JonnyRCT3 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 With what seems to be a success at Six Flags with Holiday in the Park. Does anyone think Cedar Fair may follow suit at Cedar Point, or is the winter weather just too much in Sandusky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 ^ Ohhh, that just needs a bit of dusting off, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscoasters Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Good luck staffing a winter event at CP... Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfelice Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Unpredictable weather, a small local attendance base, a mostly non-local staff due to the lack of a large local population, and people aren't going to travel far for a limited operation with questionable weather. All are factors in why CP should avoid winter operations. Parks with winter events in more northern areas are strongly locally driven and avoid the winter weather pattern that Cedar Point and other parks near the Great Lakes deal with. For example, Kings Island, despite not being that much farther away, has a very strong local season/platinum pass base and it has the benefit of avoiding the Great Lakes weather pattern that features a thing called lake effect snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcoastermark Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 One reason CP will not have a Winter Fest, the weather, hands down. My parents used to have a home on the beach between Huron an Cedar Point. In the summer, the views were absolutely fantastic. Watching the coasters, the fireworks over the lake while on the beach. But come November and December, man was it brutal. They never even used the front door facing the lake, only the back door. Using the front door required great strength to even shut the door because of the winds and snow. just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorneyKid14 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Wait, wait, wait, can we talk about how freaking amazing and beautiful that photo is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestreak Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Wait, wait, wait, can we talk about how freaking amazing and beautiful that photo is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoinItForTheFame Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Wait, wait, wait, can we talk about how freaking amazing and beautiful that photo is But. . . It's missing this one almost really awesome Dive Coaster thing. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Cedar point tried doing a Christmas in the park years ago(1994), but it did not go over well. There is a video of the event on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricUncleSam Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The day will come when Tony figures out how to work cargo shorts and boats into the webcams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 True, but to be fair the decorations also looked god damn terrible. While I don't ever expect a Holiday event at Cedar Point to be a success (aside from maybe a Drive Through light show) I would expect it to draw bigger crowds than that did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Or they just play out the whole grand "Christmas in July" idea like they did at Kings Island this season. Will that make ya'll happy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 ^ Here's a video of that event by the way. Like god damn, I know Home Depot existed in 1994. Someone buy some damn Christmas lights. I don't see a single decoration. It's like a horse drawn Winter Chill Out only super dark and depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkFunk Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 ^ Here's a video of that event by the way. Like god damn, I know Home Depot existed in 1994. Someone buy some damn Christmas lights. I don't see a single decoration. It's like a horse drawn Winter Chill Out only super dark and depressing. I can't for the life of me figure out why that didn't succeed. LMAO. Jesus, that's terrible. I get the arguments about attendance and lack of a huge population base in Sandusky itself, but they did themselves zero good doing the event in that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Jesus. The event should have been called Cedar Point's Seasonal Depression Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestreak Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I'm actually laughing... yikes that looks terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorneyKid14 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Wow. That event. That event is just . Nothing like taking a horse-drawn carriage ride through a winterized amusement park in December. And I must add, Raptor looks beautiful as the tallest ride in the park. Or they just play out the whole grand "Christmas in July" idea like they did at Kings Island this season. Will that make ya'll happy? Don't forget about Dorneys Christmas in July event as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyRCT3 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 And I must add, Raptor looks beautiful as the tallest ride in the park. Space Spiral, Magnum, and Mean Streak say hello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorneyKid14 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 And I must add, Raptor looks beautiful as the tallest ride in the park. Space Spiral, Magnum, and Mean Streak say hello. Whoops. Forgot about magnum and Mean Streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepoint4life23 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The park is in a better spot now then it was. I bet if they did something like this that it would be much much better. Not sure if i would make the 2.5 hour trip to go since the Zoo lights in Columbus are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeyrolet Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Is there any chance that Mean Streak is just being retracked with the I box track and still follow the same lay out? I've never been to Cedar Point and I'm not familiar with Mean Streak and it's layout. I was just curious about the CP enthusiasts opinion ... Please don't hurt me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Password121 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G$ Kurt Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Yeah sorry, but no. They have already made some pretty drastic changes to the ride structure. I don't see the new layout being anything like the original. Which is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakelemay23 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Fun new game: Everytime someone mentions Mean Streak quote it with a picture of Skyride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoinItForTheFame Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Fun new game: Everytime someone mentions Mean Streak quote it with a picture of Skyride. No. Just, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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