Cp's current coaster height

Can someone tell me the current height of the coaster as of 10-19-02?

I think that it is around 300ft at this moment.

Can anyone confirm this?

Cant confirm it but I can give a guesstimate of about 260' give or take a few. Just from what I have seen and studied, and I have been nit-picking this thing since it started I can give you that number and say its pretty accurate.

My guesstimation would be: Being this is a Swiss company I would think they are using the metric system….One beam is 10 meters long which is roughly 33 feet in length(I came to this conclusion by looking at a previous picture of beams in the parking lot…A couple of shots show some beams and they cover a little over 3 parking spaces in the lot)…As of right now their are 7 beams on the tower which gives us a height of 231 feet(7 x 33 feet)…Also, notice there is a small beam on the tower which is roughly 4 meters long which is roughly 13 feet long….Also, it seems the structure is at least 5 feet off the ground according to the height of the footer…Putting these figures together gives us 231 + 13 + 5 = 249 feet…Lets just say 250 feet for now…Two more catwalks will be added according tolast week observers because as of last week 3 catwalks were on site and they have added one this week…In order to add 2 more catwalks at least 2 more beams needs to be added to the tower and possibly three…Along with the two beams at least one small beam needs to be added as well…Based on this information 9 beams x 33 feet = 297 feet + 26 feet(2 small beams) + 5 feet(footer) = 328 feet for height of tower……If you add 10 beams that would equal 361 feet for height of tower…The tophat on Xcelerator is roughly 60-70 feet on top of the structure beams…..Just my guesstimation….Good luck…

Here is a picture I took today from about 6 miles away. It didn't turn out very well, so I didn't put it on my web site. But it might be helpful for those wondering how tall it is.

http://www.virtualmidway.com/973.jpg

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Virtual Midway
http://www.virtualmidway.com

Wow... I just realized it is that high
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Nice white capping going on today...it was pretty windy. So around 260 ft is where I'd put it...and with 3 more catwalks + the stairs that will parallel the tophat, we've got a long way to go!

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June 28th: LocoBazooka Tour (Sevendust headlining)
July 11th: Korn, Puddle of Mudd, and Deadsy

Yea....and there will be a slowdown in the construction of the tower, Because we only got 1 1/2 sections to go before the cranes hieght will be maxed out....they'll probably bring new ones in, or add extentions to the current cranes. Whatever they will do it will probably take a day or 2.

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- Dennis

And by the time that happens, our only source to see what's going on will be the webcam...only 4 days of the season left, in 7 days we start the long off season.

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June 28th: LocoBazooka Tour (Sevendust headlining)
July 11th: Korn, Puddle of Mudd, and Deadsy

My off season started August 21 :(

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Tommy Penner - Variable X
Cedar Point FanBoy since 2001. || Cruiser Boy since 2002.
"Pessimistic people are the happiest people on the planet. They're either right or pleasantly surprised."

Yea, MillenniumRideR.....same here, my last trip to CP was on august 21st. But i did get to touch the track. :)

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- Dennis

It's felt like the off-season for me since before that, but luckily I'll get back there again this Friday...not a lor of daylight to check stuff out, but definitely nice to get back there.

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June 28th: LocoBazooka Tour (Sevendust headlining)
July 11th: Korn, Puddle of Mudd, and Deadsy

Based on the Virtual Midway picture taken from 6 miles away, and knowing how high the Power Tower is (300ft to the top of the arch, 240ft to the top of the towers), I would doubt that the top of the new tower is much above 250ft.

At 6 miles, the difference in the distance to each of the rides becomes more or less irrelevant - so we can use the known heights on the Power Tower to make a very accurate guesstimate of the height of the new ride.

Keep those pics coming!

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Steve

Found the Point in 2002 and love it!

But I believe the towers are in front of the supports, correct? SO since the supports aren't standing right next to power tower, it'll look shorter. There was a picture that showed it wtih Raptor. By then, it was already breaking 150, but it was shown shorter than Raptor due to being way behind it. So you gotta give it some extra feet.

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Gemini - Your "long shot" from 6 miles is excellent!! You SHOULD add it to your website !!!!

I agree with Panman that at this kind of distance, the relative depth of field of the various rides is irrelevent. If you print this picture out and strike a horizon line at the water level and then begin to compare the heights of the various rides, you will quickly conclude that the nominal height of the highest horizontal pieces on #16 are just about equal to the Magnum's main hill (or ~200 feet).

Cp Rider - If your theory was correct (and it's not), then #16 would appear TALLER when compared to Magnum which in this picture is "behind" #16.

Bottom Line: I am now willing to concede that the nominal height of the four main sections that are completed is about 200 feet. The maximum height of the cranes would STILL suggest that this ride can't get to be much higher than 300 to 350 feet.

Magnum is to the right, and not that far back if im not mistaken. Isn't the constrcution near there? It sure is closer than the tower is to raptor.

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OMG! The Space Spiral is leaning!!" Must be the weight of that new air conditioning system everyone keeps hypothesizing about...

I would have to agree with CoasterBob. I had the privilege to go to the point this past week-end and ride the Magnum. When we crest the top of the hill I was able to see the top of #16 evenly. The ride, (with the completed sections) is only 200 feet. if anyone wants to disagree, (and i'm not trying to start an arguement) if your able to go to the point, ride the Magnum, turn around as your going up the hill and you'll see what i'm talking about.

so we can say that each completed section is 50 ft in height.

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When you are looking at things that are so far apart, it's so hard to tell the height relationship. For example, I too rode Magnum yesterday and looked behind me at the tower, and to me it seemed a little taller than Magnum. I also looked at it from the top of MF and it looked much taller than Magnum. Then on the way out I looked at it both from the causeway and the Edison Bridge and it looked just a little shorter than Power Tower.

The eyes can be deceiving...

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Franklyn - Thanks for the support of my logical conclusions.

Gemini - It sure looks like your photo was taken from an angle that would be approximately parallel to the causeway. My guess is that it was taken from that hotel where there is a Friday's (I think it is the Radisson). Am I close?

CP Bound - If I am right about the location where the photo was taken, then I am pretty sure that the tower is definitely closer to the camera than the main hill on Magnum. Take a look at the CP Park Map to see if you agree whether this makes sense or not. You also have to look at the relationship between the various large rides (PT, WT, Maggie, Space Needle, #16).

Given the fact that we are looking at the Beach side of the Point in the photo, I would say that it was more likely taken from somewhere near the beach in Huron or perhaps near the condos at the opposite end of the pennisula.

CWD

About how high the ride will ultimately be: I still believe it will be 400+ feet. So the current cranes can't reach that high, but they can add extensions, or bring in new ones.

So, what's the one thing that leaves me convinced this new ride will shatter all other rides in terms of height? Look at any of the other big rides like MF or Magnum. Their big hills are supported by conventional box truss. Now look at that tower. You can see it's unlike anything you've ever seen before at CP or possibly any amusement park. Why would Intamin design a tower w/ such huge supports spaced so far apart? Because it has to go up higher than any other ride has before, and at the height this new ride will go to, it is probably impractical from a cost/performance standpoint to use conventional box truss. Yes, this tower is supporting a top-hat which undergoes more force than a lift-hill does, but Xcelerator's top-hat is only supported by WT-style supports at the bottom half, while the top half is unsupported. Considering the sheer size of this tower going up, this new ride will be much higher and faster than any existing ride of its kind.