Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread

Sky Ride removal confirmed.

None of them showing Sky Ride.

 

... well it's closed for the season for staffing so I guess there's not much to see.

Sky Ride removal confirmed.

Denial is the first stage of grief.

More crowds, less rides available...Do the mazes help offset/disperse the heavier crowds at all?

Nope. Not in my experience, especially the past few years as it's gotten more and more busy (on Friday's in particular which used to be very low crowds).

Not to mention the lines for the mazes are very, very slow moving. What should be a 5-10 minute wait end up being 45 minutes due to small groups, spiel to each and every group, etc...

None of them showing Sky Ride.

 

... well it's closed for the season for staffing so I guess there's not much to see.

Sky Ride removal confirmed.

Denial is the first stage of grief.

Actually it’s open. Underpromise and overdeliver I guess...

Seems like the gold pass has had a huge effect on attendance. It’s been busy practically every day since they introduced it.

I visited the park on Friday after a big thunderstorm. You would think the park would be totally empty because of that but it wasn’t. It was exactly busy but Valravn, Millennium, and Maverick were all around 45 minutes in the later part of the night, but Raptor was running one train and struggling to fill it. Then, somehow, Vengeance only had a 25 minute wait? It was really bizarre. So not exactly crowded but not dead either. Friday’s have been picking up the last few years.

Yesterday, the entire parking lot and all employee lots were filled, including the parking spaces in between the toll booths and the parking lot itself.

Today, the main lot is almost completely full. Seems like Sunday’s might not be dead anymore either. Kinda sucks that this will be the new normal when you’re used to it being quieter, but more people in the park = More money for CP = More improvements to the park.

It's not too bad today. The lot is a bit misleading because the Shores parking lot is (mostly) closed because of the concert yesterday.

I was there today. Sky Ride was open and running. TTD was closed all day (which made me mad, every single time I go to CP its always closed for one reason or another.) Waits were pretty good during my time there with the exception of Steel Vengeance which was 2 hours pretty much all day. Since I rode SV the week before I concentrated my time on other things. (also no one I was with wanted to ride it) Magnum provided great backseat airtime, though those tiny hills kill your legs.

The full Fast Lane queue for Steel Vengeance is about 45 minutes? Is that the general consensus?

Yeah, right about that.

While waiting in line for Steel Vengeance, the other weekend, I was thinking about how bad it's practical capacity actually is. The theoretical capacity is 1200 pph, but, in all practicality, with walks of shame and triple-checking restraints, they are only dispatching a train about every 2.5 minutes, dropping the capacity 576 pph. Assuming a 2:1 standby-to-fast lane ratio, the ride only moves 384 pph from standby and 192 pph from FL. Yikes! Really makes you appreciate Magnum and Gatekeeper, doesn't it?

^^--my impression was the ratio is 1:1 .

I am going to be "that guy" and ask a stupid question as despite being a CP visitor for many years, I have usually had a season pass in hand before the season started. Well, this year I have a Gold Pass Voucher to process. My wife and I are going to HalloWeekends tomorrow night and I was wondering if the voucher will cover my parking fee, or do I have to pay the $20 to park because I am technically not a Gold Pass Holder until the card is printed up? I couldn't seem to find the info on their website so I thought I'd ask if anyone here knows.

Thanks!

From my experience at King's Dominion and Michigan's Adventure, if you show the voucher to the parking attendant they should scan it and let you in.

I scanned my Platinum Pass voucher at the Parking Booth at Canada's Wonderland, and it was good for letting me in free. I'm pretty sure CP is the same way.

^ and ^^ Thanks! I was hoping that was the case.

I am going to be "that guy" and ask a stupid question as despite being a CP visitor for many years, I have usually had a season pass in hand before the season started. Well, this year I have a Gold Pass Voucher to process. My wife and I are going to HalloWeekends tomorrow night and I was wondering if the voucher will cover my parking fee, or do I have to pay the $20 to park because I am technically not a Gold Pass Holder until the card is printed up? I couldn't seem to find the info on their website so I thought I'd ask if anyone here knows.

 

Thanks!

FWIW at Kings Island I had to pay for parking, then they reimbursed me at the pass processing. It was dumb but I gave them a $20 and they gave me it back 5 minutes later.

I actually had a similar question since I'm going tomorrow too (hopefully the crowds will be decent!). I bought the Platinum Pass and have the CP app with the virtual pass. I don't see anything about being required to get a physical copy of it. I couldn't find anything on the site about it either.

Has anyone else gotten a Platinum Pass/Pass and just used the QR code to get entry? Not sure if I'll have time to get it processed before the early entry at 5PM so I'm hoping I can go to the park first and worry about processing it later.

Thanks!

(hopefully the crowds will be decent!)

I have been hoping for that all week!

I bought the Platinum Pass and have the CP app with the virtual pass. I don't see anything about being required to get a physical copy of it. I couldn't find anything on the site about it either.

 

Has anyone else gotten a Platinum Pass/Pass and just used the QR code to get entry? Not sure if I'll have time to get it processed before the early entry at 5PM so I'm hoping I can go to the park first and worry about processing it later.

 

Thanks!

This is all I was able to find (guess I should have looked here first for the parking issue - sorry!), but it confused me even more:

How do I get my pass after I purchase?

 

In your email order confirmation, you will receive a season pass voucher. This will be used for parking upon your first visit, and you will exchange this voucher for a physical card as you enter the park at the gate. This voucher can be printed, or displayed on a mobile phone.

So does this mean I can bypass the Season Pass Center and I will be given a pass at the main entrance turnstiles? That doesn't sound right to me but that's what the website says. And as far as the App goes, I bought my Gold Pass on the day they were announced and at that time it showed up in the App as a valid ticket. Now, it's no longer there and I can't add it. Gotta love modern technology!

Yes. Proceed to the turnstile. They will scan your paper (or app) and give you a physical card. They just scan the card and hand it over to you. Good to go. Any of them can do it. No need to waste time at the windows/customer service/etc.

Yes. Proceed to the turnstile. They will scan your paper (or app) and give you a physical card. They just scan the card and hand it over to you. Good to go. Any of them can do it. No need to waste time at the windows/customer service/etc.

They will also take your pic at the turnstile with a webcam style camera. I watched them do this to quite a few people all summer.

I had no idea they did that. Thanks to everyone for the info. I do appreciate it!

I had no idea either! Thanks everyone!

This is what the Disneyland Resort did at their entry gates, when we were there over a week ago. Although all we had, were four day park-hopper passes, they were on paper as we don't have cell phones . We each gave ours to the nice lady at our gate, she smiled and said "smile", we did, and our cards were instantly given to us. Very easy thing to do.

Our Knott's hotel keys, which were rather...uh....back dated(?), beside our Disney Resort park-hopper passes.

David got the Falcon. And of course, I got Midway Mania. (o;

I believe with this new process you can also process your pass at either the Marina Gate or Resort gate. But please call and check before doing this as I'm only like 85% positive lol.

I believe with this new process you can also process your pass at either the Marina Gate or Resort gate. But please call and check before doing this as I'm only like 85% positive lol.

Love it. I'll confirm tomorrow!

Confirmed. Got it at the Magnum gate no problem.

Only problem yesterday was that Maverick was down all night. It was really weird to see the park busy, but half of the rides motionless. It really is a long list of closed rides. We had fun, though!

Oh one more thing. There is a list of scare zones, like Blood On the Bayou and Cornstalkers, but they are outdoor haunted houses. Not just an area of the path with fog and actors like the wilderness path by MF. Don't miss Cornstalkers 2.0! Get there early though it had a loooooong line after we go out of it.