Cedar Point’s parent fi rm plans more improvements

SANDUSKY — Cedar Fair LP, which earlier announced several new attractions for 2018 at its amusement parks, including the Steel Vengeance hybrid roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, gave the remaining details Tuesday on its capital expenditures budget for next year.

Cedar Fair, which annually spends from $120 million to $150 million on new rides, attractions, and other improvements at its 11 amusement parks and three water parks, will bring “more enhancements than ever to the guest experience in 2018,” according to incoming CEO Richard Zimmerman, who will take the reins of the Sandusky-based company on Jan. 1.

In August, Cedar Fair announced Steel Vengeance and three other roller coasters — the HangTime dive coaster at Knott’s Berry Farm near Los Angeles, the single-rail RailBlazer coaster at California’s Great America in Santa Clara, and Twisted Timbers, a hybrid coaster at Kings Dominion near Richmond, Va.

Cedar Fair also has said 2018 will see the completion of a two-year project: a 158-room, five-story addition to the Hotel Breakers at Cedar Point.

The company said its 2018 capital expenditures budget includes funds to upgrade restaurants or add new ones plus catering at Kings Island in suburban Cincinnati and several other parks. The additions will let the company focus on regional specialty foods, group business, and more food-themed special events.