Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread

[UberBeavis]

It'd be in my top ten list, if I'd only been on 10 wooden coasters

[Jon Sabo]

^^^I hope that picture isn't posted at any of the parks. They will surely have security on code 3 alert then!

[SFOGdude25]

Ahh, you mean this...

I took it about a week ago (I just missed vertical construction )

It's a closer view.

 

Mean Streak!? It must have been because of how cool it looks. I gotta admit though it's pretty fun, but it is NOT a top ten coaster.

[Jumboshrmp]

I think they may be predicting a few problems, and therefore, by building it early, they can try and get it fixed before it opens.

[Carnage]

It's not a Golden Ticket Award. It's a really small magazine that probably ranks the biggest. Coney Island's Cyclone is probably No. 1 on that list. I think the magazine is Theme Park Magazine, which I've never heard of, but I can't really read it in that picture.

 

Yeah I realize it wasn't a golden ticket award.

 

I just meant that Cedar Point always seems to have higher rankings just because of it's fanboys.

[Rollerholden]

Maybe I was expecting it to be really, really bad, but I didn't think Mean Streak was bad at all, except the fact it was trimmed so bad...

[TheKlockster]

I saw that thing banner on Mean Streak too. I like Mean streak but found that a little hard to believe.

 

Here is a pic I took the other day of some vertical construction - through one of the peep holes that have been drilled in the fence. So apparently this is one of the views Cedar Point WANTS you to see.

 

 

Could that be the station in the right?

[fbk2711]

I don't see it it.

Am i missing something?

[FlyingScooter]

mean Streak: There aren't enough fanboys in the world to vote that puppy in the top ten woodies.

I never noticed that sign before.

[Rollerholden]

^It's on my top 10 woodies...out of...12...

But I liked it more than any of the ones in SoCal.

[ECZenith]

Klockster, the only building I see is on the left of the photo. Do you mean that one?

 

They kept Whitewater Landing's buildings, I'm assuming they will be re-using for either the ride's loading station, or maybe a gift shop/queue house.

[TheKlockster]

No - I don't mean a building - I mean the supports. There are like mass footers all in a bunch of rows clustered together toward the left - with supports decending toward them. I figured it might be a end brake run and station platform after it is built. Right now its just footers though.

[coasterlover420]

And We all love footers, right!?

[cprocks22]

*BUMP* and they are making a ton of progress

http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=4461

All thoes footers might not be the station...

[mightypotato]

 

What kind of support is that in the middle (the one with three little prong type dealies)?

[ECZenith]

That is a weird support... That second photo shows what is definately a long

"rampy" section.

[Vekoma Fan Boy]

That second photo shows what is definately a long

"rampy" section.

 

 

That looks like it is for a decining brake run. Definately not a launch though too short and even if it was that short it goes up to far to be a launch. So my bet is a sloped brake run.

[taytig]

Does anyone think it could be a smaller launch coaster like Kanonen? They could be going for the record for the launch coaster with the most inversions or something like that. I really have no idea, but it does seem plausable at this point...

[jamesdillaman]

I think it's clear the record CP's after is longest thread before track even goes up on TPR. Go, CP! All your fanboys will be heliping you out. I believe in you!

-James Dillaman

[Oni]

^Hah^

You should see some of the crap that's flying around over at pointbuzz.com. It should be illegalized, honestly.....This is about all I'm getting from over there:

 

OMG!! ITS GONNA BE A BACKWARDS-LAUNCHING 500FT 4D COASTER LIKE X WITH A TRANSFER TRACK AND WINGWALKER TRAINS!!! LOL!!11!!1!

 

 

Enough said, I suppose.

 

 

My two cents?

 

It's a roller coaster

It's an Intamin

It's red

It's NOT going to be 500 ft tall, among other things....

 

The announcement is supposedly in August....so be patient!

[Cheapalcohol]

In a new update at PointBuzz there are some very interesting new track sections - http://pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=4553 . I've never seen Intamin track like that! Is it on any other Intamin coasters?

[FeelTheFORCE]

Yea that is pretty strange. I wonder whats under the tarp also...possibly a train?

[Rollerholden]

Hmm that track really does looks strange.

And about the trains being under the tarp...I'm not really sure. It wouldn't seem like it because that was there where I was there a cfew weeks ago, and do the trains usually arrive that early?

I'm very anxious to know what this is!

[FeelTheFORCE]

Hmm that track really does looks strange.

And about the trains being under the tarp...I'm not really sure. It wouldn't seem like it because that was there where I was there a cfew weeks ago, and do the trains usually arrive that early?

I'm very anxious to know what this is!

 

Yea I agree with you that the trains probably havent arrived this early...but what is so secret that they have to hide it?

[Guest]

It almost looks like something is supposed to roll over that flat section of track, like a wheel on the underside of the train or something. It'll probably just turn out to be something mundane like an attachment for a set of brakes but its been about five minutes since the last crackpot theory so I thought I'd throw something new into the mix.