AmyUD06

Shhh....people don't want to hear that kind of talk around here.

Don't hold your breath.

As of right now, you need to call them. The "Reservation Portal" is only for rescheduling. When KI first opened their reservations, I accidentally booked the wrong day and the change-online system didn't exist yet so I had to call in to cancel. Aside from the maybe 30 minutes on hold to be able to talk to someone, I had no issues.

Yep. Apparently SV is an "upcharge attraction" because of it. Edit: Here's a trick - Make your required mask out of metal. Then when you go through the detector you can blame that.

Or wear zippered/closeable pockets.

Yet.

Check back next Monday afternoon. Mondays seem to be when they make changes to the system.

Guess their plan to open to resort guests only on the 11th wasn't looking so profitable? They're now open to everyone on that date. Sucks for those who made non-refundable reservations at their expensive hotels just to get in the park.

For anyone planning a mutli-day trip with a season pass, the system now appears to be allowing unlimited reservations. I've got three so far and tried to make a fourth and it would have allowed it.

Wow, this list is way too long... Cedar Fair Parks Mean Streak Mantis Wildcat (CP) Disaster Transport Firehawk Son of Beast King Cobra (KI) Laser Hercules Volcano Shockwave (KD) Hurler (KD) Six Flags Parks Rolling Thunder Batman & Robin: The Chiller Great American Scream Machine Viper Two-Face: The Flip Side Jersey Beaches Jet Star (Casino Pier) Looping Coaster (Funtown Pier) Flitzer (Morey's) Wildcat (Keansburg) Busch Gardens Williamsburg Drachen Fire Big Bad Wolf

From their own website: "We are limiting park capacity to 50% at this time, we encourage social distancing, guests are not required to wear masks and no reservations required." From the IL Department of Public Health: "Everyone over the age of 2 who can medically tolerate a face covering over their nose and mouth must wear one in a public place when unable to maintain a safe distance (6 feet) from others." I couldn't find any exception in the IL rules for water parks, so it sounds to me like they're breaking the states own rules. Good for them resisting tyranny.

My point was that masks + water park =/= a functional solution. Wet cloth isn't exactly breathable (ever heard of waterboarding?). If the state requires masks EVERYWHERE, with no exceptions, then there's no point in opening a water park. You can bet if Oceans of Fun opens, masks will be required for entry and in food lines and then when not on rides or generally walking around. This is the exact policy that has been implemented at CF's Schlitterbahn parks:

Wow, RIP Dorney Park, I guess. Well, they did officially come out and say that Wildwater Kingdom wasn't opening with Dorney Park's rides on the 8th, but haven't ruled it out completely. CF also owns (and operates?) those two Schlitterbahn parks in Texas, and they've been open since the middle of June. In states where masks are not mandated, staffing is probably a major issue more than anything else. Figure 2 lifeguards per pair of slides, not to mention the 10 at the wave pool and who-knows-how-many for the lazy river, then you have all of the food service stands...it all adds up. In states that have said "if you're in a public place you have to wear a mask," then waterparks are a non-starter.

No they shouldn't do that right now. With cases rising parks are the last thing that should open. After watching videos from Indiana Beach people obviously can't follow social distancing. "Number of cases" is a worthless metric that will of course be skyrocketing now that they're conducting more testing. "Hospitalizations" is a better number to pay attention to, but the media never mentions that number, because for most of the country it doesn't fit their "the sky is falling" narrative. My local newspaper is one of the few that does. For example, despite a "massive increase!!!!11!" of 132 positive cases in Delaware reported Saturday, we currently have only 53 people hospitalized and a whopping 15 that are considered critical. And they are decidedly left-wing and were claiming it was the end of days when this COVID nonsense started. Those two numbers have been plummeting the past few weeks, despite more and more reopenings...Delaware is pretty much back to normal activity, albeit at reduced food service/retail capacity. Indiana Beach may be the worst example you could possibly reference. Plenty of other parks are getting by just fine, with people for the most part "following the rules," and there is no difference between Virginia and Ohio or Pennsylvania or New Jersey or any other state where parks have opened that calls for Virginia to maintain their closure.

Quick review of Wildwood/Morey's 4th of July: -The entirety of Mariner's Pier except for Sea Serpent appeared to be operating, including the water park and PigDog. -Surfside Pier was closed further back than Kong; everything "in front" of that appeared to be operating. -I encountered 0 wait for either pier; Mariner's at 12:00 and Surfside at 5:00. Take their "We highly recommend you spend money to guarantee your spot on the pier!!!!1!1!" with a grain of salt. -99% of boardwalk stands/business were open, at least between Mariner's and Surfside. -On the piers, I'd say probably 95% mask wearing. On the boardwalk, less than 5%. Both of which I'm fine with.

Just sayin', listing a wild-mouse-in-a-box in your top ten, with some of the most intense coasters in the world, kinda weakens your credibility. Not saying I disagree with your assessment (to be confirmed in a week and a half when I make it to KI), just kinda sayin'...

Are their CP-employed mechanics dedicated to each coaster, perhaps even specially trained on Inatmin rides? Sure, I'd believe that. But I'm not going to believe that there's a branch of Intamin AG on-site at Cedar Point. If that were the case, Dragster wouldn't have like 50% downtime each year.

Either way, your best bet is to just call Express and ask them rather than hope that someone has been in your exact situation in the...oh wait, that's right they're not even open yet this year, when for obvious reasons everything might be different than in the past. How could anyone possibly know? Just call them. I'll even look up their number for you. Here you go: (419) 626-0830.

No one, including CP, has said you won't be able to buy you parking pass at Express as you have in the past. Tndank was saying that you will have to pay if you want to move your car from the express lot to Cedar Point, they said nothing about where you have to pay. That said, the world is a different place than what it was last season, so your best bet is to just call Express and ask if you can buy a parking pass there.

In the defense of Knoebel's original policy, the Governor of PA has mandated that masks be worn in public places effective today, so I'm not sure how much of the change was their choice.

They haven't even announced a date that non-passholders will be able to go, but if it's like Kings Island's system, there are separate counters for Passholders and Daily Ticket holders. And yes, in terms of a Platinum Pass, it doesn't matter which park's website you buy it through, you can process it at any CF park. Gold/regular Season Passes are park-specific.

Thanks for the heads up; got my second day booked! And now, no more need to spend $$$$$ to stay at Express to get the guaranteed entry, so I'm rebooked at the famed Econo Lodge North for $350 less.

In short, because wind will be pushing the mask into your face. Same reason glasses stay on. Unless you tilt your head extremely up or down to allow air to catch under/above the masks, it'll be fine.

It definitely does say Onion. Look at the bottom where it says "rings."

I can't say for certain, but Dorney and KD have the same system, so I'd say it's a fair bet that KI uses the same system too. This question is also probably answerable on their website.