Food/dining plan changes for CP for 2016: http://cpfoodblog.com/cedar-point-2016-dining-plan-changes/

 

Gone from the dining plan:

Chick-Fil-A (not returning to the park - see link for more info)

Pretzel Filler

Sagebrush Sue's

 

Added to the plan:

Chickie's and Pete's

Johnny Rocket's

Chuckwagon

Also, 2016 hours have been announced...

 

https://www.cedarpoint.com/hours-directions/cedar-point

 

Opening day is May 7th, closing day is October 30th

Soak City open from May 28th through September 4th

Extended hours in July and August:

- midnight close Friday and Saturday from July 1st through August 13th as well as July 3rd and 4th

- 11pm close Sunday through Thursday from July 17th through August 14th

 

(Yes, that means 4 straight days of midnight closing the first 4 days of July... Make of that what you will, though being July 4th weekend it will probably be extremely busy)

On Sunday when I was on I-71 to go back to Columbus, a flatbed with a few Valravn track pieces passed us going north! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take any pictures, but it was really cool to see! I've never actually seen coaster parts on the road before so I was totally geeking out.

From Tony Clark (@TonyClarkCP) on Twitter:
 

 

My entire office smells like this. Neat stuff! @Xyrena #darkride #notahint

I know what you're thinking. "It's Tony Clark," you say. "Of course it's a hint, or at least something to make people talk. There's no way that's a real product."

 

Apparently it's real. It's a "realistic interpretation" of the smells from water rides like "Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park and Splash Mountain," with "the familiar note of chlorinated water, a thrilling accord of theatrical fog and pyrotechnics and a hint of atmospheric mildew and damp ozone." Really.

 

The company appears to be legitimate and is based out of California... so in case you were concerned, one could assume that their dark ride smell inspirations come from Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood. Because goodness knows this would be a ridiculous idea otherwise.

 

I want to imagine it's part of some PR trickery, but Cedar Point is in the middle of building the very expensive result of its last round of hint-dropping. I highly doubt that Cedar Point could get away with using Disney and Universal ride names for such a thing. And there are a lot of other fragrances on that website that aren't nearly as questionable. Which means that, by process of elimination, there apparently is a market for people who want to smell like a dark ride.

 

I have so many questions. And there's some part of me that wants to find out if it does actually smell like a dark ride...

I am honestly very tempted to get me one of those. My favorite smell is that dark ride smell. This might be a dream come true.

The visual of this monster make this even more awesome. It's stunning that they were able to fit a hyper coaster in that small of an area. 

 

Photo Courtesy of Cedar Point's Official Twitter Feed. 

Since it fits in this thread too, see this post about teasers regarding what's replacing Chick-fil-A: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/31711-no-more-chick-fil-a-at-cedar-point/?p=709241 

Small.....or I suppose with the world's largest immelmann you could say a rather "large" update on Valravn construction from Cedar Point's Facebook page:

 

Cedar Point on Faceboook:

 

"What a great #sunrise, wouldn't you say? #Valravn"

 

 

Photo : Cedar Point via Facebook

http://www.wkyc.com/features/cedar-point-adds-park-wide-wifi-for-2016-season/24232053

 

Wifi is coming.

I actually predicted that happening back in July. While I was on the sky ride I noticed some people on the water tower so I zoomed in for a better look:

 

Is photography permitted on the Sky Ride at Cedar Point? I was under the impression that it wasn't.

Surprisingly to me, apparently it isn't allowed. From the CP site:

"For safety reasons, taking pictures, videotaping and filming on rides are prohibited. Picture taking is permitted on the C.P. & L.E. Railroad."

I wasn't aware of that at the time. I guess their concern is that you might accidentally drop your camera or cell phone. I'll keep that in mind next time.

Shoot The Rapids reportedly being demolished, not confirmed with Tony or the park.

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/Business/2016/02/11/Shoot-The-Rapids-coming-down.html

 

The story of this nightmare has finally ended. Shoot The Rapids is a big investment that just flat-out failed. The headaches must not have been worth it any more- not to mention the ride itself was very bland. I'm interested see what they have planned.

First Giraffica, now this. Seems like the modern shoot the chutes just wasn't Intamin's thing.

CP has not confirmed the removal of Shoot the Rapids, but I will say the webcam camera the other day was overlooking that area has seemingly been moved today and is now overlooking the Meanstreak.

Someone at the park last summer told me it would be STR's last season. I took it with a grain of salt but lo and behold...

 

Goodbye Dinos, hello Adventure Island GCI woodie??? (I can dream, right? )

Seriously Intamin, how do you screw up a log flume?

Assigned seating in recent seasons didn't help the ride experience. I made the mistake wearing athletic shoes when assigned to the front row last season; I might as well have worn them into Soak City's wave pool. The last time I rode in the back (in 2013), I barely got damp.

Well, can't say I'm shocked by this at all given how many issues STR has had since its 2010 debut, and the fact Giraffica is also gone so soon.

Also, if a GCI Wooden Coaster named White Lightning ends up replacing this, I will LOL at the irony because that was one of the things we thought the initial teasers were hinting at.

Aw, I'm sad now. I didn't ride it in 2013 because it was closed after the accident, and I didn't ride it in 2015 cause I was wearing tennis shoes. Always thought "It'll be there next time". It looked like a neat ride because they made some effort on theming & making it look pretty.

 

Wonder what will replace it?

I didnt ride it in 2010 because it looked like a very boring ride for me.

I didnt ride in 2014 because of the accident and it looked like a very boring ride for me.

I didnt ride in 2015 because it looked like a very boring ride to me.

Well Shoot!

Sent from a signal coming out of the Vega system.

This could possibly be the location of a western themed dark ride for Cedar Point.

How about a dark ride in STR location. I know the possibility of a dark ride has been mentioned on various forums, but I don't know if the area is large enough to support one. It was a

 business decision by CP to close STR so I'm sure they have a well planned replacement attraction whatever it is.

Um, well... ok.

 

I rode STR once and it was ok. I saw the separate Shoot the Rapids thread and I thought oh, yeah, it's being demo'd, but I was genuinely shocked to find that was not my imagination, but that it's actually happening!

 

Lots of space to work with Cedar Point... game on for 2017/2018/2019? A dark ride or wooden coaster would work great here

Say...maybe they could build a Western Cruise boat ride in its place!

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/Transportation/2016/02/11/Cedar-Point-s-bridge-foundation-falters.html?ci=stream&lp=1&p=1 Shoot The Rapids strikes back!

*Exit Intamin stage right* for the time being at least

Another Encore peformance sometime in the future???

 

Shoot the Rapids was Intamins last chance with Cedar Fair in 2010, and they failed miserably.

 

Would've like to have ridden it before this year(as I might be going up there this year,which BTW I need help with planning that trip, will make a thread later about that.  )

 

It was a waste of space and I hope Cedar Point comes up with a better plan for that space in the future!