Steel Vengeance to open in 2018 at Cedar Point

[JubJester 4431]

12 hours ago, matt112986 said:

From Maverick I could only see Blackjack in storage.

Ok cool. Seemed too fast for just one train.

[King Ding Dong 7998]

From what I have heard Blackjack has been cannibalized for parts and is missing a lot of wheels so 3 trains may not be possible yet.  Then again, if they can get the parts there in time maybe they can get it running. 

@JubJester Have fun trying to get to sleep tonight if they pull an all nighter testing.     I would suggest taking some Ambien but I heard on Twitter that stuff can do weird things like turn you into a Vekoma Fan or worse.  

[JubJester 4431]

11 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said:

@JubJester Have fun trying to get to sleep tonight if they pull an all nighter testing.     I would suggest taking some Ambien but I heard on Twitter that stuff can do weird things like turn you into a Vekoma Fan or worse.  

The cabin area I am in is just across the road from SV, so I can just hear it roaring (which is cool). The first big hill is basically right above our cabin. They haven't let down on testing. It seems like they are picking up the pace, because there's not a time where I can't hear the lift or the train rolling by. I may start a journal, because it may be a long night. "...at zero three hundred hours, I have yet gather one second of sleep."

Being a Vekoma fan is my worst nightmare! I'm scared that you added, "or worse".

[matt112986 766]

Let us know if you start seeing Zamperla on the walls.

[JubJester 4431]

^ Will do.

It is still running, and running at full force. I can slightly hear it through my headset.

[King Ding Dong 7998]

Smart man.  I always bring my cans when I go camping as there is inevitably one in the group that desperately needs a CPAP but refuses to beleive they snore.  

[JubJester 4431]

They didn't stop testing until after four. I fell asleep at 2:30, and I woke up hearing it test around 4. They are still testing it as I type. 

[matt112986 766]

Its closed all day today, saw it testing with dummies.

[Tera Ryzing 362]

Why are they going through all this trouble to get it up and going for an enthusiast event?  They should have closed it for a few days during the 8pm closings.

[malem 19141]

Enthusiasts from around the country will be on-hand for CoasterMania, with Steel Vengeance as the star attraction. CP clearly doesn't want to disappoint.

Not to mention, cedar Fair publicizes their Golden Ticket Awards, which are voted on by enthusiasts.

[King Ding Dong 7998]

There have been photos of new brake systems arriving and sitting on pallets as recently as a few days ago.  

If there really are 1,200 attendees a 300/hour ride is not going to have great ERT.  

[JubJester 4431]

1 hour ago, Tera Ryzing said:

Why are they going through all this trouble to get it up and going for an enthusiast event?  They should have closed it for a few days during the 8pm closings.

Why do you go through all this trouble to create a fuss? Keep in mind June is just around the corner.

Is there a better time to do this?

[IndyGuy4KI 10021]

2 hours ago, Tera Ryzing said:

They should have closed it for a few days during the 8pm closings.

Yesterday and today are 8 PM closes. The "should have" is "they did!"

[Tera Ryzing 362]

Thank you for clarifying.

[IndyGuy4KI 10021]

I hear 2 train op for coastermania this morning.

[Kenban 1923]

I am waiting in line, it is running two trains.  But wait time is  two and half hours during ERT.

EDIT: I should point out this was the posted wait time.  Actual wait was about an hour.

[Tera Ryzing 362]

There is 2k plus @ coastermania?

[gforce1994 1713]

SV is back on FLP. However due to the requirement that the other train must be back on the brake run to dispatch a train, the capacity of the ride is nearly 600, which is 240 more than one train operation.

[Tera Ryzing 362]

Why cant the train be on the lift?

[KI FANATIC 37 3134]

Thats odd that they have that requirement for two train operations. Almost sounds like they aren't confident in running two trains, but yet they still are.

[Tera Ryzing 362]

They must be confident that the train on the track will stop before colliding with the one in the station.

[teenageninja 1146]

600 PPH, woof.

[KingsMills79 208]

1 hour ago, Tera Ryzing said:

They must be confident that the train on the track will stop before colliding with the one in the station.

Call me crazy and I know absolutely nothing about coaster cycles, but doesn't it make sense that there should be no need to worry about collisions from the train on the brake run, if they would simply dispatch the train in the station that has been recently loaded with passengers? 

iow,  can't have a collision if there is nothing to run into...am I wrong?

[KI FANATIC 37 3134]

I feel like they can't/won't dispatch one train until the other is on the brake run in order to avoid a more serious collision somewhere else on the ride.

Yeah it was bad that two trains bumped in the station, but no one was really hurt. 

[Tera Ryzing 362]

They must not think the brake run can block two trains then

[teenageninja 1146]

I would think that the programming would be pretty easy to stop the train on the hill if it hadn't cleared the brake run at the end of the ride, but that could cause a lot of wear and tear on the gearbox as well.

[Tera Ryzing 362]

Must want to have the train safely in the station before releasing the 2nd train off the lift

[Tera Ryzing 362]

Is it just me or does RMC need to evaluate who they subcontract work out to.  You have the launch on lightning rod, this, parterning with vekoma.....

[Maverick44 3079]

Oh no....you said RMC partnered with Vekoma…..this ride is doomed.

[silver2005 22241]

Upon further review on a real POV, it doesn't appear the brakes before the station are long enough to accommodate a train, or at least something where the train behind it would be super close to it if they stacked all 3.