Author Topic: Cedar Point to Remove Wildcat (Read 10741 times)

Millennium Force 44 · « **on:** May 02, 2012, 10:52:36 AM »

"Cedar Point has announced that it is expanding its new Celebration Plaza. As a part of that expansion, Cedar Point will be removing the WildCat roller coaster.

WildCat was coming to the end of its useful life. With the desired expansion to Celebration Plaza, coupled with the low ridership and increased maintenance costs, Cedar Point has decided to accelerate the removal of the ride. WildCat will be removed from the park prior to Opening Day and the materials will be sent to a recycling facility.

This expansion is one of several initiatives that will beautify the park midways and enhance guests’ experiences. Additional improvements include state-of-the-art lighting packages on Giant Wheel, Millennium Force and Power Tower, a new sound and lighting system along the park’s Main Midway and the re-painting of the Millennium Force and Blue Streak roller coasters.

Cedar Point remains committed to being the roller coaster capital of the world. New roller coasters, rides and attractions will always be a part of Cedar Point’s future."

http://www.cedarpoint.com/celebration-plaza-expansion

AV Matt · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2012, 01:06:03 PM »

Low ridership my foot. One of the best coasters in their overrated lineup.

Bullpoop.

Robert T Ackerman · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2012, 04:28:33 PM »

Low ridership in comparison to what? MF? Raptor? Yeah, of course it's numbers will be low, I bet E12 and WT had less RPH than Wildcat. Shame, maybe someone will be able to buy it locally *cough* Dick Knoebel* Cough.

Ogolo · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2012, 05:29:43 PM »

Is Knoebel's a recycling facility?

Robert T Ackerman · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2012, 06:15:43 PM »

For good classic rides, yeah.

dkny6363 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2012, 07:27:59 PM »

They had to staff a young lad just to manually stop the cars. I'm not surprised. Slightly dissapointed, but i'll get over this one fairly quick. The one thing that seems odd is if CP and SFMM are actually compeating for most coasters why not keep it around.

coastersue · « **Reply #6 on:** May 03, 2012, 12:29:35 PM »

Wish they would've sent Wildcat to Dorney instead of the Stinger POS!

WadeJ · « **Reply #7 on:** May 03, 2012, 03:03:37 PM »

Sue, I wish the site had a like button like facebook lol

dkny6363 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 04, 2012, 06:45:19 PM »

Wildcat's cool but its next stop is a recycling centre.

The sad thing is if you took a GP poll of which ride they would prefer Stringer would likely get about 99.9% of the vote.

Anyone making a special (last ride on wildcat) trip?

I will likely save my next point trip unil their next coaster is installed.

AV Matt · « **Reply #9 on:** May 05, 2012, 07:02:39 AM »

They aren't opening the cat for last rides. It's getting removed immediately.

dkny6363 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 05, 2012, 09:30:36 AM »

outrageous! lol

Millennium Force 44 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2012, 06:23:40 PM »

In other news, check out the new lights on the ferris wheel. They look awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_oEbYOg3Y4#noexternalembed&feature=g-all-f

AV Matt · « **Reply #12 on:** May 05, 2012, 09:09:25 PM »

Very cool light package. Gives Morey's wheel a run for its money.

B-mac · « **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2012, 02:34:32 PM »

PS the wildcat had more airtime than millennium farce...

Millennium Force 44 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2012, 08:04:01 PM »

^who cares. It's not all about airtime.

Edwardo · « **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2012, 11:32:18 PM »

Meh. It was a credit.

B-mac · « **Reply #16 on:** May 07, 2012, 07:31:09 AM »

I actually liked the wildcat, tbh. It was a nice small coaster compared to everything else that's in Cedar Point and offered a nice change of pace that really made up for the fact that I spent almost 9 hours total waiting in line for the other rides.

AV Matt · « **Reply #17 on:** May 07, 2012, 10:06:32 AM »

Those "small" wild cats do more for me than Millennium Force. The freedom of movement and rapid acceleration of those individual cars is a blast. Modern "small" steel coasters just don't have as much fun factor as these old rides. I wish someone could resurrect these old Anton designs.

Blackhand1001 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 07, 2012, 08:56:33 PM »

Quote from: AV Matt on May 05, 2012, 07:02:39 AM

They aren't opening the cat for last rides. It's getting removed immediately.

Rumor has it that it failed inspection and can't open so they decided to pull the plug.

dkny6363 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 08, 2012, 07:25:04 PM »

I was thinking about wildcat today and It actually made me kinda sad. Im not surprised at all that it failed insepction though.

B-mac · « **Reply #20 on:** May 09, 2012, 01:36:37 PM »

makes me wonder how come the Jack Rabbit fared in its final days. I've been looking into it for the reasons why, but every result just says "abandoned."

ChuckR · « **Reply #21 on:** May 09, 2012, 06:06:51 PM »

I guess I'm one of the few that never got it. I'm glad it ran as long as it did, especially at a "big" park.

AV Matt · « **Reply #22 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:34:47 PM »

Actully it was their second WildCat. The first one was moved to Valleyfair long ago and eventually replaced with an Arrow Mad Mouse. It was called Wild Rails at VF and yes, I rode it.

dkny6363 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 15, 2012, 04:52:37 PM »

It's looking like DT and Space Spiral are next. Apparently DT is not getting recyled. I believe SS days were numbered when windseeker came on the scene. Especially with the wheel already there. Does anyone else think/hope the early wing rider specualtion is a smoke screen for something possibly more excitting?

B-mac · « **Reply #24 on:** July 15, 2012, 05:17:37 PM »

I remember lance and co. confirming it would be a wing rider

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