Cedar Point 2013

Jason Hammond

Friday, May 18, 2012 12:41 PM
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IIRC, the issue that passed only allows for 4 casinos. Any other casinos would have to be approved by additional legislation. The one exception being Cleveland. They built what was originally supposed to be a temporary casino in the old Higbee's building. That was to close after the new casino was built along the Cuyahoga River. My understanding is that now they convinced the state to let them keep the temp casino and look at the new one as "Phase 2" of the over all project.


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Walt

Friday, May 18, 2012 1:10 PM
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The locations (and, as a by-product, the owners) were hard-coded into the state's constitution. Any guesses on who wrote the issue language? :)


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Chuck Wagon

Friday, May 18, 2012 1:45 PM
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I hope that green B&M track is for an invert at Kings Island.

My new vote for future development would be to make the coliseum into a dark ride. That ballroom is doing nothing and arcades are dead.


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Kevinj

Friday, May 18, 2012 1:54 PM
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It could be for KI, but it's definitely Wing-Rider track, not inverted.


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Sause

Friday, May 18, 2012 3:39 PM

A Wing-Rider just seems like a better fit at KI than CP. I don't have a specific reason for thinking that. It just seems like it would complement Firehawk well

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thepoint4life23

Friday, May 18, 2012 3:50 PM

I was at the park yesterday, and i still dont see anything that makes me think a new coaster is coming next year inless there are doing inside dt that we can't see right now

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vwhoward

Friday, May 18, 2012 4:34 PM
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^An entire project can be done without any signs till the fall. I wouldn't rule anything out.


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Maverick00

Friday, May 18, 2012 6:56 PM
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I believe markings started showing up for Leviathan around mid June and that's a pretty big sized coaster.


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SSL488

Friday, May 18, 2012 7:09 PM

Pretty big? That's a huge coaster.

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Tennessee_CP_Fan

Friday, May 18, 2012 7:14 PM

But to contrast, I was at KI in early 2008 and land was already cleared and (I believe if memory serves me right) some footers poured for Diamondback....


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Kevinj

Friday, May 18, 2012 7:58 PM
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In other words, everything is still possible.


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SSL488

Friday, May 18, 2012 9:29 PM

I would be pretty upset if KI gets a new coaster and CP does not.

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Shawn Meyer

Friday, May 18, 2012 9:32 PM

Does anybody think that track could be B&M Floorless track? That would be cool if Cedar Point were to get a Floorless.

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Willijs3

Friday, May 18, 2012 10:40 PM

It's a wing rider track.
Well established (unless they purposely mislabel things).


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Kevinj

Friday, May 18, 2012 10:44 PM
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But are you sure you're sure that you're sure?


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Cedar King

Friday, May 18, 2012 11:22 PM

Tennessee_CP_Fan said:
But to contrast, I was at KI in early 2008 and land was already cleared and (I believe if memory serves me right) some footers poured for Diamondback....

Well, Raptor didn't even get land clearing until September 1993. And they had to move "midway" carousel and modify Turnpike cars. So I think a winged/wooden coaster is still highly possible.

Last edited by Cedar King, Friday, May 18, 2012 11:25 PM
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99er

Friday, May 18, 2012 11:35 PM
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You know, ever since they started as early as they did with Maverick has everyone started thinking that coasters can't be built over one winter anymore. I don't get it at all considering the amount that have been and still are built over the course of 6 months.


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That Crazy Dan

Friday, May 18, 2012 11:55 PM

Chuck Wagon said:
I hope that green B&M track is for an invert at Kings Island.

My new vote for future development would be to make the coliseum into a dark ride. That ballroom is doing nothing and arcades are dead.

Yeah, I seriously doubt CP is just going to take an axe to one of the few historical pieces left on the park. Say what you will about the big band ballroom's lack of handicapped access or A/C, but ditching the main arcade and the ballroom, even for a good dark ride, isn't something CP needs to do to keep their theme. And just because you think arcades are dead doesn't mean they need to bury them.

I really, really want that track to be for not CP, just because frankly I'd rather have a wooden coaster at this point. I don't know how accurate the claim is that the previous management was meh on wooden coasters is, but for all we know a wooden coaster is just as much of an option as a B&M.

Still want that new CP Cyclone...

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Kevinj

Friday, May 18, 2012 11:59 PM
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Nothing, and I mean nothing, would make me happier than to see Cedar Point resurrect the Cyclone. Some old fashioned signage, integrating the beach and the games area...probably just a pipe-dream, but without question that would be the next coaster I would add. Of course, I would be adding a new Pirate Ride before that. :)


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jo linn

Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:29 AM

While I too would love to see a good woodie there, I would think that from a long term maintenance stand point on the beach, a steel coaster would probably make more sense.

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