Cedar Point Shores - Slides Dismantled

But will they install it mid timber?

Expanded Hotel Breakers parking.

I'm sure this isn't why it's being removed... but how about a good 'old fashioned log flume in the spot?

Bryan A, they might not put a log flume inside of the waterpark; however I could be wrong and it definitely won’t be the first time. But they do have plenty of land where Forbidden Frontier was for a flume should they choose to go that route.

Just noticed Dorney announced that a similar slide complex there isn’t opening for 2024.

It looks like the 2 taller slides have been completely removed, but the stairs and platform are still there. The shorter teal slide is still standing, and there's a gate closing off the stairs going to the higher platform.

Most of the pools are being/have been filled, but this one, and the lazy river on this side are still empty.

Well contrary to what i thought on opening weekend these slides aren’t coming back. The larger raft slide at the bottom is operating and the lazy river is now filled. However, the carefully dismantled slide sections and hardware are nowhere to be found. I’m 0 for 2 this year, 100% so far!!!

Mom is a big fan of water slides too bad they won’t have anything new this year in that department. The water park looks cozy though I am going in blind to be surprised by the attractions. Unless I’m on coasters all day

From the Register:

The slides have reached the end of their service life, according to Cedar Point spokesman Tony Clark.

As of the time of writing, the Crosscurrent waterslide complex is still listed on the Cedar Point website.

Those two slides are the only attractions that will not open this year, according to Clark.

It is just me or is CP doing much more removing than adding? Kind of sad….

I think what the past 10 years or so have told us is that Cedar Point is probably at, or at least near the maximum number of rides or attractions that they plan to have. Seems like each new addition has been preceded by the closing of one or more attractions. I would guess that this has to do with the cost to maintain and also the number of workers available to staff and run the rides throughout the operating season.

It has been several years since I was at Soak City, back then these slides were not in great shape. The slides were removed late and very close to opening which makes me wonder if something happened over the winter that hastened the closure. Perhaps this next offseason something will be built in their place.

I think "reached the end of its service life" in this industry is a euphemism for "We don't want to pay to maintain it" and/or "We neglected and deferred maintenance on it for so long, that now it's just not worth the cost of restoring."

Or on the less negative side, water slides are not as expensive as a dry side or iron ride. The main mechanism is the pump that pulls the water to the top and many times one feed can service more than one slide. Gravity handles the rest. Riders transport themselves to the top and often they carry their raft or mat. And water slides are subject to a lot of wear and tear- constantly moving water is an erosive force and riders themselves wear it down but I’m sure we’ve all noticed that the slide can be 10 feet wide but the actual path of contact is smaller and constant. So there’s a great chance for concentrated wear. So “maintenance” involves what? Coating the worn bits with fiberglass? Applying a patch? Replacing a long stretch? In the end fixes like that aren’t comfortable for the rider.
Things wear out and there is actually an anticipated, calculated time frame for length of service. Those slides have been there a long time and aren’t the first from that original family to go. Maybe there’s something in the works for a great replacement that will make customers happy. Next season seems like a logical time for that. But unfounded claims that decisions like this are made as a result of neglect and deferred maintenance is unfair. We’re not talking a 100 year old wooden coaster here.

End of service life would be interesting since the slide complex adjacent is the same manufacturer, built the same year, and is the same type of slide. Maybe it will come out next season?

Maintenance on slides is minimal. Every season you wax the slides down from top to bottom. Every few years you sand them down and then apply wax. Fiberglass should not need any attention unless someone smashed a hole in the slide, or in the case of the original body slides, you have repeated hits in the same spot when people achieve air time from a hill.

I don't know the schematics of these slides, but I'll say this. The "joints" or connecting seams kind of freak me out, not to mention any repair patches. What I am saying is when hurtling down at a high rate of speed I could imagine some body part being snagged on a lousy patch job or loose seam causing a bloody injury. I know, not likely but just a passing thought.

Slides have been known to collapse, too, and that’s something that crosses my mind when worrisome, morbid thoughts take over. A well known case happened many years ago at a park in California where it was tradition for high school seniors to pull a stunt and try to send as many kids as possible down a slide at once. Tragedy occurred when the overloaded structure collapsed injuring many and killing one student. Granted that shouldn’t happen with normal use but I still think about it.
Way back in the day slides were either built into hills in the ground or on elevated wooden structures that looked a lot like a roller coaster. Once again, constant exposure to water could be the enemy causing damage and maintenance issues. When steel supports were developed it extended the life of that part of the slide.

It's really odd to look at. One fairly short slide, bypassed by a tall stairway to nothing. Makes one wonder if the plan is to install a new slide at that place on the existing structure- the stop/go lights up there are still intact and even lit, least they were when I was there.

In Dorney’s announcement that they were removing the same slide complex there, it was said that they are replacing it with something new. I hope the same is true for CP Shores.