Trains back on the track

In case any of you didn't notice, on the webcam, the trains are back on the track so hopefully the ride will open soon! :)

The status report still says it's closed but that could be because it's raining. Maybe it will open tomorrow?

I believe it has already reopened.

Dragster did indeed run nearly the entire day today. It closed just before 9:00 tonight for rain but it ran all morning and afternoon.

It ran the best I have yet seen. The crew was moving quickly, and they were launching trains about every 40-50 seconds(sometimes even closer to 30).

I agree, it ran fantastically. Best I've seen. I could of rode twice but that stupid rain just had to come down.

Got 2 rides on Thursday, they were launching them like crazy, even got one after the rain, sorry TTD120,:}

This is making me feel much better about my trip next week. It would be a big disappointment to go to CP and not ride TTD. It's the highlight of each trip. Anyhow, that's great news!

I didn't want to start a new topic for this so I'll just ask the question here. For people who have been to Cedar Point on weekdays recently, how long have the lines for Dragster been around 9:30-10? Also Millennium Force.

I don't really know, but the next few weeks the crowds will be changing a lot. We're coming into the late June Early July time and that means one thing... CROWDS. You still have a chance to catch a off day, but the park won't be dead anymore.

Well if it doesn’t rain ;), I would guess anywhere around 45min to a 1+hrs wait. But that's just a guess because, like Gomez said, the crowds are coming and Dragster's wait (and MF's) could be anything now.......even 4 hours.
lol! Just kidding......or am I????

Seriously though, you never know.:)

i went on saturday and the lines weren't that long. we rode MF and TTD twice - once in the morning/early afternoon and once at night (closing time). both times we waited just about an hour. i didn't think it was bad at all. it was raining off and on in the morning (10:00ish), so it was shut down during that. we rode magnum in a light drizzle and that stung a little bit, so i can't even imagine what rain feels like on TTD. :)

the ride ops were running TTD and MF WAY faster at night than during the morning. trains were dispatching a lot quicker and the lines just seemed to move way faster.

Night dispatches are usually quicker because the ride ops want to go home, so they power through the line as quickly as possible.

Heh, that's never been the motto on the Magnum crew. There, the higher capacity you run at, the more people that can get back in line to ride again. :)

How did you manage to ride Millennium Force at 2 A.M.? Im guessing the park was open until midnight and the line was still really long at closing. If I was working the ride and I had been there that long, I would probably want to leave to.

Dito!! Who wants to be there that late?? *** Edited 6/20/2005 4:11:04 PM UTC by TTD 120mph***

Yes, it was during a Saturday during Halloweekends, and I got in line right at 12:00 and it was a 2 hour wait.

Perhaps there was some sort of mechanical difficulty that made it that long because a two hour wait at close is pretty rare.

Anyway, at Magnum, we pretty much busted our butts all the time to get as many people on and off the ride as we could. Usually we had a station only wait for a good hour or two in the morning. Our goal was to still hit every interval in order to keep it that way. When there was a line in the queues, we wanted to hit every interval and fill every seat so the turnstile kept on spinning. We wanted to empty the queues as early into the evening as possible so people can just run around and get right back onto the platform. Some of my best CP memories are of watching the same people riding over and over at night and having a blast. That is what guest service is all about. It's not about saying, "eh, our line isn't that long so let's relax or transfer off a train, or rope off some cars" which seems to be the norm too frequently at other parks and even CP these days. Why do just enough when you can do extra and really impress people?

Matt, attitudes like yours ROCK! Just keep that same attitude in whatever you do in life and you'll do great.

MrScott

I didn't want to start a new topic but I was at the park yesterday and Dragster ran the best I have ever seen. They were launching trains every 45 seconds or so, and not once did the ride break down. We rode in the morning and then around 3:30 got back in line with the sign saying an hour wait, we were in the station in 30 mins. I also didn't have that "oh please don't let it break down" thought in my head, I was so confident in the ride yesterday I waited an extra 30 mins for the front. Looks like the ride is finally under control.

For now Michigan Wolverines, for now.

MrScott