matteocrepaldi Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 You forgot the spinning part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason10 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 And the Aquatrax! You can't forget the Aquatrax! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 ^ AQUATRAX is made by Intamin. BTW, I checked my magic Dippin Dots cup and discovered a yellow-colored B&M going to....... a theme park somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I thought Arrow designed the original Aquatrax and then sold the rights to S&S. All of this just makes me so confused all of the time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 ^ Judging by your sig, I'm assuming that you're being serious http://www.intaminworldwide.com/iag/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=33 Here you go. That's why everyboy thinks Maverick is an Aquatrax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason10 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I know it is made by Intamin. I was being sarcastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellaclose Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Blog post on Cedar Point about land clearing on Millennium Island (since been removed from website). Could this be where the mysterious track is headed? Here's the deleted post. “Let's bring you up to speed on Wicked Twister, since we've had a lot of questions about it. The ride is currently undergoing standard off-season maintenance. Nothing to worry about. Wicked Twister will twist again on Opening Day. Oh, speaking of Opening Day, when you arrive and ride Millennium Force, you may notice something a little different on Millennium Island. It was so nice out yesterday, we took a stroll over there. The peaceful setting of the park is just breathtaking. (pic of the lagoon near MF island) But then there's this... (pic of the cleared land) As you may have guessed, we're doing something over there. But "what?" is the question...” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^ Doubt it! Probably a space for more trash cans and concrete. But seriously, I think its for a small family ride or something like that. Or it could be for 2010's 500 foot tall B&M Dive Machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atem122 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^^ maybe it's for their next thrilling ride: Thunder Flight Force Hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreditCrazy Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^^ maybe it's for their next thrilling ride: Thunder Flight Force Hawk The Ride I always knew SF & CF would team up together sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^^ maybe it's for their next thrilling ride: Thunder Flight Force Hawk They already have Thunder Canyon, Millennium Force, and Skyhawk, so that leaves Flight Deck as the only possible option for this land clearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkman25 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^ Doubt it! Probably a space for more trash cans and concrete. But seriously, I think its for a small family ride or something like that. Or it could be for 2010's 500 foot tall B&M Dive Machine. I'm going back to what I said I dont even know how many pages ago. Screamscape reported back before this last years IAAPA that B&M was set to release a new type of coaster to the public at the event. As we all know that never happened, no new coaster type was released. BUT, Cedar Point has always been a world record park making the first this, the biggest that, the tallest that. So I don't think it is too big of a stretch to think that just perhaps the yellow track is for here. Empirically, they have been adding coasters on a 2-3 year interval over the past decade and all their coasters have been firsts, leading me to believe that the track could in fact go here. That is just my two cents though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^ B&M doesn't really build their prototypes at CP. Normally Alton or a SF park gets the prototype. They normally build Intamin prototypes, but with all the problems associated with Intamin prototypes (and prototypes in general), I don't see this being a prototype coaster. The B&M track is the size of either a B&M Stand Up, a Sit Down, and a Floorless. If the track was to go to CP, it would probably be either a floorless or a sit down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^ B&M build their prototypes where ever they're paid to build their prototypes, simple as that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^ But CF normally doesn't pay B&M to build prototypes for any of their parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 really...what is "normal" in the theme park world. Just because it hasnt happen doesnt mean it cannot happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Because whenever Cedar Fair wanted a B&M ride there were no prototypes/new styles of coaster? Just because they haven't ever got a new design doesn't mean they are against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I just wanted to say the word prototype. I didn't wanna be left out. By the way, what was so "prototypical" about the Intamin coasters at CP? Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't they all just bigger versions of other models? And Maverick is the world's second aquatrax, anyway. So that can't be a prototype. Prototype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^ You could call Magnum, TTD, or MF "prototype" coasters depending on your definition of prototype. Magnum is technically an oversized version of Gemini. MF is technically an oversized Intamin Hyper. TTD is technically a S:TE-sized Xcelerator. And Corkscrew is technically Knott's Corkscrew with a loop. Usually a prototype is considered to be a "world's first" although technically the world's first Intamin strata was built at SFMM. (This is debatable althiugh I don't understand why) Many people consider prototypes to be a "first of its kind in the world" type thing. For example... Magnum, MF, and TTD are the first full-circiut coasters to break various height and speed barriers so technically,they are firsts of their kind and can be considered prototypes. The same can be said for Corkscrew and even Wicked Twister (which is the only impulse coaster with two twisted spikes). Maverick is the first Intamin to feature a launched lift hill as well as a second launch (I don't know of any coasters that have two separate launches), so it could be considered a prototype. Because whenever Cedar Fair wanted a B&M ride there were no prototypes/new styles of coaster? Just because they haven't ever got a new design doesn't mean they are against them. Or maybe whenever B&M came up with a prototype, CF never asked for it. You never really know. really...what is "normal" in the theme park world. Just because it hasnt happen doesnt mean it cannot happen.That is true, and maybe a new B&M prototype would be built at CP next year, but until they announce it, nobody will be sure of where it goes. Except the Dippin' Dots Guy. PS: Maverick is NOT an Aquatrax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Prototype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Maverick was intended to be an aquatrax... whoever thinks otherwise is wrong because they aren't right, and that's the only other option. and I agree with Wes: Prototype... -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 ^ Nemesis was originally intended to be an Arrow Pipeline coaster. Epcot was intended to be an actual city. Turbulance was intended to be the world's first Frequent Faller. Something happened in the middle... Nemesis became a B&M Invert. Epcot became a theme park. Turbulance was never built. Maverick was intended to be an Aquatrax, but sometimes things don't always turn out as planned. Maverick bacame an Intamain Rocket with two launches. Prototype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkman25 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Magnum is technically an oversized version of Gemini. MF is technically an oversized Intamin Hyper. TTD is technically a S:TE-sized Xcelerator. And Corkscrew is technically Knott's Corkscrew with a loop. Xcelerator was built specifically to see how the new hydraulic motor will work for top thrill. Intamin didn't know how the system would work on that large of a scale so they teamed up with CF to build another model to see how it all worked, hence the birth of Xcel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Maverick is the first Intamin to feature a launched lift hill as well as a second launch (I don't know of any coasters that have two separate launches), so it could be considered a prototype. lol, again, as said earlier, Journey to Atlantis (the first aqua trax) has a fast lift (just like maverick but not quite as fast and uses LIMs) and then a launch. Oh, and prototype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Maverick was intended to be an Aquatrax, but sometimes things don't always turn out as planned. Maverick bacame an Intamain Rocket with two launches. You realise Maverick isn't a "rocket/accelerator" coaster? For one of those you need a hydraulic launch, which Maverick doesn't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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