WindSeekers Announced for Cedar Point, Kings Island, Knott’s & Canada’s Wonderland - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Four WindSeekers To Debut at Cedar Fair Parks in 2011 Anyone monitoring Theme Park Syndicate on Tuesday might have thought they were experiencing deja vu. All afternoon theme park news sites and blogs were reporting on announcement after announcement as Cedar Fair announced the addition of a new ride called WindSeeker at Cedar Point, Kings Island, Knott’s Berry Farm, & Canada’s Wonderland. WindSeeker will be a 301′ tall swing ride that should give some breathtaking views while spinning riders at 30 mph. The ride will end with a 26-story freefall at 64 mph. To read more and see renderings of each of the ride’s visit park’s official sites: Cedar Point | Kings Island | Knott’s Berry Farm | Canada’s Wonderland Here’s a video of Cedar Point’s WindSeeker in action: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9v_gIK9dzU&feature=player_embedded[/media] Differentiation in the Views, Not the Design Everyone, including myself, probably assumed that if Cedar Fair was going to add a ride similar to its sister parks that it would make the flagship park’s (Cedar Point) special in some way. But, according to the announcements they will all be identical and even share the same name. Last year, when the Intimidator 305 was announced everyone assumed that the ride was 5 feet short of Millennium Force to keep it from stepping on the popular ride’s toes. During a Q&A at Kings Dominion over this past weekend a park rep scoffed at the idea. He stated that the ride’s design and layout called for it to be 305 feet tall and it’s height compared to Millennium Force was purely coincidental. Perhaps, the differentitation will come in the views riders will experience. Kings Island is on the outskirts of Cinncinnati and surrounded (at least on one side) by a forest inhabited by the Beast. Knott’s may be the most urban of the four parks. I think I remember seeing neighborhoods literally across the street. I don’t know how they can keep building sky-scraping rides in that area without recieving tons of complaints. I’ve never been to Canada’s Wonderland so I can’t speak to what surrounds that park. I would imagine Toronto would be visible in the distance. Cedar Point may once again be king thanks to its location on Lake Erie. Maybe riders will be spinning slow enough to catch a glimpse of Canada. Legal Trouble in the Skies The earlier scuttlebut was that Cedar Point was going to build a similar 400-foot tall swing ride called a Star Flyer. It was to be built by Austrailian-based manufacturer Funtime. According to FunTime an agreement was met to build one for Cedar Point and then Mondial was hired to build the ride (and three more). Allegedly, Mondial was asked to build and design the WindSeeker rides for the first time. Funtime claims that this was like “plagiarizing their idea”, and they are seeking legal action. Read more at the Sandusky Register.[IMG]http://www.thecoastercritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/WindSeeker-at-Kings-Island-in-2011-240x300.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.thecoastercritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/WindSeeker-Coming-to-Cedar-Point1-300x239.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] :eek:

Id be shitting myself.

id be shitting on other people

Here's a little known fact: The Windseekers were actually an unpublished novel by Shakespere, inspired by Tom Clancy's "Red Storm".

[QUOTE=Clifford Clavin;24365800]Here's a little known fact: The Windseekers were actually an unpublished novel by Shakespere, inspired by Tom Clancy's "Red Storm".[/QUOTE] heres a true fact: your posts like this are stupid and irrelevant to the thread and are just sad excuses to get informatives!!! anyways windseekers at canadas wonderland is kinda stupid cause the drop zone is essentially the same.

Love Cedar Point, now I'm tempted to go up to ride it.

it looks like a cigarette

[QUOTE=Kid Cudi;24366171]heres a true fact: your posts like this are stupid and irrelevant to the thread and are just sad excuses to get informatives!!! anyways windseekers at canadas wonderland is kinda stupid cause the drop zone is essentially the same.[/QUOTE] Did you read it?

nope fuck that heights and spinning and shit it's like a swing tied to a merry-go-round all it needs is clowns that pop out of the center pole thing every few minutes and it'd be the ultimate terrorfest.

[QUOTE=yuki;24371241]nope fuck that heights and spinning and shit it's like a swing tied to a merry-go-round all it needs is clowns that pop out of the center pole thing every few minutes and it'd be the ultimate terrorfest.[/QUOTE] jesus, i was fucking scared to go on the spinning chair ride at carowinds in SC/NC. this, i will never, IN MY LIFE, go on.

Oh my god, fuck that shit. I love rollercoasters but fuck that, that's ridiculous. The ride at King's Island that drops fast almost made me pass out from fear.

Looks fun, wish there was a big amusement park like that one.

Biggest ride I have been on was the Drop Tower at Great America, which was only 240 or so feet high. This just looks like no fun at all :/

Great, another ride at Wonderland for me not to ride.

[QUOTE=Javascript;24374550]Oh my god, fuck that shit. I love rollercoasters but fuck that, that's ridiculous. The ride at King's Island that drops fast almost made me pass out from fear.[/QUOTE] Are you kidding Drop Zone is awesome. I love getting off of it and having your arms and legs tingling from the pure adrenaline. Ride in question: (Skip to 1:45 if you just want to see it drop) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDjKEhHZVdc[/media]

jesus fuck that looks scary as shit

kinda cool

I was just at cedar point yesterday, I've been going for the past 12 years now and it's interesting to see the way it's changed over the years. Every year they tend to add something even bigger; even faster than the last. I thought they would never be able to topple the top thrill dragster in terms of ridiculousness, but I'm wrong.

Cedar Fair is freakin' crazy. They have lay-down roller coasters, human slingshots, and roller coasters that accelerate to 80+ miles per hour within the first two seconds.

I live 30 minutes away from a Kings Island. I'm totally going to be one of the first to ride this.

[QUOTE=plappy03;24377980]I live 30 minutes away from a Kings Island. I'm totally going to be one of the first to ride this.[/QUOTE] Get a job there next summer. Last summer when I worked there, before the season had started we were doing orientation. After we were done they were like "Hey they are testing Diamondback right now, so if you wanna head over you can give it a ride." Pretty cool to ride something new before the public does.

[QUOTE=ketchup;24378237]Get a job there next summer. Last summer when I worked there, before the season had started we were doing orientation. After we were done they were like "Hey they are testing Diamondback right now, so if you wanna head over you can give it a ride." Pretty cool to ride something new before the public does.[/QUOTE] If I wasn't so tied up in College and other jobs I would. One of my cousins worked in custodial one summer and he liked it. It doesn't seem like a rough job to have, it actually would seem pretty fun lol. But Diamondback was a beast of a ride, with the broken cell phones tower out front making it very lulz worthy.

Fuck yes, I live 25 minutes away from King's Island.

Shit looks scary.

[QUOTE=Clifford Clavin;24365800]Here's a little known fact: The Windseekers were actually an unpublished novel by Shakespere, inspired by Tom Clancy's "Red Storm".[/QUOTE] dude are you high