Dragster Shut down

by **CoasterDave316** on June 11th, 2003, 6:46 pm

http://cedarpoint.com/public/news/ttdstatus.cfmHope nobodys planning to go to Cedar Point very soon, looks like Dragster will be down for awhile. Sucks to be T_Biggs as he's going to be at Cedar Point today or sometime this week.

by **coasterguy** on June 11th, 2003, 6:50 pm

Yea i am going in 9 days I sure hope the fix it!

by **chiatrain** on June 11th, 2003, 6:54 pm

I saw the TTD status report this morning, too. I'm sure T_Biggs was looking forward to TTD, and yeah, that does suck. I won't be going to CP until later in the Season, but it's nice to see that CP is putting up a status report for TTD.

by **CoasterMan629** on June 11th, 2003, 7:59 pm

I wish Great America would do the same with Deja Vu. :roll:

by **coastrcorey** on June 11th, 2003, 8:07 pm

Yeah, right... Six Flags having useful info on their site? :roll:

by **zjohn1988** on June 11th, 2003, 8:13 pm

it broke down twice when i was on it.

it was a launching problem. i waited 4 hours in line but eventually got on it.

by **NegativeGeez** on June 12th, 2003, 5:47 pm

coastrcorey wrote:Yeah, right... Six Flags having useful info on their site?

my point exactly. why bother treating your paying customers with respect???also, dragster had problems while we were in line. we were the second group, when they unloaded the three loaded trains (two in the station one in the staging area) and fixed the problem...luckily it only took aboput 20 minutes...and...it was well worth it!!!hope they get it running soon, not only is it a blast, it kept every other line except MF under an hour!

R.I.P. Deja Vu 10/07/01-10/28/07

I heard its going to be down for the rest of the season but I dont believe that. I hope they fix it by the time I go!

by **coasterzak** on June 12th, 2003, 11:08 pm

They have people over from Switzerland is it? It'll be fixed in no time IMHO. A month, tops.

by **CoasterDave316** on June 12th, 2003, 11:30 pm

A month isn't no time...its awhile. A day or two would be no time.

by **coasterzak** on June 13th, 2003, 12:14 pm

I say no time in reference to taking months, even a year to fix. We could be that unfortunate that it's down for an entire year. So, to a patient person like me, a month is no time.

by **coasterguy** on June 13th, 2003, 12:47 pm

Well you are not going in 6 days, and you live in ohio. I live in Chicago.

by **goldmember** on June 13th, 2003, 9:08 pm

I just read that people have seen ride ops inspecting the trains and water dummies have been put on the trains. some people have also said that it tested a couple times as well. If this is true, it means that they have sorted out the hydraulics problems. Good news if its true. 6 days til i go and im praying.

by **goldmember** on June 13th, 2003, 9:16 pm

Somebody that was at the park today saw it test 6 times, easily clearing the top hat.

by **coastrcorey** on June 13th, 2003, 9:17 pm

On Coastermania it tested about 5 times and seemed to work just fine to me... Went over the tophat and everything. Man that thing is amazing to watch!

by **goldmember** on June 13th, 2003, 9:27 pm

I sure hope this testing leads to it opening soon

by **tacoking1664** on June 13th, 2003, 10:04 pm

As long as its open by about the 10th of next month Ill be fine.

by **coastrcorey** on June 13th, 2003, 10:08 pm

Well, I was checkin' out the Cleveland Cedar Point Cam, and it looks like TTD may open soon! Apparently it's been testing numerous times today! Looks like some of you guys may get to ride it after all!

by **tacoking1664** on June 13th, 2003, 10:13 pm

Great News! :P ! Best news Ive heard all day, no, all week! :P

by **goldmember** on June 13th, 2003, 10:14 pm

as long as it is open by the 19th ill be happy

by **NegativeGeez** on June 14th, 2003, 3:08 am

they have rectified its many mechanical and technical problems with great efficency so far, so i would guess that itll be open relatively soon (2 or 3 days time).

by **chiatrain** on June 14th, 2003, 7:55 am

The best thing to do is check the TTD Status Report on the website before your visit. You can also give a quick call to the information line to see if they can give you any extra details.

by **coastrcorey** on June 14th, 2003, 10:25 am

I've also found out more detailed information on its problem...Apparently the first problem with TTD was that there were traces of contaminents found in its hydraulic fluids (metal to be exact). So, what they had to do to solve this was drain all the hydraulic fluid out, filter and clean it, then put it back in... Well, in this whole process they found the reason to why this had happened. It was a broken valve which obviously would need replacing.So, I guess that's why it's down then!

by **NegativeGeez** on June 14th, 2003, 12:38 pm

cool explanation...just digging around the net, or asking around the park?

by **CoasterDave316** on June 14th, 2003, 12:39 pm

After looking at the webcam today, it looks like Dragster is back up and running.

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