Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH, USA - The signs have all pointed to a significant new ride for the world's largest amusement park in 2007, and now, that assumption is supported by solid concrete evidence: footers.

Cedar Point leaked the first picture of these telling signs that a new roller coaster or another type of tracked thrill ride is on the way late yesterday in the park's official blog. The picture shows two large, fresh foundations in the midst of a construction site comprised of at least five acres located towards the back of the property.

Following the 2005 season, Cedar Point announced that its log flume White Water Landing would be retired after 23 years, and land clearing has followed in the months since then. In the meantime, construction updates mainly focused on this season's new ride, the S&S Screamin' Swing attraction known as SkyHawk.

However, a Feb. 22 update posted to Cedar Point's OnPoint blog revealed that preparations for a new attraction to take White Water Landing's spot were well underway, with train tracks passing through the construction site shifted to make way for the possible 2007 thrill ride.

Although the exact type of coaster or other ride has yet to be revealed, one likely project name is Maverick, which Cedar Point's parent company Cedar Fair recently trademarked.

Some enthusiasts anticipate a new water ride to replace White Water Landing, pointing out that a ride of this type was originally planned for the 2005 season but scrapped in favor of MaXair.

However, others anticipate a ride far larger than anything ever seen before, pointing out that Cedar Point's President and CEO Dick Kinzel, the man responsible for starting the monumental steel coaster craze known for breaking the 200-foot barrier in 1989, 300-foot barrier in 2000, and 400-foot barrier in 2003, retires after the 2007 season. In terms of construction timing, the fresh footers support this prediction.

As park fans speculate and anticipate, the latest Cedar Point construction saga continues, much as it did in 2000, 2003, and other years past.