Cedar Point Is Ready To Debut Maverick – Its 17th Roller Coaster – This Saturday, May 26

Thursday, 24 May 2007

Cedar Point Press Release

The Wait Is Over!

SANDUSKY, Ohio, 2007 – Round up your friends and get ready for one wild ride this summer! Cedar Point amusement park/resort has announced that Maverick, the park’s newest roller coaster, will make its much-anticipated debut on Saturday, May 26.

To help commemorate its grand opening, Cedar Point will distribute free Maverick T-shirts to the first 3,000 riders on the coaster on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, May 26-28.

“We are thrilled that Maverick will be up and running for the holiday weekend,” said John Hildebrandt, vice president and general manager of Cedar Point. “Our guests have been very understanding and patient with us as we made these changes and now the reward is theirs – a ride on Maverick!”

The coaster’s debut was delayed so that four sections of its steel track could be reconfigured and fabricated. The new sections of track were installed earlier this week. Prior to the ride’s opening, the park will host a ceremony to recognize the winners of the Firelands Chapter of the American Red Cross First Ride Auction. Participants placed bids to be one of the first riders on the $21 million roller coaster.

With its multiple elements and terrain-hugging layout, Maverick is a coaster like no other at Cedar Point. Maverick will treat its riders to a thrilling journey over more than 4,400 feet of steel track that will twist its way through rocky canyons, over “airtime-filled” hills and around quick but smooth changes in direction. A 105-foot-tall first hill followed by a drop of 100 feet at an incredible 95 degrees, a twisted horseshoe roll which features back-to-back inversions and a second launch through a completely dark tunnel where guests reach speeds of up to 70 mph are sure to thrill.

Recently, IntaRide, the ride’s manufacturer, revised the rider height requirement. During pre-opening testing, IntaRide determined that riders must be at least 52 inches tall to ride.

Cedar Point will be open every day through Labor Day, Sept. 3. The park will then reopen for a Bonus Weekend on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7-9. Cedar Point’s 11th annual HalloWeekends event will take place on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 14-16, 21-23, 28-30, Oct. 5-7, 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28.

For more information about Maverick and Cedar Point, guests can log on to cedarpoint.com or call the park’s general information line at 419.627.2350.

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