haux Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 The wait time or fat people not being able to ride? Because neither is really crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywood!007 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 ^I mean't to point to FeelTheForce's comment. About the 4-5 hour wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masked_Maverick Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I heard otherwise about the Morbosity friendly I will find out this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haux Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 ^I mean't to point to FeelTheForce's comment. About the 4-5 hour wait.Oh. Well, it wasn't true. At least in the times I visited. There were extra queues set up on the midway, but even with those full, I can't imagine the waits being that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Upsidedown Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=6573881 Another news story about the incident. Did the brakes fail to slow the train completely or not at all as one article says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darien Laker Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 ^Didn't they do that on the Big One? Put two damaged trains together to make one good train? I know they did it somewhere else too, on a wooden coaster. That would be a good way to handle this if the trains are really damaged that bad. At least a two-train operation (which will still dramatically increase the wait) will be better than one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazen_AZN Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Crap. I hope to god this thinkg is open within a month. IM hitting CP for the first time next month and i was looking forward to this coaster more then anything else... Bleh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogarthOK Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Hi folks. We just got back, too. Managed three rides over the course of the day. The wait inside the main queue is designed to be exactly 2 hours long. As haux pointed out, there was additional queueing on the midway, but it was only about 30-45 minutes long. It diminished as the day went on and was only about 1.5 hrs around 4pm. There was one shutdown for unknown reasons, and another where the seat buckle would not unbuckle -- 15 minute shutdown, replaced buckle, operations continued. We first got in line about 9:20am, and were on board around 11am. T-shirt score! My impressions? It's a great ride. It's not terrifying at all, but plenty of oohs and aahs. Good air, fast, and fun. 9.5 / 10. If you can't find a way to enjoy this ride, you really need to see your psychiatrist to get some antidepressants. There's fun for everyone. It's my favorite ride at the park by a mile. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 ^Didn't they do that on the Big One? Put two damaged trains together to make one good train? I know they did it somewhere else too, on a wooden coaster. That would be a good way to handle this if the trains are really damaged that bad. At least a two-train operation (which will still dramatically increase the wait) will be better than one. SFNE did it for Cyclone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 My impressions? It's a great ride. It's not terrifying at all, but plenty of oohs and aahs. Good air, fast, and fun. 9.5 / 10.If you can't find a way to enjoy this ride, you really need to see your psychiatrist to get some antidepressants. There's fun for everyone. Sound kind of what I expected. The Cedar Point version of California Screamin. Which is honestly a GOOD thing. I love that ride! --Robb "Thanks for the review!" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Menefee Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 We leave this Friday for our two week coaster trip, and the reviews sound great so far. Thanks for all the feedback guys, I'm getting very excited to leave at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStitch626 Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Ok weird...Random guy on Snake River Falls lift...no Evac in progress.. yet...there he stands on the lift earlier today with a boat in the return stretch... Whats this guy DOING!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 ^ haux cleared both of those up on the last page. Has anyone seen what those water jets they were talking about? The water jets aren't on, but there are three of them in the lagoon next to the turn after the hill following the launch. There is a water cannon that shoots over the canyon. Some more no maverick in photo shots... Hmm, something is wrong here... Nothing's wrong. That's just two ride hosts walking down Snake River Falls' lift. A ride host sits up there. They must have been relieving someone. One's probably the team leader. And a question for those that rode it, how were the headchoppers? Especially the one out of the tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcajun Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 You guys are something else. It does not matter how fast or slow the train was going. The system should not have let two trains get near each other. The system failed. Period. Only way it could have been human error is if maint had it on maint or manual mode and that would never be done with passengers on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haux Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I didn't notice the headchoppers at all. The ride is so quick, it was hard to notice them. I'll pay more attention tomorrow. Actually, coming out of the tunnel, I noticed more my collar hitting the restraint than the headchopper. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogarthOK Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 And a question for those that rode it, how were the headchoppers? Especially the one out of the tunnel. *very* choppy. That having been said -- the restraints are *very* comfortable. It's not like the brake run of Raptor if you are unbraced. Repeated rides will probably let one prepare for it more, but I was not troubled at all by any of the choptastic action. (and now I see why the "Remove your earrings" sign exists.) H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haux Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Magnum can overshoot the first set of brakes easily. They're short, and the train flies into them. It had been raining all day, so they were wet. With a train in the station and a train stacked in the transfer track, if the third train overshoots those brakes, it'll hit. I think Cedar Point might have to do what Kings Island did a few years ago and add some magnetic brakes to that brake run. Keep the air brakes toward the end, but the magnetic brakes will slow the train down no matter what the conditions are; rain, high speed. With magnetic brakes slowing the train, the air brakes can safely stop the train every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownStreak Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Of course it doesn't help that the coaster never hits "perfect intervals" i.e. you never come directly into the station at the end of the ride and instead get parked- at least when there are 3 trains running- same with Mantis actually. Side Note: Anyone ever see Mantis when it stops on the mid-course breaks- when it releases it barely makes the rest of the circuit! Not to be-little the accident but going to a two-train operation is not going to slow things down too much- when the trains are backed up to out of the station on every cycle removing a train is not going to slow things down too much it may add like an extra 10-30 seconds per cycle is all and in addition with MF, Mav, TopThrillDragQueen, and SkyHawk all pulling in major wait-times the queues have been non-existant at Magnum the past 3 times I was at the point (okay Mav wasn't open but still Maggie was walk-on two times and the line was at the stairs the other time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister II Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Im still waiting for a decent video to come out. The ones on YouTube just don't cut it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiascreamer1 Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Im still waiting for a decent video to come out. The ones on YouTube just don't cut it What Are those videos because the only pov's i could find were animated And the others were testing footage. Please post links! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstbase11897 Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 For those who don't know, I believe the three water effects that were not running were the water cannons. This other one that goes over the canyon isn't exactly a water canyon. I was at CP this thursday and they were testing the water cannons. The lagoon wasn't filled, but I had seen these same water cannons before. They have a loud noise and shoot water up a good 20 feet at least. They were working on timing them, but they were still terribly off. The first two went off way too late, and the third was just a little bit behind the train. I'm so bummed that the ride opened two days after I was there. I cam home that night, and noticed Cedar Point had posted that Maverick would be opening Saturday. Chances are I won't make it back there again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Someone asked T&T about the POV. They said that they will be shooting one within the next week or so. http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/blog/index.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Im still waiting for a decent video to come out. The ones on YouTube just don't cut it Does the background to the Magnum story count? http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=6573881 (Video link just above the picture) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister II Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Im still waiting for a decent video to come out. The ones on YouTube just don't cut it What Are those videos because the only pov's i could find were animated And the others were testing footage. Please post links! A few on YouTube of testing, no POV's - Heartline Roll: - Testing Video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkchan Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DRjK8Tom8M They said the line was about 2 hours long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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