Mantis Becomes Rougarou Floorless Coaster - Cedar Point 2015

YES!!!!!!!

[Oscar]

See, we are a reliable source site xD

[TTD03]

I'm legit so excited you have no idea.
This is like a brand new rollercoaster!

[Coasterkidmwm]

Heh

We knew it all along and Rougarou will make a killer floorless. Nice job CP, no Lebron and a killer floorless.

TTD03 wrote:

I'm legit so excited you have no idea.
This is like a brand new rollercoaster!

That's exactly what they want you to think.

I like the orange, A color not yet been used on a coaster at CP. What was that silver test paint for?

^^lol.

I gotta say Oscar, you hit it right on the head with this one! Anyway, I think this whole transformation is fantastic. It brings new life to Mantis (or Rougarou now). The colors are great, orange is new for CP, and imagine the whole ride in floorless trains. The heartline would be lower so the transitions would not be as brutal. And people will believe this is a whole new ride-which it almost is; more accurately it's a whole new experience. And the marketing for this thing was great. People who don't read coaster rumours would have no Idea what was happening. Nice job CP. I'm impressed

[TTD03]

jdmi012 wrote:

TTD03 wrote:

I'm legit so excited you have no idea.
This is like a brand new rollercoaster!

That's exactly what they want you to think.

Well good, cause I do, Mantis sucked, we all knew that, this is a completely different experience, might not be new steel, but it is sure a custom layout and new trains, that to me is enough to call it a new coaster.

stevecoaster wrote:

I like the orange, A color not yet been used on a coaster at CP. What was that silver test paint for?

Probably just another option for colors and they wanted to see what it would look like.

Now, that station, needs to be scrapped. Converted into a Cabin/shack. Give it that real swamp feel. Will the line end up back in Frontier Trail like it was long ago?

This is 100X better than the other rumor, I dont think it will change the ride experience all that much, but compared to original floorless coaster I'm interested in the difference with the Mantis drop and the inclined loop. And I've always loved that the stand ups have more of a twister section than other B&Ms so that will also be cool for a floorless

[Coasterkidmwm]

stevecoaster wrote:

Give it that real swamp feel.

I was under the impression that the whole "being overrun with snakes and spiders" thing did the job just fine lol

Hey CP if you can see this, now we want Mean streak to be RMC'd and top Goliath in height and speed K ...

^Id like to see that too, but RMC has REALLY got their hands full at the moment with WC, TC, and Wildfire. Not to mention the fire on TC setting them behind schedule.

[Paradox]

Guise. This is the death of standups. We lost 2 this year.

^Yup. I'm not at all surprised, and saw this coming. Standups are an old fad, a bad one if you ask me, and I don't think parks realized how brutal they would be 15 or more years later.

[Paradox]

I think the concept was great, but they should revisit it and make it better. I have always thought that standups add to the fear as you are standing. It is a shame to see such a great idea go to waste.

The retheming may have been to make it up to the GP for removing the stand-up factor.

[Paradox]

You completely missed the point I was trying to make which was that B&M should re-attempt the standup as in my mind it was just a prototype and who knows, maybe we will see some next-gen B&M standups in the future.

Absolutely overjoyed!

I'm surprised to see older B&M harnesses; I expected the wingrider restraints on the new floorless trains.

[TTD03]

I'm glad it's the old harnesses, the GateKeeper restraints suck. They are so tight on me and very uncomfortable. Also they are quite constricting.

I'm neutral towards the restraints. The older ones are fine, and the vests fit me well. I really don't care too much. They also might change their minds though

I'm still surprised that CP is actually doing this. Should be really interesting! With the trims appearing to be turned off in the simulation, I'm expecting a really forceful ride, especially during the 2nd half.

[coolbeans326]

Coaster Hero wrote:

^Id like to see that too, but RMC has REALLY got their hands full at the moment with WC, TC, and Wildfire. Not to mention the fire on TC setting them behind schedule.

That's irrelevant. Those projects wouldn't affect RMC's timeline for 2016, or 17, or 18, ect.



The other issue with stand ups, after being at a park all day on your feet, waiting in line for Mantis for awhile, the idea of standing on my your feet and holding yourself up over 3 times your body weight seems like a daunting task.

AmatsuNL wrote:

I'm still surprised that CP is actually doing this. Should be really interesting! With the trims appearing to be turned off in the simulation, I'm expecting a really forceful ride, especially during the 2nd half.

I noticed that too. I'm way too excited for this!