Compare construction at CP and Xcelerator

Look at this picture--

http://www.cpthrillology.com/images/1013spaceshot.jpg

Very nice shot!

That is a nice shot. I also think this will be an awesome ride but way to short. I know that the GP does care if they wait an hr for a 15 second ride because PKD has a longer line for Volcano but not a real long line for Hypersonic. I think it will effect us more though because I loved Hypersonic but thought the wait and the shortness ruined it. I think the new CP ride will be like Hypersonic and pack a punch but be very short.

*** This post was edited by medusafanatic on 10/15/2002. ***

Has anyone seen the massive bug they're placing on top of the tower? I can see why they needed two cranes, that's one HUGE bug!

Maybe the new ride will be like Xcelerator, 1/3 of potential riders say "thats it", 1/3 are too scared, allowing the other 1/3 of riders to wait in a 30-35 minute line on a summer saturday when Ghostriders line in over 90 minutes.

If it's 400 ft tall, there will be a lot af people who will be too scared to ride. There are still those who are too scared to ride the MF.

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there are those that are too scared to ride MF but the line is still the longest in the park almost 100% of the time

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quit complaining about stupid things like spelling and abreviations. It's not worth it.

I think the "disappointment" could be that the ride may have shoulder harnesses, of course I'm just guessing on that. Right now the fastest coasters: Donopa (sp?), STE, ToT, SD, and MF ALL have lap bars, which is very cool.

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Just looking through the pics at Virtual Midway and there is another set of parallel footers inside of the ones lined up with the tophat. ????? More than L-TH-B?

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The worst day at Cedar Point is better than the best day at work.

You are going to have maintenance/transfer track if there are more than two trains so I wouldn't make too much of that. Also, there are going to be footers for the station.

But maintenance/transfer track doesnt take 8 footers... Also, notice in the photos that those footers are closer to the launch side than the brake side.....

Also, the pictures give away one of the rides "surprises" Take a look and see if you can find it :)

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Ansley said:

I think the "disappointment" could be that the ride may have shoulder harnesses,

This thought has crossed my mind several times as well.

We'll all find out soon enough, I guess.

chris, whaddya mean by "soon ENOUGH". If it was soon enough, we'd already KNOW by now...;)

Seriously, if there's only ONE thing this ride will be faulted for, it won't be the restraints....that would make TWO things....