Boardwalk Project 2016

I agree that some kind of Boardwalk type renovation of the beach across from the rides area of the park would be a great idea. It would include park guests in the enjoyment of the lake front and would be a great link to Cedar Point's past when the Boardwalk was a major attraction.

I don't think anything should be added along the resort beach, as in your plans. You don't want to obstruct the view for the guests there nor obstruct their beach access with rides, theaters, games etc.

Chris49 said:
But it may be more difficult staying at Camper Village this year with the closing of the circle. Make your reservations soon.

where did you hear this from? if the circle does close this year... thats a lot of room for new development.

I've always enjoyed staying at the Breakers, in spite of the over-priced, under-whelming rooms.

Way back when, on family trips to CP, we'd stay at the Breakers. Back then, you'd walk to the end of the hallway and leave your room key with (generally) an elderly lady, to pick up when you returned to the hotel. So Breakers has a certain sentimental value for me.

These days, even if I'm not staying at the Breakers, I usually go sit in the rotunda or the lobby for a bit, enjoying the people watching.

where did you hear this from? if the circle does close this year... thats a lot of room for new development.

I learned of it when they called to switch my Fourth of July reservation.

Perhaps there's room for development, but all the people who use Camper Village would rather have the campsites.

Chris

I want the campsites!!

^ I want what sounds like it could be a rather large water park upgrade in the near future!

why is the yellow circle, where you want the theater, in front of the hotel and pool?

^ I am hoping they please add newer attractions to soak city next year, the waterpark is in need of a tornado slide or something similar. :)I like mat racer, but many waterparks are ahead in the waterslide "innovations" game and that would make soak city better. but keep all the old stuff too :)

Soak City is great on a hot day, but the camp sites are used May thru October. The older camping circle really provides an atmosphere of a family trip that can't be explained. I wonder how much more profitable SC would be if they added one or 2 new attractions?

The cost of staying on property is definitely more, there's no arguing that fact. The value comes from parking your vehicle upon arrival and never even so much as having to get a pair of shoes out of the trunk, let alone drive the damn thing, for a whole 2 or 3 nights. I am perfectly willing to pay the extra to not have to live out of my car/motorcycle, or deal with the traffic at the end of the day, or whatever. It makes a trip to Cedar Point more of a mini vacation. My choice is Sandcastle Suites. It's quieter. Yes, it's a longer walk, but again, they have shuttle service anywhere you need to go. Plus, there always seem to be plenty of parking, as opposed to Breakers.

I don't think CP would ever expand a boardwalk past the beach. However, I could definitely see them creating a boardwalk along the beach between GK and Windseeker that wraps around Wicked Twister. There is enough space for a boardwalk that runs parallel to WT that would be around 500ft long and 50 feet wide. Enough space for some good flats, even a Zac Spin.

If you look at GK's entrance plaza it almost seems like a good area to expand towards the beach. Take out the Arena and you have a good second access point.

The loops they would have to jump through to put the boardwalk over water are probably too much, which is prob why it hasn't been done.

Imagine walking that boardwalk on some of the days where the weather isn't exactly cooperative.

Probably similar to every other boardwalk on bad weather days.

I know this boardwalk is in a different place, but the last pier Cedar Point had was nearly destroyed by a freighter in the mid 50s.

The current line of talk is of a boardwalk that is entirely over the beach - and would come near to but not over the shoreline. A boardwalk is just that - a walk that is made of boards that is over land. Anything over the water is called a pier. I do not see any sort of relevant comparison in making the comment about the freighter.

Now with that being said, the original posting, as others have mentioned will never happen. Again, that idea highlights a pier and not a boardwalk. And with that, come way to many regulations, difficulties, logistics and monies. This isn't Disney we're talking about. The pockets are deep, but not that deep. Let's be realistic in what we dream of and envision for what is obviously something special to all of us

I never understand why people makes comments like "we aren't talking Disney here". Walt went to his financial limits early on, and today the company has done what they dreamed.
If Cedar Fair raised the bar and invested in their own creative resources projects like the Boardwalk they could be just as great.
What management needs to do is stop relying on outside vendors like Intamin and B&M for the new ride of the year and concentrate more on creating an experience like Disney or Universal does.

This is probably a stupid question but I have no experience with boardwalks so here goes...someone mentioned the boardwalk could have enough room for some flats. How beefy would a boardwalk have to be to actually hold up a ride? That is what we're talking about, right? Actually installing a very heavy ride on a wooden structure over the sand? In places where there are few other option's for space and not a particulary nice looking waterfront I see the point but there is space within the park for a few flats and CP has a nice looking beach. Some people consider it under utilized but I think just having it there to walk on or look at from the park has it's own value. It seems that building a boardwalk that can hold actual rides would be an awfully expensive way to cover up a nice, long expanse of beautiful beach.

^Everything at CP is built over sand. If you take a soil core sample anywhere at CP that is all you would find.

Sand is actually a much more superior foundation to build on than clay. Clay absorbs water and tends to shift which causes cracks in foundations. Sand lets water soak through and holds together like a cement.

Just look at GK, its built completely over sand.

Some of you are hoping for an actual pier that sticks out into the lake, like has been mentioned several posts ago, rather than a boardwalk that runs parallel to the shore. The pier idea, although it's cool and HAS been done and is successful in many places, such as in Seaside Heights, NJ (and at least CP doesn't have to worry about hurricanes), I don't think it would ever happen at the park. The pier idea would be something like this: http://media.nj.com/star-ledger/photo/2012/11/11804015-essay.jpg

However, if the park was to ever get something like this, I would think it would be a traditional boardwalk, not a pier. There would be shops, restaurant, and other various stores along with a few flats and family rides--and possibly a wild mouse coaster--and I imagine it would look something like this: http://www.kimhight.com/images/PictureLinks/Sunset-on-the-Boardwalk-%2872.jpg

I would be 100 for option 2 since it would make for sense for the park to do this rather than to worry about building a pier out into the water.

cpfourlife1 said:
Sand is actually a much more superior foundation to build on than clay.

That depends on what's under the sand. Ask anyone who has seen their house get sucked into the earth in a sinkhole.

^True, but this would probably not be the case in this area of the park.