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bholcomb

Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:51 AM
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Don't hold your breath.

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ForgottenEE

Saturday, September 17, 2005 6:47 PM

Untill they get the parts, nothing will make the ride go up. Cedar Point has gotton burned several times trying to mod the hydraulics to run without a part or with damaged parts.

In this case, there really is no safe way to mod the system. I'm sure they could increase the pressure of the nitrogen in the two accumulators to over 500 bar when full. Then again they would probably end up with another broken gearbox as well as requiring a whole new set of pumps, motors, hoses, valves, oil for one side.

Again, untill they get the new parts, CP won't be able to do anything to make the ride run.

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wickeddragster88

Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:02 PM

I know that, its just the fact that wouldnt you think that the Intamin would rush the parts over???


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peacetrain

Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:03 PM

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Better check that warranty--lemme see, it was 5 years or 50,000 riders, whichever comes first, wasn't it?

;)


I got nothin'.

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TTD 120mph

Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:35 PM
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Boy this sure is depressing....

Don't hold your breath.

I'll hold my breath untill I turn blue!;)


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CPPD177

Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:43 PM

I'm going to CP tomorrow, and I'm 100% it will still be down since its a weekend.

Get to catch up with some fellow CPPD people though :)

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TTD 120mph

Saturday, September 17, 2005 11:52 PM
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See what they know!!!!

Just kidding.:)


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wickeddragster88

Sunday, September 18, 2005 4:34 AM

I have no idea, so what would that mean, would that mean that Cedar Point has to get the part from somewhere else???


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TTD 120mph

Sunday, September 18, 2005 4:54 AM
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Don't quote me on this but, if the part is entirely shot(broken), then it will have to be replaced by Intamin. Which means that they have to make the part then ship it. Depending on how big the part is, it could take as long as a couple of weeks to make and a couple of days to ship.


Again, that's just my guess.


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wickeddragster88

Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:37 AM

that sounds like a pretty good guess to me


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Millennium Force 101

Sunday, September 18, 2005 1:16 PM

When Delerium broke down it took almost all season to get the part from Germany. I'm guessing TTD wont be open again until next year.


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TTD 120mph

Sunday, September 18, 2005 2:30 PM
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It all depends.....

GET A MOVE-ON INTAMIN!!!!:)


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alwaysdreamin

Sunday, September 18, 2005 8:10 PM

I did hear from my dad(I don't know who he heard from) that it might be opening around the end of this month. Let's hope he heard right!

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wickeddragster88

Monday, September 19, 2005 12:14 AM

For real, that would be so cool.

I am going this coming weekend and again twice in Oct, lets hope that it opens soon.


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Matt D

Monday, September 19, 2005 12:20 AM

wow top thrill down, go figure, i would be more excited if the ride actually worked.


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TTD 120mph

Monday, September 19, 2005 3:15 AM
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You better change that tone Matt.:)

Seriously though, it’s been running well this year. Compared to 04.......better yet 03, it's been down only a few times this year (though for a descent time). The days it has been running, it ran with almost near perfection and capacity.
But if you experienced something different during one of your visits, then I'm sorry.

alwaysdreamin, If your dad is right.....you will be the coolest person in my book. :D


*** Edited 9/19/2005 3:16:33 AM UTC by TTD 120mph***


-Adam G- The OG Dragster nut

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Shawn Meyer

Monday, September 19, 2005 3:34 AM

Yeah Adam is right dude, the only time I really seen it break down was opening day, and it was down for like an hour I think. Another time I went it was running all day but the next day I had to work, but found out that Dragster was stuck on the top for like 25 minutes or so.

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wickeddragster88

Monday, September 19, 2005 3:53 AM

this ride would be so cool if it was runnng for this coming weekend or at worst like alwaysdreamin said the end of the month


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CPPD177

Monday, September 19, 2005 5:09 AM

Intamin keeps a small stock of parts for TTD and Kingda Ka...

It may be too bulky to send via air here, so it may be boat... and that will take weeks.

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TTD 120mph

Monday, September 19, 2005 5:44 AM
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Intamin keeps spare parts? Cool!
That makes it allot easier....except for the whole being shipped by boat thing.


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