Clawdeen Wolf TTD isn't even a good Coaster though... (I should know, I rode it... TWICE, over way too fast, lines are way too long) Millennium Force was decent, Idk about Gatekeeper it wasn't there when I went.
@@christopherwellman2364 It matters in that the funnel would pose very little danger to anyone on land, unless they happened on the shoreline. But anyone out on the water would be in danger. Plus, these funnels can be spawned without a thunderstorm or even rain. If there was a real tornado at Cedar Point, a thunderstorm would have to be in progress first.
"We're looking into ways to make some changes" is code speak for "we never even had a plan for a tornado", and "we'll reassign or fire those responsible for operating the ride". It never fails that any company spokesman will give an answer that will assuage the listeners and protect the corporation.
I was at Soak City that day when I was a kid, they basically shoved everyone back there into the bathrooms and cinder block buildings and told people to get down. Being a kid I didn't think how gross the floor was xD
Anyone else surprised this was just 1998?! It looked, felt and sounded like 1988!!! But the lady newscaster's hair style told me it was definitely late 90s! Nuts!
I was working there for that one. I managed the now deceased Breakwater Cafe right on the lake by Sandcastle Suites. We lost a couple of screens on the patio that day.
I was working in the games department as a college kid that day in the Midway across from Raptor. Theses game stalls were cinder block with steel/concrete roofs and steel shutters. I don't recall any formal training but pretty much instantly the order was given to secure your cash and get people in the games. With our mike equiped games pluss game staff jumping the counters we got everyone around us to shelter that would follow. I will never forget my friend Rachel yelling on the mike. You idiots there's a tornado coming down the Midway. Get out of line for the Raptors and in the games.
My wife and I were at Cedar Point when this happened. I remember getting food around 11 and telling my wife what a tornado ripped through here later today 😃. When it hit we were on the Rip Cord when this hit. They stopped Magnum and I watched people run down the lift hill. We ran into the storage building for Rip Cord and oddly ran into 2 woman we worked with at Home Depot here in Michigan who were trying to hide their "relationship". I watched the spout hit the Mean Streak and fizzle out. Then the park smelled like dead fish everywhere. It was a pretty memorable day.
I was 11 too! We were under the elephant ear stand and people started screaming tornado. I walked out and saw it coming towards us. We went into the bathrooms nearby until it was gone.
@Lori Lynn that’s so crazy. Man I wanna know how bad he felt?? I can’t imagine how awful I would feel if I did that. (Obviously he was a kid, a lifetime ago.)
I was there a few years ago with my girlfriend at the time we are on raptor and one hit! we looked the forecast before going and it's supposed to be clear skies all day!
I used to work at cedar point in 2002 and I can remember asking what was the procedure for a tornado warning and the answer I got was that it was on a “need to know” basis
Imagine the worst nightmare scenario. You're at an amusement park enjoying the day. By late afternoon, the sunny skies start to become dark and menacing way out over the horizon to your west. You know it may rain. You go about your business having fun, the dark sky gets closer and darker. Your on a roller coaster and the ride suddenly malfunctions and stops due to the severe weather rapidly approaching. Your stuck high up on the ride and suddenly the twister drops from the increasing horrific looking sky and is now coming straight at you and there is literally nothing you can do because you are stuck high up on the ride. The tornado arrives and you get wiped off the face of the earth with all it's apocalyptic fury. Truly a horrifying prospect.
I was there that day! My girlfriend and I fled the park because we were already headed to the park for a lunch break, craziness. I sped down the causeway doing about 60 mph. We went to the mall and hid in the back room of a department store for a while.
Garbage news at it's finest! I worked on the side of the peninsula where the water spouts (not tornadoes) hit land and dissipated. Every team leader on that coast had already called it in to the main office and emergency stopped their rides and were following procedures to get guests to safety (even though water spouts are NOT tornadoes). The comment that "a random stranger" released them from their seats on the complete other side of the peninsula is laughable. You can't just open a lap bar on any ride unless you know how.
When I started watching, I thought the ride had gotten 'stuck', and they were trapped at the top. I would have understood that the attendant could have done nothing if that was the case. HOWEVER, hearing the riders were on the ground, with the attendant RIGHT THERE, and fleeing like the total coward he is instead of freeing the riders makes my blood boil. I think criminal charges needed to be brought here.
I liked seeing the demon drop,😊it was cool to see on the way in, I kind of miss it 😔I think they should have put it in the kids section,all the new Innovations it would be considered Weak by today's standards
I was here this day actually, I had just gotten food by the race horse carousel thinger nestled into the Raptor, across the causeway from the old arcade... I remember people running and screaming while looking up at the sky like it was fucking Godzilla, no joke it was that cliche. Later that day it cleared up to the extent that we went on water rides bc it was so hot and sunny, and the park was nearly empty. It was awesome.
People get spoked to easy by Waterspouts hell NWS Cleveland doesn't even issue tornado warnings for them news made a big deal about nothing is see back in 1998 lol I live close to Fairport Ohio and seen more Waterspouts than I can remember he'll last October 7th I observed 55 Waterspout Funnel Clouds and 7 Mature Waterspouts from Fairport most of what we see Waterspout wise on Lake Erie are Fairweather Waterspouts can be dangerous to boaters but pose little risk coming on Land if they do they disapate quickly but they can knock stuff over and cause minor damage Tornadic Waterspouts on the other hand are a Supercell Tornado Over Water and are capable of considerable destruction if they come on land because it's a supercell mesocyclone producing the Waterspout/Tornado at that point. Fairweather Waterspouts don't form this way
THIS IS A FAIRWEATHER WATERSPOUT NOT A LAND TORNADO!!!!!! Tornados are not rare here in Ohio and yes they do have plans in place!! 1st things 1st is not a supercell tornado this is a Fairweather Waterspout they are extremely common on Lake Erie Lake Erie see up to 200 Waterspouts a Year
You're a teenager working at an amusement park, and you see a tornado coming. You're working for minimum wage. You've got your whole life ahead of you. Tornado approaches. What do you? You say, "F those old people stuck at the top of the ride," and then you run as fast as you can to save your own damn life! You get the F out of there! "They ain't payin' me enough for this sht" lol 🤣
This makes no sense lmao, how could the guy who helped them get the harness to magically unlock...if thats the case they couldve done it themselves. Theres defintely some truth stretching in this story
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So weird seeing Cedar Point without Top Thrill Dragster, GateKeeper or Millennium Force
Kate Dawg yea
Imagine what it looked like back in the 80's, son. Back then, Gemini was the king coaster
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Clawdeen Wolf TTD isn't even a good Coaster though... (I should know, I rode it... TWICE, over way too fast, lines are way too long) Millennium Force was decent, Idk about Gatekeeper it wasn't there when I went.
Well, this is how they came up with the name Wicked Twister 😂😂
😂😂
Lol
Yea I know right
Omg that could actually be true!!
😶😯😦
That wasn't actually a tornado, it was a waterspout. Waterspouts are actually quite common on the Great Lakes, even in fair weather.
Waterspouts are tornadoes.
@@christopherwellman2364 They are usually way less powerful.
@@christopherwellman2364 This was of the non-tornadic variety. They're actually very common on the Great Lakes.
@@JCBro-yg8vd I don't understand how that's different or why it even matters.
@@christopherwellman2364 It matters in that the funnel would pose very little danger to anyone on land, unless they happened on the shoreline. But anyone out on the water would be in danger. Plus, these funnels can be spawned without a thunderstorm or even rain. If there was a real tornado at Cedar Point, a thunderstorm would have to be in progress first.
"We're looking into ways to make some changes" is code speak for "we never even had a plan for a tornado", and "we'll reassign or fire those responsible for operating the ride". It never fails that any company spokesman will give an answer that will assuage the listeners and protect the corporation.
This is not a Supercell Tornado!!!! This is a Fairweather Waterspout
I was at Soak City that day when I was a kid, they basically shoved everyone back there into the bathrooms and cinder block buildings and told people to get down. Being a kid I didn't think how gross the floor was xD
Anyone else surprised this was just 1998?! It looked, felt and sounded like 1988!!! But the lady newscaster's hair style told me it was definitely late 90s! Nuts!
Yeah I had to double check the year 😂
I was working there for that one. I managed the now deceased Breakwater Cafe right on the lake by Sandcastle Suites. We lost a couple of screens on the patio that day.
I forgot about breakwater cafe!
I was working in the games department as a college kid that day in the Midway across from Raptor. Theses game stalls were cinder block with steel/concrete roofs and steel shutters. I don't recall any formal training but pretty much instantly the order was given to secure your cash and get people in the games. With our mike equiped games pluss game staff jumping the counters we got everyone around us to shelter that would follow. I will never forget my friend Rachel yelling on the mike. You idiots there's a tornado coming down the Midway. Get out of line for the Raptors and in the games.
Is that why the made a roller coaster called wicked twister
Itz Yasin!! I'm dead
I was camping across the bay when this hit. saw several water spouts that today. crazy
My wife and I were at Cedar Point when this happened. I remember getting food around 11 and telling my wife what a tornado ripped through here later today 😃. When it hit we were on the Rip Cord when this hit. They stopped Magnum and I watched people run down the lift hill. We ran into the storage building for Rip Cord and oddly ran into 2 woman we worked with at Home Depot here in Michigan who were trying to hide their "relationship". I watched the spout hit the Mean Streak and fizzle out. Then the park smelled like dead fish everywhere. It was a pretty memorable day.
I was there that day. I was 11 years old. We were eating soft pretzels under that A-frame pavilion when it hit. We took shelter in a restroom nearby.
I was 11 too! We were under the elephant ear stand and people started screaming tornado. I walked out and saw it coming towards us. We went into the bathrooms nearby until it was gone.
I was there too, around the same age. I remember people running for their lives, I took shelter in the arcade.
Wow the maintenance guy ran off? I bet he got fired the next day!
They hire a lot of summer help meaning college students. I'm not knocking that but it that would give them a huge pool of inexperienced workers.
They should have fired him.
@Lori Lynn that’s so crazy. Man I wanna know how bad he felt?? I can’t imagine how awful I would feel if I did that. (Obviously he was a kid, a lifetime ago.)
I was there a few years ago with my girlfriend at the time we are on raptor and one hit! we looked the forecast before going and it's supposed to be clear skies all day!
I used to work at cedar point in 2002 and I can remember asking what was the procedure for a tornado warning and the answer I got was that it was on a “need to know” basis
Sounds about right haha
Is that why there is a roller coaster called Wicked Twister there?
Imagine the worst nightmare scenario. You're at an amusement park enjoying the day. By late afternoon, the sunny skies start to become dark and menacing way out over the horizon to your west. You know it may rain. You go about your business having fun, the dark sky gets closer and darker. Your on a roller coaster and the ride suddenly malfunctions and stops due to the severe weather rapidly approaching. Your stuck high up on the ride and suddenly the twister drops from the increasing horrific looking sky and is now coming straight at you and there is literally nothing you can do because you are stuck high up on the ride. The tornado arrives and you get wiped off the face of the earth with all it's apocalyptic fury. Truly a horrifying prospect.
Live footage of the Wicked Twister (RIP) arriving at Cedar Point.
Wicked Twister is gone now, its almost been a year without it
Wow this was unbelievable! No they weren't really trapped on Power Tower; they just rode it and saw a tornado.
@Luke Skyballer nooo😒🤫
Definitely not a Tornado this is a Fairweather Waterspout
I was there that day! My girlfriend and I fled the park because we were already headed to the park for a lunch break, craziness. I sped down the causeway doing about 60 mph. We went to the mall and hid in the back room of a department store for a while.
Wicked Twister Grand Opening 2002 (Colorized)
surprised to see raptor and mantis in the park during the water sprout
Garbage news at it's finest! I worked on the side of the peninsula where the water spouts (not tornadoes) hit land and dissipated. Every team leader on that coast had already called it in to the main office and emergency stopped their rides and were following procedures to get guests to safety (even though water spouts are NOT tornadoes). The comment that "a random stranger" released them from their seats on the complete other side of the peninsula is laughable. You can't just open a lap bar on any ride unless you know how.
My mom was working at cedar point at that time but she was at the sky ride
260th like! But oh my god, that is awful! I hope they made it out safely.
theme parks should always have a tornado plan in place during the summer.
When I started watching, I thought the ride had gotten 'stuck', and they were trapped at the top. I would have understood that the attendant could have done nothing if that was the case.
HOWEVER, hearing the riders were on the ground, with the attendant RIGHT THERE, and fleeing like the total coward he is instead of freeing the riders makes my blood boil.
I think criminal charges needed to be brought here.
My father remembers the day it happened, he says it went up and down near Cedar Point Beach. At least that is what I think he said.
Wicked twister in the making
considering?
This happened on the day I was born!!!
I liked seeing the demon drop,😊it was cool to see on the way in, I kind of miss it 😔I think they should have put it in the kids section,all the new Innovations it would be considered Weak by today's standards
It's at Dorney Park now and still awesome!
Yeah I caught that too
Ben H It is watersprout, not tornado
I remember that story.
I was there and saw it all... wow
The real wicked twister
I was here this day actually, I had just gotten food by the race horse carousel thinger nestled into the Raptor, across the causeway from the old arcade... I remember people running and screaming while looking up at the sky like it was fucking Godzilla, no joke it was that cliche. Later that day it cleared up to the extent that we went on water rides bc it was so hot and sunny, and the park was nearly empty. It was awesome.
People get spoked to easy by Waterspouts hell NWS Cleveland doesn't even issue tornado warnings for them news made a big deal about nothing is see back in 1998 lol I live close to Fairport Ohio and seen more Waterspouts than I can remember he'll last October 7th I observed 55 Waterspout Funnel Clouds and 7 Mature Waterspouts from Fairport most of what we see Waterspout wise on Lake Erie are Fairweather Waterspouts can be dangerous to boaters but pose little risk coming on Land if they do they disapate quickly but they can knock stuff over and cause minor damage Tornadic Waterspouts on the other hand are a Supercell Tornado Over Water and are capable of considerable destruction if they come on land because it's a supercell mesocyclone producing the Waterspout/Tornado at that point. Fairweather Waterspouts don't form this way
Wow. So long ago now...
They don’t have a plan for tornados, because tornadoes are rare at a place like that
THIS IS A FAIRWEATHER WATERSPOUT NOT A LAND TORNADO!!!!!!
Tornados are not rare here in Ohio and yes they do have plans in place!! 1st things 1st is not a supercell tornado this is a Fairweather Waterspout they are extremely common on Lake Erie Lake Erie see up to 200 Waterspouts a Year
Damn back in the day
A water spout
That's what I thought.
Lmao water spouts very common on Lake Erie. Obvious media dopey hype.
It’s so empty 😟
“Well somebody’s getting fired”
My dad was there when this happened
You're a teenager working at an amusement park, and you see a tornado coming. You're working for minimum wage. You've got your whole life ahead of you. Tornado approaches. What do you? You say, "F those old people stuck at the top of the ride," and then you run as fast as you can to save your own damn life! You get the F out of there! "They ain't payin' me enough for this sht" lol 🤣
Pretty much what happened lol
This is a Waterspout they are common on Lake Erie National Weather Service does not even issue tornado warnings for them
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Scary
This makes no sense lmao, how could the guy who helped them get the harness to magically unlock...if thats the case they couldve done it themselves. Theres defintely some truth stretching in this story
wow
Only in Ohio bruh 💀
Oh yeah he got a law suit 😂
I can't watch the news now because of their fake sorrowing faces!!!! Sometimes! Ya....
ITS A LIE!!!
:O
Tornado
No it is a Waterspout!!!!! Very common on Lake Erie
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Go away, Crazy.
@@opo3628 Why?
Nobody wants to hear about your fictional giant wish-granting wizard in the sky.
Photoshopped
Dumbass
dumbfuck
@Luke Skyballer Yu dumbass.. I was there...
Nah just a water sprout so really just misinformation