KDcoasterMAN Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Total Shocker! I mean I'm totally LMAO right now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 with the park opening (or trying to open) two new intamin rides this year and both needing more than minor adjustments, you would think CF would be done with them for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPmaverick Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 ^I think Cedar Fair will continue to use Intamin rides. Yes there have been quite a few problems with their rides over the last few years, but all of the rides have completely exceded expectations. Also there are not that many companies that are willing to build the mammoth coasters that Intamin builds. S&S already drastically failed (Ring Racer) and B&M will never attempt anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 ^^keep in mind i said for a while, not forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808Freq Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 ^^^What about Mack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPmaverick Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I could see Cedar Fair switch manufactures for smaller rides like Shoot the Rapids, but for coasters, Intamin all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkscrewFoley Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Hasn't CP had issues with Sky Hawk as well, speaking of S&S? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBparks57 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 My brother got a ride on it last night, during an employee preview. He got there at 10:15pm, and didn't board till around 1 am. He said they kept having a lot of problems with it. The boats would stop on the hills, and all that. Once he did get on he said it was pretty neat. He was located in the middle of the boat, and said he got fairly wet. He also stated that the Front gets soaked, and the left side gets hit by the water fall and it would all have felt better if it was 90 degrees as opposed to 70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcg19 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 (edited) Deleted by user Edited December 29, 2010 by rcg19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Every time I've been there Skyhawk has ran fine. Other than the usual tweaking and spurts of downtime every normal new ride goes through, to my knowledge there hasn't been anything major wrong with Skyhawk...definitely not like MaXair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu1651 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 ^ Skyhawk is definitely more reliable than MaxAir, but I still like MaxAir better. HUSS FTW! So are the rumors about STR opening this weekend true, or am I just getting messed with? I really want it to be open by July so I can ride it with my brother (he'll most likely never ride it if it's not open; he's a Marine). BTW, who's going to ERT tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Also, didn't they get Skyhawk because their other S&S ride fell over? Hahaha I was lucky enough to get to ride Vertigo during like the month and a half it existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 So are the rumors about STR opening this weekend true, or am I just getting messed with? I really want it to be open by July so I can ride it with my brother (he'll most likely never ride it if it's not open; he's a Marine). I've been told by someone who works there that there's a very good chance it won't be open Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 So are the rumors about STR opening this weekend true, or am I just getting messed with? I really want it to be open by July so I can ride it with my brother (he'll most likely never ride it if it's not open; he's a Marine). I've been told by someone who works there that there's a very good chance it won't be open Saturday. I have also heard it is having issues again, even with the new boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumfan94 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 So are the rumors about STR opening this weekend true, or am I just getting messed with? I really want it to be open by July so I can ride it with my brother (he'll most likely never ride it if it's not open; he's a Marine). I've been told by someone who works there that there's a very good chance it won't be open Saturday. I have also heard it is having issues again, even with the new boats. I wonder with all of the problems if Intamin has discounted the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu1651 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 ^ I'd assume so. It's been down for two months! There are limits between acceptable downtime for a new ride and the ride not being rideable for a while. I don't want to overeact like the people from Point Buzz, but this is getting out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYodude88 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I know next year is probably going to be a B&M Roller Coaster because of the water dummies that they are using on STR look exactly like B&M`s and say Property Of B&M!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYodude88 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I know next year is probably going to be a B&M Roller Coaster because of the water dummies that they are using on STR look exactly like B&M`s and say Property Of B&M!!!! They are only using these in the first row of the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 ^Or they could just be using water dummies from Mantis or Raptor... Just a crazy thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 ^Nope. Definitely means they're getting a B&M. Because they have water dummies pre-ordered for a coaster that's going to be built next year and are using those pre-ordered water dummies to test on their new flume made by a different manufacturer. And Bolliger spoke at Coastermania. And Bacon and Mayo are the best ingredients of a BLT sandwich. Not to mention BMWs are great cars. All of this points to a B&M next year at Cedar Point! Book it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I wonder with all of the problems if Intamin has discounted the ride. Is this common practice? And has CF actually lost an appreciable amount of money due to the delays and changes, or will the financial losses get paved over and forgotten quickly? (Yes, I know saving money is always important, but I would think their budget would be designed to accomodate potential setbacks.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 ^I obviously don't know the specifics behind the contract between CP and Intamin for this ride, but I do know for a fact that there are almost always clauses protecting the buyer from delays like this. I've got to imagine that CP hasn't had to foot the bill for the replacement boats and/or the modifications they had to make on the first set of boats, and that Intamin could also be paying them back out of pocket each day this thing doesn't open. Like I said, I don't know the actual language of the deal, but that's a pretty educated speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPmaverick Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 So are the rumors about STR opening this weekend true, or am I just getting messed with? I really want it to be open by July so I can ride it with my brother (he'll most likely never ride it if it's not open; he's a Marine). I've been told by someone who works there that there's a very good chance it won't be open Saturday. As of the ride night at about 11 pm, Shoot the Rapids is still ready to go today . Also I was watching it test at full capacity (STR was testing most of the day) with no problems I could see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 ^^Thanks, that info makes the idea seem much more plausible. I'm sure you're on the right track in your speculation. I guess a plain old "discount" sounded kinda tacky to me, but paying to make up for specific problems definitely sounds like a good business practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 So are the rumors about STR opening this weekend true, or am I just getting messed with? I really want it to be open by July so I can ride it with my brother (he'll most likely never ride it if it's not open; he's a Marine). I've been told by someone who works there that there's a very good chance it won't be open Saturday. As of the ride night at about 11 pm, Shoot the Rapids is still ready to go today . Also I was watching it test at full capacity (STR was testing most of the day) with no problems I could see. Well that's good news then! Hopefully the monkey is off their back on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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