Ride Manuals

Not too long ago me and some friends went on one of many Cedar Point trips for the summer and afterwards were hungry so we stopped in at the Taco Bell/LJS on 250. While we were eating we noticed a group of employees talking over a ride manual. They turned out to be looking at the Maverick manual, talking about situations, quizzing each other, etc. I thought it would be really cool to have that manual for some reason so I thought about swiping it and running away....Long story short, I didn't.

I was just wondering if there is any way to get your hands on copies of those ride manuals. I would really be interested in having one for Maverick or Top Thrill Dragster (my favorite). If so, I think that would be kinda cool to have...

Any idea?

Work there.

I have a copy of the power tower one from 04 somewhere.

Technically the manuals aren't supposed to leave the CP property. A lot of people end up swooping them though. I know that occasionally a couple pop up on eBay. If CP doesn't catch it before that, you should be able to get one that way.

I bought mine, I have Raptor (from 1999) and a Ride Operations manual.

Dang, now that's some ultimate reading material. The closest thing I've gotten on Ebay was an Employee Handbook. Anyone selling? :-P

Yeah I'd really like to get one...Either Maverick or TTD preferably if anyone has one...

You'd be suprised at how many people asked me for my KP Emp Handbook and such.

Honestly, these things are pretty boring. They might help you understand opening or closing procedures or things like what a setup is on Magnum, but there isn't much excitement in there. And the font that CP uses looks like a typewriter. Of course this is CP - maybe they really did use a typewriter.

I have a Ripcord one from 2002. That one is a bit more interesting because it has an appendix that has a page for each "incident" that has happened with Skycoasters, and the investigation of each.

I didn't even mean to take the manual. I found it in one of my boxes when I got home from the park for the summer.

I have page Six of the Beast Ride Manual.

Only page 6?

Yeah, I found it on the Exit ramp lol

I second what Matt said. The manuals are fairly boring, but they do spell out all of the procedures, etc. for the ride.

I always thought about photo-copying mine... Never did though. Now I want mine back! Sure they are sort-of boring, but whenever there is something your not supposed to have; you want it of course!!

They are really boring.

I had a friend that was REALLY upset because it started to rain and he was mad because the ride hosts would not let guests in the queues load and wait in the load platform to avoid the downpour. I was a dork and looked up the proper answer and let him know! ;)

It can be useful at times! :)

Garretstl, did you work for Cedar Point? I am a student of Olmsted Falls Middle School. I am class of 2029. My ELA teacher, Mrs. Harrington, used to work for Cedar Point. And she kept some of the manuals for the rides she worked on. She worked at Cedar Point for 3 years. Did you have the updated manuals, cause the ones Mrs. Harrington has are older?

My teacher has photocopys of the manuals for power tower, magnum, and top thrill dragster.

Welcome to PointBuzz friend. I must say, hoping to reach the OP to this thread which was started in 2007 is pretty ambitious. It's highly unlikely that person is still keeping up with these forums. Then again... *checks own profile* .... hmph. 2007 wasn't that long ago after all! That's what I'm going with.

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