Area Frontiertown Opening date 1982 (1982) Manufacturer Arrow Dynamics Opened 1982 Cost 3.4 million USD Max vertical angle 40° | Status Closed Type Log flume Closed 2005 Park Cedar Point Replaced by Maverick | |
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Closing date October 31, 2005 (2005-10-31) Similar Maverick, Snake River Falls, Mill Race, Thunder Canyon, WildCat | ||
White Water Landing was a log flume water ride at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. It was located in the Frontier Town section of the park adjacent to the Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad near Mean Streak. It was demolished in 2005 and was replaced by Maverick.
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Ride experience
As part of the Frontier Town area of the park, White Water Landing embraced an Appalachian river ride theme. The revolving station featured boats alongside a rustic warehouse before they turned along the edge of a lagoon and approached the ride's first lift — a conveyor that gently elevated the canoes through a mine shaft and splashed them into a faster section of river. A few quick turns along the rapids and the canoes approached the second lift, which raised riders to the treetops at a height of 50 feet.
Canoes alternated drop chutes, then skimmed the hydro-jump before floating alongside the lagoon as they returned to the station.
Incident
On July 20, 2002, two boats got jammed together at the bottom of the hill. When the next boat came down the hill, it collided with another boat. All six people only suffered minor injuries and were transported to a local hospital where they were shortly released. The ride reopened the next day after an investigation.
Demolition
At the end of the 2005 season, it was announced that White Water Landing would be closing to make room for another attraction. The attraction was a secret until September 7, 2006 when the park released information on the 21 million dollar Maverick. Its station and queue is still intact, and used for Maverick. There is still a concrete section of the track from White Water Landing located by the queue, before entering the final queue area, or White Water Landing's former loading platform. The track segment is used as a small stream. The ride was similar to the defunct Kenton's Cove Keelboat Canal at Kings Island.