Heartline roll removed entirely?

I was reading an article about the Maverick delay. When asked how they were going to correct the heartline roll stress issue, a CP spokesman said they weren't sure but wouldn't rule out removing the element entirely.

http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070508/FREE/70508011/1096&Profile=1096

Do you think they would actually do this? That was one of the elements I thought was the coolest and if they had to take it out, I'd be very disappointed.

This has been brought up before. Lets just trust what the park is saying in their official press release.

wouldn't rule out removing the element entirely

Yeah, I think they're going to remove it completely and just have a big gap there. ;)

You might want to take an hour or two and read the following thread.

http://pointbuzz.com/cpplace.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=20734

Oooh yes! Loopy, I heard that too... IntaRide is so sorry about their mistake that they are going to make the first ever jump on a coaster... They are even going to have one of those horse gates in the gap to jump over... to keep with the Maverick theme of course!

3 replies (edit: 4), 0 helpful ones. Yes, there was a good chance this had been mentioned before but considering the number of threads around like "which day is the best to go" or "whats your favorite coaster?", I didn't think people would get on me for posting one that actually applies to a current issue.

Does anyone actually feel like discussing this without being forced to sort through other replies in the other thread? *** Edited 5/10/2007 3:40:20 AM UTC by Mikel30***

You weren't supposed to tell that much about it. ;)

You're saying you're too lazy to "sort through other replies" already made on this "current issue" so you want us to repost everything in this thread for your own benefit? LOL!! Good luck.

I'm thinking if the heartline roll is removed there will be a just a sharp turn and then up the hill.

I think this post should help answer all your questions.

Mikel30 let me some up the 20 pages of jibberish in the news section and save you the 2hrs I wish I had back. Intamin bashing, Intamin praising, CP conspiracy theory (they are lying to us, they've known all along!), the roll is gone, the roll is being extended, "this sucks Im changing my plans", "Im not changing my plans CP will be just as good as last year", flaming, spam, flaming, spam... I think thats about it.

Josh M. said:
They are even going to have one of those horse gates in the gap to jump over... to keep with the Maverick theme of course!

Now that's MY kind of ride!! :)
Cowgirl up!! :)

Jo
Lifetime Raptor flights: 1163 :)

Bottom line and the real answer is, NO ONE KNOWS. We can "I think..." or "CP will do...", but when comes down to it, we don't know anything other than what the main page of cedarpoint.com says and what was said in the Crain Cleveland article.

Anything else said is, as of right now, nothing but a rumor.

Now knowing CP and having a bit of "common sense", if one element, while cool but not crucial, had to be removed to enable a $21 million investment run and bring in the money, I'm pretty sure that's a no brainer, but my observation is no better than the "I think..." or "CP will do..." responses in the other thread that is just filled with a whole bunch of post from disappointed fans.
*** Edited 5/10/2007 1:29:04 PM UTC by Gomez***

Jo... They would be able to make a horse show themed ride pretty easily out of Maverick... Where they have the S curves back and forth you could have Barrels, and have gates under the airtime hills... and during the launch have speakers in the tunnel with the sound of the starting of a race along with the sound of galloping.

Sounds like some good, cheap theming if you ask me... :)

^They put good cheap theming in a ride 17 years ago and while it lost its good it's still very cheap.

Even the original cheap is gone... It's been replaced with fluorescent 3-D cheap!

"Woah! The handprints look like they are right in front of me... wait... what do fluorescent handprints have to do with a space journey to Alaska?"

At least they're going to have 120' feet of shiny new track to install over the remodeled toll plaza on the causeway. :)

^Huh?

Cool, so CP is recreating the historic Leap The Gaps coaster (featuring an actual gap in the tracks).

I love those old sepia photos and grainy films of rides from 80 years ago. No restraints needed when you can just tell people to hang on tight or suffer severe injury. How about that one with the 6g circular loop?

Realistically they need a quick fix and straight box track is the way to do that. I'd be surprised if they did anything else.

^Can you tell me what box track would help?