Cedar Point announces Siren's Curse tilt roller coaster

I am obviously terrible at this hobby, because I think the tilt looks pretty cool and that going upside down is a gimmick.

Tilt coasters are fun. The nu-gen Vekomas are absolutely wild. This has got to be a winner.

Looks great! How accurate is that vid? The end of the ride looks like it’s near a parking lot of some sort?

OMG the animation doesn't have the safety block mechanism on the tilt track!!!1!! Seriously though, I look forward to seeing that up close.

The_Orient_of_Express:

The end of the ride looks like it’s near a parking lot of some sort?

That's because Cedar Point has been out of room to add new rides since at least 1997.

Per Cedar Point's Twitter, first pieces of Siren's Curse track have been installed.

Too short, capacity sucks.

Looking at the recent POV, the ride will give GREAT views of the park - especially the tallness of TT2 and a head-on shot of Rougaru (don't like riding it, but it looks cool!). And Iron Dragon, which I love. That's one thing that seems lost on coaster fans these days - good views. Geez I miss Colossus. And nothing like a good, shallow, slow lift.

I wish SC would have the low-friction backpack like shoulder straps of Maverick, instead of those nasty Vekoma grippy things, but I guess we'll see how it feels when it opens. But the layout looks killer! Funny it's being built directly on top of what used to be the Cedars dorms. That was good times! The dorms were falling apart but it had a lot of charm, and so easy to walk to your ride from your room.

Schwarzkopf76:

I wish SC would have the low-friction backpack like shoulder straps of Maverick, instead of those nasty Vekoma grippy things, but I guess we'll see how it feels when it opens.

I personally think the restraints will not be much of an issue. JRR and Flying Cobras both have either the same thing or very similar vests to what Siren's Curse will have. They are really enjoyable and comfortable, at least for me.

Schwarzkopf76:

Funny it's being built directly on top of what used to be the Cedars dorms.

Alternate marketing tagline: "Come take a ride on the only coaster at Cedar Point that soars over the ghost of decades worth of STDs and cheap liquor"

Schwarzkopf76:

I wish SC would have the low-friction backpack like shoulder straps of Maverick, instead of those nasty Vekoma grippy things,

I wish it just had lap bars.

^^ Haha, probably true. Not for me personally, but the stuff you mentioned was all over. I did have my first boyfriend there, it's was a different time and it's all very sentimental to me. Didn't start drinking until a few years later ;)

Siren’s Curse has been topped off, per @ParkParadiseIG on Twitter

Looks like the old security tower in the parking lot

I hope so. I need to look for something I may or may not have left up there…

In this photo, I assume those two white cylinders have to be pushed in to physically lower the barrier in front of the train. That's satisfying.

This being 'topped off' is not satisfying, considering there is no lift hill or 90% of the ride in place, yet.

SteveWoA:

...being 'topped off' is not satisfying...

Is that what they're calling it now?

That might be a set of locking pins to secure the track after it moves into alignment

So what I want is that halfway through the tilt it stops and the train lurches forward like 5 or so feet right up close to the edge then stops, then resume the tilt as normal.