Record-breaking Siren’s Curse tilt coaster to lure Cedar Point thrill seekers in 2025

JUnderhill:

From what I have seen the past week or 2 the ride itself is what will determine the opening date. Progress around the site has been moving along at a good pace and I am certain they could wrap that up quickly if the ride was ready. The lack of large scale train after train testing with CP ride ops present tells me we’re at least a few weeks out.

Well that definitely is disappointing to hear especially if you have a coastermania ticket. I might reshuffle my plans based on how TT2 holds up.

Not to hammer this over and over but when you say quickly if the ride was ready how quickly exactly? 2 days, 5? More? I’m just curious as I assumed putting a pond in was a big process.

Also yes awesome pictures. Definitely the best we have so far. Id love to try that tour

The pond is simply a landscaping element, the large piece of work that has been going on in this area is the concrete cistern they installed for the pumps that will remove water from the tunnel. This is visible in the first picture KevH posted on the right side. I do not know what the final site will look like so I can't guess as exactly what work remains. There is more walkway work to do, fencing, signs and of course landscaping. All that aside to me the larger issue in guessing when this ride will open involves the ride itself. To my knowledge, there has not been any large scale testing and I have not seen or heard of any reports where Cedar Point ride ops were being trained on the ride. The best information we have on the ride opening is from the park itself which still says early summer. I think the coastermania ship sailed, June 15th - maybe. I think the later you visit in June the better the odds are it will be operating.

I know you have been planning a trip for a long time now, wish I could give you better information to plan out your trip but I do not have any insider info to share here.

I think it is just the new normal. 2024 coaster opens in 2025. 2025 coaster opens in 2026. Delay tactic to pump and dump sales. Stretch out the excitement over two years per ride. Maximize profits. At least we’re finally getting the promised lagoon maintenance project, although a year and a half late ;). Tony never mentioned that it would be an all new lagoon ;). Delay tactic for the lagoon fanatics out there who purchased a 2024 pass and now just get to see lagoon glory in 2025.

If they had marketed it as Lagoonmania people would be ecstatic!

If the lagoons were open for rafting with swim up bars Lagoonmania would be a hit . Just watch out for Plague’s tall boys attached to that buoy.

Why didn't they just call it "Full Tilt?"
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JUnderhill:

The area next to the road looks like it will just be the ground sloped down into the water with the liner covered by the river rocks. It should be the same as what you can see where they have the liner covered.

Likely similar to the way the lagoon is up against the Power Tower midway with the fence and rocks. After all that much ballyhooed lagoon maintenance project has helped them perfect that, even disguising the project as "new ride construction".

The theming touches on Sirens Curse are nice. And speaking of theming, the landscaping crew has done another stellar job in the flower beds below SkyRide (which was open today). There are flowers spelling out "Sirens Curse" in one bed.

Another theming I saw today was on Frontier Trail where at the Pony Ride place and near where Professor Delbert is located they have place a few fiberglass horse shaped benches.

Perhaps they are hollow underneath for tall boy stashing.

Looks like June 28th is the scheduled opening date for Sirens Curse according to a CP post. Not surprising with what has been witnessed at the site itself over the past few weeks.

https://www.cedarpoint.com/...ty-preview

Siren's Curse Charity Preview on Thursday, June 26 from 6:00 - 10:00 PM.

Nice to have more concrete information

I get the event is for charity and if you don’t already have admission, parking and the meal plan it’s actually a decent price. For pass holders with all those things included not so much. I’ll save that money and grab a few drinks in the lounge watching everyone enjoy the new ride that day.

Id agree, passholders should just check it out when it opens. If I was gonna spend $125 I’d probably upgrade my pass instead of buying a first ride ticket.

Speaking of concrete information. Have they finished the concrete work in the queue line area yet, or lagoon bottom?

Well, June 28th certainly fits their "early summer" timeline.

^^Concrete on the bottom of said lagoon?? Perhaps OnPointTony fooled us again and it's actually a "Cement Pond".

"Hey Granny, where's the tall-boys at?"

If I decide to support a given charity (on a personal level--often a different calculus if on a business level), I am not typically thinking about what's in it for me. Other than supporting a cause I view as worthy. Count me in as a passholder who bought a ticket to the charity event.

I've always wondered what percentage of the cost per person actually makes it to the charity. The value of the single day park admission, parking, single meal and gift are taken as expenses off of that $125 along with all other costs associated with hosting and promoting the event. For this "charity" event it wouldn't surprise me if CP is making more money off the sales than what is donated to Prayers for Maria.

I would hope that the entire $125.00 is donated to Prayers for Maria. Same with Winter Chillout, which is also a charity event. But given recent developments (read cost-cutting) after the merger with Six Flags, who knows.

Per the Cedar Point website:

Weather or maintenance conditions may result in delays, closings or substitutions without notice. Follow us on X (@cedarpoint) for the latest operational updates. This is a limited capacity event. All proceeds benefit Prayers From Maria.

https://www.cedarpoint.com/...ty-preview

To me, "all proceeds" means you take the number of tickets they sell, multiply it by $125, and that is the amount of the check they write to Prayers from Maria. If they are reducing that amount by admission, parking, the meal and other costs of having the event, it would say "net proceeds."

From the park's perspective, there is no cost to letting participants in the park. The park will already be open during those hours. No additional costs letting some additional people in. Same with parking.

There are marginal costs associated with the meal and whatever the "gift" is. But per the "all proceeds" statement, those are being absorbed by the park in favor of the charity.

For the participants, it can be a different story though. Any time you give to a charity, receipts typically state the value of anything you received in return. For most contributions, its $0. You can only deduct the amount by which your contribution exceeded the value you received in return. There are also de minimis exceptions (which allow for such items as t-shirts, mugs, etc being provided that still allow for 100% of the contribution to be deductible). For this event, they may allocate some amount for the value of what you receive.

Oops. I guess the name of the charity is Prayers FROM Maria. My bad for not knowing this.