Millennium stuck

Uhhh - you can't bring the train back down. What do you think this is? Shoot the Rapids?

I agree that sending it through the course would have been optimal. Surely there was SOME reason that was not going to be possible for a while.

I didn't think so but I don't know how it's programmed. I do know that elevators can generally run in both directions. :)

You can not back a train down.

Okay, okay! :)

My point was that there are certainly more preferable ways to clear the ride due to a storm. Therefore, it was probably down mechanical. I'm not an op so I don't know what all the options are, but just letting the train go would keep people from sitting out in rain.

The most preferred way to clear a train is to bring it back to unload. The second most preferred way is to stop it on the safety brake. Unloading on the lift is a distant fourth choice. I'm gonna go with there being some mechanical issue that prevented them from throwing the train over the top.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

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djDaemon said:I'm curious as to how old you are. Based on the above, and the existence of "lyf" in your username, I'm going to guess you're at or under 30. At that age, it's not a major accomplishment to have a high enough metabolism to eat whatever you want. I could eat literally whatever I wanted in enormous quantities and not gain a pound when I was that age. Nowadays, that couldn't be further from the truth.

Just bragging, I'm 35 and still have high enough metabolism to eat/drink whatever. On the flip side, I know I'll pay for this dearly down the road. ;)

RideMan said:
The most preferred way to clear a train is to bring it back to unload. The second most preferred way is to stop it on the safety brake. Unloading on the lift is a distant fourth choice. I'm gonna go with there being some mechanical issue that prevented them from throwing the train over the top.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.

I'd agree this would seem the most logical procedure, and since you seem to be familiar with the parks protocol dealing with a variety of situations (as evidenced by past posts, etc.), is there any reasonable situation where inclement weather could force an e-stop for the the entire ride?

I can't think of a situation where stopping a ride with people on it would be preferable to cycling to get empty. Perhaps if thee was some sort of underground attraction of something. Certainly an evac from the top of the lift in the middle of a rainstorm is far from ideal from both a safety and a customer service point of view.

I'm not sure if there's any truth to this idea someone mentioned of MF stopping itself with lightning in the area. I doubt it is radar equipped, but with Intamin, who knows? To me it doesn't really make sense. Now if lightning hits and fries something, that is a different story, but it seems unlikely to be something that's designed into the ride.

There was a storm, but it had passed. It was cloudy, but the sun was poking through. It stayed lightening free for about the next hour, hour and a half. All of the other rides kept running, we rode Skyhaek, Dragster and Gatekeeper before the next heavy rain started.

The train was all the way to the top without going over and not in the middle of the hill.

That sounds more like a "something is wrong with where I see trains" problem.

In a local TV news story a park spokesman said a power bump caused a safety system to kick in.

Here it is:

Some visitors to Cedar Point were stuck on top of a roller coaster Wednesday. We're told the Millennium Force was stopped for a period of time, however park officials would not confirm for how long.

One witness claims the train was stuck on the lift hill for hours.

We're told passengers eventually used an open air elevator which runs along the side of the track to get down.

A park spokesman says it is likely a power bump at the park caused safety systems to kick in, stopping the train in place.

None of the riders required medical attention.
13abc.com

On Tuesday we got stuck on shoot the rapids when two boats were stopped at the base of the second lift hill. we bumped boats and were stacked up in the water, all 3 boats. We all had to evac and got 2 ride exit passes each. Still have yet to use them now, :) We never tipped over, however...

That happened to me on STR a couple years back, but they only evacuated the train in front of us that was stuck, and the train behind us because there was a pregnant woman, they didn't give us exit passes, they called whatever ride we chose, and they let us go right up the exit.

Anyone know if it is back up and running?

It was running yesterday for early entry.

I think Windseeker may be stuck.

I looked at it on the webcam and in 2 different shots it was still at the top. Why did CF invest in that pile of crap?

When I looked last night and this morning, it was stuck in the middle.

Were there clowns to the left of you and jokers to the right?

Windseeker moved to the top of the tower this morning and now it moved back down to 2/3 up the tower.

WindSeeker returned to the ground earlier. Sadly it was only the gondola, not the pole.