For today's review, we're gonna be going over my first B&M wing coaster. GateKeeper! Now, I'm not a huge fan of this ride model. I loved Thunderbird at Holiday World and thought Wild Eagle was alright, but I'd rather see more flying coasters over these. Despite that, I still REALLY like GateKeeper, more than I expected to be frank.
We first pull down the vests which, is my biggest issue, I do not like the B&M vest restraints. I'm about 230 pounds so, these restraints pinch down much harder than I'd like. But thankfully this are less painful and more just an annoyance. And unlike Wild Eagle, they don't pinch down through the ride. After this, you head up the massive lift hill riding right along side the beach, which, is one of the things I love about Cedar Point. The views you get are AMAZING on top of the coasters. And GateKeeper is no exception.
We then head down the first drop. This is one of the few Dive Drops in the world, and I gotta say. Big fan of this element! Much better than the airtimeless first drop on Wild Eagle (Okay, I'll stop being mean to that ride. Wild Eagle is also a fun ride!) Very disorienting and very cool element. You then head into a big airtime hill which, gives okay floater, nothing too crazy. Before heading into the key corkscrews. Yeah this is that cool looking part where it goes over the park entrance. And yeah, it's a fun element on top of being very pretty to look at. Especially since you still pretty much have all of your speed. You almost never slow down on GateKeeper, you just fly from element to element! After that awesome element, we then hit the dive loop which again, we are just FLYING through. So that moment is awesome, followed by some more inlined twists. We then hit the MCBR, which, I think takes the cake for the most pointless MCBR ever. Like yeah, they need it so they can run 3 trains. But come on, all that's left to the ride is one forceless helix and then you hit the brake run.
But yeah, that's Gatekeeper. Overall, it's one of the better B&Ms at Cedar Point and is one of the better coasters at the park. I mean, that first half is just so strong. If the restraints didn't tighten so much, I'd love it more. But regardless, Gatekeeper is fun and is worth a ride at Cedar Point.
Final Score: 80/100
Opened in 2013
Built by B&M
Last Ridden: May 20th 2023 read more