Scanning the Point

Knowing what is going on when you are at the park can really help you navigate and make the best of your stay.

Carrying a hand held scanner with you when visiting Cedar Point will let you know which rides are not working, which bathrooms are smelly and how bad traffic is on the causeway.

In fact I get the most of my scanner at the park when bad weather moves in. They can literally close one section of the park and not the other, based on the weather conditions.

Once a ride gets a "signal 37" (order to close) we will know before the people at the ride gate do. In fact, we know 20 minutes ahead of time when it goes back online. (example Magnum drying time = 20 minutes)

The frequencies for Cedar Point are as follows:

151.685
154.515
461.3
463.6125
463.8625
464.2125
464.3125
464.375
464.4125
464.5125
464.575
464.6125
466.3
468.8625
469.2125
469.3125
469.4125
469.5125
469.6125

I am working on collecting all the signal codes, if someone could help me I would greatly appriciate it.

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"The place looks like something out of the Jetsons!"

I do the exact same thing. Only my Scanner stays in the car most of the day. I also only have ten frequencies down.

I honestly have gotten on every ride (excluding spinners and kiddies) in one day. Scanners help but I don't think it is necessary.

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Dispatch Master, This is Transport one! I'm losing control, I'm losing control!

I have a page of signal codes, but it is several years old.

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

Post it! Post it! ;)


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"The place looks like something out of the Jetsons!"

Let me rephrase ...

It's so old, I'm not even sure where it is.

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

I really would like to learn the code for, well, whenn some one pukes on a ride. LOL :%


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"The place looks like something out of the Jetsons!"

The frequency list has been posted on this site for quite some time. It's all public record, and you may listen at will but not divulge what you hear. The codes they use are proprietary information, and I'd rather you didn't post them.

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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point
Millennium Force laps: 35

Where on the site, Jeff?

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"Brian Griese was running as if his dad was chasing him with a stick"

Yeah, and what is a scanner?

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"Brian Griese was running as if his dad was chasing him with a stick"

A scanner is a electronic device that scans different readio frequenices and picks up the voice signal that people use with two way radios in the park or wherever. Its like your FM Stereo at home almost. And I never thought of using a scanner at CP, sounds useful to me, but it sounds almost too techincal for me, lol

The list is in the info section.

Scanners are as easy to operate as your car radio. They're useful for listening to all kinds of things, including police and fire, fast food joint radios, your neighbor's cordless phones (good fun when you live next to a frat house in college), baby monitors, etc. The thing I use mine for most is listening to amateur radio operators who act as storm spotters in severe weather.

You can get them at any store, though strangely enough they're the one thing that Radio Shack actually does well.

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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point
Millennium Force laps: 35