Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread

[KBrylczyk]

They're gonna Do-Dodonpa this thing. New launch, add a massive loop after the tower.

[grsupercity]

3 hours ago, KBrylczyk said:

They're gonna Do-Dodonpa this thing. New launch, add a massive loop after the tower.

Worlds largest loop would be legit 

[DATman]

So excited for CP to finally bring the world’s tallest and fastest Aquatrax to life

[prozach626]

^yeahtheaqua trax jokeis stillre ally funny

I was totally wrong about the timeline. I thought for sure with all of the quick progress it would have been a simple revamp for 2023.

[KBrylczyk]

^ Your space bar has become self-aware and is rebelling.

[Haymaker]

As someone who never got to ride it because it was closed everytime we went, I hope it doesnt change too much

[mikeykaise]

It makes sense based on the investigation finding that a piece of the brake run was broken off and sent flying and how beat up the launch and brake run was from over time, it does make sense to replace those sections so hopefully that's all that will change. 

[coasterbill]

9 hours ago, Haymaker said:

As someone who never got to ride it because it was closed everytime we went, I hope it doesnt change too much

I hope it does, specifically because of the first half of that statement.

[Haymaker]

8 hours ago, coasterbill said:

I hope it does, specifically because of the first half of that statement.

Lmao... but fix that part of course!

[coasterjohnh]

Web cams? Does anyone else have a problem opening up the web cams to full screen?

[AmyUD06]

2 minutes ago, coasterjohnh said:

Web cams? Does anyone else have a problem opening up the web cams to full screen?

Works fine for me.

[Pedrinho]

On 2/17/2023 at 7:54 PM, AmyUD06 said:

Works fine for me.

Same

[coastersandhockey]

Cedar Point held their annual Winter Chillout event this weekend benefitting "A Kid Again". The park raised over $150,000 for the organization through this event.

Some things the park announced at the event:

• Chick-Fil-A, Mac Shack, Wild Turnip are all being removed this season. No word on their replacements. It was noted that Chick-Fil-A being removed goes along with the other Cedar Fair parks removing theirs. No bad blood with CFA, just expiring contracts.
• Forbidden Frontier will not be returning as well. The park says that not enough people visited the attraction. I believe that even though Forbidden Frontier is being removed, Professor Delbert's Frontier Fling the park's skycoaster will still be operating. 
• The Boardwalk section will have beautiful marquees at each end designating the area of the park. Concept art was shown but no pictures were allowed. They are inspired by the logo used in this pin and other Made to Thrill products. For some reason I couldn't find the specific logo on google. https://madetothrill.com/collections/made-to-thrill-x-cedar-point/products/made-to-thrill-x-cedar-point-original-sign-pin
• Each Wild Mouse car will have a name. There is The Cheese Car, Ziggy, Zaggy, Mazey, Larry, Dizzy, and Chase
• Walking taco stand on main midway will become a new alcohol stand, walking tacos moving in with Derby Dogs.
• Grand Pavilion will include quick service food with a similar system to that used at other newer dining locations like Farmhouse, Hugos, Backbeat BBQ. There will also be two large dining rooms on the ground floor with windows that can be opened. Second floor will include a walk up snack stand and of course a large bar. Patios on the second floor overlooking the lake.

I think thats about all for the very noteworthy news. They also took us down Top Thrill Dragster midway. There is A LOT missing. Of course all the track aside from the tower is missing, but they've also removed all the cement, gates, old queueline, etc from the whole unload and load area. All that is left is the station canopy. Matterhorn and Scrambler are also gone and awaiting their move to The Boardwalk.

Here's some pictures:

Matterhorn and Scrambler area. Foodstand in this location was also removed. It most recently sold the CP Juice Sippers.

Piece of Iron Dragon has been removed. Noting the location in relation to Dragster, let the speculation begin. Tony did confirm nothing is happening with Iron Dragon. It is "just getting work done" and will be open in 2023.

The following few images is a few shots from a behind the scenes opportunity we got with Millennium:

Now some Dragster pictures...

Better look at the missing piece of Iron Dragon.

And now some Wild Mouse content. We were not allowed down that midway as it is an active construction zone:

 

Thanks for reading!

[AmyUD06]

27 minutes ago, coastersandhockey said:

• Chick-Fil-A, Mac Shack, Wild Turnip are all being removed this season. No word on their replacements. It was noted that Chick-Fil-A being removed goes along with the other Cedar Fair parks removing theirs. No bad blood with CFA, just expiring contracts.

Disappointing, but anticipated given that all of the other CF parks have done away with their custom Mac-n-Cheese places.  And good riddance to Hate Chicken.

[coastersandhockey]

8 minutes ago, AmyUD06 said:

Disappointing, but anticipated given that all of the other CF parks have done away with their custom Mac-n-Cheese places.  And good riddance to Hate Chicken.

To be fair, Mac Shack was probably the worst of the ones I have tried. As long as Kings Island keeps doing theirs during Winterfest I'll be happy.

Also agree on CFA. 

[SharkTums]

Yay! Get rid of judgmental jesus chicken at all parks please!

[bert425]

this calls for Willam, Detox and Vicky Vox to do their thing:
 

 

[Haymaker]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/30/fact-check-chick-fil-a-has-not-resumed-donations-groups-oppose-lgbtq-rights/3244765001/

[bert425]

^ your outdated source is incorrect.

Chick-Fil-A - thru it's owner, Dan Cathy, continues to donate millions to anti-LGBTQ groups.

so yeah. . .screw their Jesus Chicken.

and as Detox sings,

[coasterbill]

For a park that needs restaurant capacity badly, I'm never against replacing a restaurant that can't be open on one of the busiest days of the week with one that can.

[AmyUD06]

3 hours ago, Haymaker said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/30/fact-check-chick-fil-a-has-not-resumed-donations-groups-oppose-lgbtq-rights/3244765001/

My friend, it's 2023.   Trying to defending bigots is not a good look for anyone.

[coastersandhockey]

All the political stuff aside (which I agree, I am glad to see "Hate Chicken" go) its hard to believe they kept CFA around this long because of them being closed on Sundays. In recent years Sunday crowds have been just as bad as Saturday, so to be down a restaurant no matter the time of year or staffing level is just not good practice.

[SharkTums]

3 hours ago, coasterbill said:

For a park that needs restaurant capacity badly, I'm never against replacing a restaurant that can't be open on one of the busiest days of the week with one that can.

I mean, isn't this the same chain that put a location in an NFL Stadium!??!!

[prozach626]

At least I didn't have to wait long for the controversy to begin.

[teacherkim]

Agree with everyone, good riddance on the removal of CFA. Frankly even if you took the politics out of it, I never quite got the love, it's just a chicken sandwich and Farmhouse is a one minute walk away and much much better, too bad about Wild Turnip, was a nice spot to get fresh fruit and I hope they replace it with something similar; but whatever, food is subjective and no point in a preference discussion.

I've been wondering how long Forbidden Frontier would hold on. I was kind of surprised it came back post pandemic when workers were scarce and the staff/patron ratio was super high. It was an interesting concept but somehow just never executed well. I tried to patronize it and like it, I really did, but it was always just......awkward. Hopefully, they leave Snake River alone which is enough creative outlet for the staff that can get into the character sort of attraction and find a better use for the resources that were going into FF.

I suppose there will now be a secondary (to TTD) line of speculation about what will go into that area. Log flume? Move all the animal encounters there? Both? Will they keep the area open to walk through since there is a playground back there? It was a nice place to take a break with little kids. Also, had some of the least used and cleanest bathrooms in the park.