Farewell, Wildcat.

If this topic was a dead horse, there wouldn't be much of it left to bury. :)

Call me crazy, but when I think "Cedar Point", Wildcat is not exactly on the "iconic" list. Of course it's not fun to say goodbye to a coaster, but I don't personally know anyone who cares one iota.

Wildcat? Take it or leave it. I personally think the space is being used in a much better way now.

I think a lot of posters here suffer from near-sightedness. What I mean by that is nearly everyone on this board has absolutely no idea what the future plans are for Cedar Point with that area, or any other place where changes get made that upset a a very small minority. You simply cannot take the changes that happen from year to year as an end; every change, shift, removal, and update is part of a grander long-term plan that many don't even consider.

That came out of nowhere. I wonder if he just found out.

Kevinj said:
I personally think the space is being used in a much better way now.

What exactly is the space being used for now? All I see is a brand new fence hiding trailers. We don't know what the plans are for that area yet.

It was discussed in another thread that it's bleachers behind the fence.

^ Not trying to call you a liar, but which thread? I only remember speculation that bleachers would fit nicely there.

EDIT: Found it in the Luminosity Testing thread.

I can speculate that many people, at least 5 of them, didn't know Wildcat was gone.
I was sitting outside Coaster's, and 5 teens were walking through. One of them said, "It only sits 4 in a car, so we have to go 3 and 2", that is all my daughter heard them say, and she laugh and repeated it to me, and pointed to the 5 teens that said it.
They rounded the corner of Coaster's, and stopped. I didn't hear what they said they were too far away, they just all turned around and walked toward scrambler.
That's my speculation for the day. :)

Well WildCat is still on the park maps around the park so it confuses people.

Hopefully they can modify next month's shipment of park maps so that way people know that's it's for sure gone.

^ You know that may help a little but not totally. Some people come to the park still wondering where Demon Drop is.

Never said it was iconic--merely that it was an underrated coaster that packed a nice punch for its size. I'm not claiming it is Magnum II, or even Gemini II, but it is a nice little coaster. And it doesn't cost much to disassemble & move, as has been demonstrated by its past movements.

And, even if the space it was on is being better used now, are you claiming that every other space in the park is being put to better use than it would be with Gemini?

How many people do you actually see using their park maps? I think I can count on one hand the people I have seen this season even possessing a map. It isn't a difficult park to navigate.

Well its been a bit since everyones last post, so now that everyone has visited the park, and seen how it looks, would wildcat have interfered as management had said? What are your thoughts on the show?

It would of looked terrible if they kept it, IMO.

WildCat could have been kept if they really wanted to keep it, but it does look like removing it was the best decision. They replaced WildCat with bleachers for Luminosity and those bleachers are FILLED. They should have really made larger bleachers than what they made.

Those bleachers look so temporary IMO. I think this coming off-season they will put more in since they'll have more time with planning. As for the control booths for the show, they seem kind of "in the way". There is more unused space where Wildcat once stood, so hopefully they utilize it for next year.

I think it looks much better after its removal. The Luminosity area really looks great to me. I'm impressed.

Except I'm not a huge fan of the temporary wavy benches they sit out in the middle of the midway during the day. The look... well, temporary. Like Twisted said above.

^I believe he was talking about the bleachers in Wildcat's former location. The wavy benches are concrete and do not look temporary.

coolkid said:
^I believe he was talking about the bleachers in Wildcat's former location. The wavy benches are concrete and do not look temporary.

Yeah, I got he was talking about the bleachers. I was just going on a "you know what else looks temporary?" tangent.

But the concrete wavy benches do also look temporary because I'm pretty sure they are - they move them for Luminosity, right? They certainly look like they're just sitting on the pavement. I dunno - I like everything to be in its place and stay there. :)

Those wavy benches along the middle of the midway are not moved.