Brassinthegrass Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 ... so millennium force is back open... that’s exciting... I was attempting to direct the convo back to the park, not the tolls... it’s been up and down from what I’ve seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djackson Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I'd love to live where tolls are 50 cents. They range from about 1.20 to 14 dollars on the east coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) We ended our 3-day visit to Cedar Point last night where we had three hours of ERT over those days. Two hours on Steel Vengeance and an hour on Maverick. The crews were amazing to work with... I think we sent out about 50 trains on Steel Vengeance and since we had less than 40 people in our trip, people got in a CRAZY amount of rides if they wanted to! I'll post a full trip report soon. At the airport now and totally exhausted! Need to get home and rest from an absolutely amazing trip! Edited August 4, 2018 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymouscactus Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Wow! That sounds absolutely amazing. Happy for all of you lucky SOB's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airboss Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 That must have been so much fun! I can't imagine getting that many SV rides.. I wonder of one of you set the record for the most times ridden In other news, according to Queue Times, Milennium Force is closed again, and has been for the majority of the past 24 hours :/ Let's hope they can get it up as quickly as they did last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) Double post - fail Edited August 4, 2018 by Philrad71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Ok. Blue Streak has redeemed itself in my eyes Had a FANTASTIC ride (2nd row front car) a couple of hours ago Super smooth and a ton of airtime Certainly only that good in 1st car. But yeah. Really good Glad to hear that you got to ride the "good" Blue Streak, Bert! I had never had a particularly bad ride on Blue Streak...some good ones in the front and a lot of "meh" anywhere else. Also - WOW at the amount of ERT that you guys got on SV and Maverick. I could only imagine going back and forth on both of those coasters with no wait. I would be exhausted just from that alone! Looking forward to all of the reports now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteVeUrkle Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 That's Twisted Colossus... I love how quickly coaster enthusiasts know exactly what ride was pictured and debunk any kind of dumb social media nonsense. Because that is without a DOUBT Twisted Colossus. Are these really happening on TC trains? Even then, people will go grab for their phones during the ride. I have to say CP's no phone policy sucks, but I don't blame them. You can't have dumbasses with phones being pulled out when a ride is 200 feet tall and constantly going 60-70 MPH. If people could BEHAVE themselves and follow RULES that are set in place for everyone's safety that would be great. But for some reason these days everyone thinks they're an expert, the rules don't apply to them, and they know better, even when they have no effing clue about the industry or what they're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterdoug Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I've got a quick FastLane question. I'll be there Monday and Tuesday. I've already budgeted in FL+ for both days. However, Tuesday is supposed to be scattered thunderstorms all day. Could this possibly negate the need for FastLane? I'd only forgo the FL+ if it made all the major roller coasters walk-ons (which I'm assuming it won't, I'd still purchase it if it bypassed a 20 minute wait on Steel Vengeance). Obviously, I'll wait until I'm in the park on Tuesday to make my decision, but I'm curious as to what some of you think about this. I'm guessing that I'll be buying FL+ on both days. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjr19 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Good news! Millie is back open again, and once again pulling quite the line. That thing never seems to hit 1 hour anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpuddle Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I think that the pouches would be a great idea. I’m a firm believer that the vast majority of phones that fly out on rides come from peoples loose POCKETS and not from those individuals who are taking them out for pictures/videos. In fact, holding onto a phone might be the safest place for it (not condoning, simma dow now). If there’s a nice safe, convenient, FREE place to store your phone, riders are going to use them. Is it a perfect solution? No, because as others have said, they can still be taken out, but it would make everyone happy. And there really is no perfect solution, so might as well come as close as possible to one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro1118 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I've got a quick FastLane question. I'll be there Monday and Tuesday. I've already budgeted in FL+ for both days. However, Tuesday is supposed to be scattered thunderstorms all day. Could this possibly negate the need for FastLane? I'd only forgo the FL+ if it made all the major roller coasters walk-ons (which I'm assuming it won't, I'd still purchase it if it bypassed a 20 minute wait on Steel Vengeance). Obviously, I'll wait until I'm in the park on Tuesday to make my decision, but I'm curious as to what some of you think about this. I'm guessing that I'll be buying FL+ on both days. Thanks. On Tuesday there was thunderstorm and rain forecasts, which actually closed the coasters for 30min. SV was still 1.5 hours all day and Maverick was 45min. If you want rerides on those, FL+ will be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 What if coaster manufacturers offered a box on the back of the seat with a lid that locked and released like the restraints do. I know it is an added layer of complexity to an already potentially problematic machine, and couldn't really be implemented on existing rides. But it might be a good solution for future installations. Just something I've been thinking about since this whole discussion started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterdoug Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I've got a quick FastLane question. I'll be there Monday and Tuesday. I've already budgeted in FL+ for both days. However, Tuesday is supposed to be scattered thunderstorms all day. Could this possibly negate the need for FastLane? I'd only forgo the FL+ if it made all the major roller coasters walk-ons (which I'm assuming it won't, I'd still purchase it if it bypassed a 20 minute wait on Steel Vengeance). Obviously, I'll wait until I'm in the park on Tuesday to make my decision, but I'm curious as to what some of you think about this. I'm guessing that I'll be buying FL+ on both days. Thanks. On Tuesday there was thunderstorm and rain forecasts, which actually closed the coasters for 30min. SV was still 1.5 hours all day and Maverick was 45min. If you want rerides on those, FL+ will be worth it. Thanks, I figured as much. It was good to get confirmation. FL+ both days it is! I'm also thrilled to see that Millennium Force is back in action. That's my favorite ride in the park, so I'm relieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) We ended our 3-day visit to Cedar Point last night where we had three hours of ERT over those days. Two hours on Steel Vengeance and an hour on Maverick. The crews were amazing to work with... I think we sent out about 50 trains on Steel Vengeance and since we had less than 40 people in our trip, people got in a CRAZY amount of rides if they wanted to! I'll post a full trip report soon. At the airport now and totally exhausted! Need to get home and rest from an absolutely amazing trip! Edited August 5, 2018 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 ^ What an awesome way to end your visit there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Wow, that looks like it was an absolutely epic time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 The ride is surrounded by vomit today. you're welcome for me not posting the photo Albert took of that. . LOL it was apparently 1 kid, who shared the wealth all around as the ride was coming to a stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 you're welcome for me not posting the photo Albert took of that. . LOL Since you mentioned it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur_Seaton Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Since you mentioned it... Oof! That's not a ride I'd want to work at as an op! Spinning rides can make me feel sick fairly easily, but I've always loved Enterprise wheels. Once they're up in the air, the dizziness dissipates for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 you're welcome for me not posting the photo Albert took of that. . LOL Since you mentioned it... [attachment=0]38297923_10217471462082728_8296596490416029696_n.jpg[/attachment] dammit logan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marth555 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Nah I know better then to ride those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainUnknown Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 We ended our 3-day visit to Cedar Point last night where we had three hours of ERT over those days. Two hours on Steel Vengeance and an hour on Maverick. The crews were amazing to work with... Was the cellphone policy the same on Steel Vengeance during ERT as it is during the day, or were you able to work with the park to allow some other arrangement? But otherwise, glad you had fun! Looking forward to the full report in that thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 We ended our 3-day visit to Cedar Point last night where we had three hours of ERT over those days. Two hours on Steel Vengeance and an hour on Maverick. The crews were amazing to work with... Was the cellphone policy the same on Steel Vengeance during ERT as it is during the day, or were you able to work with the park to allow some other arrangement? But otherwise, glad you had fun! Looking forward to the full report in that thread. Cell phone and bag policy was the same during ERT. I was allowed to have one phone in the station to take pictures of the group. All other bags, phones, etc, went in the lockers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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