Sky Ride not running?

Dvo

Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:19 PM
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I was looking at the webcams today.. Do they not run sky ride during Halloweekends? It seems like they would run it on Saturdays due to the large crowds.


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bholcomb

Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:26 PM
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Observed at: Lafarge Marblehead Dock, Marblehead, Ohio
56.6 °F / 13.7 °C
Overcast
Humidity: 52%
Dew Point: 39 °F / 4 °C
Wind: 20.0 mph / 32.2 km/h / 8.9 m/s from the West
Wind Gust: 22.0 mph / 35.4 km/h

The operating manual states that Skyride must cease operations when winds are in excess of 20mph. I'm sure the actual on-point winds up 90 feet (On top of the middle tower where they have the anemometer) are higher than 20 anyway.

So in essence, it's down due to weather.
*** Edited 10/13/2007 6:29:27 PM UTC by bholcomb***

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Top Thrill 182

Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:33 PM

It's open every Saturday, Friday, and Sunday, except those that weather precludes it from running.

As bholcomb said, most likely wind.


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CPboy77

Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:51 PM

Sky Ride always closes due to winds even at like 10 mph.

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Shawn Meyer

Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:48 PM

Well if it takes 10 mph to close down Sky Ride, How fast does Wind speed have to be to not let Raptor run for the day? I know they ran it last year in the wind and it didn't make it in test run.

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Dvo

Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:21 PM
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I see... Well, I hope it's not too cold today! Looks like they've got a good crowd though, so it can't be that bad.


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brieeee

Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:22 PM

Skyride does not run on fridays of halloweekends.

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rFo628

Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:37 AM

Skyride was down all day today. I think it was because it was pretty windy.

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Your mom is to fat to ride TTD.

Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:46 AM
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It wasnt open Friday. We still had fun though.


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bholcomb

Sunday, October 14, 2007 4:08 AM
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Raptor is 25mph winds. But it has to be from a certain direction.

Last year closing weekend sucked for Raptor.

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MIA-Mike

Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:56 AM

SkyRide was down all day becase of wind. Space Spiral was closed too for some reason... and... MaXair, well its still down.

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bholcomb

Sunday, October 14, 2007 8:48 AM
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Space Spiral goes down for Wind as well. The cables bang against the tower very badly.

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brieeee

Sunday, October 14, 2007 4:25 PM

Maxair,well who knows when it will be going,i heard that the company who makes maxair went bankrupt.

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BlueStreak64

Sunday, October 14, 2007 5:22 PM

Sky Ride...that's a ride where I was surprised to look over from the platform and actually see it running this summer.


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CPboy77

Sunday, October 14, 2007 8:22 PM

brieeee said:
Maxair,well who knows when it will be going,i heard that the company who makes maxair went bankrupt.

Well that's really not good. There might be a possibility that this is the last year of MaXair.

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Vince982

Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:32 PM
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Didn't Huss declare bankruptcy within the past year or 2? I seem to remember reading something like that. But I could be wrong...


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MIA-Mike

Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:59 PM

I'd imagine they would have to make extra parts for at least a few years.. I'm not sure how it works with rollercoasters, but GM had to with Olds parts.

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Vince982

Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:15 PM
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That's different though. While Olds is no more, its parent, GM still is. And most, if not all Olds models had the mostly the same parts as their GM counterpart (ex: Oldsmobile Bravada and GMC Jimmy) so those parts are still being made.


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MIA-Mike

Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:09 PM

Any model made has to keep extra parts for, I think 5 Years..

A rollercaoster company should not be able to build something and then leave you with it and no replacement parts.

Cedar Point will get it fixed or get money..

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BlueStreak64

Monday, October 15, 2007 12:29 AM

I believe Huss is still in operation, only under a different financial and corporate identity. If I remember the situation correctly, they already had an "emergency plan" that would basically just mean that Huss as we originally knew it was no longer the "same company." I may be wrong, but I believe their still up and running, just not under their old corporate identity.


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