Cedar Point Announces New Water Ride for 2010 Season

Oh, my mistake. The hill with the supports already up is the tallest, correct?

I think you all have forgotten the major addition to the park that has not been talked about yet....the new joke that will accompany PE as it goes near/under STR.

Something about how there used to be trees here until this new-fangled ride was put in?

There are trees at Cedar Point? ;)

Just as there's no room left for new attractions.

And what are these "trees" you speak of?

2nd Support going up at 10:02 AM. Looks like a pretty steep drop to me!

EDIT 10:19 AM: They put it back down. Nevermind. False alarm.

90 degrees!!!!!111$*$*!)#@

;)

It's actually 45. Lots of action is expected to happen tomorrow.

Should be exciting! I wouldn't mind being on the STR crew this year.

^^^^^ I wouldn't mind it either! ;)

^How do you know already what your ride is? And that you are a team leader?

Managers have been calling people who have submitted their applications. When they call, you're told what your (tentative) ride location will be.

I know because I'm awesome! Hah! No, they call Team Leaders in early January and offer them a leadership position at a certain location. I was offered STR.

Well looks like i'm Magnum. Couldn't have much better then that ;). I will have to go over and visit the crew at STR.

I'm confused with the steel on this ride. I know the renderings aren't 100% accurate, but the supports on the webcam and the supports on the renderings look completely different (i.e. The webcam support is a typical A support but the supports in the renderings are upside down
As all connecting at a central point at the base). I wonder what is really going on, and are the supports going to take up more space than originally projected?

Guests don't care about the supports. CP and Intamin don't either, so long as the ride doesn't fall over. Maybe the animation was created using earlier designs. Perhaps Badnitrus realized that it didn't matter whether the supports were accurate.

Either way, I'm not sure it matters a whole lot.

Maybe because the supports in the renderings are absolutely not feasible and unsafe for typical operation of a ride like this?

My only concern was I saw that structural integrity of the supports in the renderings, and it was perfect as I know CP wants to continue to run the Paddlewheel Excursions around the island. The A-Frame system (as far as I'm aware) doesn't allow that room for these big boats to move under STR.

However, I completely understand your point DJ, the average guest doesn't scrutinize every single detail, and probably won't even notice/remember the discrepency between the renderings and the actual thing. I would have thought that they would have been somewhat accurate for the ride strucutre, not just the layout.

I guess they just changed the plans, or whatever, as long as I can ride it in June I'm good.

EC09: Could be. I guess we can't fret over it though, its just a minor detail, and as DJ said, as long as it doesn't fall down, it really doesn't matter.

To be fair, I noticed the discrepancy as well. I'm always interested in even the most mundane aspects to almost any construction project, and really, I've been more interested in the construction of the sea-ment pond than in the above-ground ride structure.

Corey, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but if you're not... I don't think there's any way to tell from the rendering whether those supports would have been feasible.

I'm sure the engineering majors around here will correct me if I'm wrong, but a W support offers less support than an M support.

DJ: Glad I'm not insane. Thanks for the help. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who has noticed the formation of Lake Station.

EC09: While you are correct, the results can vary. It vastly depends on how the supports are anchored into the ground and attached to the strucutre, but yes, in general, M supports are more structurally sound, because they have more contact points with the ground.