Steel Vengeance

The zero-g roll was more than likely added there to keep the new track out of the way of the maintenance access road for work vehicles to get into and out of Steel Vengeance's infield. I doubt Cedar Point would put a new midway all the way back there, at least not for a while.

It's not going to be an entrance. There probably isn't going to be a FIFTH entrance to the park now or ever. This opening only goes to the infield of Steel Vengeance - it's a service path. I fully expect some sprucing up of the area around the ride (call it placemaking), but I think any thoughts of additional rides for this year and a whole new midway or area are just pipe dreams at this point. Hey, I thought they'd incorporate a big Live E and food venue in the area of Valravn too and bulldoze Cedars in the process and I think you could argue that any of these things brought up here seem to make sense, but the people making the decisions aren't us and they might even know better than us. Let's just be happy they decided to finally RMC Mean Streak and claim that we were the ones that gave them the idea. :)

It could be an entrance to the RIDE, but they'd have to cram a new path back there very close to the R&D building. It's probably just the access road though.

It is.
When I was there yesterday I looked at some ground work that's been done. The old MS entrance has been dug up, not surprising, since there's low track over its path. I started wondering where riders might enter, though. I don't know if it's quite high enough, but directly under they third inversion would be an interesting place.

^It is, but it could be repurposed. They really are missing an opportunity there, but either way I'm curious about how the entrance will look and where it will be.

An opportunity for what? To make riders walk clear the hell to the far end of the ride to enter then walk back to the other end of the ride for the station? Is that something you'd actually like to do?
I'm not seeing any advantage to that or any missed opportunity.

^Eh, good point. I was thinking the queue could stretch through the access area and back around to an entrance that's a bit closer to Eden Musee. It'd be a long walk, but would also give the queue some more length, which it will need.

Using the access road as an entrance would add more than 900ft to the current path. That's the equivalent of the entrance for Dragster getting directed around the tower and entering on the lagoon side.

There will be no additional rides added for next season. Some of you underestimated the timeline for construction and are doing the same for the cost of this project. If wicked cyclone costs nearly $20 million and is nearly half the size of steel vengeance how much do you think this project costs? This coaster will be the most expensive one in the park and also the best one in the park!

Did they not sent people to scour Europe looking for vintage rides?

They did and those rides are popping up at Cedar Fair parks everywhere.
Besides, Cedar Point already has their share of "vintage" flats. They should bring us another Troika?

Lol... ntg was 10 million. Believing SV will be the most expensive in park history is like believing it will open for halloweekends.

^Rmc did not do the rides operating system or the trains for NTG and it was their first installation. Lightning rod was over 25 million and rmc did not provide the launch system and only has 2 trains with no inversions , so get your facts straight. If you read my post i gave you the cost of wicked cyclone which is half the size. I said from the start of this project it would not open in till 2018. How many other coasters at cp took 2years to open?

Maverick?
Kinda sorta. One entire off-season and prep ahead of that.

Where's the works cited aj ;)?
Lighting rod was 22 million and it was a completely new coaster with first of its kind 3rd party built lsms on very difficult terrain. I dont even think they had to pour footers for sv. I say 20 million tops. I wouldnt be surprised if it was less.

How much it costs doesn't matter all that much. What matters is that CP is willing to spend however much money to outdo themselves once again.

Aj1 said:

^Rmc did not do the rides operating system or the trains for NTG and it was their first installation. Lightning rod was over 25 million and rmc did not provide the launch system and only has 2 trains with no inversions , so get your facts straight. If you read my post i gave you the cost of wicked cyclone which is half the size. I said from the start of this project it would not open in till 2018. How many other coasters at cp took 2years to open?

I hope you realize the 22 million wasn't the bill to rmc, but the overall bill to all of the companies.

So is there no more pic updates? I'd love to see ongoing construction if anyone continues to take pics through the season.

I am guessing somewhere around $20 million total budget for Steel Vengeance.

It's huge and record breaking but I can't see Cedar Point spending their biggest fortune yet renovating what was probably the most hated ride in the park. That's a lot of risk and the general public is still going to see all that wood. I know the ride is going to be fantastic, I think it remains to be seen whether it's wildly popular outside of the enthusiast circle.

RMC has done this many times before at this point, so they're likely able to shave off significant cost. Having a coaster at Cedar Point is the Holy Grail for these guys. We've already seen that they're doing other work for Cedar Fair.

My guess is they struck some sort of deal and got a significant break on Mean Streak. $20 million, more coasters to come, maybe we'll even see the first t-rex built at Cedar Point.

$35-40 million would have looked positively insane in the board meeting.

"Why not just tear it down and build the 500 ft 20-inversion Aquatrax that dives under Lake Erie? Why not build an inverted racer over the top of Millenium Force? I mean, the revenue on Lemon Chill spoilers alone will pay for that ride."

Once again, we should try to let go of the notion that Mean Streak is still around trying to justify itself. It's gone, a new ride is taking its place, and you should be confident that the park will market the attraction as a different and totally new experience. In fact, that's already happening.
We should also let go of the notion that the enthusiasts are who this project was for, because that would surely be a waste of how ever many millions they're spending.

Maybe you've not visited a park where one of these conversions has already taken place. If so, you should already know that visitors don't have a hard time grasping the concept. The rides are more popular than before, and the lines are long.