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Who are all those people?

I just found out it's March of Dimes today.

They are having the MarchforBabies walk right now. But is it just my computer or are the live streams not working?

Camera 1 is down again for me.

All of them are down for me.

A communications disruption can mean only one thing...

Footers!?

...Or you have Buckeye Cablesystem in Toledo....

Sure would be nice to see Rougarou on the live cams one of these days.

Looks like we were correct on our grass speculation. On Cam 1 you can see they are laying it down over by Blue Streak.

Scottyf said:
Sure would be nice to see Rougarou on the live cams one of these days.

Sure hope we get to see it by Friday. :)

I'm still really confused though... If they GTT needed a new roof and they removed it a season early to avoid those costs, why would they also remove the turnpike cars and move the dodgems just to plant grass and keep the area vacant for the whole season? I feel as though SOMETHING has to happen there this season.

CoasterKyle1121 said:

Looks like we were correct on our grass speculation. On Cam 1 you can see they are laying it down over by Blue Streak.

Why just grass? I'm disappointed it's not trees... :(

Maybe that is the new campsite for CoasterCampout!!

^ That makes a lot of sense, at least temporarily for this year. However, I'm not quite sure that grass can sprout, take hold and really get to a point of being able to withstand the harshness of a campsite in one month.

Oh that's smart thinking!^^ I would be surprised if they didn't use it for campsites.

Considering the former Turnpike Cars and Calypso area is highly visible from Cadillac Cars and Perimeter Road, the grass might have been planted for aesthetic purposes. Just because an attraction is removed, doesn't mean that area will be occupied by something new right away. Jungle Larry's sat vacant for a few years before Power Tower was constructed.

Calypso and Dodge Em would have been removed from the area as they are part of the new Wicked Twister Midway. I agree that it plausible that they decided to tear the theater down a year early due to conditions of the structure, I am not so sure how to explain turnpike cars removal though - it is the only one that is an outlier in the situation.

Bottom line though, I think some are reading way too much into the simple planting of grass. I would still say that one of the more likely scenarios is that they wanted to get all of the demolition work done during the off season so construction can start in the late summer/early fall. Grass is cheap to install, has low maintenance, and provides a much cleaner look for the next 4 months of the CP season. Without grass that entire area would produce massive dirt/dust clouds blowing around the park - I doubt many guests of CP would enjoy that.

Call me crazy, but I think the area that used to be Calypso will be a queue for one of the new rides that might be coming to the park in 2016. I can also see the new Dark ride going in where Turnpike Cars used to be. The rest of the land could be used for the proposed roller coaster for 2016/2017. That's my prediction.

Ok, you're crazy. ;)

And we have to wait for next Year for Cedars to be Torn down and housing being built off point!! Then the New Coaster can fly over the Road!!!