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Postby RollingCoasting on August 13th, 2015, 6:07 pm
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/news/fire-ems/9322141

A man who entered a restricted, fenced area of Raptor was struck by it and was killed.
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on August 13th, 2015, 6:10 pm
What do people not get about, "RESTRICTED AREA. DO NOT ENTER"?

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Postby Coaster Justin on August 13th, 2015, 7:39 pm
We need electric fences. Seriously
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on August 13th, 2015, 8:04 pm
^And the little kids that run off to see the big green rolling coaster with the loopdy loops? At least make new ones behind the normal ones.

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Postby BabyDinosaur on August 14th, 2015, 7:51 pm
Coaster Justin wrote:We need electric fences. Seriously


Hopefully it'll shock some sense into people :roll:

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Postby JaminOut on August 14th, 2015, 10:33 pm
Looking at TPR forums, Cedar Point seems to have held off on making their announcement for the new ride for 2016. Do you think that they're changing the name/ theme to keep anyone from thinking the ride is associated with the recent death?
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Postby w00dland on August 17th, 2015, 10:03 am
^No, that would take way too much time and effort at this point since the marketing plan is likely already finished.

More likely that they are just waiting another week for this news cycle to clear so they can start a fresh one that doesn't include the Raptor death at the end of their announcement PR.
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Postby Dan The Coaster Man on August 17th, 2015, 1:39 pm
Pretty sure they are dropping the name completely. And personally I'm a little shocked that this was the first death at Cedar Point, it's one of the older parks around. Shame this keeps happening to the B&M inverts.
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Postby RaceBoarder on August 17th, 2015, 4:26 pm
I doubt that the name is going anywhere... Two weeks is a short time to come up with a marketing plan of that magnitude...

For anyone that thinks that Valravn is going to be dropped based upon the folklore's connection to "death":

What do you do if this same incident happens 6 weeks later during Haunt? There might be a hint or two about death in that theming too. Do you cancel the rest of Haunt?
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Postby CoasterCale on August 18th, 2015, 4:01 pm
I'm not positive but I've heard from one of my closer friends that the name has been changed. Take Banshee and Mantis for example. Banshee was supposed to be a Standup at CP, later became an invert at KI. Not saying CF is completely throwing the name away, just saving it for later.
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