xChris125x Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Some steel coasters in the park have to be shut down at varying wind speeds. Top Thrill Dragster shut's itself down at sustained winds of 35mph at the top of the tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlover420 Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 As far as I know, the managers in area 1 (front of the park) judge by the wind indicators on Sky Ride. I think it's the only ride in area 1 with a wind indicator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalCoasters Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 (edited) Like I said, it's been nearly seven years... I'm the one in the orange Silver Bullet T-Shirt. Edited October 2, 2011 by SoCalCoasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarFair1 Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 I (A Canadian) will be attending a special 3 day weekend at Halloweekends October 21-23 and with some photos provided made a cool video. I have never been to an American Haunt event, but here in Canada we talk about how seriously you guys take Halloween so I'm very excited to participate in this awesome event. Any advice or recommendations is welcomed I need some great filming areas that maybe Cedar Point experts may know. You don't have to watch it's very simple and boring, it's for my subscribers, but that's my channel with lots of Canada's Wonderland Leviathan updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 (edited) Guess which one I am? The one in the white hat? Edited October 2, 2011 by ernierocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 ^ Win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABW Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 ^^Post of the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastermaniac Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I was just at the park today. It was very windy today which meant that not many coasters were open (only Maverick was open when we got there which was about noon). By 1:00 Mantis had opened up so we decided to ride that because we were close and were able to be the first train out (line filled up fast because again, not many rides were open due to high winds). Enough about rides though; the shows at Cedar Point for Halloweekends are, in my opinion, great. I love them. We saw 'A Halloween Hullabaloo' twice, 'Sideshow - A Carnival of Magic', and 'The Edge of Madness'. They are all excellent shows. If you're not a big show person (which before I really wasn't), I encourage you to attend a showing of one of them at CP (at least Hullaballoo or Edge of Madness). They are really well done. Anyone else seen the shows and can comment on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 We're planning on attending the 'Rapture at the Raptor' event on the 21st seeing how we were there when the first one was supposed to happen in May...and never did. I was quite distraught when I wasn't taken to heaven on a Millenium Force train @ 5:00. We were in the Red Garter Saloon watching the Jimmy Buffet themed dance revue when we witnessed Beelzebub himself. He just sat there and stared at people in the audience and rarely looked at the band. When we went back into the bar four hours later...he was still sitting in there with his bucket of popcorn. Only at that moment did I realize that he was Satan. Is it Satan or Uncle Leo? Will he be there again on the 21st for Rapture version 2.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastermaniac Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 That guy has been going to The Point for years. I always see him at the Red Garter Saloon. Usually, we only see him during Halloweekends for The Edge of Madness show. For the past couple of years (since I started noticing him at least) he always sits at that table. Speaking of, I saw him there last night. He was at the 8:00 show but suprisingly not at that table. However when we came back for the 10:00 show he was back at his normal table. Does he just go to the Red Garter and sit there to watch the show at each time slot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dammie16@vt.edu Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 He is known as popcorn larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Haha, I don't even remember if I've seen that guy, or just heard of him. That show is so silly, yet mildly entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastermaniac Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 He is known as popcorn larry That's seriously what he's known as? That's interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I have seen that guy there for just about every show. Full trip report from this weekend Comming up.....stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 He is known as popcorn larry Thanks for letting me know...if we would have seen him sitting in the same spot on the 21st, I probably would have pissed myself! I figured that he must really like people watching to be there that long when we were there...didn't know he was a "regular." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dammie16@vt.edu Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 There a quite a few Live-E "Stalkers" and my Fiancee was a Live-E tech when I first started dating her so I got to know their nick names haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastermaniac Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Does anyone think that some of the Halloweekends attractions can be changed up a bit? In my opinion, the two attractions that need to be updated (changed) for next year are Club Blood and Fear Faire. Club Blood is a good space for a haunted house and it is currenlty an alright haunted house but especially last year and again this year, it's really loosing its 'scare'. The theming is rather dull and it's just not the best haunted house. Fear Faire is also a great space for a haunted walk-through and I think it just needs to be updated or changed to a different walk-through. Like Club Blood, the theming is pretty dull and there's just not a whole lot there. I really think they can do so much better with different theming. It had a good run and I think it's time for a change. What do you think about them? If not these two, what other haunted attractions do you think need to be changed/updated at the park for next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammmmmy Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Just something random I was watching while home sick today; news report I was watching on youtube about TTD. It's very interesting to hear them talk about it then, now! It just gets me hyped for the next time cedar point introduces their next 'big' ride. Thought I might share this with all of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlover420 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 ^I love watching stuff from Dragster's past. It makes you realize what an impact it really had at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harper83087 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 ^Look at how shiny and new it is!!! I do miss the dragster rear ends with the tires and engines, it looked so cool. Too bad it had a rough day and tried to take out camp snoopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI Kidd Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Here is an article from the Sandusky Register chronicling a year at Cedar Point through the eyes of one of their staff members. I thought it was a fun read. Link to Article The full text is at the bottom of the page in pdf format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osm Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 ^Interesting read. Of course I and many other enthusiasts would most happily debate the claim that MF is indisputably the best ride in the park, but to each his own. But I'm a bit confused over his obsession with the handrails. I don't routinely sit/stand on them, but I don't see what the big deal is, it's not harming anyone else, and I think they're pretty stable, they won't fall over if you sit on them. Maybe there's a factor I'm overlooking, but I didn't really get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlover420 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 ^Oh no, handrails are actually quite dangerous to the GP (consider the average IQ of a park goer...). If someone slips off, they get mad at us and we don't want that to happen. It's especially bad at Raptor because people will sit on the yellow rails, and if they fall backward, that's a 20ft drop... ...not to mention several people have broken handrails from simply sitting on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougMJr Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 In a long line I'll lean on the handrail, but I usually never sit on them. An issue I see is children (and some "adults") treating the handrail like it's a jungle gym. Seriously... if you do that you look like a fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I've seen people fall on their face and on the back of their head because they decided to sit on the handrail. Usually as an operator, I didn't mind if people sat on the lower handrail (if there was one), that way their feet are still on the ground. But I was a Nazi when it came to sitting on the top one (as all ops should be). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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