Maverick (roller coaster)
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| Maverick | |
 Maverick's 105-foot, 95 degree first drop, construction photo |
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| Location | Cedar Point |
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| Park Section | Frontier Town |
| Type | Steel - Launched |
| Status | Under Construction |
| Manufacturer | Intamin AG |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Launched full-circuit roller coaster |
| Lift/launch system | LSM-launched lift hill |
| Height | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Drop | 100 ft (30.5 m) |
| Length | 4450 ft (1356.4 m) |
| Max speed | 70 mph (112.7 km/h) |
| Inversions | 3 |
| Max Vertical Angle | 95 degrees |
| Cost | $21,000,000 USD |
| Height Restriction | 48 in (121.9 cm) |
| Maverick at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Maverick at RCDB | |
Maverick is a steel roller coaster under construction at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Manufactured by Intamin AG through its North American company, Intaride LLC, Maverick is a terrain Linear Synchronous Motor-launched complete circuit roller coaster. The seventeenth roller coaster at the park, it will be located in Frontier Town and is scheduled to open in May 2007. Maverick has 4,450 feet (1356.4 meters) of redrust-colored track and brown supports.[1][2]
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[edit] Construction
In October of 2005, the White Water Landing log flume ride was demolished. In January of 2006, Cedar Fair, L.P., Cedar Point's parent company, had filed for a trademark for the name Maverick. The project became known officially and colloquially as "Project 2007" until the announcement on September 7, 2006. Beginning in February of 2006, concrete footers were poured on the former White Water Landing site, as well as in the pond that once housed Cedar Point's Swan Boat ride. In May 2006, covered track segments were placed in a fenced area near the park's off-site hotel, Breakers Express.[3] Brown supports for Maverick were delivered to both the staging site at Breakers Express and the construction site at the park. Beginning in mid-July of 2006, the supports were erected. On August 14, 2006, the first track segments were installed. On September 11, 2006, the crest of the lift hill was added, thereby topping off the ride.[4]
On October 20, the last piece of track was installed. Work on the Stators began on October 30, the day after the park closed for the 2006 season, and the installation of the stators was presumably finished as of November 14, 2006. During electrical work in early November, one lane of the perimeter road that leads around the tip of the peninsula was closed to run a new electrical service line from the front of the park to Maverick's plot of land at the back.
[edit] Trains
Maverick will have six three-car trains that seat twelve passengers each. The trains will have tiered seating and will be the following colors: brass, copper, gold, gunmetal, iron, and silver. The restraint system, similar to the one on Kingda Ka, will be an over the shoulder harness and an interlocking seat belt. [2] As of 11/20/2006 four of the six trains are on-site while the remaning two are presumably being shipped in from Europe.
[edit] Trivia
- Maverick was officially announced on September 7, 2006. [1]
- The former station and queue for White Water Landing will be used for Maverick's queue.[2]
- The first rollercoaster to utilize the "Twisted horseshoe roll." [2]
- Fourth longest coaster at Cedar Point. (4,450 feet)[2]
- Third most expensive roller coaster at Cedar Point. ($21 million)[2]
- Althouh Cedar Point has seventeen roller coasters (including Maverick), Maverick is only the fourth to have inversions. />
[edit] References
- ^ a b News Release. Cedar Point. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
- ^ a b c d e f Stats and Layout. Cedar Point. Retrieved on 2006-09-07. Note that early construction images show red track and tan supports.
- ^ Barhite, Brandi (2006-05-10). Pieces of Cedar Point's mystery ride revealed. Sandusky Register. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
- ^ Adams, Tyler; Tony Clark (2006-09-12). Something to See. On-Point Blog. Cedar Point. Retrieved on 2006-09-13.
[edit] External links
| Roller coasters at Cedar Point |
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Blue Streak - Cedar Creek Mine Ride - Corkscrew - Disaster Transport - Gemini - Iron Dragon - Jr. Gemini - Magnum XL-200 - Mantis - Maverick - Mean Streak - Millennium Force - Raptor - Top Thrill Dragster - Wicked Twister - WildCat - Woodstock Express |
