Projections for First Day MF Lines

I know this isn't a very original topic, but I'd like to have people guess how long the MF lines will be on Opening Day, and see how close they get to the actual waiting time. My guess is about two hours, but you are (as always) free to speculate.
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The line will probobly be more than two hours long because at great escape there was a 21/2 hour wait for a ride that wasnt very good. I expect from four to five hours on the opening day.

4 to 5?? I believe at best, the line will be no longer than 3 hours. Granted it will be a solid 3 hours the entire day. CP will not have enough queue space for 4 to 5 hours worth of people, and the amount of people that overflow into the midway will not be very large. That's my 2 cents on that.
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pTc 4-Life

I would doubt that the lines are going to be 4 hours long. Im guessing that the line will be 1-2 hours on a busy day. Probably about a half hour on a slow day. Thats my guess.

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The Samurai has spoken.

I am thinking the most the ques will ever get up to is about 3 hrs. After awhile people get cranky(except for the select few ;)).

milleniumdude,
If you are referring to last years opening of "The Nightmare" at Great Escape, this in no way compares to the opening of Millennium Force. The reason "The Nightmare" had such a long line (throughout the season) is because of the way GE was running it (only 2 people per car and only like half the number of possible cars). Trust me, a full queue and a 4 hour wait for "The Nightmare" would be about an hour at most on any of CP's major coasters. They do such a good job of moving people through the lines that I doubt there will ever be a wait that tops 3 hours. Just my opinion though...

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-Matt

What could be better than Y2K @ Cedar Point - America's Rockin' Roller Coast?

I don't see it more than 2 hours at best even on opening day,especially if it is remotely cold that day. It's capacity is 1600 people per hour, that would fill up the line probably a few times so two hours tops is my guess,perhaps more around 12 or 1 since that seems the be when a lot of people roll out of bed and get to the park. If you are there when the gates open, you'll be on in the first hour with ease,probably less than that.

And the capacity is what it's all about at the park. If there was ever a 4-hour line, you're talking about 6,400 people in that line. Considering most May crowds, regardless of new attractions, I don't see more than 25,000 to 30,000 people that day, and that's shooting high. So if there were a 4-hour line, you're saying that fully one fifth of all the people in the park will be in line.

Not gonna happen.

In fact, the combined theoretical capacity of all coasters, plus Power Tower, Skyride, etc., is somewhere in the neighborhood of 22,000 people per hour. Considering that there will always be people eating, walking the midways, watching shows and riding flat rides, it just ain't gonna happen.

That's why even on busy days, the AVERAGE wait for a big ride is generally not more than one to one and a half hours. And before anyone says, "Well I waited X hours for ride Y," note I said average. They're often shorter or longer.

To summarize, based on math and prior experience, the line won't get longer than two hours.

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Jeff
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I say 1 hour and 50 mins, and 32 seconds!

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