New Lighting...

Take a look at the web cams, looks like TTD got some new lights on the tower.

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I believe it has always had those lights.

Those do look new... it used to be just the tower lit up, now it has lights all the way up.

They're maitenance lights - I saw them a few times last year.

^Right.

What are the maintnence doing on the tower during nighttime?

Torquing bolts. March, April and the first week of May consists of maintenance working their butt off. They have to do all of their checks, put the rides back together, and get them running for opening day.

Looks kinda cool to me

Make kind of a cool effect though

They should put those lights on during regular operating hours at some points during the season. I almost prefer them to the regular lights.

It would definatly look interesting along with the countdown lights.

Anyone have a photo of this?

Should be in the cleveland.com web cam archive.

It would kinda distract the christmas tree lights and might be too bright.

I'd like to see the two tower lights used again.

^You certainly aren't the only one... :)

Are they still up?

Unless they've been taken out this off-season, I believe they are still there. One of them can be seen in the picture below on the extreme left, and it was taken during the last week or two of the 2005 season.
http://www.pointpixels.com/Album2/TopThrillDragster/ttd05-035.html

Why'd they stop using them anyway?

With everything else at the park seeming to be the same reason, maybe cost cutting? I really liked those things. It was neat seeing those two big lights in the sky.