1911 Souviner Booklet - A blast from the past

I recently aquired this souviner booklet and thought you guys might enjoy it. I also won a 1902 brochure that I'll post here as soon as I get it in the mail. :)

http://rollercoasterfreak.com/CP_Brochures/1911_Souviner_Booklet.html

Nice acquisition. I particularly liked the shot of the guests riding pedicabs.

Hmmm. Something like that could actually be handy getting around the Point today...

I love looking back at these things. It's amazing to see that people flocked to Cedar Point back in the day to chill in the grass under the trees for a picnic or hang out on the beaches of Lake Erie. The pace now (for the most part) is completely different. It's fun to look back at history and see how things have "progressed" over time.

Also added today, May 1978 - The Coaster Enthusiast's Guide to Cedar Point

both of them are really cool to look at.

I wish room rates at the Breakers were still that low!

Look at the art for Gemini.. too bad that never carried over to the final design.

Yeah, I never knew that Gemini had that extended layout originally in the concept art. Looks like fun!

I could be wrong but, I think your just seeing it from the opposite side. The view in the booklet would be as seen from the back of the Soak City lot. The stats match what is on RCDB.

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Its hard to say. To me it looks like there is a part of the ride [up and right of the station] that isn't there now. That would be out on the midway wouldn't it? and that would also wreck the tight, "figure-8" styling it has.

I don't know. In the concept art there is a hill that drops down over the station. In reality there is a turn that goes over the station, but there are no drops that face that direction (towards the SC lot). Also the "airtime" hill in the middle of the structure does not exist in the actual ride. It seems to be an oversized version of what actually does exist after the first turn.

I don't think its an accurate drawing of the finished product.

http://z.about.com/d/themeparks/1/0/b/C/CedarPointSnow2.jpg

From Soak City

http://rollercoasterfreak.com/CP_Brochures/1978_eg_page11.jpg

From the guide

very different.
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From Coastern3rd's pics it looks to me like the second turn around was L shaped. Anyone else?

The second turn is certainly different in the art work. I think the artist just got it wrong, I doubt there was any change in the actual design of the ride.

The turn is just rotated. The second hill also goes much farther down than it does in real life.

Wow that is pretty old. Just look at the prices lol.

Ok Guys, it finaly arrived. My oldest Brochure to date. 1902

http://www.rollercoasterfreak.com/CP_Brochures/1902_Brochure.html

I love how the 1978 brochure states that the mine ride can be enjoyed by any guest of any age

Try being a kid who for a number of years rode the mine ride, then one year you show up and you are too short. There was no grandfather clause on that change.

Fold 6 of the 1911 brochure (upper left photo), my eyes just automatically want to put Wicked Twister in the background.
*** Edited 11/16/2007 1:17:27 PM UTC by TerraCoaster***