High Winds

Generally, the following weather conditions will affect the listed rides and attractions:

High winds:
Demon Drop, Gemini, Giant Wheel, Magnum XL-200, Mantis, Mean Streak, Millennium Force, Power Tower, Raptor, Sky Ride, Space Spiral, Top Thrill Dragster, Snoopy Bounce (in Camp Snoopy), RipCord (in Challenge Park) and Zoom Flume (in Soak City).

That's very interesting and I wasnt aware that was even on the site. But thats what was puzzling to me out of all those rides , MF , PT , Mantis were running that day and the others werent ,that was the whole purpose of my ? And It was definitely in the high wind category that day .I also expierenced my first ride on MF while It was raining ,WOW! a little painful but still extremely fun and fast ...lol .

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TheOne001 said:
...but one major reason why raptor is so touchy with the winds is in fact due to the fact that it will roll back down the hill back into the station, yes you will say it can't because it has anti-roll backs on the hill, yes, it does, but they aren't strong enough to hold the train on there with high winds...

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Maybe I just haven't been getting my information from the right sources, but I've never heard of that before.

Each train has four anti-rollbacks, and all four engage if the train should stop for any reason. For one of those to disengage in a high wind situation, I bet the train would need a good 4" of lateral sway. Now, for only the train to have that much sway right about the level of the wheels seems kinda improbable to me. The trains don't have that much play with the track to begin with, so I can't see where they'd get that much travel from. Just about all the major rides would be closed in a situation with wind strong enough to come close to doing this, (water spouts) so I don't really seee where the problem is.

The only places we ever had to worry about the wind was the turn into the mid-course brake and the loop. Again, mabye I'm wrong about this, but that's just my two cents.

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TheOne001 said:

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Pete said:
Sorry, but wind does not cause problems with trains climbing the lift hill. Raptor is sensitive to wind if it blows in a certain direction and will valley (roll back) if conditions are right. Going up the lift hill is not an issue since it is powered.

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Um raptor does have a problem going up the hill and roll backs, but one major reason why raptor is so touchy with the winds is in fact due to the fact that it will roll back down the hill back into the station, yes you will say it can't because it has anti-roll backs on the hill, yes, it does, but they aren't strong enough to hold the train on there with high winds, the worse thing is and one reason i am guessing why B&M hasn't built a coaster since Mantis is because they said tough we aren't gonna fix the problem. so yes it has a problem with rollback, on the lift none the less!

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The only place near the lift where Raptor can roll back is that very little hill directly out of the station before the actual lift hill. I don't know if it ever did do that however.

The comment about the train rolling back on the lift and the anti-rollbacks not being strong enough is wrong. I'm sorry, but that is just crap. If the train were to ever do that you would have multiple fatalities and international news coverage. It never happened and it never will, the B&M design is redundant and fail safe.

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but Ohio has Cedar Point and Put-In-Bay.
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That was passed on to me from my friend. he worked there and knows alot of managers, thats what he said, and i would belive him because he has nothing to hide or make up. the fact is that the anit-rollbakcs on Raptor aren't strong enough to withstand the pressure from the lake eire winds, other B&M coasters might not have this problem cause they aren't built on the great lakes, where the winds are stronger then most places, alsmot hurricane like. It isn't common knowledge about the anti-rollbakcs on Raptor, it isn't cause they are not safe, just if winds hit is directly at a good speed, which it does, it will cause them to fail under that much pressure. that is how it was explained to me. take it or leave, but yeah i can see it having problems with during the circuit, but most of the wind come head on at the lift.

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Ed Markey is my anti-drug.
Rollercoasters have proven to cause brain damage in stupid politicians.

trips to CP:6 Dragster:2 MFer:6 Magnum: 13 Running with the bulls for a 15 minutes dragster wait, Must be June!

Is your friend the Lemon Chill Guy, by any chance?

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It's not war, famine, or pestilence; it's only downtime.

I miss the Lemon Chill Guy. I haven't talked to him in a long time.

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Brian Noble said:
Is your friend the Lemon Chill Guy, by any chance?

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Nope he was a guesser and has many friends at the Point who are managers, not seasonal employees. He worked there along time ago in the mid 80's and is still friends with some of the people who were managers, and people who have become managers over the years, he is over 30 and doesn't need to tell stories to feel "cool", i would believe him over alot of people on this board, just because he has proven to me that he isn't a liar, and doesn't need to impress me with cool stories that hold no water. If his info is wrong it is only because the managers of the park are also wrong.

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Ed Markey is my anti-drug.
Rollercoasters have proven to cause brain damage in stupid politicians.

trips to CP:6 Dragster:2 MFer:6 Magnum: 13 Running with the bulls for a 15 minutes dragster wait, Must be June!

I admire your loyalty. Not sharing it, I'll choose to believe the former Raptor op, among others.

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It's not war, famine, or pestilence; it's only downtime.

Not that I'm an expert on it or anything, but last time I was there the employees said the winds were 60+ mph at 200' and power tower was still open. Did you know the cars can shake at the top? Neither did I. Come to think of it, demon drop was open too. That's about it though.

--James

another thing is that say the wind is 20 mph from some direction, we were there one day and all the bigger rides were shut down, the 20 mph wind was a 70 mph wind on the top of the magnum, not even the tallest rollercoaster. Come on people stop *****in, that day we were there when alot was shut down, we got to ride all the rides that were open about 10 times, and it was walk right on, take advantage of that at least. The park only does that for your safety, if you wanna get injured well hey go jump of the bridge into the river, no one will be responsible for that

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speedfreak said:
we were there one day and all the bigger rides were shut down, the 20 mph wind was a 70 mph wind on the top of the magnum, not even the tallest rollercoaster. Come on people stop *****in,

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I think you missed what the topic is about , no ones ****in about those rides being closed ,it's about how certain ones can run in high winds and others cannot , example : MF and Mantis running , Raptor and Magnum not !