Off-season contests, quizzes, games, etc.

Common entries/Rare entries/CP Trivia will return this season, but probably not until after the holidays.

Two reasons:

1) With the new coaster going in and the park having been closed for only three weeks, there still seems to be enthusiasm on the boards.

2) I've taken on greater responsibilities (unpaid, mostly) that will look good for me in regards to future promotions, and the particular project I'm running will be over by January.

Until then, here's a quickie:

Where at CP will you see the words "Mueller Co., Decatur, IL"

First one to get it right gets an all-expenses paid visit to Walt's Virtual Midway.

Is it the Midway Market?

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magnumdan
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www.cpthrillology.com

I'm guessing Last Chance Saloon.

Can I sell my prize if I win?

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Virtual Midway
http://www.virtualmidway.com

*** This post was edited by Gemini 11/19/2002 11:11:31 AM ***

Hey, I've got a one-time game for later in the off season too (It was going to be more, but I got lazy.. .more on that later). Perhaps I can collaborate with you, DB?

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- John
*I resign from the game of life if I have to play with stupidity.
*We're getting screwed in the rear two coasters in a row.

Crap, you know I've seen it before. It's either forged on a ride (I'll guess Scrambler) or found on fire hydrants. Don't ask how I could confuse the two.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP - Sillynonsense.com
"Climbing as we fall, we dare to hold on to our fate, and steal away our destiny to catch ourselves with quiet grace" - The Stairs, INXS

Scrambler would be "Jacksonville, IL".

I'd say fire hydrants or manhole covers.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Train engines or cars or train stations. (Yeah I know that's pretty broad). Also for some reason the MS area comes to mind

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"This second hill is my favorite part of the ride. It is so Cool!"
"Who's the &&&&& now" The New Guy
Dan's Back

I'll have to agree with either the fire hydrant, or maybe a water valve cover on the midway.

It's the hydrants. Sneaky.

-'Playa

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The CPlaya 100--6 days, 9 parks, 47 coasters, 2037 miles and a winner.....LoCoSuMo.

The midway Carousel is my guess!
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Teenie Weenie the Giggle Queenie!

Wicked Twister Crew 2002

It is certainly a hydrant, but are all of the hydrants of this brand? Maybe this is a unique hydrant?

I think Teenie Weenie was too busy giggling :P to realize schlubs like me cheated and looked up 'Mueller' and 'Decatur' in Yahoo for the answer.

I wonder if I ran into her on WT? But an even better question--how does a 5'8" gal get a name like 'Teenie Weenie'? I thought that was tall. Now there's a question I can't check Yahoo for...

-'Playa

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The CPlaya 100--6 days, 9 parks, 47 coasters, 2037 miles and a winner.....LoCoSuMo.

That is on the White Water Landing ride

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Gemini 100 - 35

*** This post was edited by Freaky 11/19/2002 3:48:56 PM ***

A related question for the guys in the group...

Gentlemen, by now you probably know the phrase, "ROYAL - Sloan Valve Company - Chicago USA". But that's not what you generally see at Cedar Point. What do you see instead? I'll offer full credit for a one-word answer; if you know the rest you're doing better than me. :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Uhhhh....I might idly read my cereal box while I'm eating like anyone else, but I have no idea what CP's official urinal might be.

I think this might be answer #2 or 3 to the question, "When do you know you've spent too much time at the Point?"

-'Playa

(who's still waiting for the origin of the nickname 'Teenie Weenie')

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The CPlaya 100--6 days, 9 parks, 47 coasters, 2037 miles and a winner.....LoCoSuMo.

"ROYAL - Sloan Valve Company - Chicago USA"

Dave, I'll have to go with "What is Zurn"

To answer Duane’s question, I am pretty sure it is a fire hydrant. Dave, I’m not really sure, but a wild guess would be Optima, the Sloan replacement autoflusher.
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Florida may have Disneyworld and Key West,
but Ohio has Cedar Point and Put-In-Bay.
It's great to live in Ohio!

*** This post was edited by Pete 11/20/2002 1:32:57 PM ***

Sorry, Pete, but LiveEJon has apparently paid more attention than you. Most of the flush valves at the Point were made by Zurn.

(Dave peruses zurn.com for a moment)

You know, I understand that the "Retro-Flush" is an optical sensor retrofit kit, and as such the name makes sense. But isolated from that important fact, just considering the name alone...do you really want to flush backwards?

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

"Mueller Co., Decatur, IL" is on some of the water meter covers. The rest say "The Ford Meter Box Company Wabash, IN"

The only reason I know this is I am from Wabash so everyhere I go, I see if "The Box" is there.

Ding ding ding!!! We have a winner!

It is indeed the water valve covers along the Midway. Props to Junior for being the first (even though he couched it as a second guess ) and to KB9TFZ for being the most sure (outside of Playa - you cheata!) LOL