![]() ![]() Guests boarded flat bottom, 10-passenger fiberglass boats that advanced through the attraction along a canal of water. Shoot the Rapids is themed to a journey through a rustic western environment that took riders through an illegal moonshine business. In 2019, Forbidden Frontier on Adventure Island opened on the former site of the ride, using its station building. Professor Delbert's Frontier Fling is named after Professor Delbert Feinstein, a character appearing on the Paddlewheel Excursions ride, which was removed when the now-defunct Dinosaurs Alive walk-through attraction was added. In its spot is Professor Delbert's Frontier Fling, formerly RipCord, which had been moved to the former log flume's location due to the expansion of the waterpark area, Cedar Point Shores. Then on February 20, 2016, during the park's annual "Winter Chill Out" off-season tour, Cedar Point confirmed the reports stating that Shoot the Rapids would not reopen in 2016 and would be removed from the park. Initially, Cedar Point officials did not publicly comment on the matter. On February 11, 2016, less than six years later, it was reported in the Sandusky Register that construction crews began removing elements of the ride's structure leading them to believe the ride was being removed from the park. ![]() Shoot the Rapids opened to the public on June 26, 2010, and was Cedar Point's most expensive water ride ever built. Details confirmed that the ride would be designed and built by Intaride LLC, the North American subsidiary of Intamin, on the Millennium Island location of the park (now called Adventure Island). ![]() Following weeks of dropping hints on Facebook about an upcoming new thrill ride for 2010, Cedar Point Vice President John Hildebrandt announced on September 3, 2009, that the new ride would be a log flume called Shoot the Rapids, reusing the name of the previously defunct log flume. The ride closed in 1981 to make room for White Water Landing. Based on a western theme, Shoot the Rapids featured two drops with the second one crossing under the first.Ī log flume named Shoot-the-Rapids debuted at Cedar Point in 1967. The ride was built and designed by IntaRide (a subsidiary of Intamin) and opened to the public on June 26, 2010. Shoot the Rapids was a log flume water ride located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Professor Delbert’s Frontier Fling and Forbidden Frontier on Adventure Island Warning: This ride contains strobe lighting.Boats may bump into the side of channel and other boats.Riders will have to take several steps on their own or with the assistance of a companion and be capable of stepping down into the ride unit which may be wet and may shift when entering and exiting. Alternate access is available via the Fast Lane entrance located to the right of the exit, where guests will encounter a ramp.A full leg cast is permitted as long as the cast safely fits inside ride unit. Guests with a cervical collar, neck brace, broken collar bone, or braced arm cast are not allowed to ride.Two functioning arms are sufficient instead of three functioning extremities if the guest is able to form a saddle posture with leg remnants sufficient to brace self upright in the seat. Guests must have a minimum of two functioning extremities, one functioning leg and one functioning arm.This is a water flume ride riders will get wet! Guests will be seated in a rocking boat and brace for a plunge down a chute, and a splash of water. ![]()
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