Password121 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 they're literally in the most obvious place an enthusiast might look. Doubtful, I looked Here, Here and Here and found nothing. Oh my god the accuracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkFunk Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 they're literally in the most obvious place an enthusiast might look. Doubtful, I looked Here, Here and Here and found nothing. Hmmm....did you check this or this? That's the only other ones I could think of.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Sorry, typo. That's *photos*. And they're literally in the most obvious place an enthusiast might look. A buffet station? ^ and ^^ I love where this is headed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hmmm....did you check this or this? That's the only other ones I could think of.... I shouldn't laugh, but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellynn4 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Oh man, this is probably a bad time to bring up that I'm going to WWE Raw in Philly on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT325 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hmmm....did you check this or this? That's the only other ones I could think of.... Initially that was kinda funny, as there are plenty of us gays among coaster/park fan circles... but dang, gridr is sleazy no matter how you look at it! OK, it's still funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 This next element is essentially a HUGE semi-outward-banked hill. Think this: but taken to the size of Mean Streak's second elevated turn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugjackson Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 New leaks of Mean Streak are amazing....can we skip 2017 and go to 2018 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkFunk Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 New leaks of Mean Streak are amazing....can we skip 2017 and go to 2018 now. Skip 2017? Haven't you read this thread? It will open unannounced midweek in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldHag Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Cedar Point needs to build a great wall around Mean Streak to prevent folks from taking ANY pictures of the ride. The wall would be yuge, and also tremendous. I really do hope CP screws with picture takers this summer by strategically blocking views of the ride. Like maybe close the CP & LE Railroad for the year, re-route the entrance to Maverick and close the midway used for Tombstone Terror-tory to any public access. You know, just to get under people's skin that are so completely obsessed over being "f!rst!!!" to post pictures of a ride the park politely asked fans not to post pictures of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeyrolet Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Cedar Point needs to build a great wall around Mean Streak to prevent folks from taking ANY pictures of the ride. The wall would be yuge, and also tremendous. I really do hope CP screws with picture takers this summer by strategically blocking views of the ride. Like maybe close the CP & LE Railroad for the year, re-route the entrance to Maverick and close the midway used for Tombstone Terror-tory to any public access. You know, just to get under people's skin that are so completely obsessed over being "f!rst!!!" to post pictures of a ride the park politely asked fans not to post pictures of. You really live up to your name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hmmm....did you check this or this? That's the only other ones I could think of.... Initially that was kinda funny, as there are plenty of us gays among coaster/park fan circles... but dang, gridr is sleazy no matter how you look at it! OK, it's still funny nope you were correct, Grindr is sleazy. . . I don't begrudge those that use it, but nope, not for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) Like maybe close the CP & LE Railroad for the year Close a classic CP ride for an entire season that thousands upon thousands of families enjoy every year all in an utterly vain attempt to thwart a small group of roller coaster nerds from taking spy photos of RMC mean streak and posting them online for their fellow roller coaster nerds? Edited March 21, 2017 by Steely Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldHag Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 There was a at the end of my post. Perhaps I should have stated that I was "merely acting" (said in my best Jon Lovitz voice) My gripe is that I don't understand the rush that the "small group of enthusiasts" have in order to get a scoop. I guess being a Bitter Old Hag, I come from an era where we didn't know what was new at the park until we saw it either on the news or actually in person. So while the park, which treats coaster enthusiasts very well with events such as Coaster Campout, Winter Chill Out, etc, has asked to please respect their privacy and not post any pics of Mean Streak online, there are those that brazenly flaut the rules and go against the parks wishes, just to grab some attention on their website that gets nowhere near the hits that TPR gets. Done venting... now get off my lawn (shakes fist at sky). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knaiwear Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 ^ I get your point but I haven't actually seen CP say, publicly, that they don't want any photos posted online... and in fact they didn't seem to have a problem with photos being taken (for the most part) at the enthusiast event. I am in no way suportive of trespassing and I totally respect that Robb has asked for photos to not be posted on TPR. But a site like reddit is not exactly a place where you can email a single point of contact and tell them to block certain content, and the pics I've seen have been taken with a zoom from perfectly legal places, so it's one of those things that just sort of is what it is - and I can't see why the park would spend too much time worrying about that. Coasters are built in plain public view all the time and people post photos of them all the time, this isn't really that different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 While I understand TPR's position on this and I completely respect it, I also completely understand why other people would have a different position. Taking pictures from the perimeter road when the park is closed is bad. People shouldn't do that, but if you have a website and feel like going to Battery Park (a public park) and taking pictures from that public park then it's hard to get that upset by it and the park had to know that was going to happen. I understand TPR's rules and I respect TPR's rules but I won't get mad if someone else makes the decision to take and post pictures elsewhere that they shot from a public park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBad Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 The park can restrict photography on park grounds, but if you're not on their property, they can't do anything about it aside from making it hard to take photos (surrounding it with a wall, for instance). This is different from the total ban on unauthorized photos on this website, which is Robb Alvey's decision to comply with corporate wishes to maintain a good relationship with them (totally reasonable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeyrolet Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 There was a at the end of my post. Perhaps I should have stated that I was "merely acting" (said in my best Jon Lovitz voice) My gripe is that I don't understand the rush that the "small group of enthusiasts" have in order to get a scoop. I guess being a Bitter Old Hag, I come from an era where we didn't know what was new at the park until we saw it either on the news or actually in person. So while the park, which treats coaster enthusiasts very well with events such as Coaster Campout, Winter Chill Out, etc, has asked to please respect their privacy and not post any pics of Mean Streak online, there are those that brazenly flaut the rules and go against the parks wishes, just to grab some attention on their website that gets nowhere near the hits that TPR gets. Done venting... now get off my lawn (shakes fist at sky). Times unfortunately have changed. We live in a time with information is literally instantaneous. I've become inpatient myself. If I want to know the weather for this weekend I no longer have to wait for the paper to get delivered. I can look it up right from my phone. If a marker is seen inside of a park, we as coaster enthusiasts, want to know immediately if the park if building that much rumored Giga Coaster. I remember back in the day waiting to watch the Six o'clock news to find out what the latest coaster at Magic Mountain was going to be. Now a days I just log onto the interwebs and you guys tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToNC Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I thought I saw Robb say as long as they were taken with the parks permission they were alright. There are some MS photos from Winter Chill Out a few pages back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I thought I saw Robb say as long as they were taken with the parks permission they were alright They are if the park gives specific permission, but these photos don't fall into that category. They were legally taken from public property, but they're against the park's wishes so TPR doesn't want them posted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 ^ I get your point but I haven't actually seen CP say, publicly, that they don't want any photos posted online.... Feast your eyes. The park is officially closed until May. We completely understand the general curiosity of how the park looks in the winter and how things are progressing on the property. But we ask that you do not attempt to visit the park to take photos or walk around. This is for your own safety - and we're closed. While that doesn't specifically say "we don't want photos posted online", I'd say that's generally what they were getting at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knaiwear Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 ^ that would be the "please don't trespass" post (which is absolutely valid and absurd that they'd even have to do that). It is not the "please don't post any pictures at all even if they were taken miles away" post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ7500 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 If Cedar Fair wanted to prevent anybody from seeing this roller coaster during the off season maybe they should have built it back in the woods at Kings Island instead of right on Lake Erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpuddle Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) God, opening day can't come soon enough. This cycle of new posted photo followed by two pages of the photo police telling us why it is/isn't illegal is growing tiresome. That is, assuming once opening day comes, the construction photo ban will be lifted... As for my actual contribution to the thread, that new hill looks bonkers. It appears to be close to the same height as the original third hill, based on the old wood that is still intact. It's evident that RMCs lose their speed faster than the original wooden ride, but they added a TON of structure to the second hill, so I'm thinking that there is going to be some extreme airtime on this third hill. Can't wait. RMC is gonna pull out all their tricks on this ride. I have this feeling that it'll be their Magnum Opus. Edited March 21, 2017 by southpuddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummermattk Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) While I understand TPR's position on this and I completely respect it, I also completely understand why other people would have a different position. Taking pictures from the perimeter road when the park is closed is bad. People shouldn't do that, but if you have a website and feel like going to Battery Park (a public park) and taking pictures from that public park then it's hard to get that upset by it and the park had to know that was going to happen. I understand TPR's rules and I respect TPR's rules but I won't get mad if someone else makes the decision to take and post pictures elsewhere that they shot from a public park. This is a really good point. I really don't understand why the Battery park pictures are not allowed since they are not on park property. I understand with the decision but it just doesn't seem right. Edited March 21, 2017 by drummermattk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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