No Joe Cool this year?

I read in one of the employee forums that Top Thrill Dragster will not be open for Joe Cool this year....can anyone confirm this?

It wasn't open for Joe Cool in 2005. So I doubt it would be in 2006 either.
*** Edited 1/25/2006 10:32:39 PM UTC by Jason Hammond***

It was open for Joe Cool in 2005. It will not be open for Joe Cool in 2006.

Well, when I went to the Point after Top Thrill reopened near the end of the year, I used my Joe Cool to get in early, and it was not open. Maybe it was other times, but that day it didn't open until the GP was let in.

Even so, JCC still allows you to get there before the rush/stampede. In my mind, that's still good enough. I'm aiming to be the first rider of the season come opening day so I'll take anything that'll help.:)

But it does leave one question; Why?......budget cuts??

*** Edited 1/26/2006 3:31:47 AM UTC by TTD 120mph***

How often was TTD ready at 9:00. Some days where better than others but that last time we ran for the year you are correct we were not one of the Joe Cool>

Why run to TTD for joe cool, only to stand there and wait until 10.... 10:30... 11... later.... to ride? Precious riding time elsewhere. :)

lol, Not for me. :D

I agree Ben.

I have a feeling the change is due to them not being open consistantly for JC. Its easier to tell people that it won't be open for JC than to tell them it will and have it be down.

Ben, that's the whole point. You get Joe Cool to avoid the wait. Several times I have been able to ride MF 3 times in the first hour because of Joe Cool. And these arn't weekdays. I would love to be able to use it on TTD so I don't have to wait an hour+ to ride it.

Though I'd glagly give up the TTD Joe Cool access if it would mean that it would run more consistantly.

This dosent make me very happy. I loved getting on TTD 2-3 times in an hour.

It's what Ben and John said. I doubt CP is doing it to save money on labor. In fact, I'm willing to bet that the crew will have to come in at the same time this summer as last summer (when TTD was part of Joe Cool) simply to have a better shot of getting the ride operational by the opening time. My guess is that this decision was made because too many guests were getting upset about TTD not running at its advertised JCC time. Often, management would give out exit passes or FreeWay to affected guests. So having TTD open later would make even more sense if FreeWay is truly not coming back this summer.

For anyone who has worked on or near the ride; how long does it take each morning to get the trains to all go over the tower without rollbacks.

Oh, chill out. Raptor is now Joe Cool.

Wait, there mite be no more FreeWay. I must of mist this.

CP03 said:
Wait, there mite be no more FreeWay. I must of mist this.

FreeWay is as good as gone...
http://www.pointbuzz.com/cpplace.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=17674

CP03 said:
Wait, there mite be no more FreeWay. I must of mist this.

Anyone have two tylenol and a glass of water?

I have some cheese.

What about ibuprofen?

It's pretty much the same as tylenol.:)

Gomez said:
For anyone who has worked on or near the ride; how long does it take each morning to get the trains to all go over the tower without rollbacks.

I have only seen it happen once with no rollbacks and then the first GP train rolled back. But a normal test is about 30-40 min depending on weather and how the ride is running.