So five confirmed new coasters for Cedar fair this year.

1. Kings Island (announced tonight btw)
2. Carowinds (relocated)
3. Worlds of fun (Not confirmed)

Just 3, CGA's woodie got cancelled.

When did CGA's get canceled?

I was wondering the same thing.  I hadn't seen anything about that.

Uh...I thought that the city council approved the exemption which pretty much meant smooth sailing from then on.

Sorry I was referring to the comment about CGA.

I think that was the case initially but then Prudential or whatever company it is that is next door got involved saying that a noisy coaster would be "too distracting" to its workers (but for some reason the interstate nearby is all right?!?!) and then the city council decided to "take another look at the situation"

If I worked at an office with a view of an amusement park, I would WANT to be distracted by the noise.

CGA is a very odd case, I still haven't decided what I think they will do with the park. Will CF part it out, or will they invest into it.

AyTrane, Cedar fair will not close the park or sell it, Dick kinzel stated that no other cedar fair property will be trashed like Geauga lake was.

http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=524294&c=y

For once, I agree with Dustijn.  CF has a lot of debt and if they get a great offer to unload a park I think they will.

^If the price is right, they will... just you watch.

Cedar Fair is a business, they aren't in it for the fun (although they get some great benefits). That article is from May, and he states that Cedar Fair has no PLANS to close any parks, but this does not mean they won't. If an offer comes along, they might consider it, and this will be true with about a quarter of their parks.

Geauga Lake had a very high operating cost. Six Flags dumped a ton of money into it hoping that they could boost attendance. It wasn't enough so they sold the park to the competition. Cedar Fair looked at what cost the park so much and decided they could do away with some of the rides that cost the park a lot to run, and sent them to parks that could afford it. Off the bat Cedar Fair probably had no intention of closing the park, but the park was in need of repair, and ride operating cost continued to rise as they aged, and the attendance was. In 2007 Cedar Fair decided that they would look at what rides they could move to other parks, and the rest would be auctioned to cover the overhead. It's a terrible shame that they had to do it, but why keep something that will cost you so much to operate. Worlds of Fun was probably looking like that to them too, but they chose to invest more into the park, and it's starting to turn up for them. Once they figure a strategy, the park will be amazing.


Edit:

I found where the rumor of adding five coasters came from. The same articles states "This year we are adding five coasters" meaning Kings Dominion, Canada's Wonderland, Michigan's Adventure, Knott's Berry Farm, and Dorney Park. This was not a 2009 projection, it was a statement for 2008.

Tomorrow is the City council meeting for the CGA GCI woodie.  Later tomorrow we will finally hear about the Woodie.

Yaa I soooo agree!  Looking at the layout amazes me! It looks pretty BA, I hope Prowler is just like that

So, any news on this coaster?  Is it going to happen?

Nothing yet....suprisingly.

"acoustical analysis"
 
Let me save them some money.  It will make noise but no way will it make any more noise than what is already at the park.

I love how companies (prudential in this case) can just throw their weight around simply because their cube farm might get distracted.  Here's a free idea for ya Prudential - save the money your spending on this and buy all your employees season passes to the park and those "distractions" might pay off in a happier more productive work force...