Some really good news...

Now I guess the question is: Is the ride different with 5 cars compared to 4 cars?

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Well, someone said in another topic that the speedometer clocked them at 127 MPH, so the ride is definitely capable of launching 5-car trains just as well as it did with 4 cars. As for if it affected airtime in the back seat, that I couldn't tell you - my next trip to CP is a couple of weeks off...

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I noticed from my seat in the third row (in the car that was missing last week) that the airtime seemed a lot more intense at the top even though we were going over slower than my ride last week. I personally saw the speedometer hit anywhere from 117 to 122.

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I was there yesterday and never saw it go over 121. Not trying to start anything just reporting what i saw. And tower and tree light themes should be up soon, hopefully with in a few weeks.

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Besides the great rides and being the best of everything, the best part about Cedar Point is that it isn't Six Flags! YAY!

Woah, i didnt notice it until now, MF has been stuck on the lift for the past 45+ minutes. Whats up with that.

Anyway, I really like the idea of the speedometer.

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I can't believe TTD reached 127 mph. Where do you see the speedometer? Can you see the speedometer from the grandstands or do you find out your speed in the winners circle?
*** This post was edited by Ryan Adams 5/10/2003 5:58:44 PM ***

Does anyone know if CP is planning on sticking with the 5 train operation for a long period of time, or is this just temporary until they get the 6th train up amd running. I was thinking about this because having an odd number of trains would mess up the whole system they had worked out earlier with 2 trains in unload, 2 in load, and 2 going around the circuit. So for anyone who's been there with the 5 train operation how is it working right now?

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I just want to make it clear. Are there 5 cars on all 5 trains?

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When the sixth train returns from Intamin AG's HQ it will have all five cars on the train. the reason for 4 car operation is they wanted to dreak in the motor a little before they put it thru full train testing and riding. just like a dar, you don't want to rag on the motor too early, or you will wreck it! hopefully it will be back before memorial day, hopefully.

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*** This post was edited by TheOne001 5/10/2003 3:17:22 PM ***

TopThrillDragster03 said:
I just want to make it clear. Are there 5 cars on all 5 trains?

YES.

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TheOne001, where did you find out the gold train had to be sent back to Switzerland? What needed repair/replacement?

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I talked to one of the managers there i forget his name, i met up with a friend that knew him, my friend used to work at cedar point and the friend of his i believe he is in the food service, he wears the park managers uniform i know that and he told us what happened to the train. i am not going to post it on here cause i know Jeff doesn't want this on the boards, if you want to know details my info is in my profile, email me IM whatever just out of respect for Jeff i won't post the info here.

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Besides the great rides and being the best of everything, the best part about Cedar Point is that it isn't Six Flags! YAY!

so this friend of a friend of a managers friend told you this huh....

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I won't believe anything I hear unless it travels through four or five people before I hear it...

On a side note: Anybody remember back in elementry school when you'd play the game where one person would say something to somebody and then the second would tell it to a third, then to a fourth... And so on until it went through the whole room? It was great hearing what the last person said and comparing it to what the first said. (Sorry, what I thought of when I heard that...)

Yes! Except once you got older people just tried to make it as dirty as possible... :)

neo said:
so this friend of a friend of a managers friend told you this huh....

Actually i was just walking around the park with my friend when he(my Friend) spotted his friend that is a manager at Cedar Point. i was standing right there when he said it so it is straight from his mouth to my fingers thru my keyboard into my PC out my Phone line onto the GTTP servers then to your PC at home....is that travel enough? ;)

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Besides the great rides and being the best of everything, the best part about Cedar Point is that it isn't Six Flags! YAY!

hey guys listen to this... my friend's sisters, cousins, next door neighbor, whos friends with this dude, who knows this one girl whos best friends with some guy who works in foods said that a friend of his who works on TTD said...

and it just goes on and on and on.. i dont believe it until i see it with my own eyes or hear it with my own ears...
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Millie Rides=55

...that her pet goldfish's vet's cousin's mom's dog's maid's friend was a guy who had a friend who knew Monty and said...

"if ya feel like continuing this chain, please do..."

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Dragster: 3
Millennium Force: 41
Raptor: 30
Wicked Twister: 12

Hint Hint to what i am getting at. if you actually read my post you would know that it isn't a telephone type thing.

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Besides the great rides and being the best of everything, the best part about Cedar Point is that it isn't Six Flags! YAY!

quick question, what are the six different train colors?