Where's the wood?
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Jeff
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BTW: Everyone says, "CP won't get a floorless because SFO is getting one." Well, thats bull because Six Flags has an inverted, PKI has a woodie. Seriously, CP will do what ever they think will thrill people in the area. You'll be seeing a floorless in the near future at CP. You have my word.
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I would personally like to see a jr. woodie at CP. Something with like a 42" height requirement. Having an almost 4 year old, who likes coasters and is ready for something more intermmediate, CP doesn't offer such a coaster.
Their currect coasters jump from a 36" to a 46" requirement. That's a big gap. I know that Woodstock Express is a good start, but something a little bigger in the wood department to get kids introduced to woodied would be a great addition. This is where PKI excels, I just wish we lived closer.
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In my opinion, Cedar Point should go the way of Paramount's Kings Island, and build flat rides instead of coasters. I think it would be nice if in 2004, we saw a few small flats, like a HUSS Topple Tower or others that are similar to the classic flats like Scrambler, Witches Wheel, and Chaos. Then in 2005, a HUSS Land of the Giants, which would really help Cedar Point's flat count. This is just what I would like to se at Cedar Point, and NOT "what they need to help attendance."
As far as wooden coasters go, I would like to see a new one at some point, but I think that they should fix Mean Streak before another woodie is built. Blue Streak is a GREAT ride, and Mean Streak has GREAT potential, but it's certainly not the best ride in the world. That can de demonstrated by the 10 minute lines on the most busy days. Yes, Mean Streak isn't in the best location, but the ride itself isn't helping to bring the guests. I think that Cedar Point should do whatever they need to do in order to make Mean Streak the ride that it could be. Fast, fun, smooth, and lots of laterals. Not slow, rough, and boring,
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Jeff said:
I think that Cedar Point, and probably the whole industry, understands now that bigger isn't always better.
3 years later... Dragster would suggest otherwise. However, maybe they do understand that bigger does not always equal better, but saw the Dragster option to have the biggest return on investment, which is obviously the most important thing (or maybe Dragster will actually turn out to be bigger and better)
Records = money = more important than what enthusiasts happen to think would have been a better option.
Or maybe CP are just addicted to records! I wonder if CP will ever put in a non-record breaking ride? I would imagine that there is a certain pressure to always build a record breaker, because of the reputation they have built up.
*** This post was edited by Mr Rush on 1/11/2003. ***
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Mike Schulte said:
All we need is a nice out and back woodie along the beach. Nothing spectacular, but a nice, fun woodie.
They do have a fun out-and-back woodie. It's sort of on the beach. It outlines the park.. thought of it yet? Blue Streak! One of the best woodies in the world. It's kind of small, but a unique riding experience for the whole family. I think CP has enough woodies.
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Blue Streak is one of the best woodies in the world? It is an out-n-back, and it IS the best wood in the park (now, at least)...but BS isn't *that* good. It's a classic John Allen, and as such a reasonably predictable family coaster. GG or GCI could design a ride that could fit in along the beachfront and provide an *intense* airtime woodie with a more interesting layout than BS....but I don't realistically see it happening anytime soon.
On the topic of what *could* happen, I agree with loriu....ad even though I have no 4-year-old, you'd better believe I'd get in a few laps on a junior wood. (Because basically, I'm my own 4-year-old)...:)
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Wow. I was at CP in late May last season and waited about 10-15 minutes for MS, and that was only because somebody lost their lunch on the train before I was supposed to board and they dry ran it for a few minutes. Magnum was around a 15-20 minute wait.
The longest wait I had for MS last year was 20 minutes. I made at least 6 trips.
Wabash, you'd be surprised at how much a nice woodie costs. Maybe not initially, but I'm under the impression that woodies are much more expensive to maintain than steel is.
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