Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread

[Yamez]

For those of you planning to visit on or before the 15th that don't have season passes, the park is doing a really nice deal on tickets. 20 bucks off admission and a free soak city ticket.

 

https://www.cedarpoint.com/what-s-new/park-update

[coasterbill]

Dragster just opened finally and they're moving the video cam to show the massive line forming. Before it opened the line was along the fence all the way back to Corkscrew.

[DJeXeL]

^Thanks for the update. I love the live video cams. You can even see TTD's catch car in the launch track as it returns.

[JWAddington]

Oh, after spouting off about GateKeeper Plinko a few times I was curious how many we had stock-piled - 18!

 

My kids - my son especially is waiting for that horribly busy day and he can't wait to bust these out and just walk on all the big ones! Also have some trips planned with friends / family later this summer and we are going to treat them to some of our passes...

 

So, I'll say it again - if you can't do Fast Lane Plus - throw $20 at GateKeeper Plinko!!!

 

(Oh and last year at the end of the night, they moved the plinko board to the main midway - and to entice people to play they added a 4 pack of line skippies!!! So far this has not happened this year - and the workers aren't aware of them doing this again )

 

If i remember correctly, we had 26 of those last year. My kids were too small to ride the big 4, so my wife and i had a great time using them on a Halloweekend kid free Saturday! The kids played the game, and won 6 4-packs and 2 single line skippies. This year they get to reap the benefits with us!

[Password121]

Oh, after spouting off about GateKeeper Plinko a few times I was curious how many we had stock-piled - 18!

 

My kids - my son especially is waiting for that horribly busy day and he can't wait to bust these out and just walk on all the big ones! Also have some trips planned with friends / family later this summer and we are going to treat them to some of our passes...

 

So, I'll say it again - if you can't do Fast Lane Plus - throw $20 at GateKeeper Plinko!!!

 

(Oh and last year at the end of the night, they moved the plinko board to the main midway - and to entice people to play they added a 4 pack of line skippies!!! So far this has not happened this year - and the workers aren't aware of them doing this again )

 

If i remember correctly, we had 26 of those last year. My kids were too small to ride the big 4, so my wife and i had a great time using them on a Halloweekend kid free Saturday! The kids played the game, and won 6 4-packs and 2 single line skippies. This year they get to reap the benefits with us!

That's awesome! A couple questions- how do you win th 4-pack vs. the single line skippies? Also, for Tony's tweet up Twitter thing, I assume this is something you can do only when you're at the park and you must check Twitter at the right time to get there first and win the prize, is that correct? If I get enought of these skippies during starlight the day before I plan on getting Fast Lane, I may go without FL or get regular FL. Does that sound like a good plan?

[JWAddington]

I haven't seen the 4 pack offered this year.

 

With the tweetups, you have to be in the park to win. He usually has at least 6-8 winners, sometimes more. I have won something every day (3) we have visited so far. Day one, My wife and i won coins, next time i won a line skippie, on coastermania i won a voucher for fast lane plus!

 

He will tweet a location to find him at, don't run because he won't give you anything! I walked all the way from GateKeeper pulling a wagon, to Super Himalaya and took the 2nd to last line skippie. I was shocked i made it.

[Password121]

I haven't seen the 4 pack offered this year.

 

With the tweetups, you have to be in the park to win. He usually has at least 6-8 winners, sometimes more. I have won something every day (3) we have visited so far. Day one, My wife and i won coins, next time i won a line skippie, on coastermania i won a voucher for fast lane plus!

 

He will tweet a location to find him at, don't run because he won't give you anything! I walked all the way from GateKeeper pulling a wagon, to Super Himalaya and took the 2nd to last line skippie. I was shocked i made it.

Sounds great! So, I guess that means you just have to check twitter at the right time, or does he generally tweet earlier in the day to have the chance to use the prizes? Also, if I were to win a Fast Lane Plus (which would be awesome), could I use it the next day?

Thanks

[JWAddington]

Just have your phone alert you whenever he tweets while you are at the park. Sometimes he will give you an idea of when it will happen, other times he just does it. Some days he doesn't do one at all.

[Koasterking48]

Was doing some casual browsing around Youtube and discovered this video. I only wish that I could ride this version of Dragster (minus the more frequent breakdowns). It wasn't till 2005 till I got to ride it. Anyways, this thing was flying over the crest even during media day!

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This video also makes me yearn for a Dragster repaint...

[DJeXeL]

I would love to go over that tophat that fast!

 

Reminds me of when XC was testing at KBF.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6NHkMDPx7Q

[Comeagain?]

The dragster live video camera is fun! Watch the track shake back and forth in a Lightning Run-esque manner!

[DJeXeL]

^It must be unsafe!

[PVA62]

^^Never realized how it is almost always shaking. Very cool though, and I'm glad it back up and running. I do wish they would zoom out on it though.

[Superbatboy]

Was doing some casual browsing around Youtube and discovered this video. I only wish that I could ride this version of Dragster (minus the more frequent breakdowns). It wasn't till 2005 till I got to ride it. Anyways, this thing was flying over the crest even during media day!

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This video also makes me yearn for a Dragster repaint...

Wish the trains still had the engines and tires on the back

 

The airtime going over the top must've been awesome in the early years

[JWAddington]

Its better to have the increased capacity over the tires and engine, IMO.

[rcjp]

In this video (from last season) it's also running fairly fast (although not quite like the media day one)

Check 0:50

[GigaG]

Why did they "nerf" the ride? Too intense or maintenance issues?

[rcjp]

^Probably because they find it unnecessary to make it go that fast, as long as it makes it. I guess most people won't notice and certainly they won't stop riding it because of that, so.... I obviously wouldn't like parks to think this way but I guess they generally do.

[coasterbill]

lol, look closer at that video. They didn't slow the ride down, it just ran with one less car on media day because it kept rolling back with the heavier 5 car train it was designed for since it's an unreliable piece of crap. Because of that it flew over the top.

 

It's slower in more recent videos because of the added weight, but if the ride ran those 12 seat trains from media day the line would be horrendous. Since they removed the tires and added the "extra" car (that the ride was always supposed to have) they increased the capacity of each train from 12 to 18.

[rcjp]

^Oh, yeah, I hadn't noticed the four car-trains

[ajfelice]

Weight, weather, wind, train modifications, lubrication frequency, fat riders, skinny riders, and you name it will have a significant effect on how "fast" any coaster will run. Going off a few videos from random points in time doesn't tell you the full story. Each day a coaster is going to run slightly different based on a whole bunch of variables at work.

[rcjp]

Watching the live video cam is great fun! I can't stop doing it!

Some nasty three train-stacking on Gatekeeper

[CpBluestreakCp]

Wow, that video of TTD media day is crazy, it's flying over the top. And I enjoy the new webcams a lot as well. It's the next best thing to being in the park.

[coastercoaster5]

I have yet to see Dragster go on the webcam. Is it still not operating??

[tororific]

Was doing some casual browsing around Youtube and discovered this video. I only wish that I could ride this version of Dragster (minus the more frequent breakdowns). It wasn't till 2005 till I got to ride it. Anyways, this thing was flying over the crest even during media day!

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This video also makes me yearn for a Dragster repaint...

 

Odd -- I was browsing that exact same video today as well . ..... would have been very cool to ride over the top at that speed. Over, even better, Xcelerator at the testing speeds show in that video above -- WOW.