Before MF, pics

I was wondering if anyone has pictures out there of Cedar Point without the MF, the area around the big drop! Thanks a lot!

There really wasn't much over by the drop, just tree's. The railroad was moved out a bit believe. So was the pet farm, but that was in the area of the overbank. In the area where the upper queue stands and possibly the bottom of the lift hill was a grilled chicken place.

Late In 1999 they cleared land along that strip. Kind of weird ridding the CP&LE with just a vacant forest to the right. It' was kind of hard to believe they could fit a 310 foot coaster in that narrow bit of land.

Mmmmm... I've heard about that grilled chicken place. That would have been great if that place was still around the bottom of the drop, screaming your lungs out and catching a whiff of chicken :)

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Tommy Penner - http://www.phuzzy-logic.net/~vx3k
"Yes. The Force is strong in that one." -- Stifler, AP2

Actually I meant the start/bottom of the lift.

So it would still be good catching a whiff of grilled chicken over the bunny hop :)

Oddly enough, very little was visible displaced, though obviously things look a lot different.

The pet farm barn used to be about right where the first turn is now. The rest of that part was trees. There was a small structure for the chicken barbecue about where the hot shots booth is now. The little artist thing was about where the people tunnel is under the tracks.

I've got a photo (not scanned) of the trail standing about in the middle of what is now the MF plaza, looking down the trail. There's a slight bend at the spot of the MF cross-over. You may also recall a set of train tracks that crossed the trail, I think up until '98 or '99, when they removed them and just put asphalt there.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

Well, One thing I'm suprise no one has mentioned yet was the moving of the Giant Wheel. I king od miss it being behind the Train Station. Although now I like where it is. Lets just hope CP doesn't make a mistake again and put another big screen of sorts in front of the GW....

AH YES, I loved the smell of that chicken barbeque place. Unfortunatly I don't think I ever had a piece of chicken from there.

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- Chris -
Computer Science - Ashland University
Witches' Wheel/Monster - 2002
3rd Shift Trash Removal - 2001

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I totally forgot about that train track being/getting removed from there! Heck, I think that was one of the first questions I had when I first registered here back in 1999: "What is the extra train track for?" Has is been that long?

Does anyone think that the new restaurant well have grilled chicken...?

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I hope so... I'm still irritated that, BBQ chicken freak that I am, I never had any there.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

I feel exactly the same way Jeff. :)
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- Chris -
Computer Science - Ashland University
Witches' Wheel/Monster - 2002
3rd Shift Trash Removal - 2001

Hey, at least you guys got to smell the chicken :)

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Tommy Penner - http://www.phuzzy-logic.net/~vx3k
"Yes. The Force is strong in that one." -- Stifler, AP2

Wow! That's very intresting...! I don't remember the wheel though! It must have been so bare!

Were not the BBQ chicken grills moved by the beach in front of the Coral Dining Room, or have those been there before?

The employee's get a BBQ chicken grill there like once a year.

Good question, and I think the answer is yes. I could've swarn I had been to some catered event in '99 (ah yes... Penton Media day) where the grills were indeed there.

Sadly, for all of the catered events I've been to, they've never served BBQ chicken there. I'd be willing to plop down a few bucks at CoasterMania if it meant better food... I really would.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

Joe, yes there is a BBQ chicken grill down by the COral Yard...No it was not "moved" from the MF area...This BBQ pit was built for Group Sales use, and the annual Employee Chicken BBQ...

The Chicken BBQ started as an "experiment" on Saturdays back in 1982...(ah the memories of taking a lunch break from the Western Cruise...getting the chicken dinner and then sitting under the FT Lift station, Main Midway side and enjoying the break).

The site evolved slowly over the years to a permanent structure which was removed.

Keep you eyes opened on the Frontier Trail across from the MF...sometimes you will see a small portable food stand serving a unique dish..last year we caught Wrap sandwiches. This is a good spot for a TEST MARKET...

Same here guys. That chicken really smelled good. Mmmm.... I never had any either, but there was always a lot of smoke/steam coming from the building. We kidded with my brother, and all day, he thought it was on fire.

The Giant Wheel, I remember looking out at Mantis, an down to the SS Laser Screen. I also remember going down on the CPLERR and seeing all kinds of markers in the ground. Later, about a month, I heard about MF. Then, started my long and wonderful love affair.

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Man, you guys missed some good chicken.

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Old Timer Tim said:

The site evolved slowly over the years to a permanent structure which was removed.

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Guess it wasn't so permanent after all? ;)

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Remember how quiet and peaceful the trail used to be before a train went roaring by every 2 minutes (or is it 1:40)

We may have BBQ chicken once again in the near future...Are you guys forgetting about the rumored new restaurant going in? Maybe we'll get lucky and get a BBQ chicken place!

Cyclone-we can only hope to get the BBQ chicken place back. That would be a good location. Yummmm..I can almost taste it!