Mantis removal or transformation?

I don't know why the paint means anything. The ride was looking horrible and paint was starting to wear to the point of allowing corrosion. The same is true with Raptor and nobody has spoken much about the primer patches near Chickie and Pete's. Primer coats tend to be brighter than final coats, assuming they use two on coasters as they might buildings. They might have been looking to see how new paint stuck to old paint and tracks, etc. But none of this would speak to rides staying or being moved. They might move the ride to another park or another place at CP and obviously would paint it if that were the case, but could do so if it never moves as well.

I don't suppose you need permits from the city to dismantle a ride, or tear down other structures? Surely somebody among the nuttier types has checked?

I really like the idea of the Rougarou name and werewolf theme.....and Mantis sits right on top of a swampy area too! it fits in with the Louisiana folklore of the werewolf or "rougarou"
And I really hope CP has just scrapped the whole Lebron thing from any of the rides having their names changed. I never liked it, it's plain dumb. I hope they're not re-naming Mantis King James....

Oh and i dont want them re-naming any big coasters king james either....ugh

Miss_Maverick07 said:
I really like the idea of the Rougarou name and werewolf theme.....and Mantis sits right on top of a swampy area too! it fits in with the Louisiana folklore of the werewolf or "rougarou"
And I really hope CP has just scrapped the whole Lebron thing from any of the rides having their names changed. I never liked it, it's plain dumb. I hope they're not re-naming Mantis King James....

Unless they get out of renaming a ride by flipping the name to King James-or whatever-for the last three weeks of the season.....then convert it off-season.

Pete said:
There is an interesting rumor going around the marina that, if true, means there is much more news to come for 2015. It seems to tie in with the Mantis closing. If this is a refurbishment it would mean extensive changes to the ride making it virtually a new coaster. I think it's more likely though that the coaster is going to a different park (Dorney?) and something new (and big) is coming in it's place.

Care to explain the rumor?

Why can't the park just forget about it? basketball and rides don't go together...said and done. we already have 3 three point shoot-out hoops in the park anyway that sell cavs jerseys and basketballs.

It only makes sense, if they're going with the rougourou theme it would be perfect to announce during halloweekends

NWLB said:
I think the dark ride rumors are entirely in the minds of fans of such rides.

Maybe, but what's going in the current Point Pavilion space with utility markings then?

Also

NWLB said:As for the rest of the news....

If I recall correctly, CP agreed to terms with the related government agencies to not fill-in more of the lagoon without adding more wetland someplace else. So I doubt we see anything that "fills" the water space.

This is also true but what's to stop from adding supports or footers inside the water/along the lagoon path perimeter ala Maverick's run by the Frontier bridge (where Swan Boats used to be located)?

I would have liked it a lot more if they did a dark ride before touching Mantis or Mean Streak.

They won't do that though

Market the closure, get medias attention

Market last day, media probably will show up

Market announcement date, get media attention again

Excellent strategy, good job CP Mgmt!

CPfan1976 said:

NWLB said:
I think the dark ride rumors are entirely in the minds of fans of such rides.

Maybe, but what's going in the current Point Pavilion space with utility markings then?

New lights.

The comments on the Facebook page are a cesspool.

"I heard from a Cedar Point source it's being renamed and converted to a flying or sit-down coaster."

"Yeah? I heard from a Cedar Point source that it's being removed for another coaster."

TheEternalQuestioner said:
The comments on the Facebook page are a cesspool.

"I heard from a Cedar Point source it's being renamed and converted to a flying or sit-down coaster."

"Yeah? I heard from a Cedar Point source that it's being removed for another coaster."

I find that to be the case with the comments on most facebook pages.

"Mantis gets squashed"

Well, there's the new flat ride that everyone's been talking about.

Anyone notice in the video, the grim reaper walks toward the woman hugging Mantis' train. Then she says "no, no you can't take it." Sounds an awful lot like new trains to me. The again, it could just mean removal of the ride. I guess we'll just have to wait to find out. Plus it mentions to "Take the last stand" in the description and during the video.

Sigh..no one is reading all the posts are they

The take a last stand could simply just be reference to the fact it's a standing coaster...

thedevariouseffect said:
Sigh..noone is reading all the posts are they

The take a last stand could simply just be reference to the fact it's a standing coaster...

There's way too much to read. :)

Hopefully it gets new trains, configured and a lighting package and theming similar to Banshee under the 'werewolf' idea. Take it a step above Banshee even...

And I wonder why I feel like I'm running around in circles..

Perhaps I should take a seat ^^_

I've spent most of the afternoon reading all the posts here, but can't remember where the concept of 'Rougarou' came from? Do we have any evidence that it's a possibility, or is it just a clever theming suggestion?

My question is why did they wait for the summer season to end before they said that Mantis will get "squashed?" I won't be attending Halloweekends this year, and I didn't care for Mantis, but I would have rode it when I was at the park in mid August if I had known that the ride will be no more.