Is it just me, or does it seem that the weather forecasts are becomming less and less accurate? News stations are always bragging about their new radars and new computers, but with all of this new technology, they really can't make an accurate forecast more than 24-36 hours in advance. It seems like the forecasts years ago when each station had their own meteorologist, the five day was fairly accurate. Now a lot of stations just report what Accu-Weather or some other forecasting company says and they are not very reliable.
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I regret to inform you that Cedar Point's newest roller coaster, Top Thrill Dragster will not be operational today, or tomorrow or probably any day that you decide to visit our park. Please accept our apologies.
The only time I've been annoyed by a bad forecast is during a trip to SFWoA in May. The forecast said sunny and 70. Well it got sunny, but never above 50, and I had on a T-shirt and shorts. I had to buy a lame $45 fleece to stay warm.
But you're right, meteorology is a huge guessing game. I take forecasts with a grain of salt... especially the end parts of the 5- or 7-day forecasts.
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
Now for me to stop rubbing it in and get to my point...in my experience, rain has never ENDED my day at a park, and has nearly always made it BETTER, but it's all about ATTITUDE. Pack for any kind of weather, even if it's July, and have a back up plan in case of horrible weather and you'll be fine.
Haven't you always wanted to ride a log flume with a 230' drop?
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Ask yourself; When was the last time YOU visited Conneaut Lake Park?
*** This post was edited by Black 7 9/3/2003 12:28:59 AM ***
I've experienced all kinds of weather. Hot and sunny in early April, severe thunderstorms, sudden cold bursts in September (which is much warmer than often depicted), etc. Despite all this, I've never had a day ruined by weather. My company, yes, but never Mother Nature. :)
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"You know, Skywarp? I can't wait to get back to Cybertron. Earth's so flat."
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"Before you insult anyone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do insult them, you'll be a mile away and have there shoes.
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"You know its a good ride when you come into the final brake run wiping tears from your eyes."
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Brett
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-Rob
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Posting @ Coasterbuzz since 2000
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Just this past week I went to SFWOA and the forcast was horrible for the entire day. Well, it started off bad, and did shut down for a while while a big storm blew through, but nobody was at the park, which made for a very enjoyable day.
Another example is when I went to WOF earlier this year, and the forcast was for rain. I was pretty upset, and was still griping when we arrived at the park and it was still raining. However, they were running rides anyway, and I got three straight rides on Mamba with no waits to start off the day. Despite the slight pain from the rain, it was quite an experience, and the crowds remained sparse the rest of the day even though the rain cleared out quickly.
So I have to agree that so far the rain has never ruined a day, and has in fact made it better in many ways.
Take care and God bless! :)
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Western Michigan University Engineering student.
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It's sorta off-topic, because the weather reports were pretty much right. I went to Sandusky despite the weather reports and, sure enough, lightning all over the joint. I ended up deciding against staying in Sandusky by myself for 4 days and instead went back to Boston. Glad I did, I watched all the news reports of flooding in Ohio, a tornado north of Pittsburgh, etc etc.
Suffice it to say, I never made it to Cedar Point. In the end, I decided to follow the advice I've seen others give on here and elsewhere and make the last and only other spot on my trip Holiday World. I'm glad I did, and I'll get another chance to ride MF and TTD, especially when the latter has worked out most of the bugs.
It poured on us once in June too. Early june, my nephew had never seen the summer spectacular, park closed at 10 anyways. Started to sprinkle a little as the light show started. Downpour came on in the last verse of lee greenwood.
Wouldn't say it ruined our day either time.
Celebration City on the other hand, believed the thunderstorm threats from the National Weather Service and decided not to open. That decision was made long before the 3:00 openning time and that was a big mistake. The sun came out, the temperature stayed in the upper 70's, and there wasn't even any thunder till after midnight. It's bad enough when the weatherman says it's going to be great and you get rained out. It's downright shameful to sit an stare at a vacant park on what turned out to be one of the most beautiful evenings of the summer. CC realized the weatherman was off by a long shot, but it was too late to get all their workers there. I understand they are very concerned for the safety of their guests, but I hope in the future they wait to the last minute, then send the employees home, instead of telling them not to come to work at all.
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