Water Coaster

So the work on Shores looks good. Tons of slides from the webcam and maps. Although I'm an annual ride-warrior of over 35 years I have never been to CPS. With all the premier water parks, CPS is missing one huge thing an elephant in the room as I see coming from America's roller coast. A smooth or record breaking water coaster. What are the thoughts of this and where could one fit in space wise?

I'd think one could go anywhere. Since it propels along the course it can be as slim as one lane and travel far. They could install one clear around the perimeter and it would work.
The trouble with something like that is it would be tough to monitor and might require staff along the way at certain, various points.
It would also would be easy to build one high enough so that it traversed over other attractions or walkways. There's no end of possibilities.

It is interesting to note that the park doesn't have one, although there is a smallish one at Castaway Bay, no?
Maybe there's a reason not to have one by the lake. Perhaps sand, bugs, debris, gulls, or something else inherent makes a water coaster a bad idea from a maintenance standpoint. Can't say for sure.

I brought this up a year ago with news of the expansion. I thought a good spot would be where they are currently installing the trap door slides. I (and others) also mentioned the need for a funnel (tornado) slide. Since Cedar Fair still owns one that is collecting dust from WWK, I think it could still be a future addition at CPS, possibly by the new Breakers expansion area? We shall see.

WZNM said:

Although I'm an annual ride-warrior of over 35 years I have never been to CPS.

No guests have ever been to Cedar Point Shores. ;)

On a serious note, I have never experienced a water coaster before. It does seem like something a water park at Cedar Point would have, right?

And I agree with the above. If they were to install one, space would certainly not be an issue; I suppose there must be a reason why they have not gone this route.

While water coasters are very fun, they are very low capacity. As someone who in the past worked for a few properties that possessed them, they were a top complaint for those that did not or were not willing to wait to ride them. While they fit the bill for CP tag line there is no way any water coaster could handle the number of guests that enjoy slides at soak city/cps. In recent years look at how few have been added to high attendance water parks(just in case you think I am crazy) or just look at the former zoom flume/storm surge...it on a busy day holds a massive line, even without the potiental issues of block sections.

I almost brought the capacity question up, but then my mind asked another question; aren't nearly all water-slides essentially low capacity?

Yes, I think it is safe to say that most water slides are low capacity which drives the need for wave pools and lazy rivers. That said, a water coaster could be done in a way that would improve capacity (such as at Disney where they built a complex of three coasters at Typhoon Lagoon).

What I would LOVE to see is a water coaster at CP that left the water park, ventured over Perimeter Road, and then made a glancing pass through the park proper before returning to CP Shores. That interaction between the two parks might do more to increase business at CP Shores than any marketing campaign could...and it would be fun.

The highest capacity water slide I have been on (and perhaps in the world) is the massive water coaster Mammoth at Holiday World. It runs 6-person rafts on a "block" system (I'm not sure how it works, but I think it will let the boat valley if the block isn't clear ahead) starting with a lift hill conveyor belt, allowing for ground-level boarding. The rafts are dispatched frequently and continuously (they're on a large conveyor belt that slowly moves through the station) for a capacity, according to Wikipedia, of 1100 riders per hour. It would work great at CP Shores if they could jam it in somewhere.

Mammoth's smaller sister at the same park, Wildebeest, is also very high-capacity for a waterslide, at 720 riders per hour.

And Wildebeest's line would reach over an hour, hence the introduction of Mammoth with larger rafts and higher capacity. Even so they can both be very, very busy.
I shy away from water parks anymore. I just don't like waiting all that time for most attractions when the experience lasts maybe 30 seconds.

Since when did wait time/capacity deter CP in the past? I remember 3- 4 hour lines for MXL200 and Disaster Transport/ Avalanche Run in the heydays! 3 years ago Corkscrew had a 2 hour wait during a Halloweekend 70 degree day. If they build it we will come. Typhoon Lagoon is the only coaster iv'e ridden, did not realize it was 3 tracks. It was fun; bumpy on the rear though from what i took away. Like if you know the point can do better than Crush N Gusher.