Cedar Point Ridership

Magnum, you make a valid point. The slash hours in order to save on staffing costs.

djDaemon said:

What might explain the rather substantial, and temporary, drop in CP&LE RR ridership in 2001?

It is the year when Managment slashed our budget for the first time and started making us only run 1 train on most days. If we have 2 trains running daily like we should and used too, we could still be the highest ridership in the entire park.

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994,531......Cursed weather and hour cuts!!:)

^ You will make it through this I belive in you. Besides 2007 is a new year for TTD to crap out on everyone involved, JK. :)

...or maybe its mav's turn to crap out.

Not even out the gates yet and there are doubters.

:O Dont say that! Maverick will run great its first year! ::knocks on wood::

Oh Im sorry David but am I seeing an increase in capacity for Dragster or am I just blind?:)

p.s. I was only joking about Maverick. I know it's impossible right know to tell how it will perform for its first year. *** Edited 3/2/2007 12:49:26 AM UTC by TTD 120mph***

i was just joking. I don't think mav will fail at all, but if it follows CP's track record (no pun intended) it will have small problems. But then again, doesn't everything?

TTDs capacity is like its reliability, a roller coaster ride (yes the pun was intended).

i don't pay much attention to ttd, i think after riding it alot, its not worth it to stand in line again and again for it unless crowds are low.

^^Well it started off low, and is slowly getting higher....::gasps:: JUST like what you would expect on a roller coaster!:)

Now if you're talking about its daily capacity then yeah it's a roller coaster ride. But you know......it's a complex ride....and whatever (dont worry Im not going to start my Dragster fan rambling).

*** Edited 3/2/2007 1:04:16 AM UTC by TTD 120mph***

I could go on a Raptor fan rambling, or maybe a CP Taco fan rambling..mmm...cant wait. but ill pass..

Dk said:
Well this graph answers all previous questions for the Mean Streak haters regarding when it will be torn down.... If it continues on the same curve, ridership will approach zero around 2013, thus Cedar Point will have no option but to replace it. (note: I felt my first post on these boards needed to reek with sarcasm)

Actually, ridership will approach zero in 2011 if you use a quadratic estimation. ;)

Jason has the most pertinent reason in my estimate. As the park capacity continues to grow, the crowds have statistically stayed the same. Hence lower rider counts on all of the older rides. Anyone else remember the Gemini lines running down the midway to the Whitches Wheel? That all changed when the Magnum opened, and then it all changed when Raptor did in 94. Maverick may be replacing a ride, but if i'm not mistaken it will again increase the parks capacity.

I would say that the numbers do have some interesting stories in them, like how rough Mean Streak was at the end of the 90s; or the reliability issues of TTD in its first year.

Very interesting stuff.

^ Though I'm unaware of what WWL's capacity was, there was hardly ever anyone riding it. The crouds will definatly shift again next year. CP's high capacity is one of it's biggest draws IMO.

Certainly that capacity has had a majory external benefit in the parks perceived efficiency prowess.

Which makes me wonder how much more capacity does the park really need? Rather, how many more giant coasters can the park support? It's all the rage right now to claim that GLP is uncapable of supporting ten coasters and as such two were removed. At what point with CP face the same dilema. Remember that the parks attendance has been generally flat. For about seven years or more?