Now before you respond by saying "It wont happen" I brought up this topic because of the closing of SOB. What would your reaction be if MF had problems on opening day and they were forced to shut down do to safety reasons? With the reaction to SOB being a very negative feedback as far as problems go there is always the possibility of MF having problems. I just want to know if people would have the same reaction. Again, base it on if MF had to shut down.
I can only hope this doesnt happen, but if it does what can you really do?
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See my Po!nt?
"Dont post if there is nothing to post about"
I actually brought up that point in a thread on Coasterbuzz.
It will be very interesting to compare and contrast the response of Cedar Point with Paramount King's Island if Millenium Force suffers a gremlin invasion. It'll certainly be an opportunity for them to put their actions where their collective mouth is when it comes to dealing with the masses of disgruntled peeps that will result.
And yeah, Chitown, there's *always* the possibility that gremlins will invade. Millenium Force wasn't rushed through testing like Sonny was, but ANY new ride has a risk of gremlins when it starts full operation. That's the biggest test of all.
-- Cody Buchmann
buchmann.3@osu.edu
"ArchTeryx"
I think that CP's maintenance department is really on top of things when it comes to MF. Consider this, MF was completed way before SOB, therefore, was able to get a lot of testing time in to be assured that opening day problems would be minimal. I tend to think that PKI rushed through the testing phase to get it opened by their announcement date, thus shooting themselves in the foot.
Now granted, whether it be gremlins, or an act of God (i.e., lightning strike or water spout) that may cause a maintenance issue, I really do think that MF is ready!!
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Neil
The Dawn of the Millennium is upon us!!
Everyone, grab your season passes
and repent!!
Owwwy@shot in the foot
I agree, I think PKI is just in a race to beat Cedar Point. It is really sad. Millennium Force was started on first and is still being tested. Cedar Point should be given an award for safty, because I feel at all times Cedar Point is doing their best at keeping their rides up. Has there been a time where Cedar Point has a major ride down for a whole day?
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Millennium Force Ride Count:0
There is a significant difference here.
On May 13 (May 7)(May 6), Cedar Point will open for the season. With the park, they are expecting to open their new roller coaster, Millennium Force. In honor of that, they have auctioned off the seats on the first set of public trains on the 13th.
On April 8, Kings Island staged a huge preview event for the enthusiast community in conjunction with their dry-run day, when they were to give first rides on Son Of Beast. On April 9, Kings Island scheduled an even more huge preview event for season pass holders. On April 15, the park opened for the season, with contest winners who were to be the first riders on Son of Beast. On April 25, Kings Island scheduled a press event for Son of Beast. On April 28, they finally got the ride open, held the press event, got rave reviews...then on the 29th, something went wrong and the ride closed again.
The point to all of this is that much of the griping about the problems with Son of Beast is not so much because the ride hasn't been running on time, but because people made special trips and went out of their way to attend scheduled special events surrounding the opening of the new ride...an opening which has been delayed and delayed and delayed. Literally thousands of people, unfortunately, had to be disappointed after making special arrangements to get to the park to ride the new ride. By comparison, the only special event I know of related to Millennium Force is the first rides auction...so for all but those 108 riders, if the ride doesn't run on opening day, it's no different than if it breaks down on any other day. People will be disappointed, but they should know better than to expect a park to be 100% fully functional on Opening Day.
For Cedar Point to suffer a (I hate to use the word, but it fits) fiasco as Kings Island has suffered, Millennium Force would have to be down mechanical on, say, June 2. THAT would be a comparable disaster to the worst bits of the Sonny delay.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
I'd like to think that they have done enough testing by now. Also, did Mantis run just fine? I recall rumors that Raptor had some work done after it opened.
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"the Force of the new Millennium will be felt by those who choose to seek it."
In some of the "unauthorized" pictures of MF Mantis was running.
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Visit my RCT CP site.
http://cedarpoint.8k.com
JT Coaster was talking about in 1996 when Mantis opened, not this year.
On that note- what is CP's record for getting (recent) coasters all set for opening day?
What exactly happened on SOB? I am syill not clear on that!
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"Your obssesed w/ that place aren't you?" (as stated by my best-friends about CP)
Well, I'm not going to hold a grudge against CP if MF is down for the first day. The yhave 13 other coasters to check out. Plus, I will be there many more times to ride it again.
Also, Magnum had alot of problems when it first opened, but that didn't effect the popularity! The lines would just get longer and longer.