Schotcher Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 (edited) Just wondering, is there anything to do near Sandusky besides Cedar Point? I need a reason other than CP to get a trip to Ohio. Edited May 22, 2012 by Schotcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathfearsnone Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Kalahari and a safari thing i have never done also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanLegend Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Cleveland is about an hour away; you could always check out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After all, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Um, no one has mentioned the only correct answer to his question... TGI Friday's!!! Actually your question should have been something like this... "Just wondering, is there anything to do near Sandusky besides TGI Friday's? I need a reason other than TGI Friday's to get a trip to Ohio." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmicha Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 ^^That's a great suggestion, as is the brand new casino downtown which has opened this last week to rave reviews and has sparked higher levels of nightlife throughout downtown. If you are interested in visiting Cleveland, PM me and I would be happy to help suggest some activities to do that would compliment a trip to Cedar Point. In the more immediate area there's Kelleys Island as well as Put-In-Bay. Not sure how old you are, but if you are of age, Put-In-Bay can be really fun. Even if you aren't, it's still great fun and very scenic. Toledo is also about an hour or so away and is home to one of the coolest museums, the Toledo Glass Pavillion. If you are at all interested in architecture, it's an amazing building that seems to defy structural engineering and gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Um, no one has mentioned the only correct answer to his question... TGI Friday's!!! Actually your question should have been something like this... "Just wondering, is there anything to do near Sandusky besides TGI Friday's? I need a reason other than TGI Friday's to get a trip to Ohio." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Hey you guys check out this Facebook page if you want Cedar Point to save Disaster Transport! www.facebook.com/MissionRestoreDisasterTransport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adavis Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Hey you guys check out this Facebook page if you want Cedar Point to save Disaster Transport! www.facebook.com/MissionRestoreDisasterTransport Good luck with that. I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want a rad new coaster to replace that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Hey you guys check out this Facebook page if you want Cedar Point to save Disaster Transport! www.facebook.com/MissionRestoreDisasterTransport Seriously, people are this dumb. If DT is replaced by another coaster or ride, it probably will be better. Hopefully, a GCI coaster will be built there as many have speculated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invertalon Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 We can only hope! ^ Steel is getting played out a bit at the Point... GCI would be amazingly awesome there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 ^^ Well on the other hand, there are some people out there who want Cedar Point to fix up and keep Disaster Transport as well as Space Spiral too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasternut Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 We can only hope! ^ Steel is getting played out a bit at the Point... GCI would be amazingly awesome there. I vote yes, on that note. The only good wood at C.P. is Blue Streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian6325 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 My friends and I had a great time at Cedar Point on Saturday. If it was not for Fast Lane the day would not have been fun at all. I have never seen Cedar Point that busy. The only long wait was Top Thrill Dragster which was about 40 minutes. At lunch we went to Fridays in the Breakers Hotel, and we would not have been able to do that and ride everything we wanted to with out Fast Lane. We rode, Raptor, two times, we walked on both times. Blue Streak, we walked on. Millennium Force, two times and was a a 20 minute wait. Mean Streak, we walked on and it was a mistake. I forgot how horrible the ride is. Gemini, we walked on. Maverick, which was a 15 minute wait. It is my second favorite steel coaster after Millennium Force. Iron Dragon, which was a 15 minute wait and did not have Fast Lane. Magnum was a 5 minute wait. Cork Screw was a walk on. Mantis, my friends went on it but I did not. I am 6 foot 2 and when the shoulder restraint hit my shoulders it would not come down far enough for the seat belt to buckle. The Mantis was never one of my favorite rides so I really did not care that I did not get to ride it. Top Thrill Dragster Windseeker, we walked on. I really did not care for the ride to much. Max Air, we walked on. This is my favorite flat ride. Power Tower, we walked on. Bumper Cars, we walked on. Monster, we walked on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codylax141 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Fast Lane prices have gone up! From Screamscape: (5/25/12) While it seems every Cedar Fair park has launched their own version of Fast Lane this year, with varying degrees of success or failure, Cedar Point has announced that they will be raising the price to $55 for one person, and it will cost $60 on Saturdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'm fine with the slight price increases as it shows that Cedar Point is committed to making this system work right. I really was super impressed with how they have implemented Fast Lane and now it looks like they are trying to make it a better experience for everyone by adjusting the prices as necessary. Good for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 ^Or they could just better limit the number of Fastlane passes they sell if it's becoming a demand problem. To the average person it looks very much like they are money hungry and that's what some will perceive it as. Is $55/$60 for a single pass a little high, maybe not so much at Cedar Point, but at other CF parks, certainly. I used Fastlane at WOnF last year at haunt and it was well worth the $35 I spent to be able to get front of line to all of the haunts except for one(logistic issues to get two lines going on it). I was able to practically walk in to all of them and was done in 90 minutes, same with Fastlane for their rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 ^From the park's standpoint: If you keep the price the same and limit the number of tickets, you would now have to deal with angry park guests who can't buy one because tickets have sold out. So, you raise the price, to in effect accomplish the same goal of lowering Fast Lane users without having to turn customers away. This is how Universal has done their Express Passes for years now. Raise the price with demand. It's basic Economy 101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom25 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I think the price increase is reasonable, and if the price increase helps reduce the demand, all the better. While some may perceive this as being "money hungry", others like myself view it as maximizing profits. Given the cost today of building a world record coaster and the amount of debt CF has to deal with, I think the whole program is a win win for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) ^From the park's standpoint: If you keep the price the same and limit the number of tickets, you would now have to deal with angry park guests who can't buy one because tickets have sold out. So, you raise the price, to in effect accomplish the same goal of lowering Fast Lane users without having to turn customers away. This is how Universal has done their Express Passes for years now. Raise the price with demand. It's basic Economy 101. Dude, I understand this. Will $5 break the bank, no, but it pushes that glass ceiling. Disney is going to be quite effective in raising their A/P rate in lowering attendance and this will too, but at what long term cost? So now instead of turning people away, they get customers who now bitch and moan that the price is above what they are willing to spend for it. Win-win situation, no. I do like that CF is offering these passes and they are keeping all of the money to themselves unlike parks partnered with Lo-q. However a major benefit with Lo-q is if a pass is returned, it can be resold. CF can't do this, so the answer is, raise the price because we sell out too quickly. The statement Cedar Fair makes about raising the price for their customers, yeah, I don't know of any consumer who applauds paying more, lmao. Hypothetical. Sell an average of 1k passes per day at Cedar Point during the course of 100 peak operating days. That extra $5 nets them an additional $500k, not too shabby with an overall addition to the bottom line of ~5.5 million when not taking into consideration the Saturday premium. Now, if they use those additional revenues to continue to improve the park(and by improvements I mean not putting in lame rides like a million windseekers, tho the public somewhat seems to like them) then everyone wins. Edited May 25, 2012 by chadster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Even at a $5/$10 increase, these passes are still a great value for what you get. No way would I visit CP in the summer and not get Fastlane. The park is just too busy. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathfearsnone Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 People seem to think theme parks all about me me me. But they are out to make a buck and need to. So for the 5 dollar up-charge yes i understand it does it bother me no. Cause you just schedule your vacation on slower days Mondays wed are prime examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Even with the price increase, it's still cheaper than a Gold Flash Pass for one person at a SF park, which is $80-ish. And I still paid the $80 last year when I went to SFGAd for the Green Lantern pass preview days. The value for these things far exceeds the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade1 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Just wondering, is there anything to do near Sandusky besides Cedar Point? I need a reason other than CP to get a trip to Ohio. Yes, Sandusky, is a major tourist town. There are advertised caves and islands that draw people looking for something more rustic. There is also world class walleye fishing too. My friends stay in Port Clinton, only 15 minutes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade1 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Well that is dissappointing to here. I was convinced they would build a legitimate wooden coaster, hopefully they still will. It does seem unlikely they would just spill the beans like that, smokescreen perhaps. They could do a 4d I suppose at least it would be different. A dive coaster would be a lot better if they had to go with steel. I think Dive and Inverts are here to stay and Wingriders will go the way of Standups. There has been a rumor of a Dive Machine coming for a while and it is a winged coaster. I completely disagree. Wingriders have tons of potential and will only get better. They are the hot ride for this decade. They will be more like inverts. Every park will want one. Here's a video to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krakenmaniac Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 If you alredy bought FastLane online you pay the origional price that was 30$ for 6, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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