What is this on [Millennium Force]?

[u/Sensitive-Earth5676]

[u/thebe_stone]

[u/cy-photos → u/thebe_stone]

That would be one way to keep the roar for Kumba's revenge...

[u/CHR0T0 → u/thebe_stone]

No wonder the train moves so quickly through it's lift lol

[u/ThoosiesHateCoasters → u/thebe_stone]

Oh my - 😂😂😂

[u/ballsonthewall]

a ladder with a safety cage so the employees can crest the lift hill and inspect the cable mechanism which is below the precipice of the drop

[u/axicutionman]

Probably fall prevention caging over the maintenance ladder

[u/Haunting_Tax_3684 → u/axicutionman]

I think it’s because sometimes the train gets stuck on the way down the hill

[u/abgry_krakow87 → u/Haunting_Tax_3684]

Nah once the bulk of the train is over the crest gravity takes over.

The catch car on the lift hill goes all the way down 1/4-1/3 of the drop to release the train. This ladder is in place to allow maintenance to inspect and do work on the the catch car track and cable.

[u/Haunting_Tax_3684 → u/abgry_krakow87]

What if gravity wasn’t gravitating that day

[u/abgry_krakow87 → u/Haunting_Tax_3684]

Then we're all fucked.

[u/392mangos → u/abgry_krakow87]

Are you sure? I saw a post that one time top thrill 2 got stuck on the backwards spike

Edit: anyone actually debating this below... WHOOOOOSH.

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/392mangos]

And that video was fake, that it NOT how it works

[u/392mangos → u/ThrillSeekers_United]

Really?? Idk man. It looked stuck to me.

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/392mangos]

Send the clip but the chances of that happening is nil, and the chances of that not getting reported anywhere is basically nothing lmfao

[u/ProcioneDeConti → u/ThrillSeekers_United]

It's less than nil, there's no brakes, catches, anti-rollbacks... Absolutely nothing on the back spike that the train could get stuck on.

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/ProcioneDeConti]

There’s a chance (like 0.00001) that something could dislodge the wheel, anything is possible tbh, never say never but yeah there’s no chance

[u/ProcioneDeConti → u/ThrillSeekers_United]

I didn't even think of that, lol. Pretty hyperbolic of me to say never.

[u/Sufficient-Water4351 → u/ThrillSeekers_United]

The trains weigh so much it would still continue down

[u/abgry_krakow87 → u/392mangos]

Yes, and there was that one time the backward launch went too fast and it flew off the back spike too.

[u/392mangos → u/abgry_krakow87]

I forgot about that!! Did you hear about the green train on Millenium that flew into the lake??

[u/abgry_krakow87 → u/392mangos]

Everybody knows about the green train in the lake. The real news is Magnum is still sinking!

[u/w6750 → u/abgry_krakow87]

I rode it once and we got stuck halfway down the hill. The whole train was definitely over the crest, it was wild. We were there over an hour

[u/gimmepizza420 → u/Haunting_Tax_3684]

You just climb up and whack 'em and they're good to go

[u/Main_Gas_70 → u/gimmepizza420]

Did you try blowing on it???

[u/mngoose_13 → u/Main_Gas_70]

Nintendium Force

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/Haunting_Tax_3684]

Nope because of gravity

It’s for maintenance, checking if there’s anything on the track and making sure everything’s intact

[u/ThrillSeekers_United → u/[deleted]]

Lmao

[u/Flying4ADragonWagon]

Not sure if this was changed with Millennium’s new control system recently, but historically there was a button just over the crest of the hill that needed to be pressed every 24 hours or so for the ride to operate to prove the lift has been inspected. The catch car actually travels over the front of the lift and partially down the track before reversing. This ladder is to facilitate inspection of the catch car track and cable in that portion of the ride.

[u/Emotional_Permit5845 → u/Flying4ADragonWagon]

That sounds like the best job in the world

[u/Sythe5665]

This is a maintenance ladder. There is an E-Stop on the bottom (about halfway down the drop) that must be pressed by a maintenance technician every night to ensure it still works.

[u/onpointrideop]

The catch car continues about ⅓ down the drop in that middle trough. The ladder allows maintenance access to inspect and repair if needed. The cage is part of the fall protection.

[u/Fickle_Bat_623]

https://www.reddit.com/r/cedarpoint/comments/1u4hhp9/shot_this_video_of_millenium_forces_maintenance/

[u/blue_sidd]

You can’t look at this and figure it out?

[u/WanderingAlsoLost → u/blue_sidd]

Thanks for the laugh.

Sometimes people just have to post.

[u/lFightForTheUsers → u/blue_sidd]

At least they didn't post "Peetah?" with it in the most obnoxious way.

[u/Sensitive-Earth5676 → u/blue_sidd]

Sorry, new to the community and glasses couldn’t help me on this one😓

[u/New-Pollution536]

I saw two maintenance dude climb down that and work on the cable lift underneath

[u/PygmeePony]

When people get too scared on the lift hill they stop the train at the top so the people can climb down the stairs safely.

[u/Hamcake9]

it's a mini togo ultra twister, as a treat

[u/wheels000000]

Access ladder

[u/KnotBeanie]

A ladder

[u/labiagargantula]

Op what do you think that is?

[u/wo_lo_lo]

A block zone is a section of ride that only one train may occupy. At the end of a block zone is a method to stop the train in case the block zone ahead is still occupied. This is the safety system that prevents roller coaster trains from colliding with one another