New Cedar Point ride causes frenzy on Internet

The pullout is HUGE. I have a feeling it will be 400ft. but only L-TO-B.

And if this were true do you think would CP say they have the tallest coaster even if it doesn't beat Superman???

Not to rehash an argument, but if the CP2003 coaster is only "launch, go up, come down, break run" isn't that essentially JUST LIKE Superman The Escape, but full circuit? Seems like an awfully fine line there.

Moosh - who counts STE but is OK if others do not

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i really do not know what to believe but if you compare the structure of xlerators tower to this thing... MUCH beefyer in terms of supports therefor more height. how much more. Only evil non telling peeps like jeff know.

So there is something about the ride that will disappoint enthusiasts. This is Jeff's warning to us that it will not live up to all of the hype given to it. If it is L-TH-B, it will basically be a one trick pony. Given Dick Kinzel's love for airtime, I think that it will "only" be 350' high and have a couple of airtime filled "bunny hops". This would be more than enough to overwhelm the GP.

I guess we'll know in a few weeks as to how tall it will be.

I am thinking the exact same thing, Mamoosh. If the rumors are true to this layout, does that make them...Dare I say it, hypocrites?

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I still don't see why a park would waste all that height & speed if it's just going to come to a screaming hault after the top hat element.

Why not add a few turns and a giant bunny hop (rabbit hop?) or two, until the speed slows down and it lasts more than 45 seconds!!

You'd think that the track WILL be long enough so they can fit around 3 trains on the track considering how mass popular this ride will be when it opens (and for years to come).

What I wonder is... if it is as simple as some think... will this ride suffer the same fate as Wicked Twister, and just be another coaster in their collection, or will it live on forever like Millennium Force & Magnum (ie: top 5 coasters world-wide)? I hope Cedar Point thought this through... it'd be nice to have another top-10 coaster under its belt!

Actually, after riding Xcelerator and H:XLC, I'm thinking any MORE track would be the *real* waste....at the speed you're traveling after coming down vertically, track length gets eaten up at an enormous rate....it would take a LONG track for the ride to last, and I think CP *realized* that aspect with MF.....

bill, predicting a ride time of 30 seconds....

30 seconds? Yeah maybe from the time you step aboard the train until you exit it.

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"No honey, the monkeys have already done enough damage on this trip." - Guy coming out of front gate at SFGAd

30 seconds, gator? What is this thing 'Mamoosh: the Ride?'

At least that's what nasai told me...

Yeah, it's true. One big thrust, up to the top, immediate rollover, fall off, release, stop....*sigh*

See? It's simple;)

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DawgByte - regardless of track length, three trains is a cinch: one train in the load station, one in the unload station, and one out on the course or in the final brake run. Don't look for length on this new ride...you'll be really disappointed.

Nasai...I thought the rollover was *after* the release??

Moosh - who learned all about disappointing length from nasai.

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That would be my reference to the "tophat";)

Rob-who wishes that Moosh knew what a "sea-serpent" was.....

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Nasai - you wanna show me?

Moosh - keepin' it clean for da teens!

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The tophat has a red body with a white tip! Anything else you want to know?

Rob-pathetic as always....(waiting for Jeff to tell us to shut up!)

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Who'd have thought teasing Jeff would be the high point of this thread?

-'Playa

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The CPlaya 100--6 days, 9 parks, 47 coasters, 2037 miles and a winner.....LoCoSuMo.

LOL Playa...how true ;-)

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Moosh + nasai - It's so 'cute' to see you two reminiscing about the day you met.

Yeah...he got his chocolate in my peanut butter, I got my peanut butter on his chocolate.

Moosh - wondering if anyone actually remembers that commercial?

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Is it me or is Raptor at Cedar Point getting a little rough during the Cobra roll? Does anyone think that Cedar Point's New Coaster will be 426ft. tall and hitt around 136 miles per hour? I think so because is Superman: The Escape can go 100 MPH and a drag racing cars can go over 200 MPH why can't Cedar Point new ride go 136 MPH?

Sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I don't;)
Yeah, with Moosh:TR... I hear the pullout will be HUGE!

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