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Well that is nifty!
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5 hours ago, bert425 said:
Breakers is SUPER easy to get to. . . they will direct you past the booths, around the park, and thru the small booth at Breaker's main entrance into the lot back there and you won't need to move your car at all.
The Perkins has a wide variety of options, and is priced just as a "regular" Perkins. . . . (so is the TGI Fridays there by the way). I wouldn't leave my spot to go eat and then deal with coming back in for opening, but just be aware that Perkins in the morning will have a line so plan accordingly. Hell. . what I'd do? get up, go ride Gatekeeper - and whatever else you want to ride - then walk back to Breakers for breakfast at Perkins . . . which will be WAY less busy once early entry hours start.
Rooms in Breakers DO have mini fridges. . . what I do is make a trip to the CVS in town and stock up on snacks in the room. . . helps with the plan above to eat a snack to hold you over until a proper breakfast
Despite not having done this, your CVS idea is one of the selling points here.
Basically being able to pop in/out of the room during the visit is a key point. Just being able to take 30-40 minutes to head back to the room, use a clean bathroom, and have a cold beverage while enjoying some snacks is much more enjoyable than your usual $15-20 theme park meal that probably takes just as long to get. It is something that I didn't realize I needed till TPR pointed it out, lol.
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Going without FL+ isn't a consideration here unless it's a day where we arrive and there are only 8 of us going into the park at 9am.
Appreciate the tip on Maverick. We don't go beyond a general gameplan so stopping back there throughout the day works just fine.
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Finally life is gonna allow me to get away Cedar Point for a couple of days. It appears that some things have changed in the theme park world the last few years, ha ha.... Happy to be back at this, but yea, lol...
Targeting June 21-22 for our park days. Arrive late evening on the 20th and driving back to Chicago after a park day on the 22. Looking at Breakers.
Some stuff I'm seeing as different this go around:
- Early Entry is basically dead. Just seems to be GateKeeper, some generic flats, and some kiddie rides. Is Gatekeeper worth the trouble in this hour? Hit it and then camp out in line for something to open at 10am?
- With just Gate Keeper open for Early Entry, it seems like it's simplest to take a walk along the lake and use the WindSeeker gate. Seems like the Running of the Morons to SV still takes place from the Magnum gate.
- It seems likely that we will see rides closing before 10pm. Just see how things play out the couple of weeks beforehand and make a play based on those results?
- First time staying on property at CP. I assume it's fairly simple to navigate back to Breakers for parking. I assume we'll just park back there for the 2.5 days we're around the property.
- Can we leave the property early in the AM to find breakfast and then come back in a reasonable amount of time? Does the Perkins have "normal" prices or is breakfast gonna cost $25+?
- With the staffing issues, is Fast Lane+ still a simple purchase or is this something we'll have to seek out an open vendor at 10am?
- After reading back through the thread, I'm a bit confused as to what to expect with the SV Lockers. The process seems to be FL+ queue ---> Metal Detector ----> Locker Visit ----> Line into Station Also, with this mess, I keep a Blood Glucose monitor on my person. I can throw it in a locker if absolutely needed, but being separated from the transmitter for an extended period of time can be problematic. Am I gonna have to fight with an attendant about keeping this is a zippered pocket for the ride? I will gladly dump my phone and wallet. But the device losing signal several times over the course of our 48 hours can possibly cause issues.
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I have to giggle at how it's been suggested elsewhere (non-theme park people) that Disney can just up and find another location and establish what they have in Orlando as a result of this political mess.
That being said, could this result in Disney at least floating the idea of spending cash/improving their other properties and trying to deflect guests into going to their other parks if things continue to be problematic in Florida? Obviously Disney alone is probably 1/3 of central Florida's economy, so they hold many of the cards here.
It seems like Disney has the power to do this subtly over time, and could result in a "death by one thousand cuts" scenario for Orlando if things play out long enough.
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Good on them. I hope this becomes the industry standard.
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Do you honestly think that you will be skipping every other year on a SF pass?
Cause that is what you are paying. Even if you run a month or two extra before cancelling, you are only $50 or less over the yearly membership cost instead of double. Over 5 years, you are paying an extra $500-1000. That's an entire theme park vacation in many cases.
It's your money, you can spend how you want. But this is NOT solid financial advice for anyone who actually has to watch their income/spending, and can't just throw money away without thinking...
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11 hours ago, thrillseeker4552 said:
Has anyone ever Uber'd to Cedar Point from Cleveland airport (and back)? Is there a better/cheaper shuttle service that exists?
Thinking about finally taking a solo trip to the park over a weekend in late August, I haven't been in 4 years. I plan on staying on-site at Breakers. Just wondering the best way to get to the park and back from the airport. Unless any rental car places will rent a car to a 22-year old for a decent price?
The issue is going to be finding a ride back to Cleveland. Sandusky isn't that big and the pool for Uber/Lift is fairly small. Finding a driver who wants to do the 2.5 hour round trip could be difficult, especially if you need to travel at an off time.
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The weekend of Sept. 25 should be the first weekend of Freight Fest assuming that we are back on the "traditional" schedule.
Fright Fest is just a single admission for the day, open to close.
All major rides should normally operate except for water rides.
Flash Pass would need to be either Gold or Platinum. FF is the one time where having a Platinum can be a bit more efficient than a Gold. You also will have Maxx Force on Platinum.
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54 minutes ago, Mike240SX said:
Have you been to a park this year, 2021? If no, then all of your experiences are invalid for this conversation. It doesn't matter what day of the week it is...unless the weather is absolute shit, parks are packed.
SFGAm and yes, it held true. Because of the slow ops you were 20-40 minutes till you were exiting and yes, you were able to just walk right to your next ride and get through.
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Fair enough. My reference is Great America, Great Adventure, and New England. Platinum was absolutely a waste of money (save for PLATINUM ONLY rides) because of what I described. We gained zero extra time on our days using the pass.
I will admit that I am crowd savvy however and actively avoid obvious busy days (Holidays, Saturdays, etc).
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2 hours ago, bert425 said:
just want to point out that this is not necessarily true, and can really bite one in the ass.
yes, you're in the Flash Pass line with Gold and Bronze members, even if you're Platinum - since it buzzes to go to the line once the time is up (be it 10 minutes for Platinum, 30 minutes for Gold, or 50 minutes for Bronze).
*but*. . you can't book your next ride until the FP entrance operator scans you in. (and in MANY cases, that's at the station entrance - not at the Flash Pass entrance. . so yeah, you might be waiting in that flash pass entrance line, but they won't scan you in until you get to the operator at the entrance).
so the moment you're scanned, and in the station, if you're Platinum, you can likely book your next ride - and head directly there after your current ride is done.
HOWEVER - if you're Gold (or Bronze) and it's a busy day? odds are that once they scan you in the station, you can book your next ride, but can't head there to get in the line until 30-50 minutes later (Condor and I had Gold level at a super busy day at SFFT last Nov - it's a year round park - and once we booked Iron Rattler? we had a 55 minute wait before we could go to the FP line).
so yeah, it can really bite you and eat up a ton of time if you don't splurge and go for Platinum.
- i can see some "not following the rules" and getting in the line before their time has pinged (which is really breaking the rules, as that's not following the intention of buying FlashPass). . . but I also have seen that happen and the operator makes them leave the line, if they notice them letting others go in front of them to wait for their times.The TX parks must be different then. Almost none of the rides that I have come across put you directly in the station and outside in less than 15 minutes. Also I've never had it to where the person scanning/clearing your flash pass isn't well outside the station.
Unless you are stuck going on July 3rd or a Fright Fest Saturday, I have NEVER seen a gold wait time over 40 minutes. That certainly ISN'T the norm by far. Like I said, 90% of the time your next ride is ready by the time you are walking out the exit turnstile and another 7% of the time your ride is ready by the time you lazily walk to the next location. If it's stupid busy, then yea, take a break. But that is by far the minority exception to the FP use pattern that most of us will experience.
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Also point of note for those new to the system used by Six Flags:
Realize that "Platinum" level is basically buying you access to an additional ride or two and not necessarily saving you time, per se, despite what the marketing material may say.
In many cases after you go through the FP entrance, it will take you 15-30 minutes to complete your ride and reach the exit. If you have "Platinum" FP, your next ride selection will start buzzing shortly after you select it. With Gold, you may have to wait 20 minutes before the FP is buzzing saying it's ready. Well, since it takes 20 minutes to complete your current ride, and another 10 minutes to walk to the next ride, both the "gold" and "platinum" FP people will have the exact same wait in reality.
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God Dammit.
I picked up the Sapphire in the beginning of May since I was going to purchase new furniture and had the cash on hand to cover it along with some other upcoming travel expenses that would easily cover the $4,000.
I got 80K points. >=(
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At $20/hour, you are probably looking at $1100-1300 for 80 hours per paycheck since there are no benefits taken out. It's not bad. But at the same time, turnover will still happen. People won't want to be talked down to. People will be sick of dealing with other people. It's also a job that has "full time" pay for only 3 months. The other 4-5 months of employment are significantly less than that.
It's a band-aid on a knife wound.
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On 2/16/2021 at 7:08 PM, DBru said:
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Six Flags Great America has 15 coasters, mostly clones, with a similar amount of standouts. And as fun as Raging Bull and Goliath are, they’re generally considered among the weakest of their types. At least they ended up keeping Whizzer!
Mostly clones?
V2, Joker, and Superman, sure. But everything else is unique. Batman is the ORIGINAL B&M Invert, so sure, that coaster is in 10 other parks, but this was the start of that. That alone has to be worth something.
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Where you seeing this at? I have a Season Pass and no email. Granted I no longer see a expiration date on the app like it used to show so I am hopeful.
These are memberships... Not passes...
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Did anyone else get a SF Membership email offering to pause their membership until "the park re-opens in the spring"? Not sure if it's a blanket email for all the closed parks (which I know are mostly seasonal) or a true indication that SFMM will be closed for several months more.
Yes...
I posted about it in the SF Corporate thread... It was company wide as I am a member at SFGAm...
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What exactly is a "Golden Friend Ticket"?
That along with two additional skip the line passes are the incentive for me to keep paying into my Diamond Elite membership that has been unused since Dec. 2019.
As I stated in this thread earlier, I kept paying during 2020 as I viewed it as an advanced payment for 2021.... At this point I really don't see the benefit for me to pay an additional $100 to keep my membership active until March 2021.
As is, I am already getting 2021 free since SF owes me March-Sept. + 3 months "free" at the end of my membership.
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Well, here we are in Aug. and I've been paying into my Diamond Elite membership for a full season now without any use. I think it's time to pull the plug since I can essentially get 2021 for free now since SF has said that I will be comped for any months that I paid in, but was not able to use my pass at my home park (SFGAm)...
This really kind of sucks and I really hope that they will stand by their offer, given that the overall picture looks bleak heading into 2021, 2022 and beyond.... I'm curious how many people they were able to convince to keep paying in....
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Like I said, Illinois has been one of the most cautious states in opening. Because of that, Amusement Parks are going to be one of the last things to open. It sucks, but that is how IL is handling this.
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In Illinois, theme parks would fall under Phase 5, which is the final phase in reopening. At this point I wouldn't expect there to be a 2020 season. Illinois has been one of the most cautious states in reopening and given the results that FL and TX are seeing with their reopening, I firmly believe that large scale gatherings won't happen here for the foreseeable future...
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I'd wager to say that although it's unlikely, damage seems plausible with this.
This isn't something new however. It went so far as to become a sitcom gag (Simpsons Season 2 ---> Discount Lion Safari). I dunno how prevalent drive thru safari types of places were, but the concept was out there enough to establish itself in pop culture.
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You're penalized for not showing up, so unless they actually go every day (which is entirely within their right) then in theory they should not be able to do that.
I wonder what the penalty will be for this. I'd like to see it carry some weight, like a $50 no-show fee, but I'm not holding my breath
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$22/month for all 27 parks with four baked in Skip the Line passes isn't too much to ask for out of this deal, is it? LOL...
RIP Diamond VIP Membership...