Coasterphreak wrote:Please note that I said "major coaster". I'd be interested to hear which park(s) you think will receive a large installation for 2020.
To clarify: I'm defining a major coaster as an eight figure investment, which is in line with what Cedar Fair usually spends for large installations.
1) CF doesn't really ever put in non major coasters by the standard you defined...10M+
2)CF always puts in a major coaster somewhere every year, even in 1 coaster years
3)CF core Capex is not decreasing, Capex excluding hotel/resort stuff is scheduled to be 140 -145M. Spending that much money w/o coasters is unthinkable.
4)The initial premise there is no construction or clearing April 2019 thus nothing is coming is 2020 is nonsensical. Most coasters can be built starting clearing/construction in July or August, or even later. The early start on Yukon Striker and Steel Vengeance were for a particular reasons. YS had a lot of additional engineering to be done, it was in an actual flood plain and they were doing a tunnel. SV was the biggest/longest RMC and conversions take longer. A ground up RMC I-Box, TT could be started much later if CF wanted to go that route, Even a smaller conversion could be started late, like Six Flags has done with essentially all of theirs.
The only parks completely out of the running for a coaster in 2020 are Wonderland & Carowinds. Most likely parks CGA,Cedar Point, Kings Island, Dorney, and maybe Valley Fair
