Does an "Official" POV video Exist?

In light of the removal of the "heartline roll" and its' replacement with an "S" curve, I was wondering if, during testing, a front seat POV video was made. They exist for pretty much every other coaster at CP, and I assume most were made during testing before the ride opened to the public. It would definitely be cool to see how things were "supposed" to look at actual speed with the original track configuration before the changes were made. From the litttle bits of video that I've been able to find on this site, it really looks like the train was going faster than most expected from the tunnel launch through the "airtime" hill and down the banked curve leading into the "heartline" roll. Also, had any of the CP officials riden Maverick during testing? If so, I would definitely like to hear their description of the ride and the intensity of the tunnel launch on through the "heartline" roll.

There has not been such a thing released.

I believe Jeff said he was going to make this, but they canceled it in light of the heartline being removed. So the only POV you have is on CPs website - and it's computer generated.

The one train today had a bracket mounted on it for what I assume to be a camera.

And I'll tell you, after I saw how fast it went through that roll, there's no way I would have strapped my camera to that ride anyway!

Got a pic Andrew?

Yup. Right here: http://www.experiencethepoint.com/pov.jpg *** Edited 5/22/2007 4:15:35 AM UTC by Andrew***

ONE person HAS ridden it...Sandor

Are you serious? Did Sandor Kernacs actually ride it? Or are you joking?

There was an article yesterday (can't find it now), but it did say that a IntaRide official rode the ride and recommended the change. Sandor Kernacs is know for taking the first ride out on all of Intamin's (IntaRide's) rides.

I am serious cpthomas...Sandor has ridden it.

Really? He has? ;)

when will there be a pov?

When they shoot it. Here's some reverse POV from a very nice Web producer I met today...

http://blog.cleveland.com/interactive/2007/05/cedar_point.html

What does it take to play the video? Nothing comes up for me

It only works in IE. If you are using Firefox, nothing will come up.

People still use IE?

I hate websites that don't care to check cross-browser compatibility. Even if the majority of the internet is still using Internet Explorer.

^^
At least the IE plug in for FF.

*** Edited 5/31/2007 11:49:02 PM UTC by Loopy***

What's Firefox? ;)