Down?

I hear it is down due to a blown gear box.

Pity, pity.

Are you serious? Man, it better be up soon cause I'm going this freakin weekend!!

I can believe it. It was down all afternoon, and as I left this evening, I followed a crane that pulled into an access road under the ride. There were also a number of sups, higher ups, and maintenance around all evening. *** Edited 5/21/2006 3:59:47 AM UTC by DBCP***

Maybe if they're already pulling a crane out, then they should have it up quickly

Maybe, but they have a tendency to pull out parts as soon as they break, and don't wait until they have the new one to replace it with.

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/visit/today/index.cfm

if you take a look there on the CP page, it says on the right panel under Ride Availability that all the rides are scheduled to be open. But if you go under other future days that space doesn't appear.

I wonder if they'll already have it fixed today or if the page just isn't updated.

Carpy said:

I wonder if they'll already have it fixed today or if the page just isn't updated.

I heard that it is going to be awhile...

What a bummer. :(

On the website now it says that MF will not be running today May 21.... :-(

OMG,with memorial weekend comming up,this coudnt happen at a worse time,hopfully they can get it fixed by this weekend.

Oy... 2 weeks til coaster mania.

Well this is something new! :)

does anyone think it will be open by memorial day weekend? im going to c/p then and i dont want millennium to be down :(

Yeah, what they were doing last night and yesterday afternoon, didn't look like it was going to allow the ride to reopen today.

Just got back from the Point...

Yesterday evening around 6 PM the Red Train was stopped on the lift, just out of the station. The queues had been emptied, and the crew was no where to be seen. When I left the park last night, several cranes were under the lift. When I took one last lap around the park this afternoon there was still no crew, and a large metal cover of some sort was sitting under the lift. Im not sure what the exact problem but it looks like it may be a few days at least.

Hopefully it will just be a couple days. I'm sure CP would want it up for Memorial Day weekend. I'm leaving this Friday and will be there Saturday and Sunday and this is my favorite ride. Here's hoping...

I had heard from thepointol that the cable had snapped. I am not sure if this is true or not but it would explain alot.

Heading out WED and THU hope that it will be up!!

everything on here is lies.

well, most.

I was under the ride today, and the cable is fine.

also, that metal box under the lift? Its actually a huge wood frame that holds up the counterweight.

I talked to a few Blue tags today, and haven't heard 100% what is wrong (am I the ONLY person that will say i'm NOT SURE what it is?)

I have a feeling it might be something with the counterweight area, as there is a huge chain on top of the cable system holding something.

Its possible its the gear box, but I don't think so... if it was, how the heck did they get the train back down?

What one of the blue tags told me was that some sort of pivitol sensor blew and it might be running as early as Monday or Tuesday.

"everything on here is lies"

What?