Cedar Point 4th Of July Vlog 2024 \ Top Thrill 2 Update and Opinions 

Hey milo, when is top thrill 2 going to reopen? What do you think?

@@josephpeckham6379we are thinking the seventh maybe

@@josephpeckham6379 it’s done for the season.

Thank you

Happy holidays

Thanks

thanks!

All fireworks are a complete mess afterwards. Lol

Good idea watching from your car

You must’ve left at a good time the parking lot was CRAZY in preferred parking

Took us over an hour and we had to go all the way around the old causeway. But my guys wanted night rides on maverick so we didn't leave until midnight.

😂

Savage lol

Long day

@@BeachcliffStudios it was making it worth the visit fireworks were pretty good total of 12 miles of walking haha

Yikes

We have one for cedar point. We might have done one for kings island too, can’t remember

Fingers crossed for you

I also purchased Season Fast Lane, and a big reason was to beat the long lines for Top Thrill 2.

@@CharlesYoung-hr5ushahahaha good joke. No testing and u think it’s got chance to open Monday? Are you on drugs?

Definitely

Blah. Yeah that “vip” looked like a money grab

Kings Dominion is in Virginia. Kings Island is in Ohio. That trip from KD to Carowinds is no joke. I made that mistake to start the 2023 coaster season, and this year we just did Carowinds in April, and are going to KD in August. It's 7.5 hrs from home to KD. It's 8.5 hours to Carowinds. It's 5.5 hours from KD to Carowinds.

Exactly

Gatekeeper is a great ride in row 8, on the left side only. Valravn is just meh. I'll ride it, and if it wasn't at my home park, probably more than once a day. But I see it like 50 some times a year. It won't hurt my feelings of I don't ride it each time we are there.

​@@Spike-sk7ql Gatekeeper, row 8, left side! When you know, you know 👍

@@samich57 that's the only place to ride it. Maybe row 7 if you're with a group, but not a single row further up. And ONLY on the left side.

They are unique ride experience in their own way. I love them too

You should definitely bring this to the attention of cedar point. The more people that let them know your displeasure the less they can ignore it

Thanks! I will definitely do that.​@@BeachcliffStudios

You won’t recognize cedar point. It’s amazing. GO

The problem is anything bigger than the Gemini might be too big for me. I am really afraid of heights and giant rollercoasters. But I would like to conquer some of that fear.​@@dodybrown6726

Go for it

Just some vlogging music we found online. Copyright free

oh give me a break

this is why no one likes coaster enthusiasts. they are the absolute worst

​@@westcoastmania-zw6ts Okay, you've got a break.

That’s great. A lot of people are in for at least an hour

Fingers are crossed everyday that the reopening announcement is made.

We don’t light off fireworks so no we didn’t.

I ment season fast lane +

I ment season fast lane plus

Oh no. Hopefully you get out sooner than later and a bunch of times in this second half of the season

Thanks. Ummmm nothing would surprise us at this point. Unfortunately that includes it being down all year.

@@BeachcliffStudios i gave the prestige pass with all add ons with the all park fastlane plus. i am highly disappointed but i typically goto a park once a month for 3 days each park each trip so it doesn’t hurt me justifying the fastlane as much but i do agree that CP is not being transparent kinda shady when not providing information. A thought i have is what if they don’t even know when it will be up and what if they still to this day don’t know the extensiveness of the issues with TT2

Yes

@@coastingalong has one been down for 2 months because of structural issues with the trains though?

@@Spike-sk7ql hindsight is 20/20. although going with intamin still would’ve been a massive mistake no question. why risk millions on a company with over 30 years of rides that don’t work

@@Spike-sk7qlthe funniest part of all this is it’s been closed for 2 months and intamin probably would’ve messed up even worse 🤣🤣🤣

@@fishmcwilliams exactly 🤣🤣

Doubt the legal team has anything to do with their silence. Just seems like what they do

It won't. Next year bud.

@Spike-sk7ql I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you have zero insider information. Thanks, though.

@@synyster__2120 no limb required as CP has been more tight lipped than a frogs ass about this thing. The lack of word is what's concerning here. Edit: it's my home park, and I've been there 26 days so far, probably be there another 15 before August, and so far I have seen nothing that gives me hope about it being up by then.

Early entry is where you can get into the park early and ride select rides. Early entry is only available to prestige pass holders and when you stay at one of the cedar point owned resorts.

And also if you have gold pass with all park passport

It costs $350 for the prestige pass. Or you can stay at the resort for early entry which costs like $500 per night.

​@@zachjones2346we stay at express which was about $200 a night.

Pretty sure it has to do with the number of guests that are counted for each coaster. Maybe it takes away from an accurate representation of total riders.

Ugh. Not a good look for cedar point at all

@@LaurenRusso-lw8lm I mean.... you still got all season fast lane for the rest of the rides. It's not like CP isn't full of world class coasters. Just because one ride is down doesn't really justify any special actions on the parks part. If you're like me, you got the platinum pass (all parks passport) and have used it at other parks where fast lane is actually good. Like KI, you might wait 5 mins for a ride if the regular line is an hour, and every fast lane goes straight to the station unlike CP with Millie, and Vengeance.

Pantheon is down all the time. Velocicoaster is more reliable because universal has the money to sink into keeping it running as much as possible.

@@BeachcliffStudios It's not about the money, it's about proper maintenance. Tuttis is very reliable since time was spent maintaining it, and learning what it needs. Just like CP did with TDD with he overnight crews Highly technical rides require this, no matter who built them. So saying "money" is an excuse, CP proved that they were already spending the money...

@@AlanJohnsrudZamperla never should have been given this huge job out of the gate. I don’t know why anyone trusted them

@@fishels3895 Yeah I agree to a point. Zamperla wanted to get into the big coaster business so someone would have needed to give them a shot. I think this specific ride is a much higher bar than I think they realized. Especially with the forces. Their new trains are untested even if they are engineered for the forces. They don't really know until they get them running.

Comment Not intended for beach cliff studios, I know you both will get your passes regardless but is for anyone in the comments possibly in my same spot.

Good info for people. Thanks for sharing.

It’s the 4th. It takes forever

@@flutterworksdigitalmarketi2557 I guess it's all in where you park, and try and go out. I never have to wait. Just jump straight on to perimeter road, and follow it straight out. The causeway may have a lot of traffic, but I never have any issues getting out of the parking lot.

The brakes had nothing to do with the issues for the original dragster

@@BeachcliffStudios The brakes were the reason for the final closure. If you fix the brakes and stuff, it would open more often than not even with its lower reliability. That still beats what we're seeing with TT2 every time.

@@virginiacapitalcoasters7033 you’re confusing a couple things. The brakes were never an issue. And the final closure was all about maintenance costs, nothing else

@@BeachcliffStudios Here's where I'm lost. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the issues became overwhelming when a wheel collided with a brake fin, leading to said brake fin falling from its position and hitting a guest based upon what I've read/heard. Admittedly, my following of the industry is on and off, so I may have missed some critical details. Additionally, you're saying they would've saved TTD in its old form, but the only thing stopping them was high costs? I lack an understanding here, because this argument seems to imply that it was genuinely less expensive to almost completely change the ride. Although I could see that, it feels almost impossible for that to be true.

Still not convinced they made the wrong decision but it’s looking worse by the day

Probably not the trains.

@@BeachcliffStudios so the ride would be up now then. Minus a couple stupid fault codes, it would be running every day that it's been down so far because of the trains. I just can't understand CPs thinking here. They literally went... "Lets fix our problematic prototype roller coaster by hiring a company who's tallest coaster is around 150', and fastest is 56 mph... oh yeah, and let's let them use their own prototype train, that they are going to have to make modifications to so it will be even more of a prototype train!" And then leadership went... "Genius!!! Let's do it!"

@@Spike-sk7qlhow about everything else for 18 years?😂

@@JJJJ-he8bz the point was that Intamin rides have gotten more reliable. The new ones have little issues, that result in hours of downtime. Where is the Intamin ride thar has had to shut down for 2 months and counting, with structural issues with the trains?

@@Spike-sk7ql so why is Kingda Ka down with a hydraulic leak and snapped cable?😂 why is formula Rossa currently down? How’d they do with shot the rapids nearly drowning someone? Why is Superman at Magic Mountain down? Gotten better my ass.

They suck up and need cedar point, we don’t need cedar point being a channel that isn’t specifically about that park. We’re doing something right by creating an honest trustworthy channel that says what needs to be said. Somehow we knew that tt2 was going to have issues when nobody at media day figured it out. We’ll gladly be friendly with whoever but we won’t lie or sugarcoat for them

So you're saying you knew something about TT2 that no one else did? The way you are trying to take credit for predicting the problems, which were widely predicted since the day Zamperla was announced as the manufacturer is bizarre. And again, Jeff is plenty critical of the park and still gets invited. He is honest, and he doesn't sugarcoat. If you listen to the rundown on fun you'll hear plenty of criticisms. My point is you lack the self awareness to recognize the right way to go about critiquing the park while not burning bridges and you would only benefit by learning from that. Your response shows a very close-minded view on everything I said and it seems that you are less open to criticism than the park would be to yours. I have had plenty of negative feedback and I've gone about it the right way, which is why I'm invited to events, but I'm not a content creator. The nuance of knowing how to do it is the thing. El Toro Ryan has a whole bunch of problematic videos about the park's coasters and plenty of inside sources but he seems to go about things in a way that I highly doubt CP has any problems with him. On the other hand, when youtubers make T shirts that rip off the park, even if it's promoting a new ride, that takes money off their bottom line. Lastly, are you saying that you aren't going to try to get invited to media/content creator/invite only events by the park anymore? Because everything I said was based upon the failed attempt to bury the hatchet and it'd be foolish to be as tone deaf as you are and still try to get on the park's good side. In the very least you'd be best to at least consider what I'm saying rather than waiting until so many parks give you the cold shoulder that you start to realize maybe it is you. I think you really ought to read about the fox and the grapes, because it seems like all you did in your response was tell me the grapes you couldn't get were sour, and as I eat them I tell you, it's not to disparage you and it's not to be mean, I just want to share these grapes because they're pretty fricken sweet.

@@TrueLies23 You must be a very bored person. I suggest a job at some point.

@@BeachcliffStudios if I can afford a couple prestige passes with all the add on's, 25 visits and multiple overnight stays, and I don't have to purchase through Canada's Wonderland, I'd venture to say your attempts to throw an attack at my character by speculating on my time, income, and the use thereof failed tremendously.

Universal really makes sure their rides are open, that’s different. Plenty of their new coasters have had issues

@@BeachcliffStudios if only cedar point could make sure their rides stayed open. If the effort is what’s lacking then that falls squarely on cedar point imo.

@@BeachcliffStudios the thing is, what type of "issues" have the new Intamin rides had? Programming? Sensor issues? Small faults that result in a couple hours of downtime? Or have they had MAJOR structural issues with their trains? Where is the newer Intamin ride that has been open to the public for 8 days, and then down for 2 months with no word on when it may be back up?

We don’t tell stories the way he likes

And the kid is SOOOO right about MF. The airtime is garbage on that snorefest.

Looks like intamin can’t build a good coaster then??? Good thing zamperla took over for tt2

Avalanche run wasn’t built in 78

@@BeachcliffStudios bingo !