Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread

[Magnumfan]

I hope they keep the current design and maker for the trains on Magnum. Magnum has some of the nicest looking trains! Not to mention they are different, which is a plus since places like to go overboard with an idea. These are the best Arrow trains in my opinion.

 

I hate Morgan trains, they sink way too much especially on the Wild Thing(they're loud too). I wish the only thing they do is just add another section of block brakes, possibly some brakes right before the transfer tracks(the little flat section of track behind the Magnum on ride photos booth).

 

Or they can extend the brake run/transfer tracks. Make Magnum's brake run like Mamba's or Steel Force's brake runs.

[CP_RULES]

Funcoast is back up, just letting you all know.

[bozz]

Funcoast is back up, just letting you all know.

uumm........still does not work for me......exactly when does it work ??

[CoasterExpert13]

Well, i'm still a bit mad that it was closed when I was there opening weekend....

(Pic I took May 13th)....I was so looking forward to the heartline roll out of the canyon. Oh wel....

[asr]

Wow, Maverick looks awesome. With the heartline roll gone, I was alot less excited about the ride, but it just goes so fast throughout the ride, and that first drop looks incredable

[Eric_Smith]

This ride is turning out better than I figured it would.

[Thom25]

The funcoast video and site are now back up. Unfortunately, it's the same video that's on the Sandusky Register's web site. Don't get me wrong, it's a great video (thank you Jason), I just thought this one would be different. I think it's on youtube as well.

 

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/05/27/front/292613.txt

[happyscrappy]

Yay! I finally saw the video. Oh man, seeing it made me want to ride it. Everyone on it looks like they're just giggling their brains out.

 

Seeing it whip around like that kind of makes me think taking out the roll was a good idea (although I would have ridden it whether it made you black out or not).

[Darien Laker]

I've always thought of Magnum's trains as very ugly, uncomfortable, and nothing more than a semi-modern shell on a mine train.

 

Gemini has them too, and I think that one's actually the smoothest of Cedar Point's three Arrow Mine rides. (I still like Magnum more though, call me masochistic.)

 

If that lap bar wasn't so freakin' horrible, Magnum might be better than Millennium Force.

[haux]

I rode in the front seat yesterday, and the back's better. There's really good airtime in the front on the hill before the corkscrews, but it's more intense in the back. The first drop can't be beat in the back either.

 

Cedar Point's really got a winner on its hands. I think it's my No. 2 coaster at the park.

[verticalzero]

Glad ur all enjoying CP 17th coaster, did you really think CP will let everyone down and install a "duff" coaster.

 

Night rides are amazing I can guess, going over the water and shooting out of the tunnel.

Has the guy in the 1st row right hand side "passed Out"..?

[happyscrappy]

Oh my god! Almost everyone on that train looks like they are having the worst day of their lives!

[dandaman]

As cool as riding MF with a smoke cloud obscuring the first drop...

 

*raises hand*

 

First MF ride, 8 p.m., Halloweekends Saturday. THAT was the view I had to endure.

[FeelTheFORCE]

That was a great video. It looked like a great ride.

[snuggles]

New morgan trains please

[CP_RULES]

Wow, it really flies through the course! The lift is extremely fast and it just threw the train over the drop! I cant wait to ride this! That video was awesome!

[FeelTheFORCE]

^ Yeah, on the first drop, it looks like the back seat is flung over it.

[RedB]

Here's another video showing off Maverick.

 

http://www.coasterimage.com/roller-coaster-videos/maverick/index.htm

[Carnage]

There was only minor cosmetic damage to two cars.

 

So why would they spend thousands of dollars on brand new trains?

[snuggles]

Well, the should at least refurbish them.. A coaster train can only take so much abuse before it starts falling apart.

[Carnage]

They refurbish them every off season.

 

If there was enough damage to the trains to warrant a refurb then they would.

 

But it sure doesn't sound like the impact was hard enough to warrant removing two entire trains for the rest of the season.

[RollerC]

I hope they keep the current design and maker for the trains on Magnum. Magnum has some of the nicest looking trains! Not to mention they are different, which is a plus since places like to go overboard with an idea. These are the best Arrow trains in my opinion.

 

I hate Morgan trains, they sink way too much especially on the Wild Thing(they're loud too). I wish the only thing they do is just add another section of block brakes, possibly some brakes right before the transfer tracks(the little flat section of track behind the Magnum on ride photos booth).

 

Or they can extend the brake run/transfer tracks. Make Magnum's brake run like Mamba's or Steel Force's brake runs.

Arrows Hyper trains are sooo ugly IMO. I wish they would convert some old Arrow looper trains into hyper ones. Phantoms Revenge has the best trains I have ever ridden in.

 

[jamesdillaman]

The fact that the ride is open again so soon actually reinforces Ginzo's post that this is a minor accident, and much more "easier to swallow" as someone else put it, than a major one. It didn't even make the news here (at least not the station I had on) in Cincinnati, and the most serious "injury" was an asthma attack!! Not to belittle asthma, but that isn't directly caused by the impact of the "crash". Sad to see that brakes failed, and I'd be interested to know what part of the blocking system malfunctioned. If I'm correct, the default setting for those trim brakes are closed, so even if there was power failure to the brake, it shouldn't open. Very odd, and you hate to see it happen to such a good ride.

 

-James Dillaman

[Carnage]

If I'm correct, the default setting for those trim brakes are closed, so even if there was power failure to the brake, it shouldn't open. Very odd, and you hate to see it happen to such a good ride.

 

Sounded to me that the brakes did kick in, however the train slipped through because of the brakes being wet.

 

I'm not really surprised though, as the train hits those brakes at a pretty good speed.

[jamesdillaman]

^ Yeah, Beast slid through the brakes a few years ago and hit the train in the station. Quick Fix? Cover the brake run or you'll see magnetic brakes (which is what they put on Beast)

 

-James Dillaman