The back car was missing from one of the trains

When i was at cedar point, i noticed the back car of one of the trains was off, and someone working on the back of another car. In the station, there was a crew working on the queue. Maybe the are adding a extra seat, where the motor, and wheels were.

This might be good news. They are probably adding extra seats or returning the theming.

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I don't know much about the trains, so I'm probably wrong about this, but it seems that it would be really, really, really difficult to just "refigure" the car to add two seats.

Seems they would have to fabricate a whole new car, or at least spend a really long time on them (much more than a few weeks). But like I said, I don't know much about the design of the cars.

I always thought this too. Wouldnt be the most simple thing to throw on. There would be the mounting of lapbars and the mechanisms for the lapbars also besides the seats. Could be done for sure, but it would take some time. (then again it has been and will be down for some time, so who knows they might be doing it but could be theming as well.)

If they can't bolt a mock engine and tires to the back and make it stay, what makes them think they can do it with seats? ;)

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-Chris Woodard
"We got pop and Gatorade over here for $100 a bottle, so have your credit card ready. Seriously, the food here is so expensive, I just eat the condiments because I can't afford a meal." - MF que DJ 6/16/03

THAT would be one great ride. True ejector air. :)

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Dear Valued Guest, I regret to inform you that Cedar Point’s newest roller coaster, Top Thrill Dragster, is not currently in operation because of mechanical problems.

*** This post was edited by Evan 6/25/2003 10:10:06 PM ***

I believe they have to inform the state or something of the sort in order to let them know they are adding additional seating, and that would take time. I believe they are just adding the themeing back on.

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*** This post was edited by CoasterKaiser 6/25/2003 10:22:21 PM ***
*** This post was edited by CoasterKaiser 6/25/2003 10:28:43 PM ***

They probably used the crain you could see from the Station Cam last night. The crain's there again right now. I think they're taking another car off.

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"What's life if you never pull your shorts down and slide on the ice?"

They won't let me look at that cam as a stand alone.. it is an archived photo from earlier.

Well I plan to return the end of July and then again in August.... so I think they will have it all set by then (fingers crossed)

Here's the live cam: http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/inside_park/webcam/demondrop.cfm
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-Chris Woodard
"We got pop and Gatorade over here for $100 a bottle, so have your credit card ready. Seriously, the food here is so expensive, I just eat the condiments because I can't afford a meal." - MF que DJ 6/16/03

WTF is a "crain?" A business magazine in Cleveland?

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Sillynonsense.com
DELETED!

Apparently, he wasn't using his brane.

What a shame.

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"What time does the 10 pm laser show start?"

Now there's a bunch of pickup trucks outside the station.

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Dear Valued Guest, I regret to inform you that Cedar Point’s newest roller coaster, Top Thrill Dragster, is not currently in operation because of mechanical problems.

Ok, the trucks are weird. They never have vehicles on the midway while the park is open, except for those little ambulence thingies. You can see that they are moving trains back to the station from the transfers.

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-Chris Woodard
"We got pop and Gatorade over here for $100 a bottle, so have your credit card ready. Seriously, the food here is so expensive, I just eat the condiments because I can't afford a meal." - MF que DJ 6/16/03

Check the time.

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Walt Schmidt - Virtual Midway
"Are you the creator of Hi and Lois because you are making me laugh." - Comic Book Guy

Have you looked at the time the web cam has on it? It's archived.

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"I need a yes or no answer to this, how many people get into Yale each year?"
"No"

Ah, stupid me. It is from earlier this morning.

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-Chris Woodard
"We got pop and Gatorade over here for $100 a bottle, so have your credit card ready. Seriously, the food here is so expensive, I just eat the condiments because I can't afford a meal." - MF que DJ 6/16/03