2007 TTD status: Day to Day

TTD 120mph

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:35 PM
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No!.........well ok yeah I will.:D


-Adam G- The OG Dragster nut

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TTD 120mph

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 2:40 AM
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Any reports today? We got hit by a decent storm today so I'm assuming the same did for CP.


-Adam G- The OG Dragster nut

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AlbertY

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:16 AM

It was hit and miss in the morning because of the high winds (I only saw it run a few times), but later in the day it seemed to be running more consistently. I left at 3:30pm, so not sure about after that. The weather was beautiful up to that point, although a touch on the hot side.

..Al

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0g

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 11:52 AM

TTD 120 - You seem to have the magic touch with Dragser this year. Opening day seems to be the best Dragster has had so far. The train you were on in the morning, was the only in a series that didn't roll back. Dragster seems to want to run better when you're around.

*** Edited 5/16/2007 11:55:33 AM UTC by 0g***

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Jeff Young

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:16 PM

Don't tell him that....it gives him an excuse to be an even bigger fanboy. :)


Jeff Young

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TTD 120mph

Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:38 PM
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lol I boast about that anyway.
Being Dragsters biggest fan, it automatically acts better whenever I’m around. And if she does act up, all I have to do is sternly say "Dragster!" and then she runs again. I’m what you would call the "Dragster whisperer".;)


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Jakyl25

Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:33 PM

Boy, this is going to make Adam jealous...

Went yesterday, 5/16. I only rode Dragster once, because the line was 45 minutes to an hour long all day.

Anyway, when I finally did get in line to ride it, it was running fine, probably because they weren't loading people in the last car of any train. Once I got near the platform, they started letting people in those cars again, and started getting rollbacks/near rollbacks and mechanical downtime.

I waited for about 20 minutes on the platform for second car/first row. Finally, we got on the gold train, and eventually launched...

...and we didn't make it! A ride op came out to ask if everyone still wanted to ride (possibly slyly trying to make the train lighter). We did. We launched again...

...and we didn't make it! A double rollback! Third time was the charm, though, but it was awesome, like a ridiculously huge Wicked Twister.

Your body starts to get adjusted to TTD after three consecutive launches.

This was only my third time ever riding Dragster, too. And my fourth. And my fifth. :-)
*** Edited 5/17/2007 3:37:02 PM UTC by Jakyl25***

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Josh M.

Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:49 PM
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Oooooh.... the elusive "double rollback." I really was hoping for one of those on Monday morning, but alas my luck was not as good as yours...


Ripcord Crew 2002 / MF Crew 2004

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TTD 120mph

Thursday, May 17, 2007 6:27 PM
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You guys can go ::censors::. :)


-Adam G- The OG Dragster nut

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Jakyl25

Thursday, May 17, 2007 8:08 PM

I wonder what the record is for most consecutive rollbacks?

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TTD 120mph

Thursday, May 17, 2007 8:23 PM
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The most I've seen at one time was 4.


-Adam G- The OG Dragster nut

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Daniel Smith

Friday, May 18, 2007 1:16 AM
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I was there on half day Monday, two full days Tuesday and Wednesday. Monday it was closed when we got there around 4 o'clock, but opened up a little past 6pm. Tuesday, it ran in the morning up till around little past noon, then didn't see it run till the later hours. Wednesday it ran better, not to many break downs but the line made it not worth the wait.

But got two rides in, first one was just after it opened back up. We waited 10 mins for it.


Quote from a Corkscrew ride op, "And Dragster is down again"

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Mark Small

Friday, May 18, 2007 1:42 AM
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Josh M. said:
Oooooh.... the elusive "double rollback." I really was hoping for one of those on Monday morning, but alas my luck was not as good as yours...

Well, guess luck was on my side today. I got my first double rollback on the first train of the day! :) And another rollback on my last ride before I left around 5pm.

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Daniel Smith

Friday, May 18, 2007 3:00 AM
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Mark Small said:


Josh M. said:
Oooooh.... the elusive "double rollback." I really was hoping for one of those on Monday morning, but alas my luck was not as good as yours...

Well, guess luck was on my side today. I got my first double rollback on the first train of the day! :) And another rollback on my last ride before I left around 5pm.

Lucky ;). *** Edited 5/19/2007 3:17:07 AM UTC by Daniel Smith***


Quote from a Corkscrew ride op, "And Dragster is down again"

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Kunpc1

Friday, May 18, 2007 4:59 AM

Hey Mark! We were on the same train! My girlfriend and I were in the second row! Haven't been to the Point since 2003, only got to ride 2 times then, no rollbacks. That double rollback this morning definately was worth the wait!

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scttmn31

Friday, May 18, 2007 7:07 PM

Thurs. May 17th:

Up all day. Only loaded first couple of rows most of the day, a lot of rollbacks.


-Scott Wilson
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ramboozle

Saturday, May 19, 2007 2:42 AM

So I think TTD ran pretty well today, wouldn't you say Adam? Good seein ya, btw. Heres to many more last trains.


Hail to the Victors

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TTD 120mph

Saturday, May 19, 2007 3:53 AM
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Terrific day today! 3 rides total.
I know she went down for a little bit due to a brake on the launch but that was easily fixed. But other than that, she ran great!

Last train of the day ROCKED!!!
Oh and great meeting you again ramboozle.


-Adam G- The OG Dragster nut

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TTD 120mph

Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:30 PM
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::BUMP::
So it seems (by watching the cleveland cam yesturday, and today) that Dragster is running very well.

Dont forget to keep those reports coming.:)


*** Edited 5/20/2007 3:31:26 PM UTC by TTD 120mph***


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Brittany0121

Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:21 PM

Jakyl25 said:
Boy, this is going to make Adam jealous...

Went yesterday, 5/16. I only rode Dragster once, because the line was 45 minutes to an hour long all day.

Anyway, when I finally did get in line to ride it, it was running fine, probably because they weren't loading people in the last car of any train. Once I got near the platform, they started letting people in those cars again, and started getting rollbacks/near rollbacks and mechanical downtime.

I waited for about 20 minutes on the platform for second car/first row. Finally, we got on the gold train, and eventually launched...

...and we didn't make it! A ride op came out to ask if everyone still wanted to ride (possibly slyly trying to make the train lighter). We did. We launched again...

...and we didn't make it! A double rollback! Third time was the charm, though, but it was awesome, like a ridiculously huge Wicked Twister.

Your body starts to get adjusted to TTD after three consecutive launches.

This was only my third time ever riding Dragster, too. And my fourth. And my fifth. :-)
*** Edited 5/17/2007 3:37:02 PM UTC by Jakyl25***

I was walking by Dragster when this happened. I was going to Magnum. My boyfriend and I was like 'whoa two rollbacks'. He was ready to run to it and I was like 'Oh Lord Please NOO'. The thought of a rollback scares me silly.

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