Cedar Fair owned parks

[IEATPASTE001]

So yeah this is gonna be the designated Cedar Fair parks thread.



In recent news full circuit testing on Top Thrill Dragster has been taking place since Thursday(4-17-2003), after seeing this and seeing the trains coming down the top hat, it just shows how big this ride really is! oh my! i can't wait till May 4th! so who is going to CP on the 4th?

I'll be going May 1st, if I can get a spot. Other wise, it's June 24th.

[flgirl]

I tried to answer your PM but your mailbox is full.

[Harpo]

I'm going to be there April 26th to get my new season pass (forgot to mail the certificate in on time! D'Oh!), then I'll be at SFWOA on May 3rd, and I'll Get To The Point on May 4th. Wahoo!

[IEATPASTE001]

Hey Harpo are you a Joe Cool member? If so do you want to randevus at the magnum entrance and ride TTD? we can get some pics for some other site that i go to (you know which one ).


And i might be going to Cedar Point for Season Pass processing on the 26th or 27th, if i wasn't taking my Rents with me to see the park (both non-coaster riders dad heart probs my mom is kinda a wuss lol but hey she loves the raptor! so not a total wuss.), we could car pool and split the gas money to get there all $500 of it with gas prices around here the way they are man it is rediculous! oh well.


Hope to see you on the 4th and OhiocoasteR i might be there on the 24th, this year i get to go when i want cause i finally got a season pass yay!

[rollerfreak83]

As Harpo and IEATPASTE001 know, I am definitely going on May 12th. I am still considering about going on the 4th but am not positive yet. It all depends if I have a final at LTU on the 5th. If I do, I won't go so I can spend that time studing. If I do not, provided that I start studying for finals today, I will go so I can blow off some of the stress related to finals. If I do go, I would like to to meet up with Harpo and IEATPASTE001.

P.S. Today is my 20th birthday (and I know I just made Harpo feel old ).

[IEATPASTE001]

Well on the 3rd my girlfriend and our friend and i, are going to sandusky and staying in a hotel near the park and then we are going to wake up in the morning get breakfast and then head towards the parkaround 8ish or 9ish to wait in line for the Joe Cool Club members half hour early entry and hopefully get on TTD and rush to the MFer after warsds b4 the GP gets in. you guys are more then welcome to join us! not gonna get much sleep....i get really really really hyper before i go to cedar point. i have since i was 4 years old, and 18 years later i still do! lol. so yeah hotel room and hopefuly a Gamecube with the game screen and some games to bide the time, then early morning breakfast and coffee to wake us all up then time to hit the coasters! ican't believe in two weeks i will be almost if not already home writing a trip report....sweet. i will be back to report how big and super huge TTD actually is when i get back from season pass processing!

[Kuzko]

builders get to go may 4th late at night

[IEATPASTE001]

Kuzko get on the web cam...get a sign and do it hehe then we can post your mug on here!

I'll be there on opening day ready for Dragster, with my first ever CP season pass and my digital cam, ready for Dragster... Now who's with me? (Yes I know that last line was lame, but it is late and I am drunk)

[IEATPASTE001]

Hey raptor get a joe cool club thing and then we can meet up at the secret location, and stand inline together! yay!


i already have a semi-group with me, we can be the Coaster Ridin' eastcoast fools! wrod up!

"Rats" on the whole CP idea. I have money saved up, but htus far have been unsuccesful finding a job in MI. So at this point, no CP season pass and likely wont be there on opening day. I envy all of you who will be. Have fun and good luck, I hope Dragster is working at a fairly efficient level.

[IEATPASTE001]

Hey raptor if you get the money saved up i can take ya to CP to get your season pass. Its nice having a season pass and a Parking pass so much less to worry about.!

[Harpo]

Sorry I haven't responded for a bit... I've been too busy planning my 2003 Summer Coaster Cruise! This was a tough one to plan -- took over 50 hours, but it's ready! I'll be visiting 19 parks (with two optional parks also a possibility) in 12 days (one of those days taken up with attending a wedding) crossing 11 states. Naturally, one of those parks will be a Cedar Fair park. In my past 3 trips, I've always included Cedar Point in the trip -- I figured that by having the Point in there, I was guaranteed at least one good park. Well, this year, I have to fly to my starting point in Kansas City. So, my guarantee of a good park will be coming in the form of another Cedar Fair park: Worlds of Fun.

As for opening day at The Point, a friend of mine and I will be there. We'll be at the Radisson hotel on the night of the 3rd, probably surrounded by basket makers. (Longaberger Basket Company rents the park for May 3rd -- they've done that for quite a few years now. Wish my employer did that!) The day of May 3rd will be spent slumming at a lesser park in Aurora, Ohio. Of course, I have no idea what that park might be.

As for the Joe Cool Club, yes, I'm a member. Unfortunately, my friend is not. Of course, there'll also be some delay for TTD as the top bid riders get their rides. In case you're not aware, Cedar Point allows the Firelands Red Cross chapter to auction off the first 96 rides (I think it's 96) for charity. I thought about bidding, but the top bid is currently over $500, and the lowest is around $135. That's pushing my budget a bit too far!

Anyway, we still might be able to get in a bit early. I know that Cedar Point Resort guests, like Joe Cool Club members, are able to get into the park early. However, I'm not sure how that works with Radisson guests. (The Radisson is owned by Cedar Fair.)

Looking forward to May 4th!

On the good news/bad news front: The good news -- my company invited me to a conference in Germany for May 12th and 13th along with all the other people in the company who earned patents in 2002. The bad news -- my boss won't spring for the trip, so I'm not going. More good news -- that means I'll be going to Cedar Point for those two days.

Can't get enough of those coasters, doncha know!

Now, what exactly do I do with this RCT board game that arrived at my doorstep yesterday???

[rollerfreak83]

Sweet!!! Guess I will be seeing you on the 12th, Harpo. I really am excited about the 12th. Hopefully, I will also be able to meet my HS physics teacher there. Last year my class went on the 13th of May because the CP's Physics day was in conflict of another event at my old HS. Good thing too, there was low park attendance on the 13th, so everything was a walk-on except for Raptor, MF, WT(although it did have about a 15-30 min queue, and DT (because it was raining slightly ). On the 9th, however, I think the park would be very crowded.

Bad news: I am in the same boat as raptor, I do not have a summer job yet so going opening day is pretty much out of the question.

Good news: When I get a job, I most likely will get a season pass with JCC. I hope this is before May 12th so I do not have to pay the regular price.

[IEATPASTE001]

Well i got back from The Point, got my pass and a few Pics of TTD. i got to see TTD test from the breakers lot.Talked to a cop as well and didn't get booted out. we went around the perimitter, even tho i told my dad we shouldn't then, as i finally talked some sense into him, he turned around to go back. then Click click swoooooooosh!!!!!!!! it shot off, very very fast! so we decided to wait a second or soo to see if another was gonna go off, just as about the time we were gonna leave the police car drove by and i asked if we could be here, he said stay out of the way and don't go in the maintence and construction marked areas. so i got to see it legally test from the breakers lot. we didn't camp out or anything, but we watched it twice my 'rents missed it the first time, the second train went off and i was like well lets go home. i will be back here tomorrow yay! i love Cedar Point! oh yeah i have some PICs of the new ride TTD but they are from the season pass center not from the breakers lot, we just watched the ride there. it was cool to see this actually running. i have been watching the building of it from the begining. i can't wait for next sunday! i hope some to see some of you guys at the Point next sunday!

[IEATPASTE001]

Well good news and bad news. Bad news first. Looks like Dragster will be running 4 car tains for awhile instead of 5. good news is that they will have the 5th car on asap. i guess they ran into some problems or didn't test it enough and don't want to rag on the launch with all five cars until it is broken in a bit. but by the end of the summer TTD will have all five cars on its 6 trains!


Just thought osme people would like to know this.

[IEATPASTE001]

Well weather got the best of the news this morning. no launches yet but they will be waiting out the rain. i hope lee allen gets a roll back ride and we hear him scream like a little girl! lol well i will be reporting back asap. weather and CP are not friends sometimes.

[IEATPASTE001]

some news about TTD, the fifth car will be on the trains once they get stronger magnets for the breaks. when that happens we will have 5 cars for all six trains. yay! that is a relief!

[rollerfreak83]

TTD's Media Day has really made me want to go to CP now! I really would like to go on the 4th, but I can not go because I will not have my season pass in time (that is if I get a season pass this summer because my Dad dislikes this idea). Guess I have to wait until May 12th to go. Well at least I will be meeting Harpo on May 12th and will have some of my friends along with me.

TTD looks like a good ride. I wish I could have been at Media Day along with other CoasterBuzzers.

[IEATPASTE001]

Well if you need a ride to the Point, your on the way down!

[rollerfreak83]

IEATPASTE001, Thank you for the offer but I have my own transportation (1997 Ford Taurus) and have a driver's licence. Want to meet with me and my college friends at my house. The time we will be leaving is not set, but it will be early (something like 6:30-7:00 AM) If so, I will give the address to you via PM or e-mail.

The Detroit Free Press had some TTD Media Day coverage this morning. The link is here. The second sentence in the first paragraph decribes me the most.

How do I get to the Soak City parking lot? It would be much appericately if someone would answer this as I want to use the Magnum Enterance this year.

I'm writing to say when I watched the 11 o clock news last night, in Lansing, I saw nothing on media day at CP. That sucked.. was looking forward to it. Be cool, thats all I wanted to say.

[rollerfreak83]

Your PM box is full IEATPASTE001. I have something I want to send you.

Too bad you missed Media Day, raptor4928. Try doing a
Google News search and you might find a video from a news report.

[IEATPASTE001]

Well my PM box is empty and i am going to Ohio today to stay at a hotel and tomorrow morning i will be riding coasters all day long. it has been a long 6 months. i was there last in october. my final ride for the season was Demon Drop. Last coaster was the MFer front seat from car! woot woot!i am not sure how i am gonna break in my 2003 season pass. i might be hitting TTD first but maybe MFer. i love that ride. Well in less then 6 hours hopefully i will be in Ohio watching the Basket people having fun in the park!

Yuck... talk about things that really suck... LOL good for you IEATPASTE... you get to be there this weekend. looks like the first time I will be able to get to CP will be May 15-16. Though I also understand it could be alot worse.... I'm ready to go now.... finally got ajob here in good ole, nothing-to-do Lansing, MI... (speaks to himself 'come on college... start up.') Oh yeah, if this little post makes no sense, it is because i am jotting it down AT work, trying to kill time for the last 5 minutes of the day. See ya all later. And um... 4-5 days to WW comes out... depending on your store situation. i'm done rambling, ready to go home... peace to all of you Opening day Cedar Point goers.... hope dragster is cool.

[rollerfreak83]

I am just going to start a little day by day countdown until I go to CP and get to ride TTD. So this means I have 7 and 1/4 days until I go. I will be talking how my day went/ is going, what I have done to get ready for CP, and what I have done to pass the time

This morning was particully difficult to get through becuase I kept thinking about things like it's 9:30 AM, park just opened for JCCers and resort guest; 10:00 AM, park just opened for everyone else; and wishing I could be with Harpo, IEATPASTE001, OhiocoasteR, and one of college. I played RCT for a couple of hours and then ate lunch. On the bright side, I got to watch the Detroit Pistons blowout the Orlando Magic. They advanced to the 2nd Round of the NBA Playoffs. I then spent the rest of the day studing for my Tuesday final exam.

Tommarrow I am going to see if AAA has discount CP tickets.

[IEATPASTE001]

Ok first and foremost, if you didn't go for opening day you didn't miss anything. long long long long lines for TTD, but everything else was relatively short, even Disater Transport's line was moving fast! i rode 14 out of the 16 coasters they have at CP but i can only ride 15 out of 16 cause i can't ride Jr. Gemeni. First ridew of the day was magnum since we were right by it then we hit the biggest the baddest coaster ever....Woodstock's Express! then Mine Ride and after that i forget the order but i hit every coaster i could ride except TTD. I got to ride The MFer last. i rode yellow train, Front Seat Front Car! oh my god was it fun and fast! all in all i was happy with my trip and i am going again this friday but only to by lazy and walk around the park, not ridding everything, but on the 12th i most likely will be going with Rollerfreak and riding TTD! woo hoo! well take care and have fun. See you at the point!

IEATPASTE. The question on all our minds, or at least mine, is was TTD running fairly consistently? Or was it plagued with bugs as most new rides were? How long was the line out of curiosity?

[rollerfreak83]

Good news, I found out that AAA is selling CP discount tickets for 32.50 USD! Should be getting them later this week. I am going to buy my ticket as well as my friends tickets on Friday. I spent the rest of the day relaxing or studing for Tuesday's final.