http://www.newsnet5.com/entertainment/3 ... etail.html
Dosnt quit say what heppend but it is down indefinatly(sp?). All it really says is that peopl where hurt and metel pieces came up at them and that a oily type substance burned people also dosnt say how any of this happend.
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3 Words......
It's an Intamin. 
Big deal
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Jeeze...This ride is about like Vu was...or should I say is...
Except Vu didnt critacally injure anyone.
Around the world and back
Haha, yeah. And Vu has 2 other clones!
in my opinion it was the cable that snapped and the metal fragments came flying up to hit the people on the train
Universal Orlando Mechanical Engineer
Marathon down, Goofy to go.
Yes that is what happened. That's too bad that had to happen on that ride. I hope everyone is okay. We are unsure on a few people's conditions because of privacy issues. It just came on my local news.
I wonder if admist all this it still made it over. I don't think so, but does anyone know?
What you don't understand you can make mean anything.
Yeah, sure.......just wait.
What do you trust more....AA vekoma or A Intamin?
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Deja Vu's problems couldnt hurt anyone. I wonder how long it will be untill all rocket coasters will be shut down until they can find a way to house the cable, or a new stronger cable. Around the world and back
Oh yeah, only the fact if your sitting in an A row and stick your legs out they will get crushed, and it's happenned on multiple occasions (not sure about GAm, but a few times at Magic).
And didn't they have to add the orange seatbelt because the black one connected to green harness wasn't designed for that application, but Vekoma decided they would rather save a few extra dollars?
Yeah I hope I still get a ride on Storm Runner later in the summer. They are such awesome rides, it's a shame there are so many problems with them.
That had to suck being on it at the time.
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It's not funny to have other people injured on a ride, or to say "Big Deal", or to say "Yeah sure... just wait." (until D Vu has critical injuries)
"I've been staring at the world, waiting. All the trouble and all the pain we're facing. Too much light to be livin' in the dark. Why waste time? We only got one life. Together we can be the CHANGE. So go and let your heart burn bright"
This may be a stupid question, but how does TTD's launch work? I tried to find a picture that would show me exactly how the cable fits in, but I couldn't find one. Does the cable run in a sled beneath the train, rapidly pull it along the straight away and then release it as it begins climbing the top-hat? I admit that I don't really know much about these things, so please don't laugh if I'm way off.
I'm gonna twist ya, and I'm gonna flip ya. Every time you squeal, I'm just gonna go faster and harder.
Yes, its exactly as you said it is.
Sled under train, pulled by steel cable ( the one that broke..) and that cable runs into the motor house under the far end of the track where its connected to the Hydraulic motor ( I think its rated at 10,000 Horsepower.) Licensed Mechanical Engineer
Ok, I'm just a little curious, does anybody know what time this happened? The reason being said is that it's just really ironic that Deja went down in the middle of the day on Monday, Then tuesday, they had maintance up on the towers checking the cables. Any connections?
Watch out theres a new Hurricane in Gurnee, IL!
Actually, that isn't ironic at all. If anything, the question should be whether or not that was conincidental. Now that I've finished being a pompous dork, I don't think that it's coincidental at all. While the cables on DV are checked over periodically, as is everything else on that maintenance beast, It would not surprise me at all if the accident at CP prompted the GAm crew to check over the DV cables for fraying. The way that the cables are designed to function on DV as compared to TTD are drastically different, in that the forces put on the TTD cable are much higher than those put on the cable for DV. However, it just makes sense to cover the bases like that.
I'm gonna twist ya, and I'm gonna flip ya. Every time you squeal, I'm just gonna go faster and harder.
I don't know the exact time but it happened Monday evening on Top Thrill Dragster, it wasn't early in the morning but I got the impression it happened somewhere between the afternoon and early evening. I'm yet to find an exact time, but it would make sense if they were checking DV's cable.
Damn, I feel sorry for those people. I wanted to go on TTD.
Ride Count 2006: Vu:4 RB:2 RC:1 Demon:4 Batman:3 IW:5 S:UF:1 Viper:7 Eagle:3 KC:3 GD:1 RLD:2 Scenic Railway:4 YC:4 Logger's: 2 Whirligig:1 HFM:3 Orbit:2 Condor:3 FF:1 Chubasco:1
I do have to agree with Geno21K that the cables work in a different way. D Vu's cables have to be very slow compared to TTD. That ride goes 120 mph while going up the D Vu tower, it isn't more than 5 mph (I don't know, really slow though).
"I've been staring at the world, waiting. All the trouble and all the pain we're facing. Too much light to be livin' in the dark. Why waste time? We only got one life. Together we can be the CHANGE. So go and let your heart burn bright"
This sucks. I'm going to CP in 7 days and I was looking forward to that ride so much. At least I got to ride it last year.
My Top 5: 1)TTD, 2)Millennium Force, 3)Raptor, 4)Deja Vu, 5)Raging Bull
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