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And I bet they'll even let you charge your phones for the low-low-price of $10 an hour too when your battery dies.

@cfcGreat report, and thanks for the intel! I guess I'll be planning for a trip in June or July.

LOL in the shot of people with "no masks," literally no one did not have a mask, and only one wasn't wearing it halfway-properly. That guy might have just taken a sip from the souvenir cup that he's carrying. Sorry, but a sample size of 3 does not indicate anything. Also, for your own furthering intelligence, I'd recommend staying off of TikTok.

Sorry, I can't speak to the park's meal deals since I never eat there.

Because Six Flags webmasters are morons. Quite a few rides that definitely don't go upside down are listed as doing so, too.

@Alex Sutcliff Can't speculate on the ticket issue, but I can tell you that they're not sold out. Several Six Flags parks either haven't posted their calendar or aren't allowing ticket sales past May for some reason which no one knows. As for Flash Pass, Bronze level is basically worthless. If it's a busy day, you'll be waiting just as long as you would otherwise, just not in the queue line. If it's a calm day, you won't need it at all. Gold is the minimum you should consider, but given that you're planning on visiting on a Wednesday, you likely won't need it at all, especially if you're planning a full-day (open to close). If you get there and the day gets busy, you can always buy it at the park for the same price that you'd pay buying it advance.

I hate to quote my own post, but just wondering if anyone had any intel on my question. Was possibly planning a trip on May 1 and would prefer that Aplengeist, Loch Ness. Mach Tower, and the log flume not be closed. If you have access to TicketsatWork.com, they currently have any-day tickets for $60.

Aside from Bill's experience, the rest of the posts (including my own) claim minimal waits, so I'm not sure what you're on about. Anyway, we won't know for certain until they open to see how/if they're doing spacing on coasters. All of the Cedar Fair parks pages that I've looked at, including Dorney's, have removed the "reduced capacity on rides" text from their COVID-19-prevention actions. If it's like last year, on a Saturday, yeah you might have some substantial waits. I'd expect crowds to be a little bit larger than last year, simply because more people are comfortable going out now, but it's still Dorney Park. If you go on any day but a Saturday you won't have any substantial wait times.

Because Gov. Murphy basically put a halt to all "non-essential" construction (or other work, for that matter), for a large part of 2020. After it was allowed to restart, I have to imagine the park still wanted to feel out the trajectory of the pandemic before investing anything else into it.

So KD just sent out an e-mail to pass holders; there will be a preview day for Gold/Platinum Pass holders on Sunday, May 16th, ahead of their main opening on Saturday the 22nd. That's all it says, no hours posted yet. If they're open late enough I might swing by on my way back from Kings Island.

Yeah, the Fast Track will really only provide a major help at Great Bear and Fahrenheit (drops you in the station), and to a lesser extent Skyrush and Candymonium (provided there is queue built up on the ground). For most other rides the merge point is too far back to really make much a difference.

Last I checked (just now) a SEAS Platinum Pass was $408 after taxes and fees, but yeah if you can get one for $200 I'd jump on that in a heartbeat.

@bert425Not saying I told you so, but....

Fair enough. Hopefully for you by that point they'll be selling daily Fast Lane.

Look, I get it...staying at Breakers or Express can be awesome for a trip, especially the first one, but if getting on as much as possible is your priority, the Platinum Pass + All-Season, All-Park Fast Lane is the better option. You get the same Early Entry perks from the Platinum Pass as you do from staying at Breakers/Express, and you also get the ability to bypass lines all day for all three days. Even if your wait with the FL+ is 30-45 minutes, that's still a hell of a lot better than the 2-3 hours waits you'll encounter without it. Now if money is no object, absolutely combine the two (stay at Breakers and go for the PP+FL option), but if my choice is one or the other, I know which one I'd go for.

I reiterate my earlier stated notion of buying a Platinum season Pass along with the All-Season, All-Park Fast Lane, through one of the Cedar Fair sites that is offering it. You do not need to go to that park for it to be valid at Cedar Point. This way, you'll have Fast Lane Plus for your CP trip, and can do things at your leisure. It's Labor Day Weekend. The park is going to be slammed. You also get Early Entry with a Platinum Pass, so you don't need to stay at one of the Cedar Point Hotels.

I had inferred it from the fact that SFGAdv's site has two options to buy Power Hour tickets, one for Passes/Members and one without, and the fact that the website states that "a ticket is required for everyone" whereas SFStL's just says "reservations are required for everyone." But I could be mistaken.

Doesn't appear that they're charging Season Passes/Memberships, as they rightly shouldn't. *coughSFGADVcough*

Stopped by the park for a few hours today with my father to burn off the Bring-a-Friend I had with my Season Pass before it expired. Not worth a full TR, but here are some notes: -Reservations were checked by no one. -Row skipping on coasters is a thing of the past; though my dad and I did get our own car on both Justice League and Dark Knight. -Social distancing in queues was actually a thing! -Season Flash Pass holders were directed to a booth separate from the main Flash Pass building to pick theirs up; it was located near the old entrance to Old Country across from Sky Screamer. Not sure if this is the way it will be moving forward. -Dark Knight with the roll-up doors on the sides of the building open completely ruins the point; it was pretty much daylight in there. -El Toro was back to its normal awesome self after a disappointing ride last fall. It must have been the cold. It is now back up to my #4 woodie. -It had been several years since I was able to get on Kingda Ka in the front. I don't remember it being this good. I still prefer Dragster for the restraints, overall smoothness, and "all-in-one-push" launch, but yeah the way it just goes "nope, let's go a little faster" twice during the launch sure is something. -The park really doubled down on the "marijuana is prohibited signs." There's like 5 in every smoking zone and a ton more around the park that weren't here last year. Guess that's what happens when your Governor "legalizes it"....no one actually reads the bill to realize that it's not really allowed outside of your home. -They have brought in a bunch of outside contracted security staff to manage the park entrance screening and queue lines. Not sure if this is permanent or just due to most of their college-aged staff not yet free from school and able able to work. -All in all, a decent visit.

Hey now, I hang out by myself at parks all the time. The last time I went to a park with someone was 2019, pre-COVID.

Bill is sadly right.

End of June should be good anywhere in the country. Some school districts run in to the first week or two of June.

Weekdays in July and August, if anything like last year, should be manageable. I think the longest I waited for anything at KI was an hour for Beast.

Fast Lane passes are not being sold on a daily basis yet; its possible that they won't all year. Right now you can buy an all-season, all-park Fast Lane for all Cedar Fair parks through one of the sites that are selling them (that will be valid at Cedar Point), but as I mentioned it's super pricey. Two days at CP, especially weekends, are advised even with Fast Lane plus...there's just that much to do. Many major rides do not drop you right in the station either (Millennium Force and Raptor are the biggest offenders), so you might still have 15-30 minutes from the "merge" point. Steel Vengeance, at its height before COVID, got 45 minute Fast Lane waits and it DOES drop you in the station. Going on a Saturday and Sunday without a Fast Lane....you might have to skip out on some things. If the decision really is a "this year OR next year" and not a "this year AND next year" thing, I'd say you should wait for next year.

Amen brother. My trips before having it and after were night and day. My only desire for single-day FL sales is for when I bring friends who don't have the same enthusiasm for parks as I do. Normally I spring for it for them, but dropping another thousand for someone else who won't go half the times that I do takes some thought. Though I have to say I'm surprised that CF hasn't caught on to the "trick" of buying Platinum Passes and add-ons through CW's site and started mandating that you "check in" with whatever park you bought the pass from first like SF and SEAS do.