Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread

[Retro_Gaga]

Cedar Point Facebook: "Definitely NOT taking the Beemer out for a spin today. Or next year for that matter."

 

More messing with us.

 

That just means they're saying no B&M, but I don't trust a word out of their mouth anymore.

[haux]

OOOh, you're right. But why would they miss 2 years?

Because of the economy.

[Homeboy23]

That just means they're saying no B&M

 

Yes, just like when they said Gee See Eye, they were going to make a GCI woodie, or when they said Intamin, or when they said TOGO they were going to bring the company back from the dead.

 

Don't rule out any company and don't rule out nothing at all.

[monsterfan99]

^ I think we can say it won't be a National Amusement Devices Company ride.

[FlyingScooter]

OOOh, you're right. But why would they miss 2 years?

Because of the economy.

 

I'd agree with this. Given the unemployment in the CP tri-state area, it makes sense.

[Huge_Wonderland_Fan]

CP clarified that CW is in fact Carowinds.

Then what's Canada's Wonderland ?

[HCLcoasters]

CWL perhaps?

[Huge_Wonderland_Fan]

Shouldn't Carowinds just be C ?

[netdvn]

^

Canada's Wonderland is CW. Carowinds doesn't really have an abbreviation although you could use Cw (or C) to distinguish itself from Canada's Wonderland.

 

I normally use CW for Canada's Wonderland and just spell out Carowinds.

[Huge_Wonderland_Fan]

^ That's what I thought but apparently CW is Carowinds.

[tatertot3710]

Beside the point much?

 

Anyway. I personally think it'll be a Halloween thing. Maybe changing Halloweekends to the Haunt and adding loads of new attractions? In the end, I think all of these clues will be useless and not relating at all to the addition. But then again, that's just my theory.

[cprocks22]

^Thanks for reminding me, the Halloweekends site is now live.

 

www.halloweekends.com

 

TWO NEW HAUNTED HOUSES

 

Step back in time as you wander the hallowed halls of G.A. Boeckling's Eerie Estate! Or, allow your childhood fears to come alive in the new Happy Jack's Toy Factory. Just a toy, or a real-life nightmare? You decide.

[tatertot3710]

^ Well then, I guess I'm probably wrong. LOL. Now to think up a new idea...

[LJGoBlue]

I was at the park yesterday and me and my friend were asking the ride ops on MF about the new ride and one of them told us to look back and to the left on the second hill that goes on to Millennium Island. We did so and found that there was a large spiral staircase and what looked like the metal rails found in the queues at CP. There is also boxes of what looked like nuts and bolts. This stuff is hidden very well and if you didn't know to look for it you wouldn't see it. There is also what appears to be some kind of construction looking things inside the first overbanked turn after the first hill.

 

The same worker also said that the other day when he was testing it there was some guys from Intamin on the island with blueprints pointing at things on the island. Obviously the ride ops usually aren't very well informed about what is going on, but I do think that something is going on.

[Homeboy23]

there was some guys from Intamin on the island

 

And how did they know they were from Intamin? I doubt even if they had Intamin on their shirt they would be able to read it.

 

Unless I am reading your post wrong and the employees saw them from up close. I am assuming they saw the "Intamin employees" while riding MF.

[LJGoBlue]

^Yeah thats what we understood from what he said, the worker was off his shift and we ran into him while we were leaving and all he said was that there was some guys from Intamin on the island. I'm not sure if this is true because he just said they saw them while testing the ride. They might have seen them before they went to the island, but I'm not sure.

[haux]

Ride hosts don't know anything about the new ride, and they certainly wouldn't be telling you. I worked there for three summers, and once one little rumor gets started among the employees, they all think they know it. Last year, I heard from numerous ride hosts that it was the last season for Snake River Falls. It's still there!

 

Don't listen to them. Why would a simple ride host know? They get paid the second-lowest wage.

[woklipa13]

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/blog/index.cfm?entry=d6c36b38-fcd3-422a-ba09-a6674ffe3d52

 

The newest blog entry says that in 2010 a ride will be celebrating its 17th birthday. It also says that they will not make a big deal out of it. The ride that will be seventeen is Snake River Falls. I think that this might mean that they may be removing it to make room for the 2010 attraction. That's just a possibility.

[eddie200330]

Holy Crap, it has been 17 years since I was employed there??? On a side note, we did know somewhat of a large scale invert coming the next summer, and poof, Raptor showed up. So don't count out the employees knowing anything. Sometimes "big" secrets are hard to keep.......

[haux]

I'm sure more people knew of the park's plans before the Internet was as big as it is now. Now, they're not going to be telling ride hosts or team leaders. Maybe supervisors they know can keep it quiet, but the people in the know most likely have greatly been reduced since 1993.

[MattMattMatt]

Don't forget...sometimes guessing reasonably what a ride is going to be can be just as accurate as reading hype and rumors. Many times with some hints and land clearing and looking at what the park already has what makes the most "sense" ends up being the prevailing rumor.

 

And then after you guess right you can claim you had a source all along!

[GriffonFan09]

That's so interesting how CP can be soooo sneaky and hide their construction stuff in the middle of nowhere. But the idea of people in the parks knowing about attractions is a 50/50 thing depending on parks and such along with the size of the announcement.

 

After all the clues on the blog and stuff I think they are going to possibly move Snake River Falls to that location and then put the new ride in it's previous spot or demolish the ride completely and build some of the new ride in that section. What i don't understand is why CP keeps getting rid of it's water rides. I love them, just ride one, get soaked, then dry off on a roller coaster. But does anyone know when the official press release is?

[coasterfan21]

^ I have not really heard much about the announcement date. From what I have read its still just speculation, and no real hard facts.

[kingsdominionlvr]

This is the plan for CP's announcement date. They will release it on twitter, then tell everyone a different date on facebook, then claim another different date on myspace.

[HCLcoasters]

^^^ Move Snake River Falls?!