Originally posted by IntaminFan397cedar point has great rides, and at least cedar point takes care of the rides
CP doesn't take care of their rides. Look at Mean Streak, they don't do trackwork on it, and they put a long set of trims on the drop. They also have trims on most of their coasters.
CedarPoint has A TON (i think it was around of 40 if i remember correctly) of full time carpenters employed on Mean Streak, along with a spinkler system to keep the wood at a certain moisture and temperature level. If anyone is going to be blamed then the Dinn Co..
Or the fact that woodies that tall are doomed, except when they use Intamin's Prefab-Track...maybe.
SixFlags wooden coasters are in no better condition then CP's.
(Psychlone...i'm hearning nothing good about that ride)
Also SixFlags can't even maintain their steel coasters. Flashback was butchered and rebuilt to the point where the ride is absolutely unbearable.
There's a theory that SixFlags reshaped the track because it didn't "look right". The reason is that this track was the first to use the new "Heartline" to bend the track, I am not sure if this is totally true.
Bottom line is CedarFair is not to be blamed any more than SixFlags for maintaining their coasters.
As far as what MM is getting next...probably nothing for a while, maybe some flat rides.
If they are getting a new coaster i would guess a B&M Flyer, S&S TrustAir, PremierRides Launched, or one of the new Vekoma Rides.
Those new Vekome 10-inversion LSM coasters sound like something SixFlags would be getting: Cheap and built for the statistics, not for quality.
And a "true" 4d is probably not going to happen for at least 50 years.
They can't even get the "false" ones to work.
Also, SFMM is in no direct competition with Cedar Point, except for the title of the most coasters. Noone from Ohio is going to California often enough to be a significant target market or vise-versa. And CedarPoint has more room than SFMM as of now.