. ▁The ▁main ▁difference ▁in ▁the ▁design ▁was ▁that ▁the ▁spir al ▁on ▁the ▁Cy clone ▁at ▁Pal is ades ▁was ▁even ▁t ighter ▁than ▁the ▁two ▁preceding ▁co aster s ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁extremely ▁limited ▁space ▁in ▁the ▁park . ▁ ▁Operation ▁The ▁ride ▁ran ▁one ▁or ▁two ▁trains ▁consisting ▁of ▁three ▁or ▁five ▁four - pass enger ▁cars ▁depending ▁on ▁crow ds . ▁Later , ▁the ▁trains ▁would ▁be ▁perman ently ▁reduced ▁to ▁three ▁cars ▁to ▁keep ▁forces ▁on ▁the ▁structure ▁lower . ▁ ▁R ide ▁time ▁was ▁around ▁ 4 0 ▁seconds , ▁disc ount ing ▁station ▁to ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁lift , ▁which ▁extended ▁the ▁time ▁to ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁about ▁ 7 0 ▁seconds . ▁This ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁slightly ▁faster ▁than ▁before ▁opening ▁day ▁because ▁almost ▁half ▁a ▁met re ▁had ▁been ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁hill ▁due ▁to ▁roll - back ▁problems . ▁ ▁Re ports ▁say ▁the ▁ride ▁at ▁Cry stal ▁Beach ▁drew ▁ 7 5 , 0 0 0 ▁on ▁opening ▁day ▁and ▁crow ds ▁were ▁so ▁heavy ▁that ▁a ▁ra iling ▁was ▁broken ▁by ▁those ▁pushing ▁to ▁get ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁ride . ▁One ▁patron ▁rode ▁ 6 7 ▁times ▁that ▁day ▁and ▁on ▁its ▁second ▁day ▁of ▁operation , ▁two ▁boys ▁rode ▁ 5 2 ▁times . ▁ ▁Acc idents ▁and ▁inc idents ▁Over ▁ 5 ▁million ▁r ides ▁were ▁given ▁in ▁the ▁Cy clone ' s ▁ 2 0 - year ▁history ▁with ▁only ▁one ▁fatal ity