User:Astros4477/Cedar Point 2016 roller coaster
| Astros4477/Cedar Point 2016 roller coaster | |
|---|---|
| Cedar Point | |
| Location | Cedar Point |
| Coordinates | 41°28′50″N 82°40′44″W / 41.480582°N 82.679009°W |
| Status | Under construction |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Dive Coaster |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Model | Dive Coaster |
Valravn? is an upcoming steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), it will be the third Dive Coaster model in the United States and the first built since 2007.
History[edit]
In January 2015, the Sandusky Register received a memo that stated a record breaking Dive Coaster would be coming to Cedar Point in 2016. The memo stated that the ride could be installed on land formally occupied by the Good Time theatre, which was demolished a couple months prior.[1] The park's spokesman, Bryan Edwards, confirmed the Dive Coaster as one of many possibilities the park is looking at for 2016.[1] Site preparation for Valravn started before the 2015 season when the Dodgems and Calypso were relocated to the Wicked Twister midway. The Good Time Theatre and the Turnpike Cars were demolished and removed as well.[2][3]
In May, Cedar Point trademarked Valravn, which is Danish for "raven of the slain."[4]
In August, Cedar Point revealed that they would be making a historic announcement on August 18.[5] Days later, images for the roller coaster leaked via an app on Google Play. The park quickly took down the app. The app also showed the proposed logo for Valravn.[6][7] Due to an incident at the park later that month, the park postponed the announcement indefinitely.[3][3]
Characteristics[edit]
Location[edit]
Valravn's entrance and located will be located on a new midway stretching from the Blue Streak area to near Celebration Plaza. It will be the centerpiece of a redesigned Marina entrance.[8]
Manufacturer[edit]
Valravn is a Dive Coaster model manufactured by Swiss roller coaster firm Bolliger & Mabillard. Notably, it is the 100th roller coaster produced by B&M and the fourth to be built at Cedar Point, following Raptor, GateKeeper and Rougarou.[8] It will be the 10th Dive Coaster to be built in the world and the third in the United States with the only two being at Busch Garden's parks.
Trains[edit]
Valravn will operate with three open-air steel and fiberglass trains, each with three cars of eight seats each. Each train holds 24 riders and the ride has a capacity of about 1,200 riders per hour. Riders are restrained by flexible over-the-shoulder restraints and interlocking seat belts and riders are required to be between 54 inches (130 cm) and 78 inches (200 cm) to ride. Valravn's trains are the widest in the park and they are also the first Dive Coaster in the world to use B&M's new restraint system, which can also be found on the park's GateKeeper roller coaster. [9]
Track[edit]
The steel tubular track is 3,415 feet (1,041 m) long and the lift is approximately 223 feet (68 m) high. The track is copper and silver with the supports being dark blue.[10] The track and supports were manufactured by Clermont Steel Fabricators in Batavia in southwest Ohio.[11]
Records[edit]
When Valravn opens in 2016, it will have broken six Dive Coaster records and helped to break four amusement park records.
Dive Coaster records[edit]
Valravn will hold records for the following:
- Tallest Dive Coaster (223 feet (68 m))
- Fastest Dive Coaster (93 miles per hour (150 km/h))
- Longest Dive Coaster (3,415 feet (1,041 m))
- Longest drop on a Dive Coaster (214 feet (65 m))
- Most inversions on a Dive Coaster (3)
- Highest inversion on a Dive Coaster (165 feet (50 m))
Park records[edit]
Cedar Point will hold records for the following:
- Most roller coasters taller than (200 feet (61 m)) at a park (5)
- Most rides at one park (72)
- Most steel roller coaster track at one park (52,125 feet (15,888 m))
- Most roller coaster track at one park (60,110 feet (18,320 m))
Ride experience[edit]
- ^ a b Topey, Melissa (January 13, 2015). "Cedar Point diving in to 2016?". Sandusky Register. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ McDonald, Kendrick (June 18, 2015). "Guessing the new Cedar Point plans amusing to many". Toledo Blade. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ a b c Ouriel, Andy (August 14, 2015). "Cedar Point postpones 2016 announcement". Sandusky Register. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ Topey, Melissa (May 5, 2015). "Cedar Point new ride's name?". Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ Topey, Melissa (August 3, 2015). "Cedar Point to make big announcement on Aug. 18". Sandusky Register. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ Webb, Craig (August 9, 2015). "Leaked app shows plans for Cedar Point dive coaster in 2016". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ Widman Neese, Alissa (August 13, 2015). "Video: Dive coaster confirmed?". Sandusky Register. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ a b Morona, Joey (September 9, 2015). "Cedar Point's Valravn will be tallest, fastest, longest dive coaster in the world". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ "Ride Vehicles". Cedar Point. September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ^ Cedar Point (September 9, 2015). "Cedar Point Unleashes Valravn" (Press release). Cedar Fair. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Glaser, Susan (September 9, 2015). "Cedar Point to announce new coaster this morning; live coverage". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved September 17, 2015.