AB news article about CP's new coaster

I can't post the full text here due to copyright issues and it being a paysite and all, but to quote Dick Kinzel from the article; "Oh those big yellow supports? That's the base of the golden arches for the world's largest McDonald's," he would kid when asked.
He also said "he doesn't plan on announcing it until much later than usual, although it is already quite obviously under construction."

Amusement Business web site.

If it is quite obvious under construction then why not announce it? That seems pretty weird.

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Something happened and I asked, "Wow, is that supposed to happen?"

There are plenty of reasons for them to announce late, From a marketing and PR standpoint this gives them publicity that just cannot be bought. Look at what PKI did last season with Tomb Raider. That sense of secrecy is what made that ride so popular this year. It had people wondering "What is this tomb raider" and the only way for them to find out was to experience it for themselves.

Trust me, they are keeping a VERY tight lid over this project and they intend to keep it that way until they announce it.

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Comin' round the bend :P
TR2k3....GET READY!

LMAO yeah, absolutely NO ONE can guess what they're building!

I trust you, Chris. :) That lid they're keeping is on *super* tight!

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"No honey, the monkeys have already done enough damage on this trip." - Guy coming out of front gate at SFGAd

And how big is that lid exactly?? Obviously it's not all that big since the park themselves has a web cam pointed towards the darn thing! The park is not being secretive about it. They're just not telling all the details. Instead of teasing the public like PKI did with TR:TR by not telling and not showing, CP is not telling, but showing. It's free publicity. A tv station and newspaper in Cleveland ran stories about the coaster today. The park must be loving all this attention, and that's why we haven't heard anything official yet, other than "Yes, we're building something"

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Scott W. Short
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http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com

It's still better than their handling of Power Tower. S&S trucks on site, towers almost complete, parts clearly identified as for both a shot side and a drop side, and Steve Norton saying, "I can't comment on anything we may or may not be building at this time..."

At least this time around they admit that they are building something.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

I still say that the "lid" is being constructed so that CP can run year-round ops inside the World's Largest indoor amusement park....;). This new ride is being used as a support structure for the "Mega-dome".....

MCDONALDS?!?!? How could they? I always said I preferred Stuckey's! And now the avalanche of whining and complaining shall begin...

-'Playa

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McDonalds??? Magic Mountain already has a Mickey Ds. Cedar Point has Johnny Rockets. Maybe they'll call the new ride Johnny's Rocket.

Yeah, and SFMM's McDonald's has the highest *prices* in the world. Nine dollars for a "value" meal?!?

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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.

And to think McDonalds is a Coke establishment at that!

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HI TIM!

Wait? Since when is Cedar Point building something? Why hasn't there been any talk about it in the thread? What's going on? (j/k)

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Cedar Point: America's Rockin' Roller Coast!

You're serious? 9.00 for a value meal?! That's horrible!

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