CP Fun Facts

Did you know?

There are exactly 220 steps to Raptor's lift hill
The "chain" that takes you up the lift hill is called the "pick up chain"
Those "seagulls" you ALWAYS hear at the picnic pavillon and at Maggie's platform are just recordings of seagulls
You can't buy gum ANY where at the park
You can buy cigarettes (blech) at the marina store for $5.00 pack (yikes!)
Before park opens in the a.m. ALL the toilet paper is removed and the bathroom is literally "hosed" down
Think MF is fast? The trains actually have the capability (given the space and time) to reach speeds of over 100mph

Don't worry, there's no test on any of this!! :)

Jo
2000 Raptor Crew
Gemini 100 "Survivor"
Po!nter Girl-FOREVER! :)
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Cowboys dig cowgirls in trucks
Cowgirls dig cowboys in Wranglers ;)

One word, impressive :)

Isn't there a gumball machine in front of Pagoda?

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Virtual Midway
http://www.virtualmidway.com

Exactly HOW do they hose down toilet paper? Doesn't it get all soggy and ruined? I've been inside the bathrooms near Soak City and Challenge Park that's located inthe parking lot... empty with toilet paper everywhere!? Strange...
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"Ugh..."

LuvRaptor said:
"Before park opens in the a.m. ALL the toilet paper is removed and the bathroom is literally "hosed" down."

Read it more carefully, that would be a mess if they did though, wouldn't it? :)

It takes 8 hours or more to clean the park after each day. From Midnight to about 9am with a break (of course).. This includes changing trash bags, dumping all the dumpsters to picking up miscellaneous debris. Now that's impressive, having worked this job myself.

The official job description is here... Night Trash Removal in Center of Page.

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Mill Force - 25 laps (1 lap in a cold light snow 10-27-2001)
Magnum - 15
Gotta love that airtime on Blue Streak...

...which is sadly one of the few things that the Discovery Channel missed on World's Largest Amusement Park.

Imagine how long the show would be if they included all of these fun facts! :)

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Force Laps: 424
Wicked Twists: ???
6/11/01: Gemini 100

There is also a gum ball machine in the Power Station as well as outside Pagoda.
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DanielHaverlock
Magnum Count: 2166
www.spiritofthepoint.com

"It takes 8 hours or more to clean the park after each day"

I wonder how long it takes if they don't nap? Not that I ever saw that while working my overnight landscaping shift :)

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Virtual Midway
http://www.virtualmidway.com

Oh we never pulled up a bench, or parked our trucks... He he Neither did the manager either.... :)
Anyways I had to wake up a ticket person in a ticket booth before. But for kindness I won't tell where I did that at..

*** This post was edited by flisk on 12/2/2001. ***

Has any one ever got a gumball from those machines? I personally have not.

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Force Laps: 424
Wicked Twists: ???
6/11/01: Gemini 100

AHA! I know what Dan's talking about... I remember cuz my sister wanted a quarter while I was in the pagoda to get gum.... ahhh memories....

I personally think the Discovery Show would be alot more interesting if they had those fun facts.

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Tommy Penner - Future 2002 Season Pass Holder
BEST PRODUCT PLACEMENT! http://coolforce.tycoonplanet.com
MF count: 1, going for 2000

LuvRaptor said:
Did you know?
There are exactly 220 steps to Raptor's lift hill
Those "seagulls" you ALWAYS hear at the picnic pavillon and at Maggie's platform are just recordings of seagulls

I counted 289 stairs to the top of Magnum's lift. Shari counted 288. Andy says it is 289. Whatever number Frank was giving in his spiels WAS a bunch of bull. :)
As for the seagulls being a recording, tell that to somone (me) who got crapped on by them three times this season! I think that tied for the lead in that department.

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-Matt
2001 Magnum Crew

*** This post was edited by MDOmnis on 12/3/2001. ***

Nightime landscaping....now THAT would be a job I'd love. Maybe I'll have to check that out after I retire from my current job in 3 years.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

You can also get smokes at the Campground store if I remember correctly..

I DO reemember that if you're doing a night-time photo shoot of a VertiGo construction. Make sure to bring enough film as the price in the campground store is ABSOLUTLY INSANE (no pun intended, ok.. yeah it was).

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One of us.. One of us..
Officially Approved..
June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100

OK-I've been corrected on the gum issue, I completely forgot about those gumball machines outside! (Wonder how many times I had passed them?) Rob I know that a small thing of bologna in the campground store was almost 4.00 so I imagine the film would be just as INSANE! I could never be THAT hungry or desperate for pictures!

Jo
2000 Raptor Crew
Gemini 100 "Survivor"
Po!nter Girl-FOREVER! :)
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Cowboys dig cowgirls in trucks
Cowgirls dig cowboys in Wranglers! ;)

OldCPer said:
Nightime landscaping....now THAT would be a job I'd love.

Is that like Night Putting with the Dean's daughter? :)
"I ain't payin' no 50 cent for no Coke." "Ah, then you ain't gettin' no Coke."

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Mr. Skyward is my hero.
Trying to be like RGR,
"Call me WinAmp, 'cause I whip the Llama's Ass."
BHG:"If I don't believe in myself would that be blasphemy?"

It's insane even for the cheap 200 speed stuff. 400 speed is around $13 for a roll. That's sick becuase you can get two of those 4 roll packs for just a little more money.

pretty simple idea though...

Location.. location.. location..

It's a captive market.. I KNOW I would have missed some good photo's if I had run to Meijer to get the film. So I refer to it as a "convenience fee"

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One of us.. One of us..
Officially Approved..
June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100