Maverick work has begun

Is there any possibility that this could be a band-aid? Like maybe That part of the ride will be re-done over the upcoming winter? Just throwing that idea into the pool.

Yeah but with no inversions now there should be no need for OTSR's.

Uh, last I checked, there are still two corkscrews and a beyond-vertical drop.

If any human actually rode the thing before now they sure have bragging rights...that's one hell fo a credit :)

Word is that Sandor is the only one who rode it.

The pictures in the blog are much better quality, but here are some captures from today. Other than the cut piece of track, I would say they got everything else disassembled. It's tough to tell though.

http://www.rollercoasterfreak.com/Cedar_Point/2007-05-17_Maverick_Track_Removal/index.htm

Do the ride animators get to collect another paycheck? ;)

As far as "not contracting with Stengel anymore"...there aren't alot of options out there, are there?

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PhantomTails said:
Uh, last I checked, there are still two corkscrews and a beyond-vertical drop.

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LOL. There couldn't have been a better response to that post.

New credits, all around.

Did you guys not see the video of the train cruising through the roll? It was way too fast...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guTTVVco1NA

Slowing it down would've sucked too. The top of the hill after the launch is going to pop you hard, and it really hauls through the rest of the circuit.

That element wouldn't have actually been that bad had it been heartlined. What the hell were they thinking?

Jeff, we've all seen the fast progression through the hearline, AND the ride was apparently designed that way! Surprising the faulty design went as far as it did (for sure). My "paralized grandmother" (sarcasm) with no engineering experience can see that one element after a 70 MPH launch was going to be extreme due to the speed at the bottom of the hill.

Can you provide any insight into what CP or Intamin will do after the ride opens? Having no amusement park experience, do the legal contracts for rides go into the specifics (3 inversions) as we do with equipment or franchise agreements in the food industry?

Cedar Point has to be beside themselves. First a leak within the organization to Screamscape followed by it's validity and a faulty design from Intamin. Will heads roll?

Enquiring minds want to know (Jeff) - lol.

Tom

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Jason Hammond said:
Word is that Sandor is the only one who rode it.

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And his resulting brain hemmorage lead to the decision for a reprofiling? ;)

It's amazing how quickly things have developed since Sandor's ride on Maverick (as rumored). He know's they've really made a huge and I suspect costly mistake (imo).

^ Oh come on. :) It's not like they've made past engineering and design mistakes where they had to later weld on additional support beams and guy-cables on Xcelerator, or weld on additional support beams on Steel Venom GL, Steel Venom VF, and Wicked Twister...

Or did they? ;)

I think what CP is doing is extremely intelligent. That heartline roll looked like whiplash to me, especially after watching the testing video. Had testing robots been available back in the day, maybe Drachen Fire would have had the one corkscrew removed before it opened to the public. I never had a chance to ride DF, but logic dictates to me that if you're removing a whole inversion, people weren't crazy about it, or were being injured by it.

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CoasterDude316 said:
Actually FScottS, my experience with Storm Runner was the S-curve going to the final brakes was pretty good at slamming your neck back and forth into those thin restraints.

I think your less likely to hit your neck when the train is going one direction in the roll, then you are when your quickly changing from one direction to another.

*** Edited 5/17/2007 9:20:24 PM UTC by CoasterDude316***

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Couldn't agree more with yeah. When my friend and I got back to our hotel room after we left the park, we both had bruses on our shoulders. So, guess we all have to wait and see

There are other s-curves on the ride too. So, I'm guessing if one whips your head side to side, they all will. I just hope my head is above those restraints. I'll start doing neck exercises now so i can keep my head from moving on the ride. :)

I am very impressed after watching the testing videos and am pretty excited to ride now. The train really zips through the course. I was surprised at the speed up the initial hill too. Looks fun and yes, I agree the heartline was taken WAY too fast.

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Thom25 said:
Cedar Point has to be beside themselves. First a leak within the organization to Screamscape followed by it's validity and a faulty design from Intamin. Will heads roll?

Enquiring minds want to know (Jeff) - lol

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Well first off, there is no validity to the Screamscape rumor, unless Lance has a crystal ball or something. The test results that compelled them to make this change only came a few days before the decision.

As for what their contractual obligations were, I doubt many people outside of the board, Kinzel and Kernacs know for sure.

The other part that hasn't received as much attention in this discussion. CP has had to raise the height restriction to 52" from the planned 48". That somewhat dimininishes this ride as a "family" coaster so to speak.