It's a little breezy up there...

Loopy

Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:18 PM
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So I'm sure this has been asked before but my Google searchfu is lacking this early on a Saturday morning.

We have people here that have worked, I'm guessing, almost every coaster in the park. Hypothetically speaking, if it were a beautiful day with no precipitation, and the wind was high, how high does it have to be to shut down particular rides?

We know Space Spiral and Sky Ride shut down when someone sneezes the wrong way but as for the coasters? Is there a particular wind speed that shuts them down? Is it direction? Just curious if anyone knows.


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Ricko77

Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:45 PM

With gusts up to 55 mph things do not sound too good.

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MillenniumMan1287

Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:15 PM

I believe Dragster shuts down if the winds are at 35 mph or greater at the top of the tower. Raptor also shuts down in high winds, but I don't know the exact speed.


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Brian Noble

Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:21 PM

Raptor also depends on the wind direction, but I don't recall the details.

If I were going today (and I am) I would expect to enjoy the Halloweekends shows and the flats, and not be on too many coasters. Sunday might be more of the same, but not quite as bad.

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Gerg

Saturday, October 28, 2006 4:43 PM

Don't forget about Fright Zone, CarnEvil, or Fear Faire tonight. Those will be horrible with these wind gusts.


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Jason Hammond

Saturday, October 28, 2006 5:31 PM
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I belive Skyride doesn't take much wind to shut down.


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brieeee

Saturday, October 28, 2006 6:39 PM

Skyride shuts down with a wind of 20mph.

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Loopy

Saturday, October 28, 2006 6:57 PM
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Loopy said:We know Space Spiral and Sky Ride shut down when someone sneezes the wrong way but as for the coasters?

hehe


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Gomez

Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:23 PM
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The direction of wind has a lot to do with it as well. If gust wind are coming directly off of Sandusky Bay, Raptor shuts down right away.


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TOPGUN1993

Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:44 PM
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What rides have a chance of closing tommorow?


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brieeee

Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:54 PM

All depends on how windy it is.

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Loopy

Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:07 PM
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So we're not really positive what it takes to shut down any particular rides other than Sky Ride.

35 mph is the believed wind speed to shut down Dragster and wind direction has bearing on Raptor, but as for speeds no one really knows?


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TOPGUN1993

Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:16 PM
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It's now 6:15 and I just saw TTD and MF go over the top on FunCam. And its really windy.


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Loopy

Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:31 PM
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That's a good sign!


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TOPGUN1993

Saturday, October 28, 2006 11:07 PM
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On the CP websight the wind is going to be between 17mph and 23mph. Although that could change.


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brieeee

Saturday, October 28, 2006 11:49 PM

TTD is currently down due to high winds

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Jeremy Sell

Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:29 AM

TTD, MF, Magnum, Mantis, and Mean Streak were all running earlier today (Saturday 12-3pm) and it was really windy. I think Raptor was the only one down for wind then.

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TTD 120mph

Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:38 AM
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Dragster's running right now.....though the winds arent really blowing that hard. I sure hope tomorrow shapes up better than the what the predictions are showing.


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DBCP

Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:32 AM

Yeah, TTD opened around 7 or 8 this evening. As of when I left at 10:30, they were only loading 4 people per train.

WildCat, Raptor, Sky Ride, Space Spiral, and the Giant Wheel, and Wave Swinger were all down to weather, although WildCat, Raptor, and Wave Swinger opened around 9.


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Ryan06

Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:38 AM
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I got in line for TTD around 9:30pm when they just started letting people on, only loading 4 people per train in the first two rows. (because of the wind?) I was so mad, it would have been over an hour wait, I was standing just before the ramp. So I didn't get to ride.

But they were testing it earlier around 6:30pm, some I seen at 127mph and not making it over yet people stood there all day waiting for it to open. At least it wasn't as crowded as last saturday.


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