Oldiesmann Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 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 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 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) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride On_17 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 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. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 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... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawg1998 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 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. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joncars05 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 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. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride On_17 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 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 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTheater Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 http://www.wkyc.com/features/cedar-point-adds-park-wide-wifi-for-2016-season/24232053 Wifi is coming. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 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: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Is photography permitted on the Sky Ride at Cedar Point? I was under the impression that it wasn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 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." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoeter Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 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 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfanatic83 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 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. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 First Giraffica, now this. Seems like the modern shoot the chutes just wasn't Intamin's thing. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr0y Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride On_17 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 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? ) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Seriously Intamin, how do you screw up a log flume? 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 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. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph88 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool75 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Well Shoot! Sent from a signal coming out of the Vega system. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themuska11 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 This could possibly be the location of a western themed dark ride for Cedar Point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstnline Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 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 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Say...maybe they could build a Western Cruise boat ride in its place! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyano Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 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! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stashua123 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 *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! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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