ThE Elevator Permanent?

Is the elevator thingy permanent??? and since this topic has been raised...is Millenium Force island even strong enough to support a ride? i mean think how heavy these things are...

Well, it supports Millennium Force just fine.

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BTS Cedar Point
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OH NO! Millennium Force is sinking!!!

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Turkeys, the only animal smarter than man

Why would MF Island not support a ride. It isn't floating or anything. An island is a part of land just surounded by a large ditch full of water. The land on the Island is no different to the main land. If anybody can prove me wrong please do, because I don't think I'm wrong.

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Wicked Twister 4ever

I do think that the lagoon is man-made, therefore the island would be just the same as the land surrounding it.

And the elevator? It's gotta be permanent, how else is maintence going to get to the top of this beast?

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Tommy Penner - Variable X @ vxtc.blinkspot.com
Cedar Point FanBoy since 2001

#16 isn't even on the island.

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Great Ohio Coaster Club member #335

Fact cp used to be an island the causeway is manmade

-Doug-
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I am a Mechanical Engineering major not an english major so pardon my horrible grammer

The Causeway is man-made, the Chausee is not therefore CP has always been a penninsula, and I don't think the island is man-made. There used to be a bunch of islands until they filled in the land to make room for Iron Dragon and the Magnum midway.

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Brent Haley
Gemini Crew '02

The causeway is man made, but the Chaussee is not. It has always been there.

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Screamsters 2001
MF/Screamsters 2002

*** This post was edited by 99er 12/22/2002 2:26:39 AM ***

oops my bad

-Doug-
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I am a Mechanical Engineering major not an english major so pardon my horrible grammer

I think the water has always been there.

They have just been filling it in.

http://www.virtualmidway.com/popup/othermappopup.asp?image=1964.gif&title=1964%20Map

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"I can't make a movie or write a song either, but that doesn't mean I'm not entitled to think they suck."
-Jeff

Boeckling had the lagoons dredged in 1905.

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*** This post was edited by Gemini 12/22/2002 10:53:57 AM ***

There were 3 islands, the Iron Dragon had it's own, MF has it't own, and the rivers that go through Snake River Falls and the Mine Ride both used to empty into the lake directly. The two small rivers were redirected because of rides being built.

Stupid question. What is the definition and pronunciation of the word “Chaussee” I know where it is at CP but just curious what it actually means.

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Cedar Point can not and will not be responsible for any thing lost or dammaged.

It's pronounced chaw-see, but I don't know why it's callled that. Maybe one of the locals can answer. I know Jeff answered my question last year about why the area is called the "Firelands".

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

I think it's just the French word for causeway - a raised way across wet ground or water.

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Virtual Midway
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There is a little CAPTAIN OBVIOUS in all of us.

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Remember, "Being fat can even ruin a romantic cruise"

Well, my "Petite Larousse" has the following definition of "chaussee":

1. Partie d'une rue ou d'une route reservee a la circulation des vehicules (par opposition a trottoir, a bas-cote) 2. Ecueil allonge et depassant legerement le niveau de la mer 3. Elevation de terre pour retenir l'eau d'une riviere, d'un etang, ou pour servir de chemin.

So I would say we are talking about the second definition here, which translates roughly as "Stretch of land slightly higher in elevantion than the level of the sea.". And the pronunciation in French sounds most like "show-say" rather than "chaw-see".

-- Harley

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CP fan since 68.