NewsPlusNotes: A Look at Cedar Point's Luminosity

Sunday, February 26, 2012

A Look at Cedar Point's Luminosity

Cedar Point recently had an off season tour for Coasterbuzz members which included a nice presentation covering the park's $6 million new nighttime spectacular called Luminosity.

The above images are from this video of the presentation, which also includes some goodies from the park's General Manager, John Hildebrandt. The show is much more elaborate than I previously imagined, and I'm so happy to see that new company CEO Matt Ouimet's influence is playing out here.

Luminosity will require a total renovation to the Iron Dragon midway, turning it into Celebration Plaza. The plans for the area can be seen above, but include the removal of the current Iron Dragon queue, replacing it with a gigantic stage. The entire area looks to have a distinctly non-Cedar Fair look to it.

The show will have 25 live dancers, three drummers, two cirque style performers, live singers, DJs, themed sections, pyro, blasting current tunes, and more. The plaza will be the hub of the event, but more of the park will be involved. Millennium Force, the Giant Wheel, and Power Tower are getting new light packages, and the entire midway from the entrance gates to Corkscrew are getting light towers, embedded lights in the concrete, and other festive additions. It is all about atmosphere.

There's plenty more detail available on the show and changes to the park, you can check them out in the video from user OhioCoasterMan. For construction photos and other assorted off-season views, check out this link.

I'm pretty excited to see how Luminosity turns out, also because Mr. Ouimet previously said that its debut at Cedar Point is a test of sorts, and if successful this could (will) be rolled out to other parks.

0 comments:

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

All Original Content © 2006-2019 NewsPlusNotes

NewsPlusNotes is not affiliated with nor do we purport to represent the views, interests, intentions, or policies of any park, corporation, or entity. All original content found on NewsPlusNotes, including but not limited to all original written content, the NewsPlusNotes logo and all other static graphic and web design elements comprising the site, and all photos from NewsPlusNotes writers' personal collections, is the exclusive property of the NewsPlusNotes team and may not be used, reproduced, or distributed in any manner without the express written consent of the individual author/creator. Read our complete Terms of Use.

NewsPlusNotes Terms of Use

NewsPlusNotes is not affiliated with nor do we purport to represent the views, interests, intentions, or policies of any park, corporation, or entity. The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the individual writers. While we strive to achieve 100% accuracy in our news reporting, errors inevitably will occur from time to time and we make no guarantees that the facts presented in any given post will remain unchanged over time. For complete, up-to-the-minute information on any park, please visit that park's web site or contact the park directly.

All original content found on NewsPlusNotes, including but not limited to all original written content, the NewsPlusNotes logo and all other static graphic and web design elements comprising the site, and all photos from NewsPlusNotes writers' personal collections, is the exclusive property of the NewsPlusNotes team and may not be used, reproduced, or distributed in any manner without the express written consent of the individual author/creator.

All non-original content found on NewsPlusNotes, including but not limited to park logos, press releases, and photo contributions received from parks, corporations, and individual readers, remains the property of the original author/creator and may be subject to additional copyright, trademark, and/or intellectual property protection. The lack of an explicit copyright notice does not imply ownership by NewsPlusNotes or any of its writers unless the content in question has been produced by one of our team members as described in the paragraph above. NewsPlusNotes occasionally features guest writers, and these individuals retain ownership of all original written and/or graphic content that they publish on NewsPlusNotes. By contributing written or graphic material to NewsPlusNotes, you are implying that you are the owner of this material or are submitting it with the express consent of the owner. If you feel that we've made an error or omission in attributing proper credit to a particular piece of content found on NewsPlusNotes, please contact us and we will gladly investigate the matter and make any necessary corrections.

CLOSE