WindSeeker
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WindSeeker at Cedar Point
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| Canada's Wonderland | |
| Area | Action Zone |
| Coordinates | 43°50′26.40″N 79°32′32.89″W / 43.8406667°N 79.5424694°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Cost | US$5,000,000 |
| Opening date | May 24, 2011 |
| Replaced | Jet Scream |
| Carowinds | |
| Area | Carolina RFD |
| Coordinates | 35°06′7.60″N 80°56′28.85″W / 35.1021111°N 80.9413472°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Cost | $6,500,000 |
| Soft opening date | March 30, 2012 |
| Opening date | March 31, 2012 |
| Cedar Point | |
| Area | Beach Front – Next to Beach Entrance |
| Coordinates | 41°28′57.99″N 82°40′50.35″W / 41.4827750°N 82.6806528°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Cost | $5,000,000 |
| Opening date | June 14, 2011 |
| Kings Dominion | |
| Area | Candy Apple Grove |
| Coordinates | 37°50′13.98″N 77°26′47.02″W / 37.8372167°N 77.4463944°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Cost | $6,500,000 |
| Opening date | April 6, 2012 |
| Replaced | El Dorado |
| Kings Island | |
| Area | Coney Mall |
| Coordinates | 39°20′26.62″N 84°15′49.83″W / 39.3407278°N 84.2638417°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Cost | $5,000,000 |
| Opening date | June 21, 2011 |
| Knott's Berry Farm | |
| Area | Fiesta Village |
| Status | Relocated To World's of Fun |
| Cost | $5,000,000 |
| Opening date | Mid-August 2011 |
| Closing date | September 19, 2012 |
| Replaced | Fiesta BBQ (Restaurant) |
| Replaced by | Sol Spin |
| Worlds of Fun | |
| Area | Americana |
| Coordinates | 39°10′27.27″N 94°29′21.25″W / 39.1742417°N 94.4892361°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 2014 |
| General statistics | |
| Attraction type | Tower swinger |
| Manufacturer | Mondial |
| Model | Wind Seeker |
| Height | 301 ft (92 m) |
| Speed | 30 mph (48 km/h) |
| G-force | 1.5 |
| Capacity | 960 riders per hour |
| Vehicles | 32 |
| Riders per vehicle | 2 |
| Duration | 3 minutes |
| Height restriction | 52 in (132 cm) |
 Fast Lane available at all parks |
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WindSeeker (known as SteelHawk at Worlds of Fun) is a 301-foot-tall (92 m) swing ride at several Cedar Fair parks. The rides are Wind Seeker models manufactured by Mondial. They opened for the 2011 season at Canada's Wonderland in Ontario, Cedar Point and Kings Island in Ohio, and Knott's Berry Farm in California. Carowinds in North Carolina and Kings Dominion in Virginia opened their WindSeekers in 2012. The first four each cost US$5,000,000, and the next two each cost $6,500,000. Cedar Fair relocated the Knott's Berry Farm WindSeeker to Worlds of Fun in 2014, where it is known as SteelHawk.
The three-minute ride features 32 suspended twin seats (64 seats altogether) spinning around a central tower. A lighting package was installed on all four WindSeekers, consisting of strips of LED lights mounted on the arms that support the swings and (except at Knott's Berry Farm) colored floodlights to illuminate towers from above.
Canada's Wonderland was the first of the four parks to open its WindSeeker in 2011. On May 24, 2011, the ride was only open for a brief time before problems caused it to be closed for repairs; it reopened the week of June 10. The second WindSeeker was opened to the public at Cedar Point on June 14, 2011, the third on June 21, 2011, at Kings Island, the fourth in mid-August 2011 at Knott's Berry Farm, the fifth WindSeeker to open was Carowinds' model which soft-opened on March 30, 2012 and officially opened to the public on March 31, 2012 and the latest one to open was the sixth WindSeeker at Kings Dominion which officially opened to the public on April 6, 2012.
On September 21, 2012, Cedar Fair announced the temporary closure of all WindSeekers in response to two incidents at Knott's Berry Farm. All the installations, excluding Knott's Berry Farm, later reopened. The Knott's Berry Farm installation remain closed for 11 months until it was announced it would be relocated to Worlds of Fun.
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