Cedar Point will debut a massive 170-foot-tall Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster in 2013, at the expense of two older rides: Disaster Transport and Space Spiral. The coaster is expected to be located near the front gate of the park, and provide entering guests with quite a spectacle to watch as the winged trains fly overhead. It sounds like a very exciting addition to Cedar Point’s arsenal of coasters.
Coaster shown in picture is X-Flight at Six Flags Great America
From the Sandusky Register:
- While two classic attractions will be removed from the park, the front entrance gate will be restructured and hopefully renovated:
“…Code-named “CP Alt.Winged,” the coaster will have the ‘longest drop, run the fastest and be the longest ride’ of its kind, Cedar Fair CEO Matt Ouimet wrote in Feb. 15 memo to Cedar Fair’s board of directors.
The total projected cost of the project is $25 million, a price that includes removing the park’s Space Spiral and Disaster Transport rides and restructuring the park entrance.”
The wing coaster will be a product of the great Bolliger & Mabillard team, which also designed the park’s Raptor and Mantis coasters:
“The Swiss-based Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is set to design the new ride, which was described in the memo as having a ‘Front Gate Statement— a roller coaster that flies overhead, rolls and flies back— highly visible above guests entering the park.'”
The coaster will be considerably larger than current B&M wing coasters:
“Design plans show the new ride with a 170-foot tall lift that will fly overhead of park guests entering the park. It will have the longest track and longest ride time of any coaster of its style as it flies overhead, rolls and then fly back.
The huge roller coaster will dominate the front gate and the track will travel over a large parking area at the park.”
Do you think Cedar Point’s wing coaster will be better than the others? Share your comments below:
Even though I’m really excited for CP for this new coaster, I’m kind of upset that DT will be removed along with Space Spiral…):
I have been riding the Space Spiral ever since I was four years old. It to me was a reminder of what Cedar Point is. A true landmark and a nice relaxing view of the park. There are only a couple left in existance.Please don’t destroy a true classic ride that we all grew up with.Just move it to another location in the park. It doesn’t take up that much space.I appreciate a new coaster but don’t bulid at the expense of what few classic rides that are left especially one of the ldest ones in the park (1963).
I know what you mean Chris. They’re slowly removing every ride that families can do together. People who don’t ride roller coasters will have no reason to visit the park anymore.
I AM SO MAD AT YOU GUYS CEDAR POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My home park is six flags Great America and i went on X-flight opening day! My dream has always been to go to Cedar Point. But now you guys COMPLETELY copied Great America
with a wing coaster! I still love else about you guys except come up with your own original designs!!!!!! No matter how much bigger you make it X-flight will always be the original and best Wing Coaster of the country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its still my dream to go to Cedar Point but you guys should not be copying other parks. It’ll ruin your whole reputation of Roller Coasters. I will always be loyal to Great America and X-Flight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>:P >:O
Thanks for the comment CoasterGeek. I don’t think they are copying other parks. I’m sure the layout will be custom and unique to CP. This ride won’t ruin their reputation for coasters – but it will hurt their reputation to families who will have less to do after Space Spiral and Disaster Transport are removed.
Oh, and Dollywood’s Wild Eagle is the original wing coaster in America as it opened back in March.
Maybe it won’t ruin their reputation but they did announce it right after X-flight. By the way thanks cuz i didn’t know there was another wing coaster before this. I don’t live near Cedar Point so i don’t even know much about the rides they’re taking down. I still think that they still got the idea from X-flight. And i guess even though they are copying it still will be really fun and I can’t wait to see what they do. Nevertheless they still stole the whole Wing Coaster idea from Six Flags. Thanks for the comment nick.
Six Flags was not the one with the original idea. It was Dollywood. Dolly’s ad says that hers is the first in the country.
Also nick i looked at a video of Wild Eagle and I’ve been on X-flight and although it was the first Wing Coaster of the country I think X-flight is much more fun and thrilling.
I have to disagree with you there, Chris. While Dollywood’s was the first announced/opened wing coaster in the U.S., a part of me believes that the coaster was originally going to be a standard floorless/sitdown model. Look at the design: does anything about it look like the other three B&M wing coasters in existence? All of the park’s capital investments were pushed back a year due to the lagging economy beginning with Adventure Mountain. Who’s to say that Wild Eagle was pushed back a year, and then benefited from the debut of new train designs? I might be completely off track, but it is a possibility. Thanks for the comment!
I’m kinda with John cuz looking at wild eagle the design is nothing special to a Wing Coaster .lt simply does a normal drop and loops and things any corkscrew or floorless coaster would do. Then the new designs of Wing Coasters came out and they decided it’d be more popular if it was a Wing coaster so they changed it. X-flight however does different things that seem to only match a wing coaster such as the unusaul half loop drop or zero G rolls. The design seems to fit a Wing Coaster and is something different than a Coaster above the track.
If any of you guys are as crazy and geeky about me when it comes to Roller Coasters I’d reccomend a software game called Roller Coaster Tycoon 3(RCT3). You basically run your own theme park and build your own rides and design your own roller coasters. And if you tdon’t like the park managing thing then you can go to Coaster designer where you get a big plot of land and you can just build rollercoasters of any kind for hours and when your done, ride them!
(don’t get a demo cuase you can’t do hardly any of the fun stuff)
Cedar Point hasn’t officially announced anything yet other than that fact that they are going to be spending $25 million next year. Dollywood’s opened first but I agree with you guys that it probably began as a floorless coaster.
John has made some really awesome RCT3 parks – just search RCT3 in the search bar on the right to find our related posts.
http://www.coaster101.com/2011/06/01/i-finally-finished-my-rct3-six-flags/
Out with the old in with the new…I’m all for it!! People need to stop being sentimental about these old rides it will ruin the park. In today’s markets people like change and the newest latest products. And lets not forget Cedar Point is the roller coaster capital of the world and lets keep it that way!
Acctuallly Nikolai Cedar is the second Coaster Capital of the world. On this website you can find that Six Flags Magic Mountain is now Coaster Capital with 18 roller coasters. And Magic Mountain is coming out with new rides every year whereas CP is not making many new rides.
ive been on both the wild eagle in tennesse dolly wood and i been on the x-flight but i like the x-flight better. Cedar point should make the largest and fastest wing coaster and make it so noone can reach it. Also cedar point needs more space. there taking out 2 classic rides and they need to do something about it… maby buy the land behind cedar point or buy land infront of it
To CoasterGeek123
So What? Six Flags copied Top Thrill Dragster…
Cedar Point will always be Coaster Captital in my book(:
Really? They are copying? That’s way off. How many of the same types of roller coasters are there in the world? Would you consider whoever made those after the original of say an inverted coaster that they were coping? No. New popular roller coaster types are designed and parks want them. It’s the thrilling new technology that parks want that keep consumers coming back. They are a business and need something to draw crowds in and Cedar Point will do that the way they have always. Build the tallest, fastest, and longest of its kind. In no way would this be copying at all.
As well, Cedar Point doesn’t need to have more coasters to be the Coaster Capital of the World. It’s just a marketing slogan. It’ll get more people to visit because of it. Many parks can boast about how great their collection of roller coaster is, and they might not be great at all. Just another way to draw more people.
With the removing of DT and SS, I think it couldn’t have come sooner. Both rides are out dated. DD has no attention from the park and its “theme” is gone. It’s a boring hot ride in a giant box. Sure, it was a coaster the family could go on, but give Cedar Point a few years, I’m sure they will replace it. Same with SS, they could just get a new observation tower that doesn’t have foggy windows and has A/C! Give Cedar Point and the new CEO a couple of years, it will all come together. I think Cedar Point is heading in the right direction under the command of Matt Ouimet. I believe in the next few years, we will have a quality park. Remember, parks do not need coaster to make it good, who needs some title? Six Flags Magic Mountain from what I have heard of late is dirty and not pleasing. The only thing they have running for them is their 17, soon to be 18 coasters. I’m not saying it’s a bad park but not well rounded.
Again, give Cedar Point a couple of years, it will all work out.
Well personally, it is just going to be a coaster park. They are gradually removing all the family just plain old fun rides. The giant slide which they should have kept something the families could do together. Add new rides but keep the classic old rides and build around them you have plenty of land. Ohio seems as though you are losing your 1870 park, and joining up with all the other franchise parks. No originality.
Well, it IS the roller coaster captial of the world.
I agree with RCT4 and I feel CP still has enough family rides to keep the families coming while working on attracting coaster enthusiasts. I personally love roller coasters and am excited about the change because I feel the park is keeping coaster lovers everywhere happy due to the fact it will have been 6 years since a new coaster was added when the wing coaster opens. Besides, CP can always add some great family rides in the years to come. They still have plenty of rides to please families such as the sky ride, all of the antique car rides, and the Giant Wheel. I believe the park is giving the people what they want yet is staying with their 100+ year family fun park tradition and it will continue to make visitors happy, including families, coaster lovers, and those in between.
No matter what I will stick with Cedar Point! It is the best roller coaster park. I love the array of rides and attractions the park has in its line-up. Oh, and to stop those who are complaining about not enough family rides… Cedar Point has about 75 rides. That’s more than anywhere else. Cedar Point is the best amusement park in the world while SFMM doesn’t come close to the atmosphere that Cedar Point contains. SFMM is all about how many coasters we can build to help the marketing department. SFMM is a great park too but really doesn’t compare. Who agrees with me that any amusement park is a good amusement park. I mean I love every roller coaster park but if I had the choice of Cedar Point and Magic Mountain, I would surely go with Cedar Point. Now back to our new wing coaster. I am excited and can’t wait. For those whining about change than you don’t understand that people want new additions to come to amusement parks. Now let me settle the argument by saying you go to amusement parks for what’s there, not what isn’t there so you can wish as much as you want but park decisions are park decisions and every year there is a reason the park makes that decision. If you love Cedar Point like me then you will have a good time when you go their and will enjoy there new additions even if the old attractions are taken out. I will end this by saying, I love Cedar Point and all other amusement parks!!!
Long Live Cedar Point, the True Roller Coaster Capital of the World!!!
Some people just cannot handle change. Life moves on, everything changes. If we didn’t do something different and changed the way we live and do stuff, we would still be stuck in the 1870’s!
I’m sure after this coaster goes in, we will have a few years dedicated to the family and kids. Ouimet knows how much families spend at amusement parks and he will incorporate more for them. We have gone 6 years without a coaster, please tell me how we haven’t tried to improve the experience for the families? Starlight, StR, etc. (And Wildcat, Disaster, and Space Spiral were majorly outdated and needed to be removed sometime soon. No point in keeping old rides that require a lot of money for maintenance.)
Ouimet is no fool, he knows how to manage a park. You should be happy Cedar Point and Cedar Fair are under his rule. He won’t just cater to the thrill seekers as Kinzel did in the past. He has clearly stated such in many interviews. Families=money.
Again, let it play out before complaining Cedar Point is losing its charm and such. It is the 21st century, we can’t live in the past with outdated rides. When they take out Frontier Trail, then I’ll start my complaining. But until then, we’ll see what happens.
I am glad to see the wing coaster go in. How about also adding at tall 500 ft tower with a revolving restaurant and observation deck at the top similar to Skylon at Niagara. That would be a great replacement for the Space Spiral.
I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!!!!!! Cedar Point’s new 2013 winged coaster will be called BANSHEE!!! Mantis was supposed to be called Banshee but then they decided to call it Mantis. The logo was used for Dorney Park’s Steel Force. Steel Force’s logo is not exactly the same but very similar. On the “OnPoint CP Blog the hint @!!$!(*%% which if you use your keyboard means Banshee!!! I can’t wait!!! The blog also says watch out for inversions and shows a picture of the eyes of Steel Force’s logo!!!
It also says look out for FALSE CLUES. I’m guessing the Banshee mention was just a joke.
Yeah, they probably wouldn’t make it that obvious. I mean any Cedar Point Fan could figure that out.
Someone made the comment that Cedar Point should buy the land in front of and behind the park. I would just like to note that Cedar Point is on an island and they pretty much already own the whole island aside from a very narrow strip of beach front homes.
I love the Space Spiral!
Sorry i havn’t posted anything awhile. By the way Taylor i know 6F copied Top Thrill Dragster and i thats why don’t like king da ka. Also which came first V2 or Wicked Twister?
Anyway i think i’m the only one here that hasn’t been to Cedar Point(although i dream of going there) but i still think that after X-flight came out Cedar Point announced the wing coaster. But i’m still so EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Jeffrey Senecal just a slight correction, it’s actually a peninsula not an island.
@CoasterGeek123 Yes, you are correct. After X-Flight came out, Cedar Point’s coaster was leaked and it was a Wing Coaster. Still doesn’t mean they copied. That’s like saying every park that installed an Inverted coaster, copied off one of the first Batman clones after it debuted.
lets not forget how magic mountain stole cedar points design for TTD.im not saying that gives cp the right to steal their winged coaster design, im just saying that we were the ones that wanted another coaster. the design probably wont even be similar to X Flight, like johnny just said.
I am so mad at cedar point! My home park is Six flags Great America and I went on X-flight. Why does CP wants to copy a Six Flags Great America roller coaster!!!???. I think every theme park should come up with their OWN ORIGINAL DESIGNS! No matter how much bigger or smaller CP makes it, you’re still copying X-Flight!!! I was thinking on going to CP, but I am just so dissapointed of CP. Six Flags Great America DOESN’T has an original design from CP, so, WHY ARE YOU GUYS COPYING X-FLIGHT!? Cedar Point should copy a design from Six Flags Great Adventure not from Six Flags Great America, because they stole cedar point’s design for top thrill dragster!
Cedar Point is not copying or stealing anyone’s designs. Is everypark that owns a ferris wheel copying from the very first one? Besides, these rides are planned years in advance. Cedar Point started plans and designs for this ride before they had any idea Six Flags was building one. CP’s ride may have even been in the works BEFORE Six Flags – we just don’t know.
It better go 90mph or it will be boring..
170 feet isn’t high at all..
MykeyJuly 29, 2012 at 1:42 am#
sup yall….i love coasters and all amusement parks. cedar point is my number one tho. yes cedar point has originated the first “est” rollercoasters. also some regular rides like maxair and skyhawk. yes kingda is a taller dragster w a bunny hop at the end. steel dragon 2000 maybe taller than millenium, but milleniums drop is still the longest. now back to the new winged coaster…its another “est” and thats great. but none of the winged coasters originated here in united states. check out “raptor” 2years ago i think and “the swarm.” opened this year before wild eagle. its layout is like x flight. which that name originated in ohio at six flags when it was here. its now “firehawk” at kings
rephrasing kingda ka/dragster comment…Its a taller dragster with a bunny hop stop. but dragster was the first to reach over 400 ft and 120mph. im sure kingda is fun but im not in a hurry to ride it. now el toro YES, im still looking forward to that one.
Raptor is at “gardaland park” or whatever in Italy is where the first winged coaster debuted in 2011. i was even excited about that one when i google “rcdb” check that site out also.
I think cedar point would b better off with something like the firehawk at kings island that ride is the best of them all
Six Flags Great America / Six Flags Great Adventure STILL SIX FLAGS right that so there for SIX FLAGS still stole from Cedar Point coping the TTD with there Kinda Ka and here is a fun fact Cedar point was the first park to build a hypercoaster so does that mean that all of the parks that did the same thing as CP copy them and all of you babys saying that CP is copying Six flags are all wrong cuz if that is the case then all of the roller coaster that are over 200 feet at all of the parks around the world need to be removed because the magnum XL 200 was the first of its kind in 1989 then 10 years later in 1999 Six Flags Great America with Raging Bull all though there was a few in between those years at other parks makes no difference one way or another all parks copy other parks its call competition with out it all theme parks would go out of business due to the lack of interest because no new rides being built to bring ppl in
Let’s end the discussion. NO PARK COPIED OFF ANY OTHER PARK. All parks get the same type of new rides because they want innovation in their parks. A new toy comes out, everyone wants it. Does it mean you are copying the buyer next to you if you buy it, too? No. It’s new, shiny, and nice. Just because CP is getting a Wingrider, does not mean they copies off of SFGA..It won’t even be anywhere close to the same layout. Get that through your skulls, no one is copying anyone. Like I said earlier, how many parks have inverted coaster? A LOT. That doesn’t mean just because one park came out with the first one that all the other copied. There are duplicates of many coaster across the world because they are popular and the guests love them. Now, please think before you post something about other parks copying each other because it’s annoying and not true at all.
Thanks Johnny couldnt have said it better myself
Thats right Johnny thats pretty much what i was getting at but i think you said it a little bit better than i did LOL but like i said in mine its all about competition if theme parks didnt compete with one another they would all be out of business they all want the shiny new toys in there parks just because its the same concept does not mean that they are the same all parks ad there own twist to the design to make them different like making it taller, faster, longer, more twists and turns, loops ect or in some cases smaller either way they are all different only thing that basically would be the same is the trains with a change to the cosmetics to make them look different of course and just for the record CEDAR POINT all the way going for my second time this year on Saturday
Uhmm if this ride is only gonna be 170ft then im afraid that this wont be the tallest winged coaster in the world becouse wild eagle at Dollywood is 210 ft tall so… you tell me
But, Wild Eagle does not drop the full 210 feet. So, it would be the longest drop on a wing coaster. Either way, we still don’t know the exact height of this coaster, it could be different. What we have heard are all unconfirmed rumors.
Hey there Cedar Point.
Look, for people who are willing to pay money to stay at the breakers should get free fast passes WITHOUT scheduled times on them NO limitations. You would get more business at the breakers that way to. Oh, and the passes should be available to ONLY Hotel Breakers Guests.
And would it kill ya to lower prices on food and drink? Me and my cousins spent 124.63 on water and Gatorade the days we were there. (7.6.12-7.7.12)
Oh, and make sure your rides are LONG!!! It’s more fun to be thrilled for a long time than for 35 sec.
Don’t take it personal but do as I say haha.
Any people who wanna make rollercoasters out there I found a professional program called no limits.It makes RCT3 look stupid. It actually is pro cause Mantis i know for sure was built with that program its $30
Gosh calm down CoasterGeek123, holy cow. Cedar Point is not copying, They just want an new excited coaster. Besides I live near Kings Island and if they are going to tear down Son Of Beast, which I never got to ride. They should build something like GateKeeper at Kings Island.
@CoasterGeek123 No Limits isn’t that new and it really isn’t that professional. Cedar Point uses a totally different program and company for their ride animations. And usually each roller coaster has their own program for roller coaster modeling. (Such as Gravity Group)
@Sally I’m sure King’s Island has something big up their sleeve. I’m hoping it isn’t another Wing Rider since the close proximity of Cedar Point. But, whatever it is, I’m sure we won’t be disappointed. (Hoping for another Giga)
^To add onto the No Limits comment. It is a great program, don’t get me wrong but I’m pretty sure most companies don’t use it. (Besides select few that I have seen such as Kennywood)
And what I meant to say in the one part but I had a typo “And usually each roller coaster designer has their own program for roller coaster modelling” <That's what I meant.
There is a Professional version of NoLimits (for professional companies only) but I don’t believe you can use it for the more complex analysis required to design a real roller coaster.
Well, I guess CP didn’t copy the wing coasters already in existence, they came up with their own design and a very good one. the zero-g-roll through the front gate is a one-of -a-kind, completely unique.
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HEY PEOPLE! The new roller coaster is called the gatekeeper! NOT Banshee! Where did you here that? AND… Cedar Point did not copy X-flight! It’s there own design! I would know cause I’ve acctually been on the Gatekeeper.
@Alek: Gatekeeper is the tallest, I searched for the roller coaster and there is no one taller than 170 feet
Even if they copied (which I highly doubt) They would be sued and be out of business! Even if Gatekeeper isn’t the tallest, fastest, or longest, it still has the most inversions of all rollercoasters! Going upsidedown at a total of aproximetly 7 times! And cedar point also has 2nd place for upsidedown which is the Raptor, it inversions 6 times!
Cedar point is the BEST amusment park in the world! Btw six flags is a fail! Their rides ARE NOT safe.
Jake, Gatekeeper only has 6 inversions and is no where close to the world record of 14 inversions on the Smiler at Alton Towers.
I have ridden GateKeeper, and it’s a good ride. 🙂