New pictures added

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/inside_park/rides/thrill/2002/wt/construction/gallery.cfm

Thank you Cedar Point! It's been a while, but it was worth it. Wow.

That train seems to go on forever, especially from that angle! I knew it'd be long, but again, wow. The railings look great, so does the control booth. I was wondering what the booth would be like. The roof looks great too! That semi-transparent covering really looks great. I'm getting really excitied now.

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GW Triangle 2001
Wicked Twister 2002
"Hey, cool my voice is on the lift!"

*** This post was edited by Montu on 4/3/2002. ***

I can't WAIT! I can't WAIT! I can't WAIT!

gotta go gotta go gotta go gotta go gotta go

May 18th isn't gonna come fast enough!

Ron

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Dream Out Loud

MF = 14
Shootin' for 10,000

Montu, your right, the trains seem to just keep going. They are going to have to have a lot of workers running this ride to check all the seats.

3 load and 3 unload oh my god you know it.

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Kelly the crazy coaster freak of cp
CP@LE RR 2000
White Water Landing 2001
WICKED TWISTER 2002
"Ahh When Is The Rain Going To Stop"
"Trumpy you can do stupid things...Its called evil kid"

Wow, for some reason, I didn't realize the track in between the two towers was so loooooong... makes sense though. That side of the park is going to look SO different now. Like everyone else -- can't wait to test it out for myself!!

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~Lee~

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Man those pictures are awesome...Those seats on the train look so empty without anyone in them...I can't wait until I get to sit in them and pull that harness down...Actually seeing the real ride over that animation is much better...I'm so excited now...Cedar Point needs to hurry it up and open those gates... :)

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Be wary of falling shoes while waiting in line for Raptor

OMG that train is long. Can't wait to ride!

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Great Ohio Coaster Club member #335

This might have been said in another thread, but the launches on this thing are going to be LOUD, especially when you're on the train. Sound doesn't like to go through a concrete wall, you know :)

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Scott W. Short, Rail Junkie
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http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com

Well After the LONG wait we get to see the LONG train and more!

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Once you drop, the fun don't stop!

Wonder if that picture was taken near the front of the train? That is one long one.. I counted 15 rows in that image

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Back from lurking
New account, same name
KW 2002

Yes, that's the front of the train and there's 16 rows.

OMG.....that's one L-O-N-G train!!

I can't wait for May 13th!!!!!!! :) :)

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ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY HERE AT CEDAR POINT...AMERICA'S ROCKIN ROLLER COAST. *CLEAR*

only complaint...what is CP's obsession with concrete lately? Where is the landscaping? The last picture clearly shows a vast expanse of concrete and nothing else! A few shade trees would look good right there.

Well... I'm not saying that they will in fact get landscaping.. but if they did, it wouldn't get done until the very end once everything else was taken care of.

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138 posts later, I became TPFKAV (The Poster Formerly Known As VorTeX)
MF Count - 32

Long train? Doubt it. 2 Trains, Testing both to make sure they fit, one to run and the other as a back up? More than likly.

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~What Are You Looking AT?~

Two trains on a shuttle coaster??? No way. That's one train, and 16 rows of seats isn't unusually long for a coaster train.

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It's very hard to drink all day...
Unless you start first thing in the morning.

If you took a photo from the same place in the last photo one year ago you'd see the same thing. There was nothing there but an unobstructed view of the lake through the fence.

Cp_Rider: Have you even looked at the specs for the ride or looked at the hundreds of photos around the Net for the other Impulses? Have you ever noticed that Millennium Force has 18 rows, using a very similar wheel and chassis arrangement?

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the picture of the train...LONG! Very cool, and stylish too. This update has some sweet pictures.

I think that having that concrete wall there is a good thing because if the wind would pick up and the sand would be dry...we could call the ride Sand Blaster...remember? Going 72mph with sand would not be fun, so this is definitely a good thing. Besides, how would they get the wiring to the launch if it wasn't arranged like this?

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IU shocks the world!

*** This post was edited by CP_bound on 4/4/2002. ***

Oh wow, I hadn't thought of that... Sand in the eyes at 72 mph would HURT!!

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~Lee~

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