The employees are never told about new attractions in advance. When I worked at the Point in '87, (the year before they put in Soak City Phase 1). I worked in park operations, the department directly responsible for running the new attraction, and I never heard a thing. I did find out about the new waterpark sometime in August, when I happened to be in the conference room in the Main Park Ops office for a training video and there just happened to be a drawing for the Water Park hanging on the wall. Undoubtedly left there by accident. The park administration knows that if the employees are told about new attractions then the whole world will find out very quickly. The concept is simple, the more who know, the more likely it will be leaked. When parks are as concerned about their image as Cedar Point is, marketing, including the release of information, is everything. If they told the employees, they would loose the advantage they have by keeping it close until the appropriate time.
CWD