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 | Frontiertown |
| 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 feet (32 m) |
| Drop | 100 feet (30.5 m) |
| Length | 4,450 feet (1,356.4 m) |
| Max speed | 70 mile per hour (112.7 km/h) |
| Inversions | 3 |
| Max Vertical Angle | 95 degrees |
| Cost | $21,000,000 USD |
| Height Restriction | 48 inches (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] Features
- Maverick will feature a 105 foot tall lift hill
- It will also have a 95 degree (5 degrees past vertical) first drop
- It will travel at a top speed of 70 MPH
- Two launch areas
- Two 360-degree corkscrew rolls
- One 360-degree heartline roll
- Eight airtime-filled hills
- One 400-foot-long tunnel
- 10 banked turns, from 62 to 92 degrees
- Two onride photo sections
- Three canyon wall sections
- Magnetic, non-contact braking system
- Elevated single load/unload station
- First of its kind "Twisted Horseshoe Roll"
[edit] Construction
In October of 2005, the White Water Landing log flume ride was demolished. In January of 2006, Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. 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.[5]
[edit] History
According to Cedar Fair officials, they first started talking about a new roller coaster for the 2007 season, in early 2003, right after the completion of Top Thrill Dragster. In January of 2006, Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. had filed for a trademark for the name Maverick. Community speculation reached its high point in the summer of 2006, right before the official announcement.
[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 Accelerator Coasters, will be a hydraulic over the shoulder harness and an interlocking seat belt.[2]
[edit] Trivia
- Fourth longest coaster at Cedar Point. (4,450 feet)[2]
- The former station and queue for White Water Landing will be used for Maverick's queue and on ride photo booth.[2]
- Third most expensive roller coaster at Cedar Point. ($21 million)[2]
- Although Cedar Point has seventeen roller coasters (including Maverick), Maverick is only the fourth to have inversions. The other three that feature inversions are Raptor, Mantis, and Corkscrew.
- Maverick marks the 500th roller coaster designed by Werner Stengel.
- Second ever on ride photo to take pictures of riders while upside down during an inversion.
- Maverick sits on a 5.5 acre plot of land in Frontiertown.
- Each track piece of Maverick weighs roughly one and a half tons.
- Originally intended to feature additional theming, consisting of a canyon around the forth turn entering the Horseshoe Roll and coal mining tower extracting from a faux pile of coal which served as theming from the first turn. This theming was later removed from the plans due to spatial issues, having the coaster located too close to the CP & LE Railroad to allow for enough room to also accommodate the wooden fencing which is mandated by law to close off the ride.
[edit] References
- ^ News Release. Cedar Point. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ Gary Gast (2006-11-20). Awaiting Power. Construction Diary. Cedar Point. Retrieved on 2007-02-26.
[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 |
