Vertigo single tower collapse

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A portion of one of Cedar Point's newest rides, fell to the ground Monday afternoon. Park officials say one of the Vertigo's 265 foot support towers broke about 65 feet above the ground. Cedar Point says the ride launches people almost 300 feet into the air at speeds of nearly 50 miles an hour. The park says no one was hurt and there was minimal damage to the area surrounding the ride. Officials say they're still not sure what caused that portion of the ride to fall.

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*** This post was edited by pezmanguy3 on 1/14/2002. ***

OMG...I feel really bad now. Sorry if I said it was WT....that's what my parents said they heard. Hope I did bring some light onto the incident though.  It's Vertigo....thank God not WT.....  :(
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Clears up one thing: It was Vertigo, Not Wicked Twister. Is that good or bad? Opinions? I think they'll be able to get this thing back up and ready soon.

Guess will have to talk to Stan Checketts about this one.

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Welcome back Magnum riders how was your ride?

Midway Man, chill...It's cool...you told us it was a ride at Cedar Point, at least.

Just goes to show ya Midway Man to never assume..

as far as getting it back up and running soon...I don't know?? My bet is Stan is enroute...;)

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Wheres the Electricity!

maybe on the news cast they said mentioned somthing about how wicked twister being a new coaster at CP... after telling about vertigo

So there's a 200 foot picec of steel sitting on it's side in Challenge Park?
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Tim, who hopes to work at Cedar Point one day and understand half of this site.

i guess so... it has to be laying somewhere...lol

Wait, a second, it doesn't say that 65 broke off, it says it broke as 65 feet...which means MFRULES is right, 200 feet broke off. This sure isn't in their funding...How much did Vertigo cost? If it cost 9 mill, then it will cost $3 to fix it...Jeez...I wonder if this will slow down WT at all?

Thank God it didn't go east east and hit Magnum. THANK GOD!

Didn't VertiGo cost 1.9 Million?

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2002- Raptor Hot Shots
Force Laps: 424
Wicked Twists: ???

I was giving an example....

So if it cost 1.9, assuming 1/3 of it is ruined from the fall, then around $650,000 is needed.

I doubt it cost 9 million, WT is only about 11 isn't it?
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Welcome back Magnum riders how was your ride?

Yes, that could cut Maggie lift hill right in half. 
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Tim, who hopes to work at Cedar Point one day and understand half of this site.

But they'll repair it I hope.
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Tim, who hopes to work at Cedar Point one day and understand half of this site.

Somethign doesn't add up though, wind couldn't have done this, something else catostrophic had to have happened. In the case of spontaneous collapse I would say S and S would bear some responsibility as this is not even a year old.
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Welcome back Magnum riders how was your ride?

1.4 million right around if I remember..

And S&S is on the way to help investigate..

*** This post was edited by Red Garter Rob on 1/14/2002. ***

I'll be interested to see pictures!
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2002- Raptor Hot Shots
Force Laps: 424
Wicked Twists: ???

*** This post was edited by Wicked Twisted Greg on 1/14/2002. ***

What about the guys with the plane from last winter? Spirit of the Point, I think.
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Tim, who hopes to work at Cedar Point one day and understand half of this site.