Mantis Becomes Rougarou Floorless Coaster - Cedar Point 2015

Looks like Cedar Point won't be getting in-park wi-fi this year after all. That stinks.

I already thought all cedar fair parks has free wifi already

[Metazoanhaddock]

deere839 wrote:

I already thought all cedar fair parks has free wifi already

didn't know cedar fair only had one park



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deere839 wrote:

I already thought all cedar fair parks has free wifi already

I think some parks have it, but not all of them. Valleyfair had free wi-fi last year, but it never worked that well (connection dropped out a lot).

Damn! I was really excited for that lol The one time I trust the SR...

Hotel guests get free wifi in and around the hotels. You can pick it up, on that side of the park (but not much).

[Coasterkidmwm]

Latest Rougarou Files video said it'll have "effects" at night. Any ideas?

I would think some sort of lighting package is by far the most likely 'effect.' Maybe an added tunnel or something to that...effect. And shouldn't testing should begin soon if it hasn't already?

[Coasterkidmwm]

What I'm curious about is if this falls under a ride modification for safety requirements or as a new attraction. Last year when Mantis had the chain replaced last minute due to "issues" that later included the absolutely wrecked lift motor, we had to run each train 100 times without any issues (running the train 100 times involved lifted the seats when the train arrived and then rebuckling the seatbelts, pushing down the harnesses, and slamming the seats all the way down). It has had lots of new equipment added, but the ride isn't "new" itself.

I'd imagine they want the crew to not be sluggish(three train operation dispatches a train from the station while the other train ahead of it is in the peak of the dive loop, a feat physically impossible in the standing configuration).

New lights would be great, but a tunnel would be better!.
If its anything like Fury 325, then awesome.
Thanks for the spider stories I was really curious.

[mkingy]

Coasterkidmwm wrote:

Latest Rougarou Files video said it'll have "effects" at night. Any ideas?

Perhaps they read what you wrote and are adding bug zapppers (as "lights")

[Dirk_Ermen]

That actually sounds like a brilliant idea. Having massive bug zappers next to the ride

[TTD03]

Yea lol, taking the thrills up a notch

Damn, CP at night sounds even worse than SFGadv with the bugs

So, considering all of the recent complaints about the bugs at night in this thread, I guess I should bring plenty of bugspray with me on my trip?

Bug spray won't keep you from being pelted in the face with insects at 93-120mph.

GAdv is bad? I've been going for years and years, occasionally at night, never had the slightest problem with bugs. SFNE had some serious spiders here and there but they didn't really bother anyone, mayfly looking things everywhere for 20 mins one time I was there, but other than that bugs haven't been a problem anywhere. They were ok when I was at Cedar Point a few days in 2003, but I guess it was just not the right time of year for them to be a problem. I was there the beginning of August...5-7 I think? lol

[Coasterkidmwm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUj1MCv6dSw

^^Eh, there are some mosquito, dragonflies, and bees but that's about it. They can be especially annoying at the boardwalk

lol I specifically remember being bitten by some mosquitos by the Flyers at King's Dominion what 3 years ago, but don't remember even 1 bite at Great Adventure. I don't remember dragonflies either...though I did get stung by a rogue wasp once while on Toro. I call it bad luck.

Oh Lake Compounce is pretty bad with wasps, to the point where they need to have traps all around. Wasn't too disruptive if you weren't near a trashcan or trap though.

But yeah that video of CP is really bad. I don't know if SFNE was at that level for those 20 minutes in the evening, but it was enough that ladies were screaming about bugs in their hair and they stopped Superman until the raid ended lol.

Coasterkidmwm wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUj1MCv6dSw

...And that's why there's the windshield on Magnum

^ Joking or a true fact about Magnum?

[Dirk_Ermen]

Coasterkidmwm wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUj1MCv6dSw

Don't you have a good video from Blue Streak in the evening? I know that station was pretty much packed with all those bugs in the evening

[TTD03]

God that's so nasty lol

Found this picture from Tony Clark's Twitter of the exterior of Rougarou's station. It looks like the ride is sponsored by Monster Energy.

[Coasterkidmwm]

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