Disaster Transport in the 70's Questions

When We went to Cedar Point a week ago. I had sme questions about Disaster Transport.

1.What was the Queue line experience like before all the new things.

2.Did the ride feel longer without the building around it.

3.What was there Before The ride.

4.Was the lines Really, Really long for it.

I know something, there was no queue experience in the 70's, the ride was much shorter in the 70's, and there was no line for it in the 70's. Disaster Transport opened as Avalanche Run in 1985.

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Hi, I'm here to talk about coasters, if you are not, shut up and leave.

I was gonna say the same thing.

Avalanche run was even more boring and slow feeling outside then it is now. Why do you think they enclosed it?

If I remeber right (I was pretty little) the Line went pretty much where it does now. I know for a fact the exit ramp is the same.

The lines were long but back then CP only had Gemini, Corkscrew, Blue Streak, The Mine Ride, and Wildcat as other coasters. All the lines were long. Waiting in line was like waiting in line for any other coaster.

Before AR was there the Wildcat was there.

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All I need is 4.5 million bucks and a half a mile long sliver of land and maybe someone could build me my very own Shivering Timbers.

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*snickers*

Seriously, tho...I never saw Avalanche Run. But once it was enclosed and converted to Disaster Transport, the lines were pretty long the first few years. That was when the theming still worked.

I know it was corny, but I still miss the talking robot.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

...and before Wildcat, the Schwarzkopf-designed Jumbo Jets were there.

Later,
EV
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Avalanche Run was the first coaster I had the nerve to ride. I was 7 years old, and I was so proud I had my dad buy me a t-shirt. I kinda miss it-it was a novel idea.

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No love for the whiners

Another memeber of the "Avalanch Run was my first 'big' coaster" club here! :o)

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James Draeger
-Proud co-founder of the Coasterbuzz street team

The site where Disaster Transport now stands was once home to the Traver-designed Cyclone up until sometime in the fifties. It is regarded as the greatest of Cedar Point's long-gone coasters...

Avalanche Run was built in 1985. Thw Wildcat had been operating there since the Jumbo Jet was removed in 1980 (?). It was transformed into Disaster Transport, in 1990, I think the building was built by Dinn Corp.

For some reason, people seem to think that AR is much older then it really is. I was standing behind this guy in the DT line this year. He had to be in his late 50’s to early 60’s. He was telling his kids how he rode AR when he was a kid. I remember think that if he was a kid when AR first opened, he is aging rather poorly!

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Bob M.

Actually they enclosed the ride because rain would often be caught in the trough (I think thats the term) and the ride would be down most of the time. The water had to drain and dry up before the ride could become operational again.

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"The opposite of war isn't peace, its creation," Rent.

Thats just a rumor Jephry.

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All I need is 4.5 million bucks and a half a mile long sliver of land and maybe someone could build me my very own Shivering Timbers. ;)

It's not even a good rumour, since the ride still closes in heavy rain because some genius put vents over the trough.

Duh.

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7/27: Subdivision Cam becomes party cam at the year's hottest Ohio luau!

Actually RPMGuitar, the old man could have been referring to the Flying Turns at Euclid Beach Park, just mixing his parks around.

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(Coaster Con XXV, SFMM)ACEr Lady: Who would like to be at Cedar Point right now!?
ACErs: YEAAAAAH!!!

Here's a few pics to show you what it was like. (Hit the forward arrow for more) http://www.coastergallery.com/CP/23.html

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- Peabody

In my opinion, Disaster Transport occupies a great lakeview site which could be put to better use in just about any other way. That ugly whitewashed building blocks out one of the better views of the lake.

Whitewashed?? The building is metal.

Anyway, I found it interesting to see how close the water was to AR. Water levels in Lake Erie sure have dropped since the 1980's

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

The water was not as close as it looks, pretty much the same distance as it is now.

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1989, 9 years old bawling my eyes out because I didn't want to ride Magnum. I did anyway and look at me now. Why did ya make me do it Dave? ;)

Okay Magnum Force, since you don't believe me, try checking this website:

http://huron.lre.usace.army.mil/erie.html

The water levels for Lake Erie in July were 17,489 (1985) and 17,504 (1986). The water level for July 2001 (the latest recorded on this website) is 17,404.

That's a difference between 85 and 100 meters. I stand by my assertion.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

*** This post was edited by CPLady on 7/24/2002. ***

CPLady said:

The water levels for Lake Erie in July were 17,489 (1985) and 17,504 (1986). The water level for July 2001 (the latest recorded on this website) is 17,404.
That's a difference between 85 and 100 meters. I stand by my assertion.

Your decimal point is a little off, there. It's a difference of 0.85 to 1 meter. An additional 300 feet of water would certainly be noticeable at Cedar Point.