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Postby coasterinsane on June 22nd, 2003, 1:04 pm
http://www.themeparkadventure.com/cp10lg.jpglook at the picture and read the sign!!! does that actually happen? that would be kind of cool to ride and that hapen... i meant freefalling backward about 390 feet high(since it did not make it over)
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Postby NoUseForAName on June 22nd, 2003, 1:39 pm
That definately would be a valley of a lifetime. Or just a faster Superman the Escape.
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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on June 22nd, 2003, 1:52 pm
It's already had a few rollbacks, and they're shown on videos. I saw them for myself. It was pretty cool to watch. I might go to Cedar Point this year, and it would be pretty cool if that happened while I was on. It would be sort of like you rode it twice, if that made any sense.
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Postby CoasterDave316 on June 22nd, 2003, 1:55 pm
Yep, it rolls back every once in awhile. Heres a video of a rollback..*********************************Dave, you are a bad person doing that. If I don't let other people post videos taken while breaking park rules or the law, I can't let you link to that. It was taken while the person was trespassing. No double standards! :lol:
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Postby coastrcorey on June 22nd, 2003, 2:59 pm
Lol... At Coastermania during the little Q&A with Monty Jasper (director of maintenance) and Janice Witherow (the public relations lady), they showed a video of a CBS reporter and Mr. Jasper riding Dragster... See, Dragster's computer adjusts the launch speed itself during the day, but if it sits for too long, it will reset to the default. Well, I guess it was a colder morning, and they were taking a while getting the camera setup on to the train, so the computer reset. Well, when they finally launched, they got to the top, and were almost over, but they started rolling back! The reporter lady was freaking out! She's like, "Why are we going backwards!?!". Lol, she was already terrified to go on this thing. Actually you can see it over at Guide to the Point (the link is on the far left).
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Postby v10viper488 on June 22nd, 2003, 6:53 pm
Oh man, that would be sooooo awesome to roll back, i would want to do that so badly.
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Postby coasterzak on June 22nd, 2003, 10:15 pm
Maybe since they are having problems with the coaster they should just make it like S:TE and just have it not clear the hill each time and rollback. That would be quite the ride also. Very low capacity on the other hand.
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Postby tacoking1664 on June 23rd, 2003, 6:47 pm
I woulndt find it to be a big deal to roll back. I would much rather go over the hill and get some of the airtime.
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Postby coastrcorey on June 23rd, 2003, 7:40 pm
I think it would be awesome to rollback! After you get back to the standby position, they launch you again (hopefully making it over), so you actually get 2 rides!
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Postby CoasterDave316 on June 23rd, 2003, 7:56 pm
Since T_Biggs was nice enough to delete my video link...here it is again. http://www.drinkduff.com/video/Rollback.MPG
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Postby NegativeGeez on June 24th, 2003, 6:11 am
as the site administrator, didnt you give t-biggs his moderator 'power?' if so...then i msut says he has some balls to be callin you out like that!
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Postby goldmember on June 24th, 2003, 1:21 pm
When I was at the park last weekend, I saw it rollback twice while they were testing it.
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Postby coasterzak on June 24th, 2003, 7:05 pm
At least they were testing it when you were there. I have heard numerous days that it doesn't test at all.
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Postby goldmember on June 24th, 2003, 7:51 pm
I got to ride it twice the next day. :D
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Postby rich12_16 on June 26th, 2003, 2:43 pm
imagin,rollback in the pretzelloop on superman, that bould be cool too.Mod Note: Please use correct grammar.
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Postby coastrcorey on June 26th, 2003, 4:10 pm
Um, except that you'd have to evacuate the ride from a very weird position, and the ride would be down until they could get the train out. Besides, it won't happen, it cruises through that pretzel without a problem.
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Postby cexd on June 26th, 2003, 10:00 pm
lmao, i would be scared if i wasn't expecting it, but then again, the thing i search for in roller coasters is fear.
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Postby SFGAmfreak4life on June 26th, 2003, 10:40 pm
Ive seen that video before. I would love if the train rolled back. :D
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Postby coasterguy on June 27th, 2003, 6:51 am
Me two that was what I was hoping for when I went on TTD. They will let you go again if that happend too.
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