Maverick

Maverick
Maverick is a roller coaster located in the Frontiertown area of Cedar Point. The attraction is the park's 17th coaster and the first coaster in the world with a heartline roll.

Ride history
On Halloween 2005, the park's log flume White Water Landing closed. The attraction's track was removed, but the queue and station stayed at the park, which is now the coaster's queue and on-ride photo booth. Construction begun on the ride shortly after. On January 24, 2006, the park filed a trademark for the ride. The attraction was known as "Project 2007" until the ride's announcement on September 7, 2006.

Construction
The attraction White Water Landing closed in 2005 after the season. In February 2006, they started pouring concrete, the coaster's supports, in the former Swan Boats pond and the location of White Water Landing. In May 2006, pieces of the track started to arrive in the parking lot. On July 16, 2006, the first steel supports were built. A month later, the first parts of track were placed. In mid-September, the lift hill was added, and by October 28, 2006, the track was completed. By January 2007, testing began on the attraction.

Delayed opening
On May 8, 2007, the park announced the attraction opened would be removed from May 12 to mid-June because three parts after the launch needed to be replaced. On May 17, the park removed the attraction's heartline roll over the Swan Boats pond, and an S-bend is in its place. On May 24, the park announced the ride opening would be May 26.

Ride synopsis
The attraction begins with a launched lift up the 105-foot hill. After the boat reaches the crest of the hill, the ride drops 90 degrees at 100 feet. The train turns to the right, then to the left, and to the right through the first canyon. It then turns right out the canyon. Riders are taken through a 75-foot airtime hill before going into the Horseshoe Roll. The train then turns right into a brake system, before launching at 70mph into a right turn, and then a left, and then an S-bend (the heartline roll's replacement). The train goes under the lift hill, does a right turn, and then goes into another airtime hill, and then the brake system.