Midnight Testing??

Back in 1989 when I went to CP with my famly I was like,6. Anyway, we stayed at Camper Village and my dad said around 3 in the morning he heard a loud roaring that woke him up, he walked outside and noticed they were running Magnum. Does CP do most of thier testing and matinice(sp?)during the late hours of the night??
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August 20 will be the day I go "Full Force" for the first time!! :) ;) :(

I'm not sure about CP, but we just camped back in June at PKI. Our spot was right by Top Gun and around 4:00am in the morning they were running it, including an annoying alarm. Ten minutes later, it was over. The next night, the same thing only around 5:00am.

The mechanics start their daily testing, and checking of the rides at about 4 or 5 in the morning. That's why you heard the coasters running that early in the morning.


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Mantis How Much Can You Stand?

I seem to remember that because of guest complaints in Camper Village, there was a policy to not run Magnum until 7am. But that was a few years ago and my memory is fading. In the park, depending on maintenance schedules, work that needs to be done, etc., rides are run off and on all night.

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Cedar Point Virtual Midway
http://www.schmidty.com/cpvirtual

Sure thing the rides are run at night. That's when the maintenance crews will transfer trains if needed, replace brakes, and all those other little niceties. Then they run a few laps to be sure all the parts are back in the right place, no big deal. *Grin*

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Disaster Transport '97 Crew
Iron Dragon '98 Crew

During the season CP runs maintenance 24hrs a day in 3 8 hrs shifts and in the winter its a normal 8 hr day....

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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html
http://www.msu.edu/~levydust/mf.html
mf laps = 36