Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread

[teacherkim]

I'm guessing Cedar Point won't be having many international youth working there this summer. If my teenager wanted to work at a park this summer, I would have serious reservations myself. I kind of expect the ex to put the kibosh on our SFOG trip this month. Not sure I'll fight it if she does. We've already spent two days at SFOG at Christmas on our $59.99 2020 Gold passes, so not like that's a big loss if we don't make it an SF park this year.

 

The more I think about it, for CF parks I may just hope for a few days at Carowinds and KD this year. My pass is good for all of next year, so anything I do this year is just gravy.

 

I get the concern, my son works as a ride ops at SFSTL and will be going back to resume training next week. However, I really don't think it will be any more dangerous than school in August. No matter what recommendations they make, schools cannot social distance the way the cdc wants, most teens won't do it anyway, and we cannot keep them locked up forever.

 

We are discussing a HW,KI, CP run in July which would only be a week or two into KI and CP opening but we are prepared for whatever we get as far as operations. We MAY wait on CP and go for Halloweekends (at the moment they are still advertising it) Also trying to reschedule our cancelled spring break Texas trip. Our biggest obstacle at this point is just running out of time before school starts and since SFSTL is having a shortened season there are only so many days my son can ask off for.

[tndank]

Unless I can't get reservations, I'll be there when they open for a few days. It could be a great time to be at the park with lower capacity and people deciding to stay away. It could be a shit show. I'm up for either and will have good time. May skip out on Saturday and run over to Kennywood for their opening day.

[thepoint4life23]

^Oh, I totally get that. I'm thinking more for the locals. Once again, we've been preparing and telling ourselves to assume no international travel for all of 2020 and maybe just one trip outside of Florida. Everything else we will consider a bonus. It sucks, but hopefully next year will be better.

 

I would much rather have a day at cedar point then a day at work. I will go have fun enjoy it and make the most out of whatever is going on.

 

Some people just need to take a step back and realize that there is more than Roller Coasters.

[RideWoodenCoasters]

^So true. There is also Cedar Downs.

[Haymaker]

Now heres a rule most of us could get behind

[Nrthwnd]

^ Hmmm. With everybody wearing deodorant and perfumes, and probably not wearing anything that's actually odorless, maybe the 6 feet apart thing should be a permanent thing? Especially on those hot days, hmm?

 

Just a wee suggestion.

[coasternut]

Testing / cycling Magnum right now with 2 trains from webcam.

[tndank]

Still waiting on reservations.

 

New rumors swirling that CP will close at 8pm this season.

[thepoint4life23]

Cedar point will give you a few days before reservations go live. I could see the park closing at 8. People need to realise everything is going to be different this year.

[RAWKIN_coaster38]

^ Hmmm. With everybody wearing deodorant and perfumes, and probably not wearing anything that's actually odorless, maybe the 6 feet apart thing should be a permanent thing? Especially on those hot days, hmm?

 

Just a wee suggestion.

Certain coaster enthusiasts won't have any trouble keeping people six feet away from them.

[CenturyFlyer]

I wonder when they will eventually let daily ticket holders in. It will probably be at least a week after opening and likely longer with the high amount of passholders.

[AmyUD06]

Well, given how KI was only allowing Platinum Pass holders to reserve one day in advance, making multi-day trips impossible to plan, I went ahead and booked 3 nights at Express (there's no way I was spending the $275 a night at Breakers when I'm use to less than $75 a night for the motels I typically stay in). We'll see how that goes.

[DBru]

^Is there a way to get the Platinum Pass discount for the resorts when booking online?

[AmyUD06]

I didn't even bother trying; actually I wasn't even aware that there was one. I booked through Hotels.com to earn my rewards nights.

[tndank]

If you have a Platinum pass use the code PASS. Makes the Express about $130/nt July 12-14.

[VF15]

Operating schedule has been released. Open 11am to 8pm every day July 9 through September 7. No dates on the schedule after Labor Day yet.

https://www.cedarpoint.com/explore/cedar-point-calendar-and-hours

[CenturyFlyer]

There's lots of good information here: https://www.cedarpoint.com/welcoming-you-backThe first two weeks of operation are for hotel guests and passholders only, and reservations aren't available just yet.

[coasterbill]

Operating schedule has been released. Open 11am to 8pm every day July 9 through September 7. No dates on the schedule after Labor Day yet.

https://www.cedarpoint.com/explore/cedar-point-calendar-and-hours

 

Makes sense... they're probably holding out hope that they can salvage Halloweekends. If they still have to severely limit crowds by then it may be better to just open the park as normal without the added expense of haunt mazes that won't be able to increase the number of guests in the park anyway. In that case I expect them to throw up some pumpkins for 2 months, close at 7pm and call it a season.

 

The only other option would be a crazy, drastic change like closing the park around 4:30 or 5:00 and doing a hard ticket event. In the past I didn't think they had the infrastructure to support it but they've upgraded their infrastructure and they would need to cap attendance. Maybe this is the year they go for it?

Edited June 25, 2020 by coasterbill

[tndank]

Hours will be 11-8. I'm down with that. Looking forward to it.

 

No water park this year.

 

Passholders and hotel guests only until July 23.

[Taeshan]

Any word on if Platinum holders can get multiple day reservations yet or should I bite the express bullet to guarantee a second day? OR should I do that anyways as now both times I have looked at CP hotel deals it's either too expensive or just bad review.

[AmyUD06]

If it's anything like how WoF and KI is doing things, no you will not. You can only have one reservation active in the system at a time. I saw the same and booked 3 nights at Express for a reasonable price.

 

On a side note, it appears (based on the FAQ page), that Cedar Point has followed KI's lead into a smoke-free entire park, with the only designated smoking area being "outside the main gate." That would suck if you're in the back half of the park. Eeesh...good thing I'm in the process of quitting.

[teacherkim]

So, I think we are going to try and go for a couple days in late July. We have platinum passes but I have no problem booking at the Breakers. Not sure though which nights to book. If we want to go to the park on a Thursday/Friday do we book for Thursday and Friday night or Wed and Thurs night? Will probably give them a call to clarify. Or just book three nights and be safe.

[tndank]

You can pick if you want to go arrival or departure date. So either would work.

[teacherkim]

Nice! Thanks. That's helpful because we will be coming from KI so I can decide if I would rather drive late after the day at KI or wait until early the next morning, which would save me a night at the Breakers.

[tndank]

I'd stay somewhere cheap a couple hours from KI. Finish up the drive the next morning. I wouldn't want to pay Breakers price and get there so late.