White Water Landing 
1982-2005

White Water landing was Cedar Point's hydro flume that was built by Arrow Dynamics. 

In 1972 Cedar Point added rides to entertain the entire family including Giant Wheel, Jumbo Jet, and Matterhorn. 1973 and 1974 saw general improvements at Cedar Point. Cedar Point Cinema opened in 1975. At that time it featured the world's largest Imax screen. In 1976 Cedar Point opened the triple-looping Corkscrew. Witches' Wheel opened in 1977. In 1978 Gemini began racing on the new Gemini Midway. The Gemini Midway would be expanded again in 1979 to include Gemini Children's Area. 1979 also saw the opening of WildCat and Wave Swinger. Oceania opened in 1980 featuring a dolphin show. In 1981 riders would begin to sail the high season on Ocean Motion. All these new actions were great, and Cedar Point had more coming in 1982.

Cedar Point announced it was building White Water Landing for the 1982 season. White Water Landing was going to be the tallest, and longest Hydro Flume in the world. 

White Water landing would replace another log flume, Shoot-the-rapids. Shoot-the-Rapids was the first ride that was located in Frontier Town. The ride was badly damaged from a storm in 1977 and needed replaced. 

Construction on White Water Landing began in late 1981. Construction crews worked all winter and into the spring of 1982 to complete the ride. 

White Water Landing opened in 1982. The ride was extremely popular and it drew long lines of guests. 

White Water Landing was located in Frontier Town between the Cedar Point and Lake Eire Railroad's train station and Thunder Canyon. The ride sat on 5 acres. 

White Water Landing was. built by Arrow Huss. Arrow would go under several different names over the years. In 1982, White Water Landing was the 11th ride that Arrow would build at Cedar Point. Over the years they would build: Turnpike Cars (1959-2014, Cadillac Cars (1960), Mill Race (1963), Earthquake (1965-1984), Shoot-the-rapids (1967-1981), Pirate Ride (1966-1996), Cedar Creek Mine Ride (1969), Antique Cars (1969-2021), Corkscrew (1976), and Gemini (1978). Arrow would later return to Cedar Point to build: Iron Dragon (1987), Magnum Xl-200 (1989), and Snake River Falls (1993).

White Water Landing Ride Facts:
Opened: 1982
Type: Hydro Flume
Manufacturer: Arrow Huss
Heigh: 50 Feet
Drop: 45 Feet
Drop Angle: 40 degrees
Speed: 45 MPH
Ride Time: 4 minutes 
Cost: 3.4 Million
Capacity: 2,000 riders per hour
Closed: October 30, 2005

White Water Landing was the perfect water ride. You would get splashed instead of coming off the ride completely soaked. 

A fun fact about White Water Landing is that ride ride was built on the land that Shoot-the-rapids once was on. If you looked in the right places you could see some of the flume from Shoot-the rapids. 

White Water Landing was Cedar Point's most themed ride when the ride opened. The ride was calm and relaxing. 

White Water Landing was a great family ride. The ride was exciting, but it wasn't overly thrilling. 

After opening White Water Landing in 1983 Cedar Point would add more attractions that were designed to thrill and entertain the entire family. They  Over the next 23 years they would add: Demon Drop (1983-2009), Avalanche Run (1985-1989), Thunder Canyon (1986), Iron Dragon (1987), Soak City Water Park(1988-2016), Magnum XL-200 (1989), Disaster Transport (1990-2012), Mean Streak (1991 - 2016), Challenge Park (1992-2016), Snake River Falls (1993), Raptor (1994), Mantis(1996-2014), Power Tower(1998), Camp Snoopy (1999), Millennium Force (2000), Wicked Twister (2002-2021), Top Thrill Dragster (2003-2021), and maXair (2005).  All of these additions since helped balance out what Cedar Point had to offer. 

By the mid 2000's White Water Landing was quickly becoming outdated. 

On Thursday, October 13, 2005 Cedar Point announced it was retiring White Water Landing for future expansion. 

White Water Landing closed on Sunday, October 30, 2005, and was quickly removed from the park. 

White Water Landing was comely removed from Cedar Point before the start of the 2006 season. 

When Cedar Point opened in 2006 they were hard at work pouring footers for White Water Landing's replacement. 

All thru the summer Cedar Point worked on construction its next ride. 

On September 7, 2006, Cedar Point announced Maverick replace White Water Landing as Cedar Point's 17th roller coaster. 

Maverick opened on May 26, 2007. Maverick was the first roller coaster to open at Cedar Point since Top Thrill Dragster in 2003.

Maverick does retain White Water Landing's station and queue area. If you look closely, you can see some of White Water landing's flume. 

Last Updated: 07/29/2023

Photos by: Cedar Point, David Chapman, Jake Hamons, Jason Hammond, Russ Haudan, and Ray Osburn