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Like you couldn’t have parts machined, If for some reason they can’t machine them themselves?

These parts aren’t rocket parts or high tech by any means.

If anything makes SRF a maintenance nightmare, it’s the ridiculous magnetic brakes the park installed back in (2008?) that reportedly cause undue stress on the bottom of the boats.

And I’ll kick back and laugh 20 years from now when everyone is still screaming for the removal of Corkscrew.

I’ll be laughing in 20 years if people are still screaming for Corkscrew’s removal, too, because it will have already been gone for over 15 years!

djDaemon said:

TwistedWicker77 said:

Every time I see this thread pop up, i always chuckle. Corkscrew has been on a lot of your imaginary chopping blocks for years, and look...it’s still there.

While I don't necessarily think Corkscrew is endangered, Disaster Transport was on "imaginary chopping blocks" for years prior to it actually being removed.

EDIT: I also don’t understand the hate SRF has been getting too. Not sure why that’s another one that’s been mentioned by the Pointbuzz community on the next to go.

SRF is not a coaster, and non-coasters tend to get that treatment. Personally, I think it would be a mistake to remove it. Unless they replaced it with a well-themed flume.

Except, the difference between Disaster Transport and Corkscrew is that DT was a maintenance nightmare. There were clear signs of neglect and deterioration with DT. Examples include: a leaking roof that never got fixed, animatronics that never worked, a control panel that had more issues than any guest can know. I could go on. But lastly, corkscrew has been on the enthusiast chopping block for about just as long as DT was if memory serves me correct.

I do, however, agree that it would be a mistake to remove SRF. There are other rides that have lower ridership with higher maintenance costs in the park. Especially the ones that sit on a prime piece of land.

Like maybe that yellow thing on the beach? :D

^^ I’m curious to hear what rides you’re thinking of that have low ridership and a valueable piece of land. I completely agree, though. I’m willing to bet that we see a bunch of flat rides go before another coaster. And I love SRF. I ride it all the time on my “water ride days”. But I can still see it leaving very soon. Hopefully for another flume if it does. However, my logical prediction: 2018 is the last season for SRF and a GCI goes in its place for 2020.

Cargo Shorts said:
Like maybe that yellow thing on the beach? :D

NO! Not my guilty pleasure ride!

Unpopular opinion I suppose but if we are on the topic of imaginary chopping blocks, Gemini is at the top of my list. Not that it’s a bad ride (more like meh) but that’s a significant plot of land and a part of the park that IMO could use a new statement ride. But I do feel like the stadium/beach area may be the next focus even more so than SRF. Put me down on the keep SRF team (;

^ Don't start talking about removing Gemini... just don't.

Cam, the next area of focus will definetly be the stadium location. But mark my words, the wrecking ball is coming to SRF next. I’m guessing a wild mouse in the stadium location and then a GCI for the 20th coaster in 2020.

Considering you’re working the Fling this year, you’ll have plenty of time to stare at the backside of SRF before, as you’re so sure, it gets razed.

Cargo Shorts said:
Like maybe that yellow thing on the beach? :D

I resent this statement! The tallest and fastest inverted roller coaster in the world! Not to mention, the ridership is only low if the crew operating it is not properly trained on efficiency (that goes for all rides). Wicked twister is just a little more complex

I'm not really sure what could be done with such a small footprint, but frankly I've always thought Super Himalaya was kind of redundant, especially since it isn't that far away from the similar but better themed Matterhorn.

Himalaya and Matterhorn give two different rides. Both snow themed and both in a circle but that's about it for similarities.

I think seeing how Hangtime at Knott's was squeezed in nicely in its home shows that a nice vertical lift coaster could look amazing where...Corkscrew currently sits and you could even keep corkscrews over the midway for those who desire nostalgia. Even without a new coaster to take it's place, I wouldn't mind seeing Corkscrew replaced with 2-3 new flats. Any of the flats Canada's Wonderland has added over the last few seasons would look great along that midway, especially with nice light packages.

The way parks and manufacturers are fitting rides in places these days at parks all over the world nothing is impossible.

I can see SRF leaving in the near future as well. Parks all across the country have been removing flumes and rides similar to SRF more and more frequently. They're either hitting the end of the mechanical lifespans or maybe just ending their useful lifespans as waterparks continue to see more and more innovation and growth. While it would be sad to see another water ride leave the park I would be perfectly fine if the available land gets used up by a modern log flume and a modern GCI woodie.

I don't see replacing Corkscrew with flats. Yeah, it's not a good ride, but it's iconic and keeps a roller coaster at the Roller Coaster Capital of the World. I would love to see more cool flats coming to the park like those at CW, but I wouldn't replace Corkscrew with them. As for what might replace it, I honestly have no clue. I would like to see a Gertslauer Infinity or an RMC Raptor, but those won't have the capacity for such a high-attendance park like CP.

As for SRF, I tend to see more and more that, unless it's a really hot day, most amusement park guests will only ride water rides if they are prepared for them. It's easier to get changed into a bathing suit, ride a bunch of water rides, and not have to worry about getting wet in Cedar Point Shores than it is to get your normal clothes wet on a Cedar Point water ride. Not to mention the cost associated with lockers and the drying chamber if you use it (it definitely feels nice, but it isn't the best at drying you in my experience). It's just a phase that the industry is going through as proper water parks expand and pop up more.

While it is sad to see classic water rides biting the dust at CP as of late, a solid GCI at the dry park and a water coaster at Shores is more than worth the trade-off in the long run.

I am sick of the park removing rides that the whole family can ride. Some of you speculated the park removing SRF or mine ride. now, they may not remove those, but I hope they never do. The park is full of big top thrill rides with strict height requirements, and many parents and small kids cannot ride them with their teen siblings (who love the big thrills) and such.

The whole family can ride SRF because it's only a splashdown ride and the hill is kinda steep, but not crazy steep like Valravn. Mine ride is the perfect beginner coaster for adolescents who are too scared to ride the biggies. CP needs a coaster like Seven Dwarfs mine train or big thunder mountain, maybe with less theme though, but some theme would be nice.

The thing with SRF and Mine Ride is that the height requirement is 48 inches, the same as a GCI woodie would be that would replace one of them.

Every time I see "RMC Raptor", I think briefly how the heck do you convert Raptor to an RMC? Oh yeah, it's the type of track.

djDaemon said:

SRF is not a coaster, and non-coasters tend to get that treatment. Personally, I think it would be a mistake to remove it...Unless the park deemed, by their analysis, that SRF was on the wrong side of the cost/benefit curve. Then by all means it should be removed and whether it is replaced by something is irrelevant.

I think this is what you really meant to say.

No, what I wrote is what I meant. Because even if the parks' metrics backed up such a decision, my personal opinion would be that it is a mistake.