TTD up and running again?!?!?!

The park said the ride was not scheduled to open prior to the holiday weekend. Last time I checked, Thursday, July 3rd, is before the holiday weekend.

Thanks for the play-by-play though.

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OMD. The webcam shows that it's like daylight at Cedar Point! I fear that a fiery meteor may be on its way to destroying the *entire* peninsula!!!

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ugggggggggghhh.

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Well, I used to be able to see TTD from my house, then I moved.
Life's not fair.

They were doing a lot of testing late last night (Jul 3rd), they even had a low power launch at around 10:30pm. Then, a technician removed a wire from one of the junction boxes, and they moved a train up to launch position and left it there at least until 11:00pm when I left.

I think they are still sorting out the modifications they made, like the brake for the push car at the launch point. From what I saw tonight, it could be running on the 4th if things go well with what they are doing now.

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Chernabog said:
OMD. The webcam shows that it's like daylight at Cedar Point! I fear that a fiery meteor may be on its way to destroying the *entire* peninsula!!!

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Deep Impact: The Ride?

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According to the info line, Dragster is scheduled to be up this weekend. Just to let ya know :)

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"Another disadvantage is that people, in their enthusiasm, not only aim for the bottles but also for my head. And a wooden ball can hurt a lot." - From an article on Ananova.com

I am looking at the webcam now and there are ride ops in the station.

Edit: They know about us watching:

http://beyond-repair.net/capture.jpg

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*** This post was edited by CoasterBGW 7/4/2003 8:57:57 AM ***

I see people wiping down the themeing maybe just maybe it'll open today.

Yeah, Seeing the ride ops in the station right now gives me a great sign. There's trains on the track again. So hopefully we see it run today. : )

At 10:57am EST, the ride is now operational

I said that, and deleted it when i wasn't sure. Thanks for the affirmation John.

BLack Cherry was in unload, now green is. All 6 trains are on the circuit.

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They seem to be taking water dummies out and replacing them with people.

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Moosh!! It's the 4th! Will you light my firecracker :-)

Its 11:20 and the status report says its not in operation. How come its opertaing then?

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It has launched sans people. But it has launched repeatedly. Good signs.

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How can you tell if theres a launch? I've been looking at the station and there was movement of the green train I saw but, nothing more. How do you tell?

It's opening day all over again. And I'm 300 miles away. Could we expect media coverage? Maybe? Pleeeease?

I'm kidding, of course. I feel happy for those lucky ones who made it to the point, and hope they are having a good time. To everyone else, I recommend riding a coaster, go watch some fireworks, or at least get outside. It's the 4th of July, so everyone shouldn't be huddled against their computer screens. Well, I'll talk to everyone later; I'm going to the Western open at Cog Hill CC, Lamont, Ill.

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Well, I used to be able to see TTD from my house, then I moved.
Life's not fair.
*** This post was edited by TTDTom 7/4/2003 12:02:43 PM ***

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CoasterBGW said:
I am looking at the webcam now and there are ride ops in the station.

Edit: They know about us watching:

http://beyond-repair.net/capture.jpg

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Okay, that photo is just plain scary. It looks like the Twilight Zone or something...

I'm glad they finally got it up and running. Hopefully it will be operational when I head there for a week in early August. :)

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If the 2-week theory holds true TTD will open today. We were there for the last re-opening on June 18 and that was after exactly 2 weeks of down-time. It ran that Wednesday, Thursday and from what I've heard part of the day Friday and here we are again exactly 2 weeks later. It will be interesting to hear if it re-opens at the same time as well, between 6 and 7:00 this evening.

When I left the members of Dragster were going back into Dragster mode, aka saying the wrong spiels. Hey ya never know.
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