Speed Slides Coming Down

I think the new colors will really bring more excitement to the water park. 169 days!

I'm happy they put some color into Soak City. Now It doesn't look so ghetto.

It's possible the park may be embarking on a multiple-year program to repaint much of Soak City. But even if it's only these slides, it's still a marked improvement.

As quickly as those slides got painted, I don't think it would be a stretch to get the handful of other slides painted before the end of May.

The three slides to the right of those in the picture were being painted during last two Halloweekends. I remember one was yellow and another pink, but can't remember the third color. They were pretty much finished by the end of the season, so that half of the park will have a nice, fresh look to it next year.

I wouldn't count on the entire park getting a makeover just yet. Notice that anytime a new attraction is added at the park, the area directly around the new attraction gets a facelift. This is probably the only reason those slides are getting painted.

I was just going to say the same thing. The new racer slides will be colorful, and the old tan ones would look pretty bad in comparison.
(I have no info saying that the new slides will be colored. I'm just assuming. Feel free to call me a liar when I'm wrong :))

Not sure what all they could really do to the west side to freshen it up. Eerie Falls shouldn't require paint, Zoom Flume could maybe be painted, but not all that necessary. They recently put in that new sign at the wave pool, added Toft's and Subway last year, and Splash Zone is still pretty colorful.

If I'm not mistaken, most of the major attractions on the west side were part of the 1997 expansion and most of the east side consists of the original slides from the late 80s. East is definitely well overdue for these improvements, it will be a nice change.

what do they care though?

will the existing structure from the old speed slides be used for the matt racers like kings islands or will it all be new?

All new, presumably. The mat racer slides require a wider staging platform than those they're replacing.

threee7five: The oldest part of Soak City (to the "right" of Magnum XL-200) opened in 1990.

With all the people who keep referring to the new Soak City attraction as "Matt Slides", I think I am *very* happy that Cedar Fair has a new President..........

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

I thought it was 1988 they put in the slides over there on the right, just before Magnum, then expanded on that area a little later...?

RideMan said: With all the people who keep referring to the new Soak City attraction as "Matt Slides", I think I am *very* happy that Cedar Fair has a new President......

You mean the "Weee Matt" slides. ;)

That would be the kiddie version.

For the thick: I'm just a little concerned about what they would be called if the old boss were still in charge.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Yikes.......

RideMan said:
threee7five: The oldest part of Soak City (to the "right" of Magnum XL-200) opened in 1990.

Soak City opened in 1988. I remember it vividly, as our family went to CP every year from around 1984 to 1989, after which we went to King's Island for a few years.

CP History

1988: Soak City waterpark opens. The original complex consisted of 10 slides.

In 1990, Main Stram and Tadpole Town were added.

In 1995, Zoom Flume, Renegade River and Choo-Choo Lagoon were added.

A 6.5-acre addition in 1997 included a 22,500-sq. ft. wave pool, an action slide area with three twisting enclosed inner tube raft slides, an activity pool section with various interactive water elements and an adult activity area with whirpools and a swimup refreshment center.

Splash Zone was added in 2004.

^^^Well, I'd imagine they'd be called the "Weee Di-" oh.. got it. It's probably good that they waited. :)

TTD 120mph said:
You mean the "Weee Matt" slides. ;)

I just got goosebumps.....