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Matt N

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There's a foot of snow on the ground, temperatures are averaging around 5° F, and you can't go outside without being completely covered.

I'm sure they just started testing.

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Ah, right. Thanks @GuyWithAStick! I knew it was cold in America at the moment, but I didn't know it was that cold and snowing! I thought it was about 35 degrees Fahrenheit at the minute!
 

Aaron Smith

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I could have swore either Tony or someone else said testing was going to start once the weather started to warm up. I'm also pretty sure I heard in an interview that the trains are set to arrive at CP in either March or early April.
 

Hyde

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On a general note, has testing begun yet? Or would Cedar Point have revealed that sort of thing if it had happened, presuming it's only Alton Towers that builds stuff under a veil of secrecy.
Testing won't start until it warms up - most likely March.
 

Mack

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Usually CP is very, very open & publicizing about construction once they've announced it. They even announced MF's first pull-through (where a crane pulls the train slowly through the layout)
 

Jarrett

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That sunset + My favorite place to photograph this coaster + Icy lake = <3

Do we know what kind of work is being done now? I thought if RMC's crews left that they'd have all the hardware installed as well but I don't remember hearing anything about brakes or lift chains or anything. Or does Velocity have people that does that for them?
 

Antinos

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Probably electrical. Also did the park ever disclose who was actually constructing the ride? The past three (at least) rides were constructed by Adena - maybe they're completing the tasks such as lift chain and brakes installation?
 

Hyde

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Indeed - work right now for the cold season is for electrical wiring, system wiring, and brakes installation. Irvine Ondrey is doing the systems work, and hasn't been on-site yet to the best of my knowledge, so I imagine the work is laying any new conduit that would be needed for electrical, and wiring while they wait for systems and brakes to be installed.
 

Hixee

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On top of what others have said, also don't forget that after the electrics are all installed a lot of testing and commissioning of the sensors and controls has to be done well in advance of a train being sent round the track.

You don't install the sensors that control the speed of the ride (MCBR, final brake runs, etc) and then just send a train round. You do checks on their feedback and the system responses and interlocks, then you think about sending a train round.

Often why this phase seems to take the longest, and why often (not always) testing and opening can happen in reasonably quick succession.
 
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