Cedar Point 2016- Valravn

[Coasterkidmwm]

The spray from the periodic winds in that area would send water everywhere! Awesome pictures Tralfaz thanks for sharing.

Oscar wrote:

Tralfaz wrote:

Don't look down!

What a shot! How did you get permission to go up there?

I did enjoy that image, too! Goosebumps! My second time to use this word on this board! Not exaggerating at all!

From CP's Facebook.

[Coasterkidmwm]

I'm curious to see if they do anything to the side entrance with this ride. It's practically on top of the side entrance.

According to this article,

The dramatic first hill ??? where riders are held at the top, facing the ground, for several seconds before they drop straight down ??? will be easily viewable from a plaza near the park's redesigned marina entrance.

They'll be redoing that entrance in some way.

Yay they also seem to be working on track visual effects!

Control panel.

From Tony Clark.

[Coasterkidmwm]

I get jealous of people that got to work with the new touchscreen ones.

Hope that "touch screen" one can switch to a manual mode for a fail safe thing.

Looks pretty good.... not much else to say.

[Coasterkidmwm]

They been pouring the paths all around and under the ride for awhile now. Should look great with landscaping in the future

[Coasterkidmwm]

Oh my....

Aside from that, it looks like they've poured a ton of new concrete around Valravn, and they're working on the new side entrance now.

[TTD03]

Yay for testing!

And it's time for a legit "P-O-V!

Well it hasn't run yet... They're doing a mini pull through. There are only 2 cars, they checking alignment. A full cycle hopefully soon!

^ Thanks for the input.

From CP's Facebook.

Soemone's been playing with Photoshop a bit too much.

^ Needs a thunder effect on the top right, too!

[Dirk_Ermen]

I like the looks of those trains. Would start an interesting hype with those lapbar/vest restraints.

Not really Valravn related, but it appears that Cedar Point is planning on build a sports complex in Sandusky.

Cedar Point adding sports park complex

Cedar Point is about to get sporty. The Sandusky, Ohio-based amusement park will begin construction on its new Cedar Point Sports Center this Friday.

Phase one of the development project, located on outside the park on Cleveland Road in Sandusky, will include an outdoor sporting facility called Sports Force Parks bringing together nine multi-purpose, synthetic turf fields, four NCAA regulation baseball fields, a championship baseball and softball stadium, eight NCAA regulation soccer and lacrosse fields, sport-specific training areas and an ADA-accessible community-use field.

The Cedar Point Sports Center, managed by Sports Force Parks, will also offer a ???great lawn??? and promenade with miniature golf, a ropes adventure course, a bungee trampoline challenge, a playground and food and beverages.

???Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center will be a world-class destination for sports-focused families," said Jim Arnold, director of Business Development for The Sports Force & Fields, Inc., in a news release. "Our mission to combine sports, family and fun will bring young athletes and their families from across the country and provide them with the opportunity to combine a sports tournament with a family vacation.???

Phase two of the project???s development will include adding bike trails along the waterfront along with spots to take in the views of Lake Erie and Cedar Point.

Construction on Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center will begin at a groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday.

The park expects construction to be complete in the fall of 2016 with the Sports Center opening in the spring of 2017.

Contact Anne Erickson at 517-377-1006 or aerickson@lsj.com. Follow her on Twitter at @AnneErickson

http://www.freep.com/story/travel/2016/ ... /82646518/

Interesting move on Cedar Point's part, but I hope it works out for them.

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That was announced a while back, nice to see it still happening

[Coasterkidmwm]

Anyone know if they're building a tunnel at the bottom of the exit of the dive loop?

Not a tunnel, unfortunately