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CEDAR POINT
Company: Chauvet Location: Ohio, USA
Driving from the mainland to the island that houses Cedar Point amusement park, a striking panorama welcomes you. Rising and twisting toward the sky, massive roller coasters paint a vivid view, especially at night. Built on Lake Erie Peninsula, the park features a world record 72 rides - including 15 rollercoasters - and has the third-most rollercoasters in the world. Enhancing some of these amazing rides are 46 fixtures from Chauvet. A total of 20 COLORado Range IP and 10 COLORado Ridge IP wash lights dress the 310ft tall Millennium Force ride while 16 COLORado Range IP fixtures light the Power Tower attraction. President of Blue Haze Entertainment Andrew Strain specified and created the lighting design for the rides. Andrew decided to use the Chauvet fixtures for their great capabilities. “The even wash was so beautiful and powerful compared to other fixtures on the market,” he said. “We were surprised at what we got and how affordable it was.” Millennium Force is a breathtaking ride, fast, with plenty of up-and-down hills. “This is one of the key rides at Cedar Point. So, we wanted to light it up appropri- ately considering how famous it is,” Andrew said. “COLORado Range IP gives quite an even spread on Millennium Force. It washes not only the base of the ride, but all the way to the top.”
COLORado Range IP fixtures light the Power Tower ride from the centre, all around and at the very peak of the ride. “While Millennium Force has lights only at the base, Power Tower can explode with colour from the inside out, and at the very top of it,” continued Andrew. Guests riding up and down can see the colours changing all the way around them. “The COLORado Range IP lights provide an even, beautiful colour blending with the RGBWA,” he said. “It’s also the first ride where we put lights at the top, so as the truss comes towards the centre peak, they change colours on the towers from the inside and out.”
www.chauvetlighting.com
CEDAR POINT
Company: One Systems Location: Ohio, USA
When Cedar Point decided to renovate its spacious Midway area, it chose loud- speakers from One Systems, a leading designer and builder of direct weather, high intelligibility speakers. Together, Washington Professional Systems of Wheaton, Maryland and Audio Design Solutions of New Market, Maryland, performed the site analysis, created the system’s design and completed the installation. The Midway Plaza is the focal point of the park and serves as home for its east and west Skyride Stations and an extensive pathway to get from one side of the park to the other. The main attraction on the Midway is the Luminosity Stage where guests are entertained by live music, laser lights and pyrotechnics after dusk. What was important to Cedar Point’s management was high intelligibility for announcements and for clarity for the pre-recorded and live music program ma- terial played through the system. Full weatherproofing and good value were also prerequisites. “Cedar Point is right on Lake Erie, so the loudspeakers were going to get hit very hard with tough Great Lakes weather so we needed speaker systems that could withstand lake effect snow, wind and ice,” said Eric Choucroun, Account Executive at Washington Professional Systems. Choucroun and Chris Evans, President of Audio Designs configured the placement of the speakers specifically for each venue throughout the Midway. Great care was taken installing different systems for each area. “The greatest challenge was figuring out how to cover a large area of the park as evenly as we could. We were also under a strict, one week timeline and a very specific budget, but working with One Systems was a breeze,” commented Eric. Speakers used in the Midway Plaza include One Systems 212IM’s mounted on 20
large truss towers using 212IM-U U-Brackets and PT70-2 pan and tilt pole mount brackets. The Luminosity Stage is equipped One System’s powered POPS15’s and POPSSubs along with 106IM speakers to ensure that the audiences there hear every word, note and beat perfectly. After the original One Systems installation, the park liked the performance and quality of the system so much, it added more One Systems speakers to other areas in the park. The Washington Professional Systems installation team recently came up with new customised mounts that enabled speakers to be installed on one of the rollercoasters. It also added more POPS15’s to provide wide bandwidth, high impact music to even more of the park’s patrons.
www.onesystems.com www.mondodr.com
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