Cheetah Hunt

[Brian G.]

Screamscape is reporting that Cheetah Hunt is still down.

 

[trishNdale]

that blows, have a safe and happy weekend everyone! Looking forward to seeing the pics soon. Happy MDW everyone!

 

[Hatetofly]

Here are just a few shots from today. I will load more of the photos to the front page of the site once I get on the ride this weekend.

 

[atigeg]

What a summer that you guys didn't get to ride it : ( My ride time was 9:30 this morning, so I got to try both the back and front. I usually prefer one or the other strongly, but they were both equal on Cheetah Hunt. Here's a link to my Cheetah Cam POV video (the dude next to me is the real atigeg but I'm usually the one posting) and a quickie view. I'll be doing a much longer one later and posting Mark Rose and Jim Dean interviews too: http://exm.nr/kAbRht

Who all's gonna be out there for passholder days in June? We plan to be there as many Sunday mornings as possible for the pre-opening hour.

 

[Octobers Fade]

Great shots from the Skyride HTF!

 

[rotcav]

Question, and please excuse me if this has already been previously asked, but the wife and I are at Cedar Point and just rode Cheetah Hunt's cousin, Maverick. Now, if you've ever been to Cedar Point and rode it, you know about the speed burst in the barn to 70MPH. Does this ride have a speed burst area similar that of Maverick? Just curious... I can't wait to ride Cheetah Hunt now that I've rode Maverick!

 

[mantaguy]

Question, and please excuse me if this has already been previously asked, but the wife and I are at Cedar Point and just rode Cheetah Hunt's cousin, Maverick. Now, if you've ever been to Cedar Point and rode it, you know about the speed burst in the barn to 70MPH. Does this ride have a speed burst area similar that of Maverick? Just curious... I can't wait to ride Cheetah Hunt now that I've rode Maverick!

Not really but there is a launch that goes to 60 mph, and then halfway through the ride one that goes to 40 mph.

 

[rotcav]

Interesting that the launch is at the beginning, kind of like a hyped up Hulk launch, with a nice boost midways... Gosh, after being at Cedar Point, Central Florida rides seem so slow and small, lol! Okay, back on topic, teehee!:thumbs:

 

[atigeg]

Consider Cheetah Hunt as a family-oriented ride. Sometimes I miss not living in Chicago anymore because it was a close enough drive to have Cedar Point APs and to make several trips every year. We still have worthy thrill coasters like SheiKra, but I definitely consider Cheetah Hunt aimed for at the whole family. Not a bad ride by any means, but I'm hoping it draws people off SheiKra as I won't wait overly long for it; I'll do the AP mornings, then wait till it gets added to quick queue for the power riding.

 

[TheDecemberists]

I take back what I said. Well, sort of.

It's definitely Maverick's little brother. But I'm okay with this. I shouldn't have had such high hopes to begin with.

 

[Brian G.]

Well my little Netbook can't handle video editing, so you're going to have to wait a day. Looks like I'm going to need to invest into a fancy new laptop soon for these media days.

 

[rhino4evr]

Comparing Cedar Point to anything else is pretty impossible...I went about 10 years ago right after Millinum Force was built, and it was impressive then. With the addition of Top Thrill and Maverick, there is very little competition. Hope to go back soon.

--- Update ---

so how many folks are waiting in line at this moment?

 

[Hatetofly]

FYI I forgot to mention yesterday, Cheetah Hunt will not utilize the Quick Queue system during the first few months of opening.

 

[Tbad556]

The opening has been pushed back to early this afternoon. Intamin hasn't been to impressive over these past 2 days.

 

[rhino4evr]

uh-oh.

 

[White Rabbit]

Lol. I saw this coming.

 

[rhino4evr]

this is exactly why you soft open. Waiting until the day before the officially opening date to start letting people ride this is silly. They should have opened two weeks ago, and gone through all these bugs first. I feel sorry for the folks that rushed the gates this morning only to be turned away...

 

[macpctech1989]

this is exactly why you soft open. Waiting until the day before the officially opening date to start letting people ride this is silly. They should have opened two weeks ago, and gone through all these bugs first. I feel sorry for the folks that rushed the gates this morning only to be turned away...

They've actually had the coaster open for at least a week letting Employees and VIP/Media ride...To me, that kind of counts as a Soft Opening, and I know for a fact that it has been pushed through its paces during the Employee nights!

 

[Octobers Fade]

Just got home after finally riding CH, only a five hour delay....
People where rushing the ropes at opening and then running to CH only to find out it wouldn't be open til around 1 pm.
But it is up and running with a 160 minute wait when I left...

--- Update ---

 

[Obi Ubamba]

Just got home after finally riding CH, only a five hour delay....
People where rushing the ropes at opening and then running to CH only to find out it wouldn't be open til around 1 pm.
But it is up and running with a 160 minute wait when I left...

--- Update ---

Interesting..