Cedar Point's WildCat to be removed

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

I don't know if this has been discussed before or not, but it's now official.

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.

Honestly, I always enjoyed the ride, but it's definitely time for it to go; I just wish I would have known at the end of last year!

Just saw it on Facebook. Pretty sad, but it's worth it. They need to save costs in this day and age. I look forward to seeing what they do in the future with modern coasters. It's about time they add a new one, this year will be five years since Maverick; they haven't gone more than four years without a new roller coaster since the 1979 (Wildcat) - 1985 (Disaster Transport) gap. Certainly they'll be planning one for 2013 or 2014. I'd love a close-to-home B&M wingwalker.

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.

Except CP will have 16 after this and SFMM will have 18.

What do CP.

[hyyyper]

Well, I suppose that Cedar Point will counter SFMM no matter what, so I'm guessing that green B&M might be for CP, and they might throw in a kiddie (and a spinner?) to trump SFMM.

^I just saw that green track you mentioned. Hopefully it's for Cedar Point. I would seriously appreciate a wing coaster at that park! It needs more high-quality coasters, specifically from the brilliant designers over at B&M.

Wildcat's gone. OK.

Sweeeet, more room for more original rides!

Keegan do you want a wingrider at Cedar Point?

[AyTrane]

Low ridership? That ride always had a line.

Originally posted by AJClarke0912

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.

Except CP will have 16 after this and SFMM will have 18.

What do CP.

I'm a blogger over at C-net now so I haven't been on here as often, but I was hearing that CP was going to add TWO coasters next year (a Wingrider and a smaller coaster) so to "jump" SFMM if Full Throttle is true to get to 19. With this, they would still get to 18. Thoughts on that?

this is sad because it was my first rollercoaster

I guess this song will be accurate again, then.



Yes, yes, 240p...

Originally posted by AyTrane

Low ridership? That ride always had a line.

The ride having a line doesn't say much about its ridership. I've never seen the ride operate in person but assuming on the ride style, it didn't have a high capacity.

[Coasterkidmwm]

To be fair I always did think it was kind of just shoved into that section of the park "just because" and I didn't really feel like it fit in.

Shame though really since Schwarzkopf made the best all around family rides (although this probably wasn't intended to be one).

I liked Wildcat because it was one of those small, derpy rides that I had nothing but fun riding. It's a shame (but not a heartbreak) that it's gone.

And I agree, CKMWM. In the spot it was in, it felt like it was a ride they threw in for a season or two to occupy a recently-cleared 3,000 sq ft space before they made it into something later.

Originally posted by AyTrane

Low ridership? That ride always had a line.

Wildcat only has a line because the ride capacity is so low. It can take half an hour or more to get through that line even when it looks short.

Honestly, although I thoroughly enjoy Wildcat, and will miss it, it's a fair removal. The ride capacity is a serious issue, and I heard a lot of guests complain about it during the summer I worked at the ICEE stand right next to it.

What's with all the wing rider crap? Their really not that special. I wasn't really impressed with Wild Eagle to be honest. And whew, thank goodness wildcat is gone. Hated that thing. Maybe they can do the same to Disaster transport and replace it with a GCI.

[Coasterkidmwm]

They have enough family coasters already. No GCI needed

Originally posted by bandman232

...they're really not that special...

[Mikey]

I am just amazed that one of the largest parks in the country would keep such a waste of space on its active roster for more then three decades only to spite SFMM on a coaster count.

Originally posted by dmillz

Originally posted by AJClarke0912

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.

Except CP will have 16 after this and SFMM will have 18.

What do CP.

I'm a blogger over at C-net now so I haven't been on here as often, but I was hearing that CP was going to add TWO coasters next year (a Wingrider and a smaller coaster) so to "jump" SFMM if Full Throttle is true to get to 19. With this, they would still get to 18. Thoughts on that?

I mean, it's certainly not confirmed, but it's very like Cedar Point to do such a thing. It'll be a giant advertisement factor; "TWO NEW COASTERS!"

Yes, Jake, I want a wingrider, okay?

Like I said, I wasn't impressed by Wild Eagle. a wing rider would be a bit of a waste.