Maverick work has begun

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Uncle Coaster said:
Honest question.

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But a loaded one, right? ;)

Seems to me the blog is pretty narrow in focus - it's for Cedar Point fans. People genuinely interested in the parks and rides. The type of demo that easily overlaps with the 'enthusiast' crowd.

I suspect that a large majority percentage of regular readers (not the occasional stumbler) also visit other fan/enthusiast sites as well.

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dexter said:
I respectfully disagree with you all who think that the "GP" is a bunch of ignorant know-nothngs. The news covers such stories because there is a public interest. All of the info is on CP's website, including pics. Doesn't any of the members of the blissfully ignorant "GP" ever go to the site to check out what's going on at the park?

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You're forgetting that not all the GP that visits CP is from the northern Ohio area. Down in Indianapolis, there hasn't been one single mention of Maverick's delayed opening in 'the media'. Hell, I had to be the one to alert some friends that were going to CP opening weekend about Maverick's delay the day before they planned to leave. They had absolutely no idea there was any delay.

I think it's safe to say that families planning a trip to the park are extremely likely to check the CP website before they ever leave home. But for the majority of teenagers and 20-some college students, they don't think twice about checking to see if a certain ride is open or not. *** Edited 5/21/2007 8:05:24 PM UTC by whoeverknew***

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RavenTTD said:
I have to say that I am real disappointed in this ride... (rant snipped)

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Stop me if you've heard this one... You could actually, you know, wait until you and other humans have been on the ride.

Of course I have heard it. That is why I appoligized in advance to those I know would be offended if I expressed my opinion. Of course I could be wrong, but my opinion is that this ride is not going to be comfortable.

I can understand someone suggesting that a ride looks boring or exciting before riding, but uncomfortable? The whole idea while designing a ride is to make it comfortable, and this is why they removed the heartline roll. What makes you jump to this conclusion?

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Lord Gonchar said:

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Uncle Coaster said:
Honest question.

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But a loaded one, right? ;)

Seems to me the blog is pretty narrow in focus - it's for Cedar Point fans. People genuinely interested in the parks and rides. The type of demo that easily overlaps with the 'enthusiast' crowd.

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It all depended on how you answered it! :)

Anyway, that is what I was thinking, too, but I have to be honest in admitting I'm not one to get into blogs yet so I didn't know who was reading them.

Would the media get into a blog like CP's and take a quote or two? I know they do it in the investment industry from time to time.

- Jeff

^^ Actually, I might kinda agree with RavenTTD. Those Intamin OSTRs ruin the rides that I have ridden that have them--KK & SR--not complete ruin, but they certainly detract from the experience and comfort.

There's little reason to even have them on Maverick at this point, since the roll is gone. What I would like to see is CP modify the existing restraint design. Basically, these newer OSTRs are just lapbars that come down from the sides instead of the floor--they just have those 2 OSTR "straps" attached to them. If they remove the straps and leave the "lap bars"--problem solved.

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PhantomTails said:
What makes you jump to this conclusion?

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Read my "rant" that was snipped. It is on the previous page. I think what I said was pretty clear. If you don't agree, just don't worry about it. I can't make the ride a headbanger by posting about it. That is just my prediction.

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Lord Gonchar said:
Not sure I'd totoally agree with that. I suspect more than ever people are at least checking for prices and hours and stuff like that.

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How about this...individual guests who check www.cedarpoint.com before their trip are in the minority, but the percentage of "trip planners" who check the website is much higher.

In other words, Mom.

This post is like a sweet vanilla cupcake with sprinkles on top, once you tried one you want more.

I'll bite on the cupcake comment. As long as this doesn't drag out really long which there is no indication of doing that things should be fine. But the question is how often are you going to play with fire and not get burned or want to plop down 20 million and still have headaches?

^ The answer to that last question, for CP apparently, is "quite often". ;)

Next time around, they'll buy....another Intamin... :)

Aquatraxx? ;)

Wow, two pages of "crap" (pardon my french). Could we possibly get back to Maverick - I continue to see posts that the new track is at CP.

Anyone closer to the park than Boston see any signs of new track?

I'm just outside of St. Louis and I can't see any new track. ;)

Seriously though, I hope to see it up and running soon. While I agree that the delayed opening shouldn't affect anything at this point, if it's dragged into late June or July I can only imagine the outrage we'll see here at the Buzz.

Did the delay opening Mr. Freeze at SFStL have any lasting adverse effects? That opened an entire year late due to problems discovered during the testing phase. I would say no, so why should this be any different?

There were no signs of track on the webcam today. There was some work going on, but not near the canyon. The original person to claim there is track on site, also claimed there would be an announcement today, and even though there is still 20min left in the day, I don't think that is going to happen. I'm not saying the track isn't there, I'm just saying don't belive everything you hear.

I caught Tony online today, and he said that the minute the track arrives, they'll blog about it.

There wasn't any track around Maverick, by Breakers Express or in any parking lot today.

Well, as Tony promised, they blogged about it. Track and supports are onsite, and being installed. They're not wasting any time getting this replacement in.

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/blog/index.cfm

For the lazy ones...