Here's an article with pictures close up.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/260593/45/Watch-Cedar-Points-Space-Spiral-crashes-down

A different video:

I concur with FTW. It was sad to watch, but on the flip side, at least it will be getting replaced. I wonder if anyone at the Point had a tear in their eye watching it fall.

I really would have liked to see the damage on the cabin and tower!

EDIT: Nevermind. The damage was in the link Maverick sent above.

At first I seriously thought that was a fake video. I thought they would just remove it piece by piece...that was kind of sad to watch...poor Space Spiral.

How was it brought down?

With explosives.

Thanks to a member on PointBuzz:

0:21- Space Spiral:Hold me WindSeeker, I'm scared. WindSeeker: Lean on me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJZ3bcPr-Ds

The song actually fits it really well.

Here is some of the last photos of DT.

http://www.cedarpoin...per-Site-Update

That video is just sad. Glad I was there just a couple days before it came down...I took a photo of it, when it was still intact. Goodbye Space Spiral and DT, hello Gatekeeper...

At first I seriously thought that was a fake video. I thought they would just remove it piece by piece...that was kind of sad to watch...poor Space Spiral.

I actually thought it was fake too until I read the description of the one Cedar Point uploaded.

While I could tell it was an authentic video, I too was VERY surprised that they removed it that way. I thought they would, at minimum, disassemble the passenger compartment on the ground before dropping the tower... and I figured that would have been done with a crane and torch as opposed to a shape charge.

Maybe they weighted up the passenger compartment on one side to influence the direction of the fall. I have no idea how much weight it would actually take in order for that to be a reasonable possibility but I was surprised the compartment was there too.

This shows how the cabin reached the top of the tower like malem says below.

While I could tell it was an authentic video, I too was VERY surprised that they removed it that way. I thought they would, at minimum, disassemble the passenger compartment on the ground before dropping the tower... and I figured that would have been done with a crane and torch as opposed to a shape charge.

If you take took the passenger cabin off at ground level, you'd have the problem of the counterweight dropping from the top. By keeping the counterweight at the bottom (and the cabin at the top), they only had to worry about one heavy object falling to the ground during demo. Notice that the cabin moves upward and actually strikes the top of the tower, as it's still being pulled by its counterweight while it falls. Since they knew exactly where the cabin would impact the ground, at the top of the tower, they dug a hole there to soften the impact.

Removing the cabin/counterweight before demolition would have been dangerous work at the midpoint of the tower, 150ft up. I imagine it was much cheaper to simply drop it intact in a predictable fashion.

They could of left DT then exploded SS, which could of fallen down on DT, killing 2 birds with 1 stone. But I guess there just not as smart as me .

Original, being totally unrealistic.

I always figured the reason the cabin shot to the end of the tower was Never knew Space Spiral had a counterweight! (Learn something new every day.)

Never knew Space Spiral had a counterweight! (Learn something new every day.)

Not trying to insult you or your intelligence but ,how do you think it got to the top and was able to stay in the air?

^ No insult at all. Truthfully, I hadn't much thought about the possibilities. That sort of system isn't something I've studied before.

Dont all elevators like that have a a counter weight.

Score one for those who don't want any family rides at CP.

Regardless of who may have said what of late, this is a project of, and a dream of, the retired Chairman and CEO.

Judge not the future of Cedar Point by this edition of additions.

Score one for those who don't want any family rides at CP.

What does that make Calypso, Matterhorn, Skyride, Carousels, Troika, Antique and Cadillac Cars, CP&LE Railroad, Iron Dragon, Giant Wheel, Tilt-A-Whirl, Dodgem, Cedar Downs, Ocean Motion, Scrambler, and Super Himalaya?

There are many more options than just Space Spiral and Disaster Transport. The rides listed above have better uptime than did Space Spiral anyways.

I agree that the family rides are disappearing, but Cedar Point has to continue to upgrade their rides to be the best roller coaster park in the world. There are other parks that you can get the "family" experience.

One of the comments from the uploader of the "Best View" video. I guess he and other "thrill seekers" don't realize the families are the biggest revenue for the Point and big expenditures, especially ROLLER COASTERS, are erected via that revenue.

And boom goes the dynamite.

A Space Spiral tribute:

If WindSeeker gets removed, can we have a new Space Spiral?

A Space Spiral tribute:

That video is awesome, brings a tear to your eye. I loved spiral, it is odd coming down the old causeway and not seeing it. Even odder not riding it everyday.

Dont all elevators like that have a a counter weight.

Nope, some do have hydraulic fluid though.

That video was just great, and the soundtrack really brings out emotion. (I actually want to watch it again!) Of course it's a ride I never got to ride, and my annual CP trip came a little late for that this year...although I DID go three days before the Spiral fell...

EDIT: The song used in that video (for the first half and very end before the credits) was actually the soundtrack that played on CP's WindSeeker when I rode it on 9/09! Go figure...

Edited September 30, 201213 yr by VortexBFForever

Its always a sad thing to watch a ride leave......Its just something about watching theme parks get rid of their rides.....

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That area of the park looks great. I was there last night and its amazing how different it was. I never realized how much space Disaster Transport took up. It looks much better without Space Spiral too.

^I could of gone last night, but I turnedf the offer down. I think we might go today... mabey