Re: Cedar Point Closes Good Time Theatre - Coaster or Dark R
^^I happen to agree slightly. I thought the combination was so unique and striking at first and I loved it, but after seeing it up close yesterday it was just kind of, "meh." Still like it, though!
So yesterday I was kidnapped to Cedar Point by my friend Andrew and I was able to get an update!
Track is being stored in the grassy plot adjacent to Hotel Breakers on the side away from the causeway. There's a small chain link fence that can easily be evaded when photographing
We had straight, concave, and convex pieces here, nothing that looked terribly twisty.
That one piece at the back seemed to have an unusually sharp angle. I doubt it's the holding brake though as I didn't see hardware cut into it. It was hard to see, though.
Valravn selfie!
Plenty of pieces for the transfer track and maintenance bay.
I'm guessing that's station or final brakes there in the back with the wheels. Along with the only twisted-looking pieces on site.
I'm guessing these thicker-looking concave pieces are the bottom of a drop/start of a loop.
Site pano!
Utterly random shot
More randomness!
That's it for track, let's head into the park!
CP seems to have gotten a smidge assertive here, blocking off the former site to the coaster wall with two temporary queue rails. It's almost as if they have something to hide.
But if it's this crane, try harder next time!
I took to the other elevated area by the Luminosity stage to get pictures but I couldn't get my phone up very high because I stupidly forgot my selfie stick.
New for Cedar Point in 2016...the only hillbilly trailer park at a Cedar Fair park!
Markers (look below the tree branch) and some more equipment!
Groundbreaking coming up? I can dig it!
Stretching every inch of height out of me to get this shot...
I jumped to get this one so it's a bit blurry but that's Mr. Crane!
Announcement is tomorrow morning as Matt said above! Not terribly excited with this (that's hard with a new RMC opening at a park that's closer to me
) but it's a new cred and a new cred in my home state at that, so I can dig it. I do expect it to be pretty good for a dive machine. Right now since we're all but certain on the name, layout, theme, colors (certain on those), type, manufacturer, and scale, I think the big surprises tomorrow are going to be how they execute the theme, if anything was changed, and those much-debated VR headsets.
FINAL PREDICTION:
Valravn, a B&M dive coaster with brown silver-striped track, 230 feet, 3 inversions, takes biggest dive coaster record, Viking theme, VR headsets possible