On September 21, 2012, Cedar Fair announced the temporary closure of all WindSeekers in response to two incidents at Knott’s Berry Farm. 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 Maand officially opened to the public on Maand the latest one to open was the sixth WindSeeker at Kings Dominion which officially opened to the public on April 6, 2012. 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. 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.Ĭanada’s Wonderland was the first of the four parks to open its WindSeeker in 2011. The three-minute ride features 32 suspended twin seats (64 seats altogether) spinning around a central tower. Cedar Fair relocated the Knott’s Berry Farm WindSeeker to Worlds of Fun in 2014, where it is known as SteelHawk. The first four each cost US$5,000,000, and the next two each cost $6,500,000. Carowinds in North Carolina and Kings Dominion in Virginia opened their WindSeekers in 2012. 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. The rides are Wind Seeker models manufactured by Mondial. WindSeeker (known as SteelHawk at Worlds of Fun) is a 301-foot-tall (92 m) swing ride at several Cedar Fair parks.
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