From: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: alright, a new question
Date: 3 Sep 1992 20:02:13 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
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In a previous article, v120p993@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Kevin F Hulme) says:

>
>Alright Buck, thank you for elaborating. My next question is : who/what is
>CEO at Cedarfair? It sounds important.

CEO - Chief Executive Officer -

>Your theory on employee story validity is true--can you trust them; who knows.
>What convinced me about their story was them coming out and saying that CP
>OWNS and HAS OWNED the rights to the ride. 
>Think also: Geauga lake- a fairly big park, but by no means a coaster heaven.
>Cedar Point , in the last 10-15 years has establshed itself as A, if not THE,
>Coaster Heaviweight in our country. I will not be surprised to see it there
>next year, but as you said, time will tell. (Is it possible that people in
>important positions are doing everything possible to keep this ride erection
>a secret? It is a MAJOR coaster event....)

Just my two cents...  With all the cold and rainy weather in Ohio it seems to
me that Geauga Lake is taking a beating attendance wise this summer. I was 
there about a week ago and the park was empty. They opened a bungee jump free
with an admission ticket to boost attendance and they are also selling tickets
to come back the next day for one dollar and they dropped the price of season
tickets to $19.95. Currently they have a Bannana Bunch promotion which lets a
group of 10 in for $35. I don't know if they have the money for a major
project like the Pipeline, then again it could give them a really good year
next year. Buck said that the ride will be close to Boston, Geauga Lake is
about 20 miles outside of Cleveland so I kind of doubt that they are getting
the Pipeline. My guess would be either Kentucky Kingdom or Hearshey Park if
it's not Cedar Point. Also, I really didn't see any major clearing going on
near the Raging Wolf Bobs, but I didn't really look for any either.

>One more question--is it definite that Pipeline will Debut in 1993? If so, how
>is this known? (Possible that the 1994 steel coaster at CP is to be the Pipeline
>debut??)
>
>Those park employees also said that they have seen "prototypes" (drawings/ 
>video; I am not sure) of the ride; they said it concludes with a six loop 
>spiral. They also said that the design of the ride has been changed, that the
>cars will be completely ENCLOSED, for safety reasons. Again, take it with
> a grain of salt, but if the ride was not coming to CP, how the hell did they
>know all this or make this story up so quickly?

Kevin has a good point. I go to CP about once a week and I've been hearing
rumors about the Pipeline from many different park employees for about the 
last two years. CP is supposed to call it Bi-Plane according to some rumors.
CP is supposed to be installing 3 coasters in the next 5 years (rumors again)
so maybe there is both a Pipeline and a B&M steel coaster plus maybe another
woodie in CP's future.
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