Topping off at CP! - CoasterBuzz

You'll see an american flag on top when it reaches the very top. BTW, Knotts' tophat was seriously built in 3 days once the 2 big Impulse like towers were built. The overbanks were done in about a week and a half. Thats how fast it is when the footers are all poured and set before vertical construction.

Hmm, do all the tallest rides in the park have lightning rods?

Impressive, they've the first 200, 300 & 400ft coasters ever built!

Why does everyone always forget Gemini? It's the true record breaker, debuting as the world's tallest, fastest, and steepest coaster, not to mention the first to break the 100ft height. :)

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Brent Haley
Cedar Point Gemini Crew '02

People tend to dismiss Gemini as a true record breaker the same way they tend to dismiss Magnum as the first over 200 feet.

There were shuttle loops built prior to Gemini that were technically taller. The same argument is made against Magnum with Moonsault Scramble which was built in 1983 and stands at 207 feet.

The argument for the CP records is that those are shuttle coasters and not every rider reaches that height.

It's an argument that will never end...

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Go take a look at the tower today on the webcame (10th). The outter posts are definitely coming to combine with the middle. No doubt now (although I'm sure someone will argue :) ) that the tower is reaching it's full height.

Looks so good, doubt I will ride for a few years yet :(

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Matthayman said:
"The track is the tallest part except for maybe the thing that measures the wind speed and a lightning rod (have no clue what the right term is)."

We've established that the second of those is, in fact, called a "lightning rod" ;)

The instrument used to measure wind speed is called an "anemometer."

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James Draeger
-Captain Sarcasm

Ahhh..now we have a tower apex.

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/inside_park/webcam/camera3.cfm

Question now is what's the track gonna do?

Question now is what's the track gonna do?

There is going to be a mini spaghetti bowl ontop of the tower so when you are up there in the revolving restruant you can watch the trains circle by before shooting back down.

Seriously, it will most likely do whats been said. L-TH-B

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Wood Rules!

Good lord why does everyone always post that same picture of the track I have seen it like a 100000000 times already from now on it should be called "that one picture". Back on topic its safe to assume the tower is done but does anyone know how tall it is now?

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Load up on guns brings your friends its fun to lose to pretend...

The tower is around 400' right now.

Smells Like Teen Spirit said:

Good lord why does everyone always post that same picture of the track I have seen it like a 100000000 times already from now on it should be called "that one picture".

It's not the same picture. It's called a webcam. That picture is updated every minute straight from the park.

Right now it looks as if the tower itself is really being topped off.

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Final Deja Vu Count for the 2002 Season: 52
SFGAm CoasterWorld

Sorry to be doing the play by play on the cam but... 'Negetive.....it didn't go in......" wonder why they're removing pieces.....

lol, did you see that too? They had what looked like the last piece of the tower up there but now its gone.

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Final Deja Vu Count for the 2002 Season: 52
SFGAm CoasterWorld

What piece? You mean the other connect on the left (to us) side of the tower?

If that's what it is, maybe it was because they thought they would run out of light or something. Who knows, could be a thousand different reasons.

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it is obvious why they removed it the whole point of the ride was to build a big tower strap inta track to it and total freak people out about what it is. Then they would reveal the REAL #16 whitch is an underground wild mouse that goes around an underground resturant.

ok, good, i thought i was seeing things, lol!

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Shaun Rajewski
Rctycoon2k
http://www.rctycoon2k.com
"a recently crowned person in the 'know'"

Cranes are still moving as of right now, though. It'll be interesting to see if they try to put that post back in tonight.

RollerJunkie said:

Smells Like Teen Spirit said:

Good lord why does everyone always post that same picture of the track I have seen it like a 100000000 times already from now on it should be called "that one picture".

It's not the same picture. It's called a webcam. That picture is updated every minute straight from the park.

No I meant that picture of theose 3-4 curved pieces of track LOL

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