MF BREAKDOWN 5/12/05

Someone has the Funcoast cam on the lift hill. The train is still stuck on the hill. I also have heard the cable snapped, it was on the 6pm news from what I was told. None of the Toledo news channel's websites have anything on it yet.

Please prove that the lift cable snaped again.

2nd request.

MrScott

It was just on Action News (Very unreliable) but still is the news.

Word from the park is that last night, one of the trains on the Millennium Force stopped approximately 3/4 of the way up the lift hill because the catchcar became detached from the train.

They used the funicular to bring the guests back down into the station. Everything went according to plan and no one was hurt. It took them approximately one hour to get everyone down safely.

Millennium Force was closed due to weather as of this afternoon.

We were at the park today. Magnum was also closed for weather and it looked like Gemini was also not running. I assume wind, as there was a stiff breeze off the lake, but I'm not sure.

*** Edited 5/12/2005 11:40:09 PM UTC by Walt***

Thanks, Walt. I hope it's up torrow morning. I'll be there by 10...

MrScott

Everything went according to plan and no one was hurt.

I knew it.... It was a conspiracy by Cedar Point....LOL jk!

TTD 120mph said:
Thank God for anti-rollback devices.

Why thank god? You don't think they would build a ride without anti-rollbacks, do you?

I had to laugh when I saw this on the news tonight. Wilma Smith did her best to make "stuck on the lift" sound as dramatic as possible, in her best "plane crash" voice.

She's a freaking robot, I swear.

From what I heard, Walt is correct. Dragster didn't run until about 3 or 4 pm. Iron Dragon was having lift hill problems. Wicked Twister was up and down all day.

Basically, the only big rides than ran reliably today were Raptor(Which surprised me because of how fast the winds were), Mantis (Although it had at least 3 or 4 seatbelt stoppages), Wildcat, and Blue Streak.

Pete said:

TTD 120mph said:
Thank God for anti-rollback devices.

Why thank god? You don't think they would build a ride without anti-rollbacks, do you?

I actually meant it in general. "Good thing coasters have anti-rollback devices.", "It's a good thing anti-rollback devices were invented for coasters." take your pic. But you know where I'm getting at, right?. Without them, there would be alot of...........well you know.

And that's why I "thank God". *** Edited 5/13/2005 9:40:00 PM UTC by TTD 120mph***

I know Millennium Force has anti-rollbacks, but how is the lift so silent unlike all the others with chain lifts? What makes it different?

The anti-rollbacks have a magnetic field which will hold the actual catch off the track. When the magnetic field collapses, the devices go down. While the train is moving, the magnetic field is present.

I've always wanted to know how it worked.

Thanks bholcomb *** Edited 5/14/2005 5:19:14 PM UTC by TTD 120mph***

Is Millennium Force up and running today or are they still working on it?