Christmas Town 2011

[Bryant]

Well, will they be getting a new show for the little kiddos? (let's hope they took out SSC to put in A Christmas Carol! I hope!

 

[pandorazboxx]

Well I saw the CT add in grogan's. Looks like sesame street christmas is back. New show in abbystone, and alpengeist is going to be open.

 

[Bryant]

Well I saw the CT add in grogan's. Looks like sesame street christmas is back. New show in abbystone, and alpengeist is going to be open.

That's why I asked how that guy knows that sesame isn't coming back ^^

 

[Zachary]

Rep to the first one who gets a picture!

 

[pandorazboxx]

It is a video

 

[Zachary]

Video will work too.

 

[pandorazboxx]

my phone died. The only reason I noticed was because in Grogan's (by Annie's cafe) you can actually hear the sound of the display in there. Lots of cool info on CT though. Maybe someone can get a good capture.

 

[Shafor]

I'll be there Tuesday night. I'll try to check it out.

 

[Bryant]

I'll be there Tuesday night. I'll try to check it out.

Record it all

 

[ChristmasTownFan]

Thats awesome to hear about CT, although I wish they would replace the Sesame Street Show. Anyway, anything new on what will be at CT this year? Unlike last year where they got started on the CT website early...it hasn't changed at all this year yet.

 

[Bryant]

How often did the O Tannenbaum lightshow happen every night?

 

[mc14]

On the hour I think.

 

[redsoxfan787]

Why can't Mach tower operate during CT? It's a great view of the lights!

It has very specific restrictions to be able to run the ride. It is incapable of operation in high winds or in temperatures higher than 110 degrees or below 32 degrees. And if this winter is anything like last weekend...it'll be well below 32 degrees a lot

But dont they shut the griffon down if it gets below 45 degrees?

 

[Griffon]

Yea...somewhere in the low 40's...so my guess is they will be able to run Mach tower....At least at the beginning of Xmas town, last year, griffon was running quite a bit....I really don't believe it will get down below 32 until late december or even January...

 

[PageyMoon]

But dont they shut the griffon down if it gets below 45 degrees?

I rode it at 38. It was FRIGID, but it was running for the first bit of the evening. It shut down once it got dark that day.

 

[Balak95]

The cut-off point is 40 degrees the ride has sensors over all of it to detect the temapture and wind speed if the windspeed gets above 40 then they shut down and if the tempature gets below 40 the computers automatically shut down the ride.

 

[ChristmasTownFan]

I'm seriously wondering what the hold up is with updating the CT site..not with info but changing the look for this year as they do with the HOS site every year. I mean, Mach Tower is open, Oktoberfest has been renovated, and all of the HOS info is basically out now. So i'm really hoping they start updating soon.

 

[Parkgoer]

Updating now would not be wise. Promoting an event in December when their biggest cash cow is coming up in four weeks would not be good at all. That leads me to believe HoS might hit a new level this year by focusing on that right now vs things far out in the future.

 

[Shafor]

I talked to several of the ride ops at Mach Tower at different times of the day and asked them if they knew if it would be open for Christmas Town. They all said the same thing: observation only, no drop.

Take it for what it's worth...

 

[pandorazboxx]

So that would be it would rotate on the way up then lower you down and hopefully rotate as well?