Cedar Point: General Discussion

[Tim]

Whaaatttt... Magic Mountain opened their Justice League dark ride less than a year ago and it's excellent!

True, but until now they had always said they wouldn't build Dark rides because with Disneyland down the road they couldn't compete. The recent change only came about because the ride has been really successful at other Six Flags parks so it was relatively cheap to copy the concept. I doubt that if Magic Mountain was a stand alone park they would have changed their view.

Let's not forget that for over a decade Alton Towers refused to build a wooden coaster. They might have changed their mind but we still have to acknowledge that for years they've been telling us the GP won't like them because they look unsafe.

 

[Brad97]

Here's an incredibly accurate NL2 recreation of the ride as far as the ledgers go and an extrapolation of the lift/drop.

 

[Rob]

Screamscape have been sent some incredible aeiral photos of Mean Streak:

Meanwhile after a little bit of a break, work on the new track has resumed:



RMC with a MCBR!

 

[Rick]

RMC with a MCBR!

The best thing about the RMC rides is how they never let up, not quite like Nemesis, but not far off.

The mid course on Texas Giant isn't too disastrous so fingers crossed this isn't either but Cedar Point have a history of applying trims at will.

 

[John]

Good to see they're anticipating pushing throughput on this thing, unlike Valraven where they dropped the ball somewhat capacity-wise by installing the lowest capacity dive coaster in the US.

 

[Rob]

Eeek!

 

[Rob]

A look at how trackwork is progressing, including work on the steeper lift hill:

Source: CP Rundown

Looking forward to seeing them complete the lift so we have an idea of just how tall this new beast is going to be. However I have a feeling that will be the very last thing they do!

 

[Rob]

A new photo of the lift as well as wanted posters that are appearing around the park, from CoasterForce:



Oh my!

EDIT

And the Cedar Point general manager has just posed this:

 

[Rick]

Some photos from the press tour yesterday - https://pointbuzz.com/Photo/Album/798

 

[MakoMania]

Don't think anyone has posted yet, but save the date: August 16th!

There are literally so many new rides being announced on this date

 

[Rob]

Indeed, Cedar Fair seem to be making all of their annoucements on that date along with Silver Dollar City. How exciting!

 

[Spike]

It's been announced as Steel Vengeance



https://www.cedarpoint.com/explore/steel-vengeance

They're claiming 10 world records with it

A New World Record Breaker

Coaster Records Broken
1. World's tallest hybrid roller coaster (205 feet tall)
2. World's fastest hybrid roller coaster (74 miles per hour)
3. World's steepest drop on a hybrid roller coaster (90 degrees)
4. World's longest drop on a hybrid roller coaster (200 feet)
5. World's longest hybrid roller coaster (5,740 feet)
6. Most inversions on a hybrid roller coaster (4)
7. Fastest airtime hill on a hybrid roller coaster (73 mph)
8. Most airtime on a hybrid roller coaster (27.2 seconds)
9. Most airtime on any roller coaster (27.2 seconds)
10. World's first "hyper-hybrid" roller coaster

 

[Brad97]

Here's the official POV:



And a birds eye view:



This thing looks phenomenal.

 

[Rob]

The most airtime of any coaster in the world? Yes please! As expected it looks utterly phenomenal.

 

[Jonathan]

Oh my...That looks incredible.

 

[Ted]

Hopefully someone will saw off the Cedar Point Peninsula and bring it to the UK at some point.

 

[Maelstrom]

Looks amazing! Plus for those that own Planet Coaster, they have joined forces with Cedar Point and released an update today featuring Steal Vengeance Trains, a pre-designed copy of the layout, plus the themed ride entrance and ride logos which can also be added to your park.

 

[Rick]

Looks tremendous. The name is interesting.

 

[John_P]

Wow!

Liking the story linking it to taking back the area from Maverick

 

[Danny]

It's also become a blueprint on Planet Coaster: