WildCat (Cedar Point)

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WildCat (Cedar Point) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 41°28′54″N 82°41′6″W / 41.48167°N 82.68500°W

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WildCat

Cedar Point
Location	Cedar Point
Park section	Celebration Plaza
Coordinates	41°28′54″N 82°41′6″W / 41.48167°N 82.68500°W / 41.48167; -82.68500
Status	Removed
Opening date	1979 (1979)
Closing date	2011 (2011)
Replaced	Jumbo Jet
Replaced by	Luminosity – Ignite the Night! and Sirens Curse
General statistics
Type	Steel
Manufacturer	Anton Schwarzkopf
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Wildcat/65m
Track layout	Metal track in an overlapping and interlocking figure-eight configuration
Lift/launch system	Chain lift
Height	50 ft (15 m)
Length	1,837 ft (560 m)
Speed	40 mph (64 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	1:25
Capacity	900 riders per hour
Height restriction	48 in (122 cm)
WildCat at RCDB

WildCat was a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Designed by Werner Stengel and manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf, the ride opened to the public in 1979. Cedar Point decided in 2012 to remove WildCat to allow for expansion of the Celebration Plaza, also citing that the coaster had reached the end of its service life. It was dismantled and scrapped.^[1]

History

WildCat opened at Cedar Point in 1979.^[2] It was the 65m variant of the Schwarzkopf Wildcat model where small cars (each holding four passengers) take many tight turns and small hills that produce negative g-forces as well as strong lateral forces. Riders were required to be at least 48" tall and be able to climb down vertical ladders in the case of an emergency evacuation. Riders were secured by a seatbelt and lap bar. At the end of the ride, riders were given a visual signal by the operator to extend their arms and hold on, as the train stops extremely quickly.^[3] It was the second Cedar Point ride to use the WildCat name following the 1970 installation, Wildcat, which was an identical 65m Schwarzkopf Wildcat.^[4]^[5]

WildCat is the only roller coaster in Cedar Point that has been relocated since being built. WildCat had been in two previous places before settling in its final location, across from Iron Dragon. WildCat gave more than 25 million rides since its debut.^[3] Although this figure-8 designed coaster was a park favorite, ridership declined over the years from over 500,000 riders in 1996 down to 300,000 riders in 2008.^[3]

On May 2, 2012, Cedar Point announced the permanent removal and dismantling of the WildCat roller coaster prior to the opening of the 2012 season for the expansion of Celebration Plaza.^[1] WildCat was demolished and scrapped before the season started.

Incidents

On May 16, 2008 during the opening weeks of the season, WildCat suffered a "roll back". A car traveling up the lift hill did not make it all the way up and rolled back down, hitting another car. This incident injured nine guests, of which eight were treated at the first aid station in the park, and one was treated and released at Firelands Memorial Hospital.^[6]^[7] Due to this accident, the ride was closed for a month. It reopened in late June 2008 after a section of track was replaced.

In the evening of June 5, 2011, two cars of WildCat collided, injuring seven people, none seriously. Three people were taken to Firelands Regional Medical Center as a precaution and four were released from the first aid station without further treatment. The crash was classified as an "incident" by the US Department of Agriculture.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Celebration Plaza Expansion". Cedar Point. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
^ Marden, Duane. "Wildcat (Cedar Point)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wildcat". Cedar Point. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
^ "List of Cedar Point roller coasters".
^ RCDB.com listing for 1970 Wildcat
^ "WildCat closed after several guests were injured". The Point Online/Sandusky Register. May 22, 2008. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2008.
^ "Nine Park Goers Have Wild Ride on Wildcat". The Morning Journal. May 24, 2008.
^ "Cedar Point's WildCat reopens". Sandusky Register. June 6, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2012.

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