slither37 Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Am I missing any others that broke down several times on opening day at CP? Glad I got my Maverick ride in right after 9am. Crowds were huge, lots of school trips. Weather was perfect, absolutely perfect. Will give kudos to CP's season pass processing, was in and out and had my pass in hand in literally less than 2 mintues (got there at 830am). Did run into a few TPR people working at CP. Was nice getting a hello from you all.
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 lol, don't forget about Wildcat and Blue Streak haha. It was great weather today...I'm afraid about tomorrow though.
slither37 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Posted May 11, 2008 See? There were so many. I was actually in line for Wildcat when it came to an abrupt halt. I do not know how I forgot that one. It could have something to do with getting up at 4am and driving to CP from Columbus and back.
CedarPoint6 Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Were they down for a long time or just intermittent stuff? CP usually seems good about getting stuff up quickly. Shame to see so much go down, though, and on opening day nonetheless.
Carnage Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Hopefully these opening day bugs are worked out by next weekend.
slither37 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Posted May 11, 2008 Can not say for sure as I can not be everywhere in the park at once, but I saw maverick was down at around noon and the next time I was by there was 530 and it was down then too. Raptor was down a few times. I was in line for WT when it went down briefly (20 minutes). Will say that my ride on Mean Streak was not as painful as it usually is.
hemmy Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Number of people now have said tons of rides were down today. Last time I was there operations were near-perfect
Wes Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 I edited the topic title to be a little more descriptive. When creating a new topic, try not to make the title too vague or people won't know what it's about.
cycamps Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 I'm so envious of you that got to go today. Hopefully they can work out everything with the rides that broke down...
pianojohn Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 My best friend was there today, and the highlight was when I clicked on the webcam. I then called him (from Orlando) and told him where to stand. See pic below!! He told me the park was VERY crowded and there was even a 45 minute wait for The Blue Streak. Of course, they were only running one train on it! My friend in the black square chatting with me 1000 miles away!
SnooSnoo Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 4.5 hours for Maverick.. Didn't even ride.. but I saw maverick was down at around noon and the next time I was by there was 530 and it was down then too. Yeah.. I waited that whole time and more.. and what was EVEN worse.. the LAST operating train before the ride broke down for that stretch.. we could have got on. Disappointing really. There was quite a few things I didn't like today, which I haven't seen in the last few opening days..
signal Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Hopefully these opening day bugs are worked out by next weekend. Are you going to be there? I am, and I ditto what you said. I will be sooo disappointed if I get there and there are broken down rides everywhere. Luckily I have 4 days, two of them a Monday and Tuesday, so hopefully the lines will be super short
ginzo Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Ugh. This reminds me of my visit to CP last September. Several of the major rides were closed for part or all of the day. Everything that was open had an unacceptably long queue. Blue Streak had a 90 minute wait posted at one point. BTW, here's the forecast for tomorrow in Sandusky: Showers in the morning, turning to a steady rain in the afternoon with a few thunderstorms possible. Windy. High 54F. Winds ESE at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall near a half an inch. Sounds like they might not run the coasters at all tomorrow.
southpuddle Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Who'd-a-thunk that rides might encounter downtime after being on ice (literally) for six months... And look for changes from last year in rain policy.
Jew Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 ^^That explains why all the rides were down today...never too early to start over reacting to the weather!
Reon Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 I'm pretty the problem was understaffing, though I don't know why they wouldn't prioritize operation of some of their star attractions like Maverick and Dragster.
FeelTheFORCE Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 I also heard that MaXair was down and still not fixed. I'll be there tomorrow and Tuesday, so I hope they have a good majority of the bugs worked out. Tuesday's weather looks great, but tomorrow not so much.
RedB Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 I'll be there Tuesday as well. Hope they get most of the problems solved by then.
dandaman Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 My best friend was there today, and the highlight was when I clicked on the webcam. I then called him (from Orlando) and told him where to stand. See pic below!! Now we need a TPR sign held up and we're set. Or just have Wes with a sign reading, "There are 88 trash cans in this photo."
vistaway Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Ouch, sounds like Canada's Wonderland today...about a half-dozen rides down (inc. Behemoth) and big crowds...
andy_e219 Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 This is a real problem. I was there 2 years ago and almost every major coaster was down at some point for the 3 days I was there. Last year, I woke up and rode the Maverik at about 9:30 (I only waited 30 minutes) and about 15 munites after I rode it it broke down for the rest of the day and part of the next day. This is also a problem at Hersheypark with the Storm Runner. It broke down and they kept saying they were going to reopen it, but they never did and I didn't get to ride it.
FeelTheFORCE Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 The people over at TPOL said that operations today were significantly better than yesterday's. That's good to hear. MaXair is still down, though.
SharkTums Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 See, this is why we pretty much STOPPED doing trips early in the season. It just seems that almost no parks have their act together early on anymore. Quite the disappointment indeed.
signal Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 See, this is why we pretty much STOPPED doing trips early in the season. It just seems that almost no parks have their act together early on anymore. Quite the disappointment indeed. Now I feel bad about my trip next week ... Oh well, I'm there for 4 days, Saturday-Tuesday, so hopefully I will be able to get on everything. I'm sure that nothing will be down unless something has the problem that Maxair did at the end of last season. ThePointOl says that Maxair is having the same problem as last season. If things go wrong!!!
FeelTheFORCE Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 ^ You'll be alright. I have been going opening week for the past 4 or 5 years and haven't had any real problems with rides being down for lengthy periods of time. 4 days is plenty to get everything ridden. Have fun!
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