New for 2015

"One last stand"
It's going floorless. The test paint.

The best part was Tony crying though... that was just funny...

Now that everyone has seen the 2015 teaser video..I'm over here like

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_super/11/110677/2304795-g..._you_1.jpg

Easy come, easy go.

Hope Mantis gets moved to another park. It would be a shame to see it become the first B&M to be scrapped.

There has to be more....gotta be...

Announcement for an announcement.

So for everyone who said they will never do anything to mantis...ha!

That's it?

tony, luv ya,
but if that is it your a dick

And now another month and a half for more speculation!!

Yeah, that makes sense. I bet they're turning it into a floorless like others on the forum indicated. :-\

Kinda bummed. Even though, as indicated in my last post, I feel CF's days of going BIG are over, I still kinda held out hope! :-\

ROUGAOU 2015 FLOOLESS GREEN IT WILL HAPPEN 2015

I would fire everyone in the marketing department, right now, if I was Ouimet.

Maybe even the planning department.

why is the video now gone from the web site?

BTW....Tony, you were hysterical in the video....

I bet anything they ain't tearing it down. They are gonna repaint it, maybe change some if the track a bit hopefully and it will be blue, silver, and green, with the name Centurion.

Staaber said:
why is the video now gone from the web site?

On youtube, you have to click on the "videos" tab to pull it back up. No idea why.

TheEternalQuestioner said:
I would fire everyone in the marketing department, right now, if I was Ouimet.

Maybe even the planning department.

You seem fun

SANDUSKY, Ohio (Sept. 2, 2014) – It’s the “last stand” for one of Cedar Point’s steel scream machines. Earlier today, the park announced that the Mantis roller coaster will soon give its final rides.

Mantis was billed as the tallest, fastest and steepest stand-up roller coaster in the world when it opened on May 11, 1996. Featuring trains that secure guests in a standing position, Mantis provides its passengers with a unique ride experience. Mantis was built by the same legendary manufacturers that brought guests the Raptor and GateKeeper roller coasters – Bolliger and Mabillard (B & M), Monthey, Switzerland. In its 18-year history, Mantis has given more than 22 million thrilling rides.

“It’s time to say goodbye to one of the park’s coasters, and it’s certainly been a different kind of ride for our guests,” said Jason McClure, vice president and general manager of Cedar Point. “But we’re extremely excited about what the future holds here at the Roller Coaster Capital of the World™.”

Guests still have time to give Mantis a “standing ovation” before it shuts down permanently on Sunday, October 19 at 8 p.m. Additional plans for the 2015 season will be announced at a later date.

Why would they close it during the season just for new paint and/or trains?