Ok in the gallery there is a ride called monster and it looks really werid!! What is it!? - angel of death! thanx!
You can see a normal day-time picture of monster here:
http://www.schmidty.com/cpvirtual/rides/monster.html
I don't really like Monster, it's not that great of a ride and has a terrible loading/unloading procedure. But I still make a point to ride it every other year or so. :)
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Trim brakes-a necessity???
CP's "Monster" has also been called "Octopus" at other parks, and you can find it at fairs and the like. You get a lot of the nauseous feeling on it, lots of the stomach flips. It's one ride I really don't like all that well, but it is classic. I probably don't like it because in '97 I had to spend 2 days cleaning and waxing it! By the way, no one TOLD us not to wax the seats...
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In front of Gemini. Black and orange colors. BE WARNED that the line moves very slow and it take very long to load nd unloud the ride. Not one of the best rides, but try Witch's Weel right next door!! Gotta love that one!
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How bout troika? Is that any better?
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I have been on it! stupid me but in the picture it looked weird with all the colors! thanks everyone!
Yikes! I looked at the pic in the gallery and I didn't recognize it either! :)
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It was broken on opening day because I saw two men fixing the center part.
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I can't believe that more of you don't love Monster. It is one of my favorite flat rides despite that fact that it has a silly loading procedure. I had never understood why they didn't make it so that all of the arms came down to the ground at the same time for loading and unloading.
Natas, look at the way that center is constructed. To make all the arms come down for loading and unloading would require a much more complicated center.
The Monster is a product of the Eyerly Aircraft Company (makers of the *-O-Plane rides) and is the latest in the series of variations on the Octopus. There were, according to my notes, thirteen Monsters built, and Cedar Point's is one of the first four or five. The Monster differs from the more common Spider in that it has 24 tubs instead of 12, and it has that rotating pod on the end of each sweep. Also, the Monster is larger than the Spider, and has an all-hydraulic drive system.
There are lots of Spider rides out there; the Spiders all have six curved sweeps with two tubs on the end of each sweep, and can load four tubs (two sweeps) at a time, much as the Monster can load two sweeps (eight tubs) at a time. The Octopus, for completeness, has eight sweeps and either eight or sixteen tubs, and can load one (8-tub) or two (16-tub) tubs at a time.
There are some odd variations out there, too. For instance, the first Monster had only five sweeps, and at least one park ((Six Flags') Enchanted Village) has a "Spid-O-Pus" which has six straight arms on it.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
Never realized there were so many variations, myself. :)
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Both spiders & octopi have 8 limbs, so why a 6-limbed version would be called a spid-o-pus is truly mysterious.
-- Harley
PS I think Troika is a much much better ride than Monster.
PPS The CP Monster ride used to be called Octopus, IIRC.
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harley, an Eyerly Octopus has eight straight sweeps. An Eyerly Spider, unlike a real spider, has six curved sweeps. Enchanted Village's Spid-O-Pus has straight sweeps like an Octopus, but it only has six of them...like a Spider.
You have to remember that Lee Eyerly's background was in aeronautics, not biology. Witness also that the tails on the "Bulgy the Whale" tubs (an Eyerly kiddie ride) are vertical, unlike the horizontal tails found on real whales.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.