What does park staff do in the off-season while contractors build a world record breaking roller coaster? They make a holiday video of course! Today, the Cedar Point team released their newest video project full of holiday cheer! Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a0K9_05UeY&sns=em In 2016, Cedar Point will debut a record breaking Dive Coaster named Valravn. Weather has been…
Update added 12/22/2015 in red at bottom Cedar Point has been chock full of Valravn photos, videos and updates since they’ve started full-time construction during the offseason. Once the Halloweekends party let out at the beginning of November, the weather has been cooperating for the Roller Coaster Capital of the World and it’s allowed them to crank…
Cedar Fair, the parent company of Cedar Point among other theme parks, announced record revenue for the third quarter of 2015. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol “FUN”. Despite Cedar Point not winning the Amusement Today Golden Ticket Award for “Best Amusement Park” at this year’s…
This week we got our big dose of Valravn updates from Cedar Point! Cedar Fair’s flagship park gave glimpses of some of the first track being laid for the World’s Tallest, Fastest and Longest Dive Coaster! Cedar Point’s Director of Communications, Tony Clark, provided the photos of video via social media of the…
When news was officially released by Cedar Point about 2016’s Valravn dive coaster, that turned the attention of Cedar Point guests to the attractions that’ll neighbor the new 10 time world-record breaking coaster. The site of Valravn used to be the home of the Good Times Theatre and the Turnpike Cars for a number of…
The theme park trade publication Amusement Today held their 17th annual Golden Ticket Awards at Luna Park in New York City this past weekend to crown the Best In Class around the industry. Every year, Amusement Today conducts an international survey of knowledgeable and experienced theme park fans to get their votes on the Best in…
The day has finally arrived and the rumors were totally true! Today, we attended a invite only media event at Cedar Point, the pride of Sandusky, OH, where they announced that in 2016, they will indeed be getting a world class, record-breaking dive coaster named Valravn (Val-RAY-Ven)! This will be the 18th coaster to…
In just a few days Cedar Point will be making their big announcement on what’s coming to the Sandusky, Ohio park in 2016. The announcement will take place on Wednesday, September 9th at 9 AM EST at the Jack Aldrich Theatre at the park. There’s been a lot of speculation and rumors about what’s coming between talks…
Cedar Point is now ready to make their big announcement on what’s coming to the Sandusky, Ohio park in 2016. The announcement will take place on Wednesday, September 9th at 9 AM EST at the Jack Aldrich Theatre at the park. As we wrote to you earlier this month, the initial announcement that was scheduled for…
At the beginning of summer, Cedar Point began clearing out a large area of land where the former Good Times Theater used to be for a new attraction. Since they began excavating, a construction wall has blocked off the surrounding area. The park then hung up a sign on the construction wall that said “A…
Cedar Point executives indefinitely delayed a major announcement planned for Tuesday, potentially unveiling a new ride for next year. The decision, made on Friday came just one day after the Raptor roller coaster struck and killed James Young. (story here) The 9 p.m. Tuesday announcement was not only scheduled to be historic and record-breaking, but was…
We have some unfortunate news to report. 45-year-old James A. Young, of East Canton, Ohio went into a fenced off area of Cedar Point’s Raptor roller coaster and was struck by the ride. He was reportedly looking for a lost cell phone in the fenced-off area of the park when he was hit. Bryan Edwards, Cedar Point’s Public Relations…