[betamike]

We do this at Disney from time to time and host some of our attractions for College Program and Grad Nites with either the lights on or off on some of the attractions.  It has to be a convention or in house type ticket to do so because of the show aspect...but frankly the lights on thing really makes you see it from then on with a whole different perspective.

[History Buff]

I can only imagine the scariest of all in the dark - It's a Small World.

[betamike]

I can only imagine the scariest of all in the dark - It's a Small World.

Ha!   

[Swoosh]

Trust me, FITH with the lights on is no great woop. I spent part of a winter replanting plastic flowers in front of Red Flander's place, picking up garbage thrown from cars etc. and it's kind of seady looking with the lights on. Now off would be cool......

I've been through with both.  Coaster Christmas 2006 we did several laps thro' with the lights on.  It really gives you an appreciation of just how big those drops are -- especially right after the train tunnel.  The lights off one was at the end of the day way back when I was younger and my brother and I were the only ones on the train and we asked if they would do it and they said "sure".  It was rather freaky.  No sound or anything. 

[sdcforever]

^FiTH with the lights off sounds a bit unnerving, especially for kids.

[Coaster]

I do want to experience it with the lights on at least one even if it is no big whoop. Just for a new experience and to appreciate all the detail in it.

[oldsdcer]

I remember when Fith open there wer sections of 3 to 4 humps in the dark that were taken out after a couple of years.

[Dukefan]

I was just curious, can anyone tell me how many trains Fire in the Hole can run at once?

[Copper]

Today they can run a maximum of 5 trains, they usually only run 4 trains at most.

When the trains get to close to each other the ride shuts down and with new laws of leaving loose items behind it takes people too long to put their loose items in the storage boxes. With 5 trains they have exactly 25 seconds to unload and load guests, so the ride is more than likely to shut down with 5 trains. I have heard in the past that they use to run 6 trains. Of course this was when they would let you carry anything with you on the ride.

[betamike]

5 seems to be the magic number with a lot of coasters, it's the same here at Disney with Everest.  The dispatch intervals make the line a lot shorter but more option for a ride cascade.

[bradhig]

Were the trains ever painted red?  I remember a commerical from the early 80s showing what I thought was FITH with a red train plunging down a drop with fog or mist around it.    Why were those laws about loose items passed anyway?

[betamike]

I was tricked by that as well since I bought a post card from a visit to Branson with the trains featured on it being red..  It is actually footage from Blazing Fury from Dollywood.