RMC Streak Photo Update - July 18, 2017

One clue that seems overlooked was the fact that they used the old historical CP logo on the stetson hard hats. Jason said earlier this year that they were focusing on Cedar Points history, so I believe the entire area will be redone and be made to look and feel like the frontier trail does.

djDaemon said:

...the train station could be moved east to approximately where the crossing is now

Now that you've said that...

I like this idea and while they are at it they could empty the train towards Mean Streak while loading from the south side of the tracks. This would dump everyone from the train RIGHT in front of Mean Streak and improve efficiency of loading with keeping everyone waiting on the other side of the train. This would also make waiting at the crossing less as once the train arrives they could immediately open the gates up.

That would function more along the lines of the station by Millennium, and that would be a lot better than closing the gates both as the train arrives and leaves. I give this the Dvo Stamp of Approval (there's not an actual stamp).

But if they did do that, they could hide the station a little more, and really open up that area to be a lot more welcoming. This is a good idea.

I wonder what kind of accessory structures may be built. Obviously there's already a photo building, but it's not terribly large. Wonder if they'll go full-on gift shop like Maverick, GK, and Valravn. Plus, what kind of locker space would be installed?

If there is one thing you can count on, it is a full-on gift shop.

Y'all.

Kevin's right, and I can imagine it's gonna have awesome merchandise and they'll take even more of our money, the on ride photos are gonna be wild.

Maybe the extra structure left on the 3rd hill is going to be used to mount cameras on the outward banked turn.

And moving the train station so the crossing gate is where the old photo building is would put the locomotive nearly at the utility crossing behind the buildings. They'd probably need to do more rearranging to accomplish that. Then again, they are supposed to be doing other things in Frontier Town, so it's possible.

We gotta cross tracks to ride millennium force so why wouldn't it just work out with this coaster. They had the crossing when Mean streak was popular.

Because you can cross those tracks, and the midway keeps going, whereas with MS, it did not

I can see them connecting the midway. Actually, I would be surprised if they didn't.

djDaemon said:

Additionally - and this was first posited by someone else, I forget who - the train station could be moved east to approximately where the crossing is now, which would be a much more logical location, as that would open up the midway so that RMCMS is the centerpiece of what is now an awkward split dead end.

Dead Tony did say "Is he happy on this side of the tracks?" in his MS eulogy. I've taken this as some sort of a hint that the railroad will be altered to accommodate RMCMS since the last fall. Quite interesting nonetheless.

The entrance to new Mean Steak could very well be on the south side of the tracks. The entrance along with the exit could have its own crossing gate just as Mantis did for its first few years of operation. There really isn't a reason to have a crossing that leads everyone to a dead end so the on-ride photo/gift shop and "grand entrance" could be built on the opposite side of the tracks from the ride.

New blog entry from Tony w/ some more neat construction area pics. Enjoy!

https://www.cedarpoint.com/blog/february-steel-vengeance-update

I really like how that area is starting to look. Super excited!

What old attraction is the water tower from?

Presumably it's the one from Shoot the Rapids.

Yeah, it looks just like it.