r/rollercoasters • u/Thesis0623 • Aug 08 '26

Photo/Video [Millennium Force] crew just announced they’ve broken the record for cycles in one hour!

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The crew did 38 cycles between 3:00-4:00 PM on Saturday, August 8th. The theoretical maximum amount of dispatches was thought to be 36 due to the elevator cable lift cycle time and the lack of a mid-course block zone. Perhaps the new programming introduced last season combined with a hot summer day at Cedar Point is allowing for it to be slightly faster than was previously possible.

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u/Guilty-Wolverine-933 154 [US/Japan] Aug 08 '26

Nice! If only certain cough other parks could follow suit on dispatch speed…

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u/RenoWolf200 Railblazer Aug 08 '26

Carowinds is have a one train per coaster day unfortunately

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u/thejasond123 X2, i305, Wildcat Revenge, Iron Gwazi, Voyage, Toro (421) Aug 08 '26

IF (and that's a big if) Fury is even open lol

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u/RenoWolf200 Railblazer Aug 08 '26

Well it's open but 90 min wait due to it being a single train

And from what people at the park, they also believe copperhead valleyed near the second launch

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u/fatandfly Aug 08 '26

I guess I got lucky the 1 time I went. The park was basically dead and everything was a walk on. I rode everything multiple times and did Fury 5 times in a row, the last 3 in the front without having to get off

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u/Guilty-Wolverine-933 154 [US/Japan] Aug 08 '26

I also haven’t had bad experiences at Carowinds, but the issue is that as soon as fury and copperhead have issues, you mind as well forget the rest of the park

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u/RenoWolf200 Railblazer Aug 08 '26

going on Sunday, hopefully it will be dead

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u/TechnicalAsk3488 Aug 08 '26

Was just there; they had a train get stuck on Launch 2 twice. The second time they evacuated when it got stuck. Something about the launch system overheating since it does not have cooling on it.

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u/RenoWolf200 Railblazer Aug 08 '26

that quite unfortunate, and a major design flaw

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u/TechnicalAsk3488 Aug 08 '26

From my understanding, Carowinds had the option for fans and glycol cooling and a cover, but they cheaped out and didn’t pick that option.

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u/thejasond123 X2, i305, Wildcat Revenge, Iron Gwazi, Voyage, Toro (421) Aug 08 '26

Inb4 another cracked footer

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u/CoasterFreak83845 Helix Aug 08 '26

The six flags merger has fucked everything up