Cedar Point '07 Project

This might be taking the subject a little off course but I was just wondering if anyone else had seen all the footers in on opening weekend. I was there Sat. and looked around a little at the area and had no idea how large of an area the flume ride covered. Especially with the swan ride pond now being used. IMHO I think what ever is put in there is going to something either HUGE covering the whole area in one ride, or a new/additional area of the park with a the major draw being the coaster and other smaller attractions, whatever those may be. IMHO I think the park could use a "living up" of that dead end of the park. But, if it is a 500 ft+, I'm not gonna complain.

2 years ago I heard Cedar Point was going to build the tallest, fastest, longest roller coaster in the world. It is supposed to encircle the park, tunnel into the water and be well over 500' tall. It was going to take 3 years to build.

If all this is true it seams that they are right on track, (pardon the punn). I have yet to see the formation of the footers, until then I'll keep my guess to myself. *** Edited 5/11/2006 9:44:56 PM UTC by highrider***

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highrider said:
2 years ago I heard Cedar Point was going to build the tallest, fastest, longest roller coaster in the world. It is supposed to encircle the park, tunnel into the water and be well over 500' tall. It was going to take 3 years to build.

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yeah and the mangnum is sinking. lol NO ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. lemme guess the lemon chill guy told you this too? *** Edited 5/11/2006 9:48:23 PM UTC by rider85***

Just because a coaster covers a large area does not mean it is huge. By todays standards, the beast is not huge yet it covers 35 acres of land. Whereas Millenium Force is huge and covers 13 acres of land. Its all in the layout. You could, if designed that way, fit the worlds longest coaster in only a few acres. Not saying the new coaster will or wont be huge, just something to think about.

I'm still with the idea of a 500 ft. coaster that goes out into Lake Eerie and has a spinning restaurant on top of it.

Well that goes without saying...;)

Actually, based on the type of track that is pictured, I have determined three things. One, it probably won't be an aquatrax, two, it won't be an add on to TTD, and three it is an Intamin(of course). I think it could possibly be an Intamin AG accelorator coaster like speed monster at TusenFryd. I'm thinking it could be a larger version of that, with more inversions. Also, the terrain would probably fit that. I think it would be cool to have it go over Lake Eerie, possibly an inversion?

You really are that big of an idiot, aren't you? I smell syrup ...

If CP plans to build a new talles, fastest coaster, I would be inclined to think it will be a lot taller than 500ft. Afterall, it would only beat the current record by a mere 45ft. When CP breaks a record, they break the current record by close to, if not, one hundred feet. MF, 100ft. taller than Magnum, TTD, 100ft. taller than MF.

I'm wondering how people can look at a 3-rail piece of Intamin track, and determine it's not an Aquatrax.

Good thoughts, I don't totally agree, but somewhat.

Coasterbuzzer,

Yeah, but TTD is 420, S:TE is 418. :)

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IntrepidationAW said:

Easy! Cognitive dissonance for the win!

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He already said it like 10 posts back ... I think it's the theme of the thread ... that and pancakes.

Mmm...pancakes...

I mean...CP is definetly building that 500 foot underwater coaster. ;)

And at the end, everyone gets doused in syrup! And then Jeff personally greets everyone!

Im getting pretty excited. Its like the hype about ttd when it came out.

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matt. said:

If this is some sort of misdirection, this is one seriously expensive misdirection. And for really, what benefit again? Getting a few hundred coaster enthusiasts riled up online?

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A few hundred! I think more like a few thousand perhaps.

All Cedar Point needs to do is announce that the Mean Streak will be torn down after this season. At that point all the real debating will begin.LOL!

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GothamJ said:
By todays standards, the beast is not huge yet it covers 35 acres of land. Whereas Millenium Force is huge and covers 13 acres of land.

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WHAT???

In what sense is the Beast NOT huge? I can only think of one and that is height.

It is still the longest wooden coaster in the world AND the 3rd or 4th longest coaster (SD2K SBNO) in the world of ANY type. It's longer than MF by 764 ft. Therefore it's huger than MF in that respect.

Is there any other coaster in the world that occupies as much area as Beast (35 acres)? I don't know how much area the Ultimate encompasses, but I think it would be the only one to come anywhere close. By this measurement, the Beast would most likely be the hugest coaster anywhere.

By yesterday's, today's and the foreseeable future's standards the Beast IS huge.

Now thrilling, intensity (except for the double helix), height or speed are all things were the Beast has lost some of it's luster compared to the newer stuff. But other than height, none of those factors are a measurement of how huge a coaster is.

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the Beast is still in the top 10.

ranks #7 in speed

#7 for drop

and #1 for length

It's huge