Dragster is balanced right now

My sister is at the park today, and she just called and told me that Dragster is perfectly balanced at the top with people on it (web cams comfirm this). What is this, the second or third time this has happened now?

Regardless, that's gotta be awesome and scary to be on there right now!

mermaidsair's avatar

That is my absolute worst fear. They must have just come down as I dont see anything on the cam.


I'm going out to get some air.

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They have closed off the ride as I can see a line growing outside of the entrance.


I'm going out to get some air.

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That was weird, as soon as I logged on to that FunCam, watching MF and TTD, I even saw that train go up, then it just sat there. First I though the webcam wasn't updating, then I saw the clouds moving. I timed it to be around 25 mins I think, to bad I couldn't take a screenshot of the webcam.

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Is there an additional webcam besides the one from the top of TTD and the one that is the main midway?

I do not see one that looks at anything else.


I'm going out to get some air.

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The cam I was talking about is this, I figured out how to take a screen shot, but it's to late now. :(
http://www.camcentral.com/camviewer.php?script=search&item=Cedar%20...1&id=13711

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Quote from a Corkscrew ride op, "And Dragster is down again"

Must've been pretty chilly today! I remember it happening one time in July or August in 03 or 04.


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mermaidsair's avatar

It is on youtube from 2004 in June.


I'm going out to get some air.

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That would be my luck! I know I have had some strange things happen in my years of riding, but I would not want to be stopped on the top of the Dragster on a day like this.


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My wife and I were in line when this happened. Dragster was sad today...loading 4 people only most of the day, but it was very windy.

The people that got off the train were not very happy campers to say the least. It was so windy...they said they could feel it swaying a lot the entire time, and all looked extremely cold. :) I would say it took about 20 minutes altogether.

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I would love to be stopped up there. The view from up there would be great. I've always said it would be funny to have one shirt on in the first picture and get stuck at the top so you could change your shirt and have something completely different on in the second.

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I am terrified of heights. I can only do TTD because it is so quick. I still can't do the green power tower.


I'm going out to get some air.

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Only loading four people today, that must have seemed like the line would take forever. Looking at the waves from the webcam, It did look like the wind was blowing in the direction the facing the train's as they go over.
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Quote from a Corkscrew ride op, "And Dragster is down again"

mermaidsair said:
It is on youtube from 2004 in June.

2005.


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I was getting off Magnum when it happened. They were so lucky. I have no luck when it comes to TTD and roll backs or stuff like that.


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I would love to be stopped up there.

I thought the same thing, but maybe on a day when it's 80 degrees...not in the high 30's with the wind chill for 20 minutes. No thanks.


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I was dressed warm anyways so I wouldn't have minded being up there. Especially if I get to have my picture in the Blog!!!! Woohoo! :)


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That is way cooler than a rollback . . . If that were me, I'd want to commission a tee-shirt commemorating the event.


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I love rollbacks, but no thank you to that. Youre stuck up there, and lose riding time. No thanks.

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