Cedar Point's Maverick will open this Saturday

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

[Ed. note: The following is an unedited press release. -J]

Round up your friends and get ready for one wild ride this summer! Cedar Point amusement park/resort has announced that Maverick, the park’s newest roller coaster, will make its much-anticipated debut on Saturday, May 26.

To help commemorate its grand opening, Cedar Point will distribute free Maverick T-shirts to the first 3,000 riders on the coaster on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, May 26-28.

“We are thrilled that Maverick will be up and running for the holiday weekend,” said John Hildebrandt, vice president and general manager of Cedar Point. “Our guests have been very understanding and patient with us as we made these changes and now the reward is theirs – a ride on Maverick!”

The coaster’s debut was delayed so that four sections of its steel track could be reconfigured and fabricated. The new sections of track were installed earlier this week.

Prior to the ride’s opening, the park will host a ceremony to recognize the winners of the Firelands Chapter of the American Red Cross First Ride Auction. Participants placed bids to be one of the first riders on the $21 million roller coaster.

With its multiple elements and terrain-hugging layout, Maverick is a coaster like no other at Cedar Point. Maverick will treat its riders to a thrilling journey over more than 4,400 feet of steel track that will twist its way through rocky canyons, over “airtime-filled” hills and around quick but smooth changes in direction. A 105-foot-tall first hill followed by a drop of 100 feet at an incredible 95 degrees, a twisted horseshoe roll which features back-to-back inversions and a second launch through a completely dark tunnel where guests reach speeds of up to 70 mph are sure to thrill.

Recently, IntaRide, the ride’s manufacturer, revised the rider height requirement. During pre-opening testing, IntaRide determined that riders must be at least 52 inches tall to ride.

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<quote>Maybe those 3,000 t-shirts have incorrect data on them?</quote>

That wouldn't explain the Fire Hawk shirts. Unless they're getting rid of the X-Flight shirts. :)
*** This post was edited by Jason Hammond 5/25/2007 5:40:06 PM ***

All those t-shirts will be advertising the new coaster at CP (and KI) and pepople will know it's open. ;)

Exactly. And quite cheaply compared to most forms of advertisement I would think. You can now see the shirts and Fleece Jackets in the latest blog. http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/blog/index.cfm

Well at least the ride had opened earlier than I expected, So I can go on it earlier than june and that IntaRide did do something good for a change. I'm glad this had worked out okay.

Let the pigeons loose!

Good job Cedar Fair! Tragedy into Triumph in a timely fashion, Now that's what i'm atalkin' about!

i cant believe they took out that heartline roll, how retarded.

vacoasterfreak wrote
i can't believe they took out the heartline roll, how retarded.

And if they left in an element that tore itself apart in only a few years, how "retarded" would THAT have been?

I think all of us were hoping for a re-engineered heartline roll instead of completely removing the element all together. We can only hope that the S-Curve is temporary, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

That's good. Dying of asphyxiation sucks.

I think all of us were hoping for a re-engineered heartline roll instead of completely removing the element all together. We can only hope that the S-Curve is temporary, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

And youve ridden it how many times?

Just making sure.

Just to add a post ride opinion, the heartline roll would have been way too intense at that point, unless it was the size of an arrow vertical loop or larger, you are flying through the course at that point, and trust me the heartline rolless Maverick is fantastic. Wait until you ride the thing before expressing your disappointment for pete sakes.

I have not ridden Maverick yet. So what's your point, OhioStater? I don't see how that is relevant to what I said.

Rode it this morning... and I love it. Some of the most intense airtime moments I've had on a new ride in a very long time. I can't even imagine taking a heart line at that speed either.

You can't miss what you never experienced in the first place.

Who wasn't there Monday morning??? :)

I totally agree with Jeff. Big airtime throughout the ride. Love the trains. Love the 2nd launch. Love the back seat going of the first drop. Great, great ride all around!!!

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