TTD Status: Day to Day

e x i t english said:
The funny thing about this entire thing is, by scrutinizing all the UP-time, you're actually giving all the naysayers a chance to rag on the DOWN-time.

If you just played it cool and said "You know, TTD has been running pretty well this year. I think everyone can agree on that." It has to be this way, and all the comments fly, and opinions are formed.

Just sayin' is all.

You may be serving some serious truth soup here (sorry for the crappy analogy). Though that's not say that I won’t refrain from saying how well it ran on one of my trips.:)

Very well put, e x i t.

TTD, I'm scrutinizing (to a ridiculous level, to serve a purpose) the whole ordeal. Originally, you were going to track "significant" downtime. It doesn't matter how long the days are, what day of the week it is, what phase the moon is in, or how import sales are affecting the morale of component manufacturers in Mexico.

The point(s) I am trying to get across is two-fold:

1. This whole thing is silly. As mentioned by e x i t, there's no need for such tomfoolery - just keep track at home, if you like, and give qualitative (not quantitative) feedback occasionally. That way, if anyone questions your assertions, you can whip out some factual info and "boo-yah" them to the ground.
2. 4 hours of downtime is significant regardless of how long the operating day is. Heck, 1 hour is significant, as is 45 minutes. 4 hours of downtime still prohibits the same amount of people from riding it, regardless of what day it is, and while the park being open longer may seem to allow those with missed opportunities a greater chance at riding it another time, the higher crowds will typically counteract that.

Keep in mind that I'm most definitely not trying to be hostile. I'm just trying to be the "reality check" guy here.

So, what's everyone's though on MF, Skyhawk, and maXair all having more days of downtime than TTD this year? I have to say, I'm not going to ride MF until they get the dang thing more reliable, a week of downtime isn't acceptable. ;)

We could get out the calculator and perform some multi-season addition, if you'd like. ;)

I'm not much of a history buff. I live life as it stands today in the 2006. :)

You know what they say about those who don't learn from history...

Except for whent he storm hit yesterday evening, it was open all day yesterday and ran very well. The inervals were also a lot better than I've seen them in a while... atleast better than I've seen them this year.

djDaemon said:

1. This whole thing is silly. As mentioned by e x i t, there's no need for such tomfoolery - just keep track at home, if you like, and give qualitative (not quantitative) feedback occasionally. That way, if anyone questions your assertions, you can whip out some factual info and "boo-yah" them to the ground.

Ok, I see what you're getting at, but how do I go about getting such qualitative info? I watch the Cleveland cam every day of every hour(after school) for 10 minutes to make sure it's not down. So is that not enough?? I mean obviously going to the park everyday would be the best way but I don’t think that’s ever going to be possible.:)

I'm just trying to prove that this year is going to be significantly better for Dragster than 2005 2004 and defiantly 2003. Will I say "BOO YAH!!!" or "I told your so!!". Maybe, BUT it will only be because I want to prove I was right. I dont want to appear like a jackass. And if I am or if I do, I apologize.

TTD120 <-------Jackass , LOL, "Now that's funny, I don't care who you are, that's funny." Larry the Cable Guy. Just kidding, your not a jackass, just been waiting for an oppertunity to quote Larry. ;)

By qualitative, I mean basically what e x i t described above. By gathering info from people who visit the park and report here, and through your own experience, you can probably get a pretty good idea as to how it has been operating, in terms of downtime, intervals and the like. You can then compare that to its history, and explain how its doing better.

Or, if you'd like, you can contract me to become an observer. Just pay for my gas, lodging, etc., and I will keep tabs on it for you. ;)

Tell you what, I'll call you when I hit the lotto.:)

Seriously though that's good. It's just that not many people seem to post how it has been preforming on their trips. So can we see some more reports here. This thread is called "TTD Status: Day to Day" after all.:)

Right on. :)

And I'm holding you to the lotto comment.

Dragster ran flawlessly all day on Thurs. 6-15. Two rollbacks, with passangers, at the start of the day.

I was watching the Cleveland cam and saw no launches between 9 and 11. Is there some reason behind this? Or am I just blind?

Catch car problems caused it to be down for most of the day today. They had the yellow crane out and the catch car pulled out of the track.

Like how much of the day? I saw a few launches at 8 when I got home from work. Like was it down for 7 hours of the day? If it was, I need to mark it down in my log as half closed half open.

*** Edited 6/18/2006 5:59:39 PM UTC by TTD 120mph***

Ralph Wiggum said:
Catch car problems caused it to be down for most of the day today. They had the yellow crane out and the catch car pulled out of the track.

Based on him saying "most of the day", and the fact that the catch car was removed, and they had a crane on-site, I think its safe to classify it as being DOWN for the day.

Or are there now going to be new categories of down-ness?

It was down all day Saturday. What you saw were only test runs; It never opened.

So, it was down both Saturday and Sunday?

I don't know about Sunday, but it never opened on Saturday.