Browntggrr Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/blog/index.cfm And just think, just a couple years ago people believed that the ride would be removed for poor uptime. Quote
clbehymer Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/blog/index.cfm And just think, just a couple years ago people believed that the ride would be removed for poor uptime. I have been to Cedar Point many times this year and everytime that I went it was running except when I went during the torrential downpour that was August 19th. But it opened later in the day when it stopped raining. Good job to the ride ops and maintenance crew for keeping my 2nd favorite ride at CP going like it should. Quote
Jasper Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Congrats to Cedar Point and the TTD crew. They can really get them in there and out fast and efficeint. Awww dang that dirt pile is only for a barn. No 500 ft. restroom. Quote
Captain Picard Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 What about the other 2 million people that visit CP, did they not want to ride it or did they not fit? Quote
KIBeast Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 ^Nah, you're thinking of Millennium Force. Anyway, good to hear that they finally reached 1 million riders. It only took how many seasons? Quote
flightoffear1996 Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 From when I am walking around the park at Cedar Point I hear numerous guest saying that there is no way they will ride it. Some people may not be tall enough, too fat, or other physical diabilities. Is this the first time there has been 1 million riders on TTD in a season? Quote
Browntggrr Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 Is this the first time there has been 1 million riders on TTD in a season? Yes. Quote
Jasper Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 It seems like it would have happened more often. Quote
Raptor66 Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Turns out, we can’t fool the best of detective sleuths. Some of you guessed as to what it was and some were correct. No, this was not the beginning of the 500-foot, mega-inverting, suspended, twisted, giga-hydra-aqua-flippy coaster. Haha, this made me laugh! They should totally build that at KI within the next 50 years! Quote
Browntggrr Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 It seems like it would have happened more often. 2003-2005 TTD was completely unreliable. 2006 it finally started to operate rather consistantly. And in 2007, well, you can see the results. Quote
The Interpreter Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 It seems like it would have happened more often. 2003-2005 TTD was completely unreliable. 2006 it finally started to operate rather consistantly. And in 2007, well, you can see the results. If you start with 2004, sounds exactly like a certain slightly bigger one in New Jersey. The problems must largely be with INTAMIN, not the parks. Otherwise, why would the two different parks and park companies have virtually the same experiences in trying to operate these things? Quote
KIBeast Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 It's not that Intamin is a bad manufacturer...they are just using new technology that hasn't been perfected. Then again, LIM technology hasn't exaclty been perfected either. It just happens to be more reliable, at least for now. Quote
flightoffear1996 Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 I know one thing though after your first 3 or 4 rides on TTD the thrill really dies down. Quote
Browntggrr Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 0 to 120 mph in 3 seconds loses it's thrill? TTD may be a one trick pony, but exactly what are you looking for with more of a thrill? Quote
The Interpreter Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 0 - 128 followed by a hill? Along side the coaster with the steepest drop of any wooden coaster? --The Interpreter, who just HAD to. . . Quote
PKIVortex Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 It wasn't the millionth rider on TTD, just the millionth rider of the 2007 season. Quote
Browntggrr Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 ^ I thought the title gave that one away. Quote
welchce Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 That would be pretty awesome to be a cerimonius rider like that... especially because of the free goodies Mass props to CF. I wonder how many riders Kingda Ka had this year... Quote
Browntggrr Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 ^ Chances are, not as many as TTD. Only because, TTD has 6 trains, yet only uses 5 at a time. KK has only 4 trains. Quote
Raptor66 Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 0 - 128 followed by a hill? Along side the coaster with the steepest drop of any wooden coaster? --The Interpreter, who just HAD to. . . Is KK really noticeably more intense than TTD? Quote
The Interpreter Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 The launches are very different. TTD is far more fluid in its launch. KK grabs you and thrusts HARD and surges. The back seats of KK are also very, very...jackhammery. I love the front seats of cars on KK, and avoid the back seats. The back ones remind me too much of a rose bowl type experience, just far, far more intense. Quote
Browntggrr Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 The restraints are very different as well. People always ask (and are usually called fanboys) why they like TTD more than KK. Especially since KK is faster and taller. And the answer is: the restraints. KK has OTSR, while TTD has a lap bar very similar to MF. Quote
The Interpreter Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Kingda Ka...for lots of reasons, and I realize that is a minority opinion. I like KK's launch better. Don't expect much from that hill after the drop, though. The locals like to claim it is an airtime hill. I've gotten about the same airtime on that thing as I have on Son of Beast, which is to say very, very little. Once. After a rainstorm. On both SOB and KK! It should also be mentioned that many who cannot fit TTD WILL fit KK. Quote
welchce Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 The restraints are very different as well. People always ask (and are usually called fanboys) why they like TTD more than KK. Especially since KK is faster and taller. And the answer is: the restraints. KK has OTSR, while TTD has a lap bar very similar to MF. I don't know if the information is out there, but why does Kingda Ka use the OTSR when TTD (which came before it) uses the more liberating lap bar? Quote
The Interpreter Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Following incidents on the Superman: Rides of Steel at Six Flags New England and what was then Six Flags Darien Lake, INTAMIN decided to equip all its newer US megacoasters with OTSR's. The existing three Superman: Rides of Steel at Six Flags received major modifications to the restraints (including shin guards and attachments to the t-bars), and MF and TTD's seat belts were significantly shortened. Oddly enough, the word liberating means "free-ing," and the T Bar restraints were presumably factors when certain (in each case, larger) guests came free of the restraints, with predictably adverse consequences. Quote
welchce Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 I see. I don't remember hearing about these incidents but it makes sense. Do you bang your head that much on the OTSR on KK? Quote
The Interpreter Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 I never touch the restraints on KK. Others here say they do, and I believe them. The restraints are identical to those on Maverick at Cedar Point. Quote
Delirium_Guy Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 I never touch the restraints on KK. Others here say they do, and I believe them. The restraints are identical to those on Maverick at Cedar Point. I actually agree with Interpreter in that I prefer the ride experience on Ka to Dragster. Not that the difference is all THAT much, but I prefer the launch on Kingda Ka. As for the restraints, good question. When I rode Kingda Ka, I got whacked pretty good on the downward spiral. Definitely left a negative impression on me. However, after numerous rides on Maverick this season I've learned how to ride. I think my next experience on Ka will be vastly different than the last. The Superman incidents are sad. While the ride at SFNE is still a beast and one hell of a ride.....the restraint modifications that they did are god awful. I'm so glad that they haven't been implemented on Millennium Force or Dragster. - Todd Quote
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