Update: September 16

A couple pieces of track may installed over the pond today.

http://rollercoasterfreak.com/Cedar_Point/2006-09-20/index.htm

The first 3 images and the second 3 images were about an hour apart.

*** Edited 9/20/2006 10:22:39 PM UTC by Jason Hammond***

This is my post to answer three separate questions, all my opinion.

Jason Hammond said:
For the average park goer who uses the main gate, they are going to have a long trek to this ride in the morning.

Even if you use the Soak City entrance it's still about as far as going from the Joe Cool fence to Millennium Force.

I was thinking that too, in fact, it makes me happy. Hopefully it takes the average park goes a while to venture back there leaving us regulars short lines in the morning.

Shawn Meyer said:
Lets get back to Maverick. According to one of the videos of Maverick, I was wondering if they'll be using the whole White Water Landing station? The reason I ask this is because there is a lot of room inside that station and just having the queue inside seems odd.

They could throw some vending machines in there like in several other queues. I know it won't take up that much room, but I assume they would.

Shawn Meyer said:
Makes me wonder once the Overbank turn over the pond is finished, if they'll have to make the pond a little deeper. This way in case it we get heavy rains next year we won't have to worry about the water going over the supports and track. I mean just looking at the pond, it looks very shallow. I hope I'm making sence here.

Mantis, Iron Dragon, and CCMR all have supports in the lagoon and I’ve never heard of them having a problem with water going above the supports.

As for the fish, they are in the lagoon near Mantis/Iron Dragon and CCMR, but I haven't seen them in the old Swan Boat pond.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/817/cpjune06005dl2.jpg

You wont see carp in the old swan pond. The only fish that are really there are bluegills.

*** Edited 9/21/2006 5:31:11 AM UTC by TTD 120mph***

There were definatly fish in the swan boat pond this year.

I know there are no distinguoshing features in this picture to proove that this is the swan boat pond, but I took this whihe photographing the footers earlier this year.

http://www.rollercoasterfreak.com/Cedar_Point/IMGP0800.jpg
*** Edited 9/21/2006 11:41:37 AM UTC by Jason Hammond***

I did see some fish in the swan boat pond when I went in August. They were blue gill. I do hope they put vending machines in the line cause they were very helpful in the Skyhawk line from waiting in line about an hour. They are definetally ahead of schedual. They were originally planning on the weather being bad, but insead it was clear for construction mostly everyday.

It's late, but Ben sent in some photos a few days ago and I'm just now getting a chance to upload them:

http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?a=546