Marathons

when do u know when they are gonna have ride marathons?

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Cedar Point America's Roller Coast!

Ride Marathons aren't usually park sponsored or sponsored by GTTP if thats what you mean. If people are planning on marathoning a ride they post a topic on it here and see if people want to do it with them, other times people just do it on a spur of the moment thing. Hope I helped.

~Chip Force

They have been big this year. Mostly sparked by the Gemini 100. This Demon Drop thing is a sore back waiting to happen...

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Live for FUN!

Don't let life fly by.

The Gemini 100 was a success because of one reason: Capacity. That's why the DT 80 failed. It doesn't have the capacity Gemini has. No coaster at CP does.

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MF Laps: 2
Raptor Laps: 3
Magnum Laps: 2
Power Tower Launches: 1
Power Tower Drops: 1

You're selling those folks short, ddogg. While the group couldn't have done 100 on another coaster, attributing the success to "one reason" just ain't right.

I'm not sure of exact numbers, but roughly 2/3 of those who started dropped out at some point. So it was a success because those who finished had the endurance to do so.

Something like that doesn't just happen when a bunch of people show up at the park one day and say "Let's do it". So it was a success because of the planning that went into it.

My understanding is that as the day went on, the ride ops got into the quest and kept the spirits of the riders up through the grueling 70's and 80's. So it was a success in part because of the ops.

I applaud the folks who did the G-100, mainly because I don't think I'd have the stamina to finish. Capacity? Yep, it's a requirement, but only one of many (and several that I didn't list here)

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Duane Cahill
Outplay, Outwit, Outlast

Thanks :)

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I rode Magnum 5 times and MF once with Robin Innes.
Gemini 100
It's Dan K's fault.

Gemini 100 was so much fun!!

Honestly, I never went through a time during it where I was tired or sick or didn't want to do it anymore. The night before I thought I didn't want to, but I loved it!

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Natalie
Mine Ride '99 (RIDE MINE!)
Thunder Canyon '00 (TC2K 0\/\/Nx0rZ j00!)
Mine Ride ATL '01

Gemini 100--another CP memory forever in my heart!
:)
Glad daughter and I did it
even better that we BOTH finished!! :)

Jo
2000 Raptor Crew
2001 Raptor Crew
Gemini 100 "Survivor"
Po!nter Girl-FOREVER! :)
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If I cant ride it, rope it, pull a trailer behind it, then I dont want it!! Cowgirl up!!

Thanks.

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daniel j. haverlock
'01 magnum: 430
"All I see is water"

I wish I could have been there. I'll have to just do it on my own one day I suppose...