Cedar Point Annoucement

They're going to rename Mantis to Banshee.

ApolloAndy,

Don't you mean re-rename Mantis to Banshee?

My money is on three concentric Larson Ring Of Fire rides to reclaim the coaster capital title!

Video leak!

http://vid258.photobucket.com/albums/hh280/invertalon/CP2015_zps1b712764.mp4

LOL. Nicely done.

Probably close to the truth (just going by what I have heard)...

Its 12:05. Are heads exloding on Pointbuzz yet?

So is it going away completely, or is this just the floorless conversion?

I guess CF was tired of Six Flags getting all the "ride conversion" hype, and wanted in on the action.

B&M must have figured out how CP can turn *the bug* into a sit-down coaster...either that, or it really is going to become the world's first inverted log flume.

Given how many times I've looked at Mantis and decided to do something less painful...there's NO way this isn't a win.

GoBucks89 said:

Its 12:05. Are heads exloding on Pointbuzz yet?

PointBuzz is overloaded right now, it's running very slow.

Yeah, the pointbuzz server seems to have been brought to its knees. I wonder just how many people ate trying to access that right now.

So another announcement for an announcement?

PointBuzz and CoasterBuzz are on the same "server," akshully.

sirloindude said:

...is this just the floorless conversion?

A floorless conversion would likely not require closing the ride prior to the end of the season.

B&M has turned trains backwards, but this would be the first conversion of a ride from one style of train to another. I wouldn't count SheiKra because removing the floor from a sit-down train is hardly the same thing as what this would entail.

Given B&Ms (spotless? Or just really close) record of having rides ready for the following season...might be closing Mantis early just to buy them some extra time with good weather.

The new name, honestly, is just an anagram of the old name....

SIT, MAN.... ;~P

Along with any kind of conversion, I could see them maybe making a few changes in the layout, or something, just to spice it up a bit - but who knows.

The only thing that could really use a change is a reconfig of the ending. Bending the end of the ride made for some difficult stops when they ran three trains and stacked them (which was pretty much most of the time). Granted, with a non-standup restraint, I suspect they could run three trains pretty efficiently.

Maybe the early closing has to do with the paint job? Millennium Force took 3 years to paint due to the short window they had during the winter. Maybe they want to get a little done before the snow starts flying?