SonofBaconator

This is stretching it extremely far to the point where it just comes off as a personal attack. A roller coaster that features water forms a rainbow, that’s a unique thing to post about. This just comes off as nitpicking and personal bias all round.

Also, were you referring to yesterday? It was pouring off and on all day. I was there and the sky was extremely dark by around 4PM and there was hardly anyone in the waterpark to begin with.

That’s the difference though: not disclosing information vs blatantly giving false information are two completely different things.

I have a dumb idea: gift cards?

Having worked for two Cedar Fair parks, my coworkers and I were never instructed by our superiors to lie to guests.

More weekend operations: events that could be held regardless of ride schedules. I’m talking about food festivals in Soak City on the weekends in November and March so that way it doesn’t interfere with the off-season maintenance that the dry park goes through. Even extending Winterfest on weekends after New Years and keeping the winter theme going would give people something to do-limited attractions running of course. Haunt Thursdays: I believe CP does HalloWeekends from Thursday-Sunday. I wouldn’t mind seeing extended Haunt dates in order to maybe disperse crowds. The theme of my idea is basically extended seasons with different offerings.

Everytime I go back to the park, it feels empty because you used to be able to see Vortex from virtually everywhere in the park to a degree.

Something like this would be awesome as it mixes practical affects with screens rather seamlessly:

I think they’re afraid that if they publicly come out and say “we’re down a train on some of our rides” that might discourage people from coming to the park.

Here’s my argument: the train is more than just a ride- it’s a service for guests. When the main park and the waterpark are open, even if they’re running one train, there should be six passenger cars. On Monday I saw parents struggling to squeeze their strollers onto the train since there wasn’t enough room. Sure you could walk to the waterpark via Planet Snoopy but sometimes people are tired and just want to sit for a little bit. And that’s another thing- there’s not nearly enough benches in the station for guests who need to sit. Sure they could sit outside of the station but that’s besides the point. I don’t usually rant, especially about my favorite ride in the park, but the cuts have been made to the train are obnoxious considering the service it provides the guests.

Still running 3 cars: https://instagram.com/stories/kingsislandpr/3161385143284147275?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

It makes me wonder if Cedar Fair approached Mack about the TT2 project or even considered them as an option.

This makes me wonder, if TT2 does well, would CF contract Zamperla to work on other aging launched coasters like Flight of Fear?

“F*ck around and find out”- Canada’s Wonderland (Probably)

Is this just an issue at Cedar Fair or are other companies in the industry taking a similar hit?

It’s 12:40am: What if Flight of Fear ran with it’s original number of intended trains?

Is there anyone who’s good at No Limits 2 or Photoshop who can create this?

I’ll start: If it was available prior to Zambezi Zinger, would we have seen a spiral lift on Mystic Timbers?

From looking on social media, most Cedar Point fans seem happy that one of the park’s signature rides is going to be running again after being on a multi season hiatus. I’m assuming they stuck with “Top Thrill” because it’s familiar with locals and those who grew attached to the original concept. Personally, I don’t think this ride was meant to pull new people to the park- for example, I’m not certain people who frequent Magic Mountain and Great Adventure will make the trek to Cedar Point to ride something that’s very similar to what their parks already offer. Years ago, someone said that Valravn was for the GP and Steel Vengeance was for enthusiasts and I think that applies here: Top Thrill 2 is more of a GP coaster. If it was geared towards enthusiasts, it would have been something crazy like the roll-back being a full reverse drop from the top hat, or a 500ft tall spike, or something insane. In reality, the new layout fixes a long standing maintenance problem by eliminating the hydraulic launch in favor of more reliable LSMs. Because of the launch being LSMs, the launches won’t be as intense as the rapid acceleration of the hydraulics. Maybe I’m wrong with it being more GP based but I think the general reaction from park goers, at least on social media, was “look it’s back, and it does something new!”

“Top Thill 2” is the equivalent of an RMC Son of Beast called “Son of Steel”- it doesn’t completely dismiss the original IP, in fact it prolongs it in a sense. The ride looks like it’ll be fun but the name is kinda dumb, but I guess that follows the tradition of weird names: Steel Vengeance, Valravn, Rougaroo.

Given that there’s a negative reason as to why they refurbished TTD, Cedar Point might not want to have a huge event to commemorate it.

They typically announce stuff in the morning if I recall correctly

To operate a 6 car train you only need 4 people… I thought there was a waitlist to be hired, surely it can’t be that hard to find one extra person to supervise the back half.

Here’s a rant: the train running at half capacity during 10-10 business hours is ridiculous. Imagine waiting 15 minutes to get on the train to go to Soak City only to have to wait another 15 minutes because they’re only pulling 3 passenger cars and they’re already full.