Cedar Point Announces New Water Ride for 2010 Season

Please you guys and your high roads and maturity blah blah blah. Why the heck would anyone not want to know whats wrong with the Shoot the Rapids? I don't think CP owes us any explanation and I don't think they are being dishonest but you better believe I want to know every detail.

does anyone know if the boats still at the park or have they been taken to be modified? We were at the park today and didn't see them anywhere havent seen anything posted about that. Also today while waiting to ride Maveric ,break down then rain, a ride op (not the lemon chill guy) said that on employee night they were able to ride STR and that the inspection was halted because a boat sank.

A boat sank? Oh and I thought that was a joke.;)

Captain Hawkeye said:
PR rules are clear: The more info the better. Not because CP "owes" anyone anything, but to get people on your side. The more you disclose the better off you are. Ask the Tylenol people. Or the Toyoda people. Tylenol's PR after the scare was much better than Toyoda's simply because the Tylenol people were out front so it appeared that they were doing everything to makes things "right" and not leaving malcontents room to second guess. BP is learning that lesson again, now.

Did you really just compare safety-related problems that lead to deaths with an amusement park water ride that simply isn't ready yet? Wow. And here I thought I'd seen & heard it all.

;)

I'm not asking for detail and I could honestly care less about whats wrong with it.

What I do think everyone deserves is the Cedarpoint.com website should be updated a little more regularly.

Its currently stating that it will not open Memorial Day weekend. Was it Dragster that was updated daily on the website?

This should be too.

So basically you want something like:
June 7th: Nope
June 8th: Nope
June 9th: Nope

I'm pretty sure that they sincerely have no idea when the ride will be ready to go, so what other information could you possibly obtain from daily updates?

No. Again, the website is over a week behind which unless you're an enthusiast, one could assume its open as it doesn't say it will be closed today.

When Top Thrill Dragster was down for a very long time due to a major failure, the official website was updated daily telling you whether or not the ride was open that day. It would make it much easier for me to tell the kids why I'm not taking them or better yet, not tell them it could be open, the site doesn't say it isn't, and then arrive to find out its not.

The difference with TTD is that the ride had opened to the public before the extended downtime. That is, it had been introduced as a ride-able attraction prior to that, so keeping the public up-to-date was important. StR has not yet opened to the public.

Here's a tip (and it's based on what my Dad did with us)... don't tell your kids about SUPER EXCITING AWESOME FUN THING before you know, for an absolute fact, that SUPER EXCITING AWESOME FUN THING will actually happen. You know, for certain and stuff. That way the kids aren't disappointed, you won't feel bad and we won't have to listen to you make the same complaints every day. ;)

So because it has not opened its ok for them to ignore the website and not keep people updated on its status. Its been a week, not a couple of days. The old "Cedar Point can do no wrong" dodge is boring and old.

I'll lock out Cedar Points website from now on. I'll call my brother and tell him to do the same thing, since these kids knew about this ride before I did the morning it was announced. In my strongly worded letter to Cedar Point, I'll tell them to stop running commercials with the ride in it. While I'm at it, let me blindfold them from the rest of the evil world.

For someone who recommended earlier that this is a good life lesson, you sure do contradict yourself here. Which parenting tip do you want me to follow?

PrawoJazdy said:
So because it has not opened its ok for them to ignore the website and not keep people updated on its status.

I am up-to-date on the ride's status. Not sure why you're not, since we're both privy to the same info. It isn't open. They're working on it. That's all I need to know.

Its been a week, not a couple of days. The old "Cedar Point can do no wrong" dodge is boring and old.

Please. This whole "if you're not whining like a child on a daily basis about 1 ride out of almost 70 not being open then you must be a fanboy" argument is getting old.

For someone who recommended earlier that this is a good life lesson, you sure do contradict yourself here. Which parenting tip do you want me to follow?

Them being disappointed in something not coming to fruition was a good lesson for them, in my opinion. Of course, you should have learned a lesson at the same time - set lower expectations for things that are out of your control.

Quoting my post line for line does not make your constant "I'm right. Me. Me. Me. Me." argument any less useless.

I'm not up to date on the rides status and privy to the same lack of information you are. There has been no announcement that it is open or closed today from an official at the park and the only place to get official information is on the website or their facebook or via Twitter. 2 out of 3 which I'm not on and none of those have not been updated as of 9:00 am . So tell me how I am supposed to know its status? You can't .

I'm not saying you are a fanboy, but this constant defense of a clear failure by Cedar Point not to update their official source of information is a huge oversight on your part if you don't recognize it as such and like I said is old a boring. A website can be updated in minutes and you think its ok to go a week.

Your opinion is weak like circus lemonade. I have no use for it, please keep it to yourself.

At this point they should stop advertising STR until it opens. Advertising preseason and in this case before the May 29 date was alright. However, since there appears to be no known opening date they should stop. There are a few of those electronic billboards around Cleveland that advertise the ride. On TV too. The majority of the public probably think the ride is open. Those ads a misleading.

PrawoJazdy said:
There has been no announcement that it is open or closed today from an official at the park...

Official announcement that the ride is not yet open and that they'll tell you when it is.

Straight from the park's website, from an official PR representative at the park. Go figure.

RIDE OPENING UPDATE: Shoot the Rapids will not open Memorial Day Weekend, but we anticipate it will open soon. Please check back for updates.

It would seem to me that since it hasn't been updated, that means nothing has changed and the ride isn't open. Do they need to make daily announcements of "No, the ride isn't open today either" for you to be satisfied with them?

I don't see anything else on the Official Cedar Point Website to indicate that the ride is, has or will be open in the forseeable future. So what's the big deal?