TTD Operating?

Or maybe they are poorly designed...

According to Cp's Website it says that TTD is down for the rest of the season, as they have to order a part for it, and it will not be in on time. Blog from 10/10/2005. Wonder what they had to get...

You'd think by now Cedar Point would want to keep a clone of every part to the entire launch system on hand... "Just in case".

that would probably cost millions of dollars to get a copy of every piece, and not being able to anticipate a specific break or part does not help.

It could be on an as-needed basis.. CP would have a spare of every part on hand at no charge. If something breaks and they use it, they let Intamin know and pay for it. Meanwhile, Intamin sends another spare of that part to maintain the extra spare for everything.

CP isn't the only one that looks bad when there is extended downtime on a star attraction. It's bad PR for Intamin - perhaps even moreso than CP since there's a near-twin huge paperweight sitting in Jackson, NJ.

So basically, the initial parts would be machined and supplied by Intamin for free?

Not how business works, guy. ;)

I really wish it were that simple, but there are just sooooo many parts and sooooo many things that can go wrong, I just dont think anyone could really *practically* be prepared for it.

Yes I think a month+ of downtime and waiting for a part is a really shotty way to run things, also, but I dont see the sense in storing so many things they dont need, either. Especially because of the costs to machine and send them. *** Edited 10/12/2005 2:56:40 AM UTC by MForce2k***

You're right - it's not how business works.

Although business usually delivers a working product. And if the product is defective, it goes back to the manufacturer, at the cost of the manufacturer.

Also, the initial parts wouldn't be machined and supplied for free.. the initial parts are on the ride. It's the replacement set that would be machined and supplied "for free", but paid for upon use. And technically, they would still be Intamin property.

It would be great customer service on Intamin's part.

With this said, I know the logistics are prohibitive from something like this occurring, especially on a ride as complex as TTD or KK.

Heck, I don't know how much TTD's system differs from KK's, but if they're similar enough it would behoove Intamin to make a backup set of parts for the 2 rides, so when one is needed it's already there to ship and downtime is minimized to about a week or so instead of a month or so.