Cedar Point’s Facebook page has just announced their new 2011 attraction, Windseeker! It will be located on the beach right next to Wicked Twister, the park’s Intamin Impulse coaster. It will be an exact clone of its counterparts in Knott’s Berry Farm and Canada’s Wonderland. For more information on these rides, you can read Ethan’s post located directly below this one.
The same ride will also be flying into Kings Island in Mason, Ohio for the 2011 season. It will be located in the Coney Mall section of the park.
Windseeker at Cedar Point
Windseeker at Kings Island
What do you think about these two Windseekers? Leave your comments and Park Thoughts below!
The first 2 Cedar Fair parks out of the gate with their announcements today, Knott’s Berry Farm and Canada’s Wonderland have both announced “Windseeker”. The two $5 million rides are pretty much exactly the same, both 301 feet tall, spinning its 32, 2-seat swing arms at 8 rotations per minute. They even share the same blue/gray/yellow pain scheme.
Windseeker will be the 68th ride at Canada’s Wonderland, it will be located next to the Vortex roller coaster near the park’s entrance.
Windseeker at Canada's Wonderland
At Knott’s Berry Farm, Windseeker will be located next to Xcellerator in the Boardwalk area of the park, it will be replacing their Sky Cabin ride which originally opened in 1976. Another note, this Windseeker will also sport the Knott’s “K” at its top, similar to the current Sky Cabin ride.
Windseeker at Knott's Berry Farm
So what do you think about the two Windseeker additions? Leave your comments and Park Thoughts below!
Introduced this past summer, Knott’s illuminates Camp Snoopy at night with Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular. A sight and sound extravaganza. Lights drape from the trees and other objects in the area with 4 distinct areas. The neatest aspect of the entire experience was the glasses that were sold to ‘enhance’ the experience. When you put these on, all the individual LED’s showed up as either a star, snowflake, or heart. Definitely worth the dollar I paid for them. Here is a tour of the electric event.
In Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular, the end closest to the Mexican section of the park is dedicated to Sally and her 60′s Flower Power style!
Ring Ring Ring! Sally, it’s your big brother Charlie Brown.
Following the Sally Flower Power section is an area featuring Linus and Woodstock as astronauts in space. The area even comes complete with two green aliens and an LED animatronic space ship!
Schroeder with his famous piano playing skills plays away in his very own section of Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular. His area is located closest to Sierra Sidewinder and features various musical notes. While I feel the lighting is the least impressive in this section, I do find the main figurine of Schroeder with the rainbow of LED musical notes to be one of the most impressive parts of the entire experience.
The section of Camp Snoopy closest to the entrance is centered around Lucy. Its Lucywood, where Lucy Van Pelt is the star in the center of the universe. This area features cameras with dramatic flashing effects, and the entire Peanuts gang dressed up or a red carpet premiere.
Sierra Sidewinder in the glow of the surrounding lights.
And now here is a grand tour of Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular by video!
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