Space Spiral air conditioning?

randinator

I have heard some people talking about Space Spiral getting air conditioning. Does anyone know if this is true? I have been to Cedar Point twice this season...So far it has been closed whenever I go by it.
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CrazyCoasterGuy

I don't know but that sure would be NICE! My family and I where going to get on Space Spiral last year and we walked up to the door and this huge wave of heat poured out. It was already 85* outside and the ride host said, "It's 98* in there right now, No windows". My mom said noway and we went off to DT to get out of the sun. Talk about HOT! I hope they get some a/c in there. That ride is a nice breather/change of pace during the middle of the day! :-)

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TekGuy

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Didn't it have air conditioning years ago?

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Pete

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Yes it did. I'm not sure when it was removed. When it had air conditioning, you sometimes got sprinkled with some condensation from the A/C if you were standing close to the ride and the cabin was up.

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Cp_Rider

*Points to own sig and laughs*

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OMG! The Space Spiral is leaning!!" Must be the weight of that new air conditioning system everyone keeps hypothesizing about...

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Jeff da Beat

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But it's so true.

Space Spiral without air conditioning is like hell. I felt like I couldn't breath in there, it was so hot. But the view was nice and it was pretty tight seeing Millennium Force from up there.

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D. A. Rossi

When I was a kid it was the coldest place in the park!
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speedy

Oh yeah, I love observation cabins with A/C systems. I know Knott's sky cabin has about 5 of them installed and man can it get icy in there. Its great!
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Admiral Jeff

Space Spiral cabin used to have air conditoning years ago but the system broke so often that it was not used - the system could not keep up due to the opening of the doors every 2 minutes and the system would frequently shut down. Not sure why it would be down this year unless it is for wind - not always wind speed but also direction if cables are twisting.

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bholcomb

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It wasn't windy the day I was there.... and they had people riding on top of the cabin as pictured in http://www.bholcomb.com/cp051403/29.html

I kind of wish I could ride atop that thing.. that'd be awesome

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Admiral Jeff

I rode on the top once - yea it is a great view up there!

If mainteance is doing that then they are usually looking at the cabin rotation/cables or going to the top to work on the components.

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Pete

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If they were riding on top, I think it was down because of mechanical problems, not wind. I'm pretty sure there is a mechanical room on top, with a hatch to climb in from the top of the cabin.

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Florida may have Disney World and Key West,
but Ohio has Cedar Point and Put-In-Bay.
It's great to live in Ohio!

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