Cedar Point's 2011 ride will target thrill seekers

Minime15834 said:
So this is why Funtime was mad...they thought they were getting $20 million but now they arent. :)

Maybe it wasn't gonna be 4, until funtime leaked it

cyberwolf57 said:
I am dissapointed that Cedarfair would just take the easy way out and copycat one ride and spread it out to their other parks. But maybe they have something big up their sleeves for 2012.

You mean like Power Tower or SkyHawk/Screamin Swing or maXair/Giant Frisbee or Scrambler?

HeyIsntThatRob? said:

Cool addition to the park. I'll ride it! exit english, you can hold my hand and close your eyes if you want.

~Rob

Can I do that, anyway? :)

I'll ride this one, since it's got arms instead of chains. It's no biggie to me.

Anyone else waiting for the... "Gotcha"!!!! lmao j/k... Another new ride to enjoy!

So Stratosoar must have been the name for the starflyers Funtimes missed out on.

I just wish the animations would show the landscaping/surrounding area at the bottom.

Nice addition to the parks, cheap, looks like it will have almost a zero mantinance budget. Hopefully it will bring people back to that part of the park. But what really bothers me is the total lack of creativity, same colors and a generic names. Its one thing that its named after the same thing at Knotts and Canada but the Kings Island and Cedar Point should be a little different atleast in color scheme and name.

So, I'm going to put the over/under at Sunday that they announce that Knott's won't be getting the WindSeeker and instead it will be going to Dorney.

I coulden't help but laugh at the amount of screaming in the animation. Once the thing gets to the top, are people really going to be screaming that much while diddling around in a circle?

Maybe since they bought 4, Cedar Fair is getting a north American exclusive deal from Mondial. At least it looks more professional than the funtime carnival ride.
Might explain the same name and color scheming.

In the description on the CP website it says that Ocean Motion will be dismantled at the end of the season and is currently for sale. It doesn't say anything about moving it.

We pretty much knew what the new ride would be before the official announcement. So I'm not surprised. I am disapointed that it's the same name and same height as the others. I figured the one at CP would be taller.

I too would like to see some renderings of how things will be treated at ground level, especially the the entrance to the park.

So far I haven't haven't seen any annoncement on the CP site. Kings Island has it on theres along with pictures and video.

We-o-we-oooo said:
I coulden't help but laugh at the amount of screaming in the animation. Once the thing gets to the top, are people really going to be screaming that much while diddling around in a circle?

I have a few friends that would do it just for the heck of it. :)

I personally think it looks like an awesome ride and what we see in the animation might not be the final paint scheme for the ride as the animator needed to create four of these animations. You can see that the same camera routes and shots were used and only the park areas changed. It is possible that a generic model was used and only the Knotts model had the "K" put on top to let people know that the "K" was not going away.

Just say it on the CP sight.

Chuck Wagon said:
KI's will be near Vortex's ride exit. Sounds like it might go where Flight Commander was? I'm not sure I feel so great about that.

Why not? This ride won't be built by Intamin...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

It just feels weird. They look the same. Well, I guess not many will remember what FC looked like at this point. How many years has it been now?

e x i t english said:
I'll ride this one, since it's got arms instead of chains. It's no biggie to me.

Interesting.

The way it appears to be configured, the suspension arm will be behind you. So as you sit there, you will be out in the open, totally exposed, with nothing above, below, or next to you.

On the Funtime version, there are six chains, one on each corner of each seat, holding the ride aloft.

I hope the lap bar survives. I'd like to see the seat become smaller, more flimsy looking, less encapsulating. :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Your mom is to fat to ride TTD. said:
I just wish the animations would show the landscaping/surrounding area at the bottom.

Me too. I'm glad to see someone else cares about that. Maybe we'll get knew renderings as time goes on...or we'll have to wait until construction is complete!

airee85 said:
Maybe we'll get knew renderings as time goes on...or we'll have to wait until construction is complete!

I'll go with the latter.

Besides, I wouldn't count on the renderings to truly show what the area will end up looking like. Give the ride 5 years and then see how well foliage has filled in.

I am a little disappointed that Ocean Motion isn't being moved. I would have loved to see it in another area of the park. Oh well.