This update is from Mantis’s last day in operation at Cedar Point. The ride is currently being transformed into Rougarou a new floorless coaster experience on the same track that Mantis ran on. It’ll be exciting to see how the experience is different when Cedar Point opens in a few months but for now, let’s take a look back at the last day of Mantis!

Right at the front of the park in the former rides graveyard a Mantis front piece sticks out of the ground. As well as a skeleton who apparently was trying to ride.

Mantis 1996-2014. Not sure if the new Rougarou sign will be placed here yet or farther back by the ride.

There was actually quite the line for Mantis today, it was about a half hour but definitely much longer than it normally is.

Mantis navigating the inclined loop which was my favorite part of the ride. Definitely excited to see how this feels with floorless trains, plus it will make it the only floorless coaster on earth to have an inclined loop.

As the sun started to set, we walked around waiting to ride Mantis one last time. Couldn’t help but take a picture of Dragster.

Anti climatic! Two minutes until closing and there was no line! However we opted for the front row. CP was awesome in that they cycled trains with just people in the front. Normally when it’s closing time they will make people fill the rows, but they let everyone get that last ride in whatever row they wanted.

After we get off, the winners of the contest for last riders wait outside with Tony Clark. We didn’t win a last ride but we were on one of the last trains and I’ll still take that any day.