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I for one am excited that MaXair is reopining this year. If you come up say hi to me, I'll be working the ride this season.

After not opening for the 2021 season, rumor has it that the ride would be removed. It looks like that’s not the case, at least not yet. Maxair has been been put on Cedar Point’s Early Entry list. Please note that Steel Vengeance and Maverick are no longer on the list.

The length change is an interesting question. Since The Beast is the wooden coaster record holder, every inch matters. :^) I did some quick “eyeball sketching” on my CAD program of the first drop, using the known heights and angles, and some guesses. My guess is that the new curved first drop will add around 4-5 feet. Maybe a couple more, maybe only 2 or 3. I don’t expect the other changes to impact more than couple of feet. The Beast needs only 775’ to beat Steel Dragon 2000 for world’s longest coaster, so this particular Beast upgrade won’t get that done unfortunately.

I'm not saying bring back the "Half Pint Brawlers" as they called them at KI, but a return to the early-CF level of Haunt hours. Shows like Ghouls Gone Wild or Graveyard Shift in Festhaus during Tricks and Treats hours, and then back to more "mature" shows, perhaps even rebooting Dead Awakening or Hot Blooded themselves, during the actual Haunt hours, and increasing the intensity and overall atmosphere. Even with less actual mazes, they could counter that with more outdoor, open scare zones and improving the props.

I rode the Tennessee Tornado for the first time at Dollywood, it was awesome and reminded me of the fun times I had on Vortex…. That is all, I’ll go whimper in the corner now.