Cedar Fair New Trademark

Thabto said:

It was, it says on Wikipedia and this is their source.

Actually, it doesn't. It quotes someone* who is saying that, at the time, "magnum" was popular, citing a TV show and a movie that used the word. Using a popular word isn't the same as naming something after a TV show.

*Which makes that person the source, rather than the article. End of anal retentive digression.

Well, if Wikipedia said so then it has to be true.

I use Wikipedia as a resource when I'm researching an article or flier for ACE, but never as the sole resource. Just to be on the safe side.

Every website that I have looked up the Danish pronunciation for Valravn is VAL-RON or VAL-RAWN.

Kevinj said:
So in your opinion is Rougarou a mistake because there is no New Orleans section of the park? Or is it awesome for offering a unique twist of a ride experience among all the more simple, easy-to-understand ride names?

Well, considering Rougarou is a Frencha translation linked to werewolf, I'm not sure what New Orleans has to do with it. But, I guess what I'm saying is that I appreciate the English speaking language more than foreign languages at and American amusement park.

I think that once the United States has an official language then people should expect things to be in English here in America.

Until then, being unique is important to being memorable, and these names are certainly unique.

TwistedWicker77 said:

Well, considering Rougarou is a Frencha translation linked to werewolf, I'm not sure what New Orleans has to do with it. But, I guess what I'm saying is that I appreciate the English speaking language more than foreign languages at and American amusement park.

Rougarou is a cajun translation of the French word, and a New Orleans legend, so it has everything to do with it. It's a New Orleans "thing".

You must hate Epcot.

Exactly Kevin. It's funny when people who know little about something vomit their thoughts without even bothering a 5 second visit to wikipedia.

I like an America that embraces every language and the various forms of culture that exist around the world. As such, an amusement park that embraces diversity in names, the history behind them and utilizes it for marketing reasons should be praised (Busch seems to doing just fine in that dept.)

It's a sad day when you can't take a minute to learn something new about the world around you and think your __________ is the most superior of that particular thing in the world. Oh the horror of something non American in origin.....

Now my newest hope is that they don't scrap the name due to whining that it's "too hard" to pronounce.

I agree with you TTD120. I can see where it comes off that I dislike foreign names altogether. However, IMO, I don't think ride names that are hard to pronounce are all that creative. I don't hate any of the existing names of any ride in the park at all. But I guess I just see it as Cedar Fair's way of branding across the chain with these "mythical/legendary creatures, and to me, that just seems cheap. Regardless of the name, I'm still gonna ride the damn thing.

Precisely. A name does not take away from the ride experience. It only adds to it from a marketing standpoint. If the name is REALLY that hard to understand, the park only needs to put some informative signs around the ride, describing the name and origin. With enough proper application of the name (commercial/media promotion, in park audible pronunciation of the name etc) it will eventually stick with people.

You're no more un-American for learning a new word from a foreign dialect than you are eating foods originating from foreign lands. :)

^It's been working just fine for the Busch parks.

The name isn't hard to pronounce, you just have to know HOW to pronounce it.

You must be fluent in Danish. Personally, I consider this hard to pronounce:

http://www.forvo.com/word/valravn/#da

(click blue triangle)

No, as long as you don't try to mimick the Danish accent, I don't find it hard to pronounce.

I'm just glad they didn't pick, The Seagull. I'm saying that because there are so many of them that fly around the park and parking lot.

Better than The Midge

Sounds like an interesting name for a dive coaster.

I think it would be neat if the station was where dodgem was and the lift facing Raptor. At the top, instead of 180 degree turn there could be a 90 degree turn. Obviously then a 90 degree drop that goes under the service road and into a giant dive loop, a large banked turn, a heart-line roll over the service road and a 90 degree double helix before the brake.

Just a question, why are we all saying its going to be a dive coaster. Sure, its a type of coaster that Cedar Point lacks, but I don't recall any clues to it being a dive coaster and please remind me if we were. Who says that this isn't going to be some other brand new concept?