WildCat (Cedar Point)

Infobox roller coaster
name=WildCat

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location=Cedar Point
type=Steel
type2=Wild Mouse
status=Open
opened=1970
manufacturer=Anton Schwarzkopf
model=Wild Mouse roller coaster
designer=
track=Metal track in an overlapping and interlocking figure-eight configuration
lift=Chain lift
cost=
capacity=900
length=1837
height=50
drop=
inversions=0
speed=40
duration=1:25
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rcdb_number=20

"WildCat", designed by Anton Schwarzkopf, is a roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It is a ’’Wild Mouse’’-style coaster 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. At the end of the ride, riders are given a visual signal by the operator to extend their arms and hold on, as the train stops extremely quickly.

Relocation

"Wildcat" is the only roller coaster in Cedar Point that has been relocated since being built. It had been in two previous places before settling where it is today, one of which is near the current location of Wicked Twister. Since it debuted in 1970, "Wildcat" has given more than 25 million rides.cite news
title = Wildcat
publisher = Cedar Point
url = http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/park/rides/coasters/wildcat/index.cfm
accessdate = 2007-12-24 ]

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, 8 were treated at the first aid station in the park, one was treated and released at Firelands Memorial Hospital.cite news
title = WildCat closed after several guests were injured
publisher = The Point Online/Sandusky Register
url = http://www.thepointol.com/news/2008/39.html
date = 2008-05-22
accessdate = 2008-05-22 ] cite news
title = Nine Park Goers Have Wild Ride on Wildcat
publisher = The Morning Journal
url = http://www.morningjournal.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=19717349&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=566374&rfi=8
date = 2008-05-24]

Due to this accident, the ride was closed for a month. It reopened late June 2008 after a section of track was replaced.

ee also

Wildcat, a similar roller coaster at Bell's Amusement Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which malfunctioned in 1997, resulting in the death of a teenaged boy.

References

External links

* [http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/park/rides/coasters/wildcat/index.cfm CedarPoint.com - Official "Wildcat" page]
* [http://www.thepointol.com/wildcat.html ThePointOL.com - Unofficial "Wildcat" Page]
* [http://www.pointpics.com/categories.php?cat_id=37 PointPics.com - "Wildcat" Photo Gallery]