Cedar Fair and B&Ms - CoasterBuzz

How many CF parks are of a size to warrent the cost of a B and M?

It seems that only three have a large enough base to do so, and three of them have Beemer's. The third Knott's has been getting plenty of other things lately.

BTW I don't think anyone complains about Batman:TR. I still dare people to find a ride as intense as Batman.

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*** This post was edited by MagnumForce on 12/17/2002. ***

Just to let you know Wickedtwister180, Iron Wolf does not have an inclined loop, just FYI!

Even though B&M makes great coasters, maybe Cedar Fair wants to invest in other things. Variety is a good things at times. I mean Wendy's makes good burgers but would you eat them all the time? No, you want other things. It doesn't mean Wendy's burgers aren't good its just that there are other things out there.

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Variety!? CF has almost 3 times as many Intamins as they have B&M!! Yet they are still making more Intamins (#16), though I do think that CF does have variety w/other coasters.

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This is fun, let's see how many clever names we can come up with for B&M. I'll list a few: brusque & muddled, brilliant & mystical, barren & militant, bountiful & monotonous, brittle & meticulous.

Oh man, i got my jollies for the night.

Besides the fact that the entire CF chain seems to go for coasters of the non looping variety of which B and M is the main player.

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I think that CF should get a Mega Looper, Floorless,or maybe B&M hyper (i dont know which parks though)!

Exactally MagnumForce, thats why CF should get some great loopers.

I think Michigans Adventure should get a B+M.

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Holydumb26 said:
I think Michigans Adventure should get a B+M.
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Worlds of Fun is more deserving, but that's probably just me ;-)

Maybe its because intamin is making what CF needs to hold those records?

If CF was to contact B&M to design a 400+ ft coaster, it would cost a fortune. Most likely double what it is costing for Dragster.

Parks obviously plan years and years ahead. Although there hasnt been any B&M's recently, its very likely they have one planned for years to come. Just be patient.

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true, I have been to Worlds of Fun, and they are in need of a coaster (although I find Mamba and Timber Wolf great!) A B&M would go well there, eccept, the only problem is that WOA does not have enough people, and getting a B&M would be to much of a risk with money! Maybe if they where confident with a huge population in WOA annually.

Perhaps Cedar Fair has been *happy* with what they've gotten from Intamin....just a thought...;) A good relationship that seems to be working well for CF *and* for Intamin...perhaps they're getting good prices by *buying in bulk*....

bill, still a little surprised the relationship is still so good after the PP incident...

If WOF got a $14 million coaster with 900,000 folks attending a year, they'd see their next major coaster in about 3010. Okay, I'm exaggerating--but only a little. It would take an awful long time to pay off.

I don't see why they don't just pull a VF and hold on to their capital budget for a couple years. Remember all the 'poor overlooked VF' posts? You don't hear so much from those folks these days. It was more than worth it.

Besides, there's B&Ms all over Missouri already--so would it really bring people running? There's a lot of things you could do with less money. As much as a fan I am of B&M steel, I'm ready for VF to drop in an Invertigo to represent the inverted loopers and move on to something else.

-'Playa

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What is this? A Buy one Intamin coaster, get the 2nd half off thing? there is probobly no way that intamin is giving CF some deal!

I think when CF gets around to purchasing a flyer, you'll see their next B&M purchase. Do any CF parks have Vekoma's other than ones that were there pre-CF?

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MagnumForce said:

How many CF parks are of a size to warrent the cost of a B and M?
It seems that only three have a large enough base to do so, and three of them have Beemer's.

Dorney, Cedar Point, what is the third now? I'm having a brain fart.

Whoops

Meant two not three. My Brain Fart.

The third Knott's could easily warrant one.

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Valleyfair!probobly has the size for one also, eccept that some of the only available land for VF is an area were there is often flooding during the first few weeks of their new season! but there is probobly some room for a smaller B&M somwhere in the park!