Power Outage

My question is what happens when the Power Towen when the power goes out? Like if it was on the way down.

There are back up air tanks that have enough pressure to bring it to a stop, so I've read

They e-stop and slowly lower to the ground. There is a battery which allows restraint release.

I think the only power outage ride I'd be scared on would be Sky Ride or Giant Wheel. Any other ride would be fine, I think.

-S. Eagle

I think being stuck on any ride would be a very interesting experience. I think being stuck near the top of Millennium or Magnum wouldn't be all bad, it would be a great view and perhaps very tranquil.

*** Edited 1/28/2005 3:42:25 AM UTC by Vince982***

Sky Ride has a back up engine if the power/electric drive fails. I'm not sure about Giant Wheel, but I think they use the weight of the riders to help unbalance and spin the wheel around after they release the brakes.

I was working at Cedar Point when we had that Huge Power Outage but to tell you the truth I dont remember how they did Wicked Twister. I saw them (CP ) Unlocking Mean Streak and Cedar Creak Mine Ride and having the guest walk down the lift hill. So thats about it

They already said what they do at WT! Read the entire post!

During the power outage, thankfully, the train was in the station when the power went completely out.

As a matter of fact it was just on the news a few minutes ago that today In Florida the popular Rollar Coaster I think it was the huld got stuck @ the top of the lift hill, & It showed people walking back down the lift hill, now wouldnt that just piss you off.....

And how exactly did they show that when the lift is enclosed?

Good Point

Snap

A train was stopped on the mid-course brake, and the front car was hanging out beyond the catwalk. Why they didn't just release the train and let it finish to the final brakes is beyond me. They ended up pulling the people off with a cherry picker.

Jeff said:
And how exactly did they show that when the lift is enclosed?

I realized at as well after i posted that, but owell

So you just admitted you made something up?

The media goes to great lengths to blow up stories about roller coasters. A Invertigo type ride stop on its lift hill last summer and the news said that the riders were stranded over 200 feet above the ground. The ride was about 130 feet high. They made it sound like someone almost died on TTD when the cable incident occured. I'm backing up Joe here by saying the media many times lie or stretch the truth on these type of stories.

by "these types of stories" you mean everything they get their hands on.... The media has a habit of over-stating things because sensationalism sells papers and ads....Most people won't know any better anyways so they can get away with it.

Sky Ride is the worest to be on when it comes to a power outage because of the need to get maintance up their and management to assist in getting people off loaded plus the Cable cars off and hope that the Generatr

That serously needs a spell check.