Cedar Fair 2003 - CoasterBuzz

Well if cedarfair budget is small in 2003 ,like it is this year. cedarpoint will be the only park with a big coaster.

I'd also like to point out that some of the people who frequent parks that haven't received anything new for 2002 sometimes like to speculate about next year as we don't really get to discuss the new things our parks because their is nothing new :)

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Excalibur Crew for 2002!

Good point Vallfair Fan.

If ValleyFair gets the "rumored" inverted coaster next year, I'm going to try to get there.

I would like to see VF get something in 2003! I belive cedarfair is wrong holding money back from VF!

Larry E. Wasserman said:
Well if cedarfair budget is small in 2003 ,like it is this year. cedarpoint will be the only park with a big coaster.

I'll remind you that two parks are getting coasters this year. I would imagine that Xcelerator was NOT cheap by any means.

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Do you bleed blue? BLUES HOCKEY 2002

Well, Xcelerator costs 13 million (i have no clue as to whether this just is the price paid to intamin or the final price including construction costs, landscaping, and theming). Wicked twister cost 9 million, considerably less than Xcelerator. IMHO, both coasters are cheap, but really expensive for the amount of track they have. Xcelerator is 2202 feet and Wicked twister is what, 900 feet? This makes Xcelerator more than twice as expensive as ghostrider per foot of track (Ghostrider costs 12 million- not including a very mini park expansion(that cost 12 million too). I hope this is money well spent.

Ok so we are looking at around $35 million as the budget for this season. With both Dorney and WOF getting $3 million, MIA getting around $5 million and VF! getting around $2million. I'm sure there was some extra money as well spent. But even with that as the budget, you could get two large coasters and the rest of the parks getting flats and general improvements

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Valleyfair didn't get anything close to the money they got last year and I think last year they "only" got 1. some odd million.

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Actualy Valleyfair was supposed to get 3million dollars for last season but it went to Dorney Park instead thats what I heard from one of my security managers.

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Valleyair Security 2002! 8Years Working at Valleyfair :)!

This is just too funny.. hehehe

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June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100
VertiGo Rides - 82 - Farewell my good friend..

Valleyfair Fan, If that was the case, then the parent company did that only because they felt that there was more ROI to get at Dorney than if they used it at VF.

Man that stinks, I feel sorry for you northerners.

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Resort expansion....when I was there last October, they were excavating the land between the Gemini Wing and the Raptor Wing of the sandcastle suites, right near the channel. I stay at the various resorts, several times a summer. If you don't book them waaayyyyyyyy ahead of time....good luck, they are usually full. So I think this is something they are definitely going to do. Since they're putting in a 9 million coaster this year, it would be nice to have a Wild Mouse next year, a little bigger than usual, in Cedar Fair tradition, maybe some new flat rides......

Swoosh said:
SLFAKE, the season has a month already under it's belt (sorry your homepark isn't open yet)... blah blah blah

Sorry.. forgot the number one rule... NEVER say anything that could be taken in the slightest negative light about CP or Cedar Fair. Didn't mean to interupt the worship service.
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"What do you think the old home park will get for the 2009 season?"

*** This post was edited by SLFAKE on 4/19/2002. ***

SLFAKE, I'm not sure how you twisted my post to get what you think I said in it, but hey more power to you. We just didn't need a troll on this post and I stated it as politely as I could. Thanks

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Here's an interesting comparison of the CF:LP parks.

Total Rides (not including waterpark)

CP - 68

DP - 54

WOF - 42

KBF - 36

VF - 38

MIA - 35

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Rollercoasters

CP - 15 (2 kid's)

DP - 9 (3 kid's)

KBF - 6 (1 kid's)

VF - 6 (1 kid's)

MIA - 6 (1 kid's) "Big Dipper"

WOF - 5 (1 kid's)

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Total amount of children's rides

CP - 26 (ratio 13:21)

DP - 18 (ratio 9:23)

WOF - 14 (ratio 1:7)

KBF -14 (ratio 14:23)

MIA - 12 (ration 12:23)

Some of them are a little shocking aren't they.

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*** This post was edited by Swoosh on 4/19/2002. ***

Swoosh - doesnt' DP have three kiddie coasters? One in Camp Snoopy, and two down my Lazer?

We already know that according to KBF's Jack Falfas that the next coaster after Xcellerator comes in Jan 2004. That opens the door for other CF properties to get new coasters for 2003, and I'll place my money on either VF, MIA, and/or WoF.

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2002 - the year of IB's LoCoSuMo!!

*** This post was edited by Mamoosh on 4/19/2002. ***

Yes, Dorney Park has three kiddie coasters. Michigan's Adventure has a Chance kiddie coaster. I see that Chance refers to it as a "family coaster" but it's pretty darn small.

-Nate

Oops thanks for pointing that out, I always forget that there are three kid's coasters at Dorney. Also I didn't realize the Big Dipper was considered a kid's coaster, but it does make sense. With KBF not getting a coaster next year hopefully WOF and VF, who are both overdue, will get their inverteds next year. Long shot, but hey it could happen.

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At Michigans Adventure we have 2 "Kiddie/Family Coasters." The Big Dipper and Zach's Zoomer.

I don't know if I would call Zach's Zoomer a kiddie coaster, it's still a fairly large ride compared to most kid's coasters. Know if you want to call it a Junior Woodie, I could see that.

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