New pics showing THE TRAINS!!!

The CP website has all new construction pics showing:

-THE TRAINS!!!!
-The bottom of the first drop
-The loading station
-The view from across the Bay
-Giant Wheel being reconstructed

Wow! Those trains sure will look NICE!


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James Draeger
aceercg@aol.com
C G & C P
*** This post was edited by ACEerCG on 1/11/00. ***

OK Now they are out!! Wahooo..Bout time!! NOW everyone can finally see them!!

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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html

Jeffrey Spartan *** This post was edited by Jeffrey Spartan on 1/11/00. ***

But the trains won't be there until April!

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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point

Can life get much better? Fantastic pictures to keep us going for 100+ days. Thanks to Cedar Point for posting some really great pictures.

LMAO!

Sweet! Those train are awesome. Oops, I didn't know there was more then one picture.
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Millennium+Force=Sweetest Roller Coaster on the Planet *** This post was edited by Coester on 1/11/00. ***

I'm surprised to see that they used the old logo, and not the "swishy" M.. I think that would have looked better!

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Neil
By popular vote, the official Millennium
has been moved to May 13, 2000!

Did they make a last minite change on them to paint them blue? Or was that they way they originaly designed them to be? On the facts sheet on the official site it says they are stainless steel, which I already know they are, but the artists drawings of them show that they are silver with no paint on them. I think they would have looked even better without any paint on them at all. They should have kept them the natural stainless steel color of silver.

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Vince "cpboy"Albertson
http://home.att.net/~vcalbertson/index.htm

Or, what would have been really cool is if they chromed them

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Millennium+Force=Sweetest Roller Coaster on the Planet

Those are the most beautiful trains I have ever seen. Now, I don't think I can stand waiting any longer!!

Where are these pics? they are not under construction pictures.

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AKA: bodyin thewaterball fountain.

Paddlewheel Excursions: 12
Jokes on PE: 120

Nice pics. I think the magnum cars edge those out slightly though. I love the wind shield on the magnum cars. However much better seating in these.

I don't think that trains had any type of change in the color of their bodies. If you look at the press release it says:

"A two-tone futuristic structure, blending a brilliant blue track with sleek silver framework and three trains displaying the primary colors of red, blue and yellow, will dominate the Cedar Point skyline."

So each train is probably a combination of stainless steel and one of the three colors mentioned above. As in, the pictures we are looking at are for the blue train.


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James Draeger
aceercg@aol.com
C G & C P

Differences between Millennium Force's trains and those found on the other Intamin Mega Coaster installations (like the higher front nose, headrests and additional padding) have been noted over the last few weeks. All correct -- I should never doubt you people! But I'm not sure if this has been mentioned:

The front-row seats are separated! Why? On the other three Intamin hypers, the front seats are adjacent (i.e. the inside lateral support bar is shared) and the rear seats are spaced 5-10 inches apart. Not a big deal, but I kind of liked the offset seats on Superman Ride of Steel -- I consider them a major part of the "Stadium Seating" claim.


Kyle Asquith - kasquith@idirect.ca
http://coasters.virtualave.net

Another thing to add. Besides that these trains almost look identical to the Mantis trains, the blue they painted them will blend right in with the track. Another reason why they should have gone with the crome or silver.

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Vince "cpboy"Albertson
http://home.att.net/~vcalbertson/index.htm

1) Colors. Remember that other trains will be red and yellow.
2) Seats. I noticed that the official photos only show the right-hand side of the car. The 'earlier' photos showed the left-hand side of the car, which was the only location on the train where seat belt hardware had been installed. I notice that no such hardware is visible in the official photos...yet.
3) Seat spacing. Say, I didn't notice that...

--Dave Althoff, Jr. *** This post was edited by RideMan on 1/12/00. ***

i would have liked to see them chrome so they glimmered in the sunlight

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Visit Dave and Jen's Cedar Point webpage
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/3997

I SAW TRAINS! THE (current)MEANING OF LIFE HAS BEEN DEFINED FOR ME! Now I need to sit in them. Ohhh, I can't do that on the internet. I want it to be May.

Later,
Cayl