Cedar Point’s new ride a swing at variety

Ride tough to keep secret.

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

WindSeeker will spin riders at 25 to 30 mph as it flares out some 112 feet or 45 degrees from a 301-foot-tall tower to rise near the Lake Erie shoreline.

Details of the ride were released Tuesday by Cedar Point officials for the first time on the website Facebook, but they proved to be a poorly kept secret, according to park spokesman Robin Innes, who acknowledged it’s getting increasingly difficult to keep the wraps on what the park is up to.

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