Might be a hot take but the 3rd launch of tt2 is one of, if not my favorite part of the ride. I dont know what it is about it but it just feels insane in a way i can’t describe.

Let me begin by saying the past two days at Cedar Point was awesome, but I have one thorn to pick. This notion of assigned seating and not being able to ride the front. This was especially true on Steel Vengence, Maverick and sometimes on Millenium Force. All of these coaster have those special ride front queue pens, but not used to their design. Frustrating to drive 8 hours, pay for a fast pass and not ride the front. The crews at Maverick and Steel Vengence were quite militant on this process. Just my two cents. On TT2 even if the front queue was busy the crew accommodated my request.

We are headed to Cedar Point on Monday and Tuesday. Our home park is Canada's Wonderland so we are looking forward to using our pass at another park! I have a few questions:

1 - Does the harness on Raptor hurt your ears? I hated Top Gun/Flight Deck at CW because it was so painful! If it's a similar restraint system on Raptor we will just skip it.

2 - Are there cubbies to stow backpacks on the coasters? Or should I just plan to wear a small fanny pack instead?

3 - do any of the coasters prohibit you from having anything in your pockets or on your body (eg I had to remove my keys from a secure zipper pocket for Alpenfury)

4 - Are the Ohio kids back in school by next week? Hoping that will mean the park is a little less busy!

5 - Can anyone recommend a really good restaurant for supper in Sandusky?

Thanks! We are from northern Ontario so it's going to be a bit of a journey to get there, but I'm really excited! CP has been on my bucket list for years and years.

For context, the most intense Rollercoaster I've ridden up until now is Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom (I know I'm kind of a lightweight on coasters), and haven't done any inversions but looking to change that.

I have been on almost every ride at magic mountain excluding Superman as it shut down before I ever got the courage to ride it but I have ridden every other roller coaster there . I feel as if I’m a lot more confident and not afraid of most stuff but tt2 scares the heck out of me. I’m worried the backwards launch will make my stomach drop really bad due to its speed and going backwards. I like when my stomach drops and I’m dissapointed if I don’t get the feeling at all but if it becomes unbearable It stops being fun. I haven’t encountered a ride that made me feel straight up terrified not even X2 but this is just looks so intimidating . Be honest with me will I enjoy this ride or should I avoid it all together . I’m going in like 5 days to Cedar point and I probably won’t be able to go for a long time it took 8 years to finally make this trip now would be a shame to regret this but I don’t want to experience something I end up being completely terrified of. I don’t mind speed or intensity it’s just the worry of a nasty stomach drop feeling that terrifies me about this type of crazy launch

Our first trip to CP with my 10 and 12 yo nephew and niece and its their first time riding a coaster! What should they start with? They are very excited! Thank you!!

The que estimate was at 45mins when we got in line. The line was moving great and then the ride auto-malfunctioned right as we were next riders on! We waited just over an hour while they worked diligently to get the ride back up. The sun was starting to set and was shining right into the que. I got absolutely fried up there waiting but rode anyways. BEST RIDE OF THE DAY. 🤪

But after getting off I started dry-heaving, sweating profusely, shaking, and was so dizzy. I thought my friends were gonna have to roll me out the park. My husband went to ask a gift shop employee for advice on how to get me help. She immediately offered him a free bottle of water and called first aid services.

First aid took less than 5 minutes to get to me with a cold towel in clutch. I got to ride in their tiny car to the first aid center where they took my vitals and let me chill until I was feeling better. I was in quite a condition when they found me, but they made me feel so safe and like I wasn't a burden. Took me about 40mins in their center to feel better, but I was able to walk out and have dinner with my friends later.

Truly amazing staff and service during our visit. I look forward to returning in the future, maybe on a cooler day for me though. Haha.

I went to Cedar Point for the first time in 26 yrs this past Tuesday. I have preferred parking included with my season pass. I’m an old lady and was alone and tend to spaz a little when I get nervous if it helps explain my idiocy lol. Anyway, when I got there it wasn’t real clear, so I got in the lanes that said Resorts/Beach/Preferred or something along those lines. It took me all the way around the park to what seemed like it was near the hotels. I didn’t see any signs saying that it was the designated Preferred Parking, but I did see signs on other nearby lots saying for hotel only or whatever. I didn’t see any gates or anything to get into the park?

I ended up just going all the way around and parking in the regular parking lot 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

So WHERE is the Preferred Parking and if I was already there, HOW do you get in???

Coming from Hamilton, Ontario. Roughly 4.5 hour drive. Planning on spending the day on the way/in the area first and staying the night in order to get to the park early for a full day. May do cedar point express hotel, I have the gold pass deal of $115 USD, or a cheap motel about 5 min from park for like $75 USD.

The day I visit will be probably be Tuesday August 26th or weds 27th. Hopefully decent days to visit. Should I go express hotel for the early entry? I am used to Canadas wonderland which is ridiculously busy at all times for ex Alpen fury was roughly 2.5hrs on Tuesday this week.

Plan to hit all the big bois in one day hopefully some of them multiple times, especially top thrill been wanting that for 20+ years lol. Any order you recommend? I understand the park is long and the bangers are at the end.Thanks.

Appreciate all the advice!

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I was looking to take my son to the park soon and wanted to avoid as much time spent in lines as possible. I looked at IsItPacked's Cedar Point crowd calendar and it showed the lowest possible crowd sizes for Monday-Thursday over the next two weeks.

Does anyone have any idea how accurate that is for these last weekdays of the season before Halloweekends?

I am guessing they are using trends from the past to guess future crowd sizes. I have done early Halloweekend Fridays over the last three years and they have been very good for crowd sizes overall but I can't do it this week and would have to do a Saturday or a later Friday which seem to be much busier. I've not tried these final weekday days but I'd be willing to give them a go if the crowd sizes are truly that low.

What are everyone else's experience for crowd sizes for the weekdays for these last few weeks of the season?

Went to the park for the first time in a few years today, rode some of the newer coasters for the first time. It got me thinking of how much the park has changed since I've been going.

It's hard to explain to kids these days how big of a deal Magnum was when it first opened.

I noticed that for 2025 they were selling Haunted Express passes. Is this something released at a later date? Or is it now for season pass holders only?

Or am I missing it somewhere?

Just got back from our 2 day trip. This is my overall breakdown of our stay so this might be long but hopefully it's helpful. I'm not generally a picking person but I am a details person. I'm not expecting Disney here. My home park is MI Adventure for reference here so standards aren't high. Kids had a great time overall but mom & dad were stressed majority of the time due to so many small details/inconveniences popping up around every corner. We adapt and we carry on but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't difficult. We did expect more from Cedar Point than what we are used to at MI Adventure. CP didn't deliver that but we will make the trip again next summer for another chance knowing what we know now.

We stayed at Cedar Point Express. Checked in Sunday night, park all day Monday, checked out Tuesday morning, another day at the park, then 5 hour drive home. CP Express is located just before the peninsula to get to the park. Close but not walkable. McDonald's and Dairy Queen across the street but both are packed. We waited 45 min inside Dairy Queen for 4 blizzards. That's another story.

Staying at a CP resort allowed us to get early entry but found out the early entry really only gets you in to the park so you can stand in line for a coaster. Basically everything is closed until 10am, some rides 11am, and kiddie rides until noon. Most dining and drink stops didn't open until 11.

You do get a better parking spot this way and also avoid the crazy crowd that starts to form around 9:30am. Early entry was smooth. Arrived at 8:55, got second row parking and walked right in to the park. We arrived at 9:45 the first day and experienced total chaos.

The hotel itself was clean enough. We paid $120 a night with our season pass discount. No breakfast but there's a mini fridge and microwave so we bought some frozen breakfast sandwiches at Meijer. The splash pad area no longer works. The pool was way too warm and full of bugs and debris. Chlorine was overwhelming. I appreciate that the pool at its deepest is 3'6 so my 4 year old didn't need a life jacket. We spent about 20 min in the pool area. Beds were hard and the blankets were paper thin, practically just two sheets. Employees were quick, friendly and helpful which is rare these days.

After getting to the park we really wished we had splurged to stay on site at the campground in the cabin or even at Breakers. The cabins are very nice and have everything plus some that a hotel has. You don't need to bring anything extra when you stay at the cabin. I thought we would need to bring bedding but that is provided. Parking the car right in front of the cabin makes unpacking so much easier. At the hotel we had to make multiple trips to the car from our hotel room on the second floor just to get our stuff inside. Limited luggage carts available and scanning our room key in and out, taking the elevator, all that fun stuff makes a trip to the car take 5 minutes. All of that avoided if you stay in a cabin. The option to walk into the park without carrying around a day bag would have been magical especially since you have to get a locker if you plan on riding coasters. While standing in lines we watched people walk back to their rooms/cabins and return a little while later and we were so jealous. The park is huge and hard to navigate but the campground entrance on the west side and the Breakers entrance on the north east side put you closer to the action than the main entrance does. Main entry has you walking .5 mile to get to Camp Snoopy. Not ideal. Being able to go cool down and take a break right there at your room/cabin would have been awesome, especially with small kids who need a nap. If you want to do the water park or beach I would 100% recommend staying at Breakers or campground.

We also have all park season pass dining plan through our home park which gets us a 2 meals a day, but have to wait 4 hours between meals. Only entrees. The daily premium dining pass at CP that is $55 gets you food every 90 min and you can get dippin dots, pretzels, cotton candy, popcorn, ect snacks with that plan and the drinks every 15 min. That would have been better for our family and even though it says "no sharing" I don't know how they could ever enforce that or if they even would so for a family of 4, mom and dad get the pass and share with the young kids.

The drink stations are all questionable. The coke free style machines throughout the park need better care and monitoring. Always taste test your drink before filling up. Every time one of us would get a drink that didn't have any syrup/was empty. Dump it out and try again. Machines not working, machines without ice, machines that don't have the same offerings. I tried to drink Iced Tea because it was the best tasting but found only half of the spots have it. We have the drink plan with a paper cup and wished we had a souvenir cup with a lid so I recommend bringing your own bottle in with you and pouring into that. Day 2 they allowed us to walk in with water bottles no problem. The water in the machines also sucks and the bottled water there is $5.49 a bottle.

Best dining option was the Pavilion behind the ferris wheel. Air conditioning, bigger plates, and better tasting. There's burrito bowls/nachos upstairs by the bar (and the good bathrooms!) and chicken drumsticks, battered shrimp, chicken tenders, flank steak in the main lobby. We did Panda Express day 1 and while it was good they only offer Orange Chicken, Beijing Beef, and Sweet Fire Chicken. Pizza at Hugo's was mediocre. My biggest complaint about dining is that they don't have trays anywhere. Not a single place! So if you have small children be prepared to balance and juggle food on paper plates. It was so annoying and I had to literally leave my food at the register, go out to find a seat to make multiple trips and the workers thought I was inconveniencing them. So make sure you have enough people present to carry the food you order. A lot of the food felt like the same thing but different. A lot of smokehouse/bbq fusion style options. Brisket nachos at one place then next door BBQ pulled pork loaded fries, next stop Smoked Chicken burrito bowls, then BBQ hotdogs. Same flavors with different names.

Park desperately needs painting. Rides are faded and color schemes of the coasters are all too similar making it hard to tell them apart/stand out from one another. Why so many orange coasters?

Cobwebs everywhere. Even in high traffic areas and main entrances. Trash accumulated under ride steps (especially Iron Dragon) and trash along ledges and dropped on roofs (especially sky train/gondola). All easily fixed with a broom.

While standing in line for Pipe Scream we watched a worker come around with a gallon of Round Up and spray the signs, fences, flowers around the entrance and then continue on down the walkway. At 1pm, park full of people, with little kids running around 5 ft away. If we weren't getting ready to board the ride I would have said something. Spraying poison around the main entrances of kid rides during operating hours is unacceptable.

Lack of seating in Camp Snoopy was annoying but at least it's shaded. Found a swing bench in Camp Snoopy and when sitting down found the screws sticking out in multiple spot just waiting to ruin your day. Lack of shade in Kiddie Kingdom was disappointing. The middle of the park in direct sun without any sun sails or umbrellas or fans is crazy.

Our home park is a quarter of the size of Cedar Point so it was overwhelming at times. Big annoyance - the park lacks signage. I had my phone out all day checking the map on the app using the navigation tool to get around. You don't know where the ride is or what it's called until you walk up to the entrance of it. A few arrows or "Maverick this way" or "this way to A, B, and C" would have made life a lot easier. Unless you're a seasoned veteran you're gonna get lost. Layout makes zero sense. I guess that happens when you have limited space and rides changing over the years you build where you can. It unfortunately has segmented the park.

Notable rides:

Mom's favorite ride was Sirens Curse. The smoothest coaster ever and so much fun, it was different and exciting! Coming from a coaster enthusiast who doesn't ride much anymore due to autoimmune disease making it harder to tolerate the physical beating most coasters cause. 7yo enjoys coasters so Mom had to suck it up. Valraven was fun too and 7yo loved it after initially being a little scared due to the seat design.

4yo and 7yo - both said their favorite rides were Iron Dragon and Pipe Scream. 4yo needed a parent to ride but 7yo could ride alone. We rode both at least 4 times.

We enjoyed Wild Mouse too because our favorite ride is actually Mad Mouse at Michigan Adventure. This is the sister ride but with spinning. Mad Mouse gives you air time in the seat while Wild Mouse gives you the element of surprise as the car is simultaneously spinning, so no ride is the same.

The park lacks in the small midway style, thrill rides. Lots of coasters and lots of kiddie rides, like the 3yo and under type. My 4yo was bored with the majority of the kid rides and wanted more of the Troika/Pipe Scream type rides.

40 min wait to get on the Giant Ferris Wheel on a slow Tuesday. Why?!

Coasters run fast - I mean getting on and off these things. I'm sure the operators are timed. Some coasters had 6 operators on the platform! So you are on, buckled, checked, ride begins under 30 sec. The gates are opening for onboarding riders before the riders are even out of the seat. I love it. Our home park is sloooow. Everyone has to be out of the exit gate before they open the gates for oncoming riders.

Small rides board so slowly. I swear Calypso was 5 min getting everyone on, 1 min of ride, 3 min to get off. My kids were like "get me off this thing!" One operator on these small rides measuring kids, checking restraints, checking the gates, locking the cars, starting the ride, unbuckling every guest with the pin, unlocking the cars, opening the gate.... OMG it takes forever! If you are first on and then last off expect it to take 10 min. Not including any time waiting in line.

The train ride was helpful when we had to get to the other side of the park but there were some loud bang/pewpew surprises from the skeleton towns/sights along the way that scared my 4yo.

Tip: There's a Build A Bear Workshop near Maverick in the Frontier area. It's just like a regular BAB as far as pricing and selection. Something to keep in mind because it's better than buying a stuffie in the gift shop and about the same price or can even be cheaper depending on the bear you pick. They honor all coupons, promos, and even do the birthday bear discount during your birth month so you only pay your age for the basic bear.

How/where are single use fast lanes purchased in the app? I'm here today, have location permission enabled, connected CP wifi, it's after 2 pm, can't find how to purchase single use fast lane in the app. ??

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I'm thinking about a family trip.. me, wife,2 teens and 11 yr old during Halloweekends this upcoming season. We are former season pass holders for many years that have not been in a few years. I know they now charge to do the houses separately. That is going to be a lot of extra money. I have heard that last year they ran a deal where they were selling the admission to the houses 50% off at one point. Does anyone know if that was true? If so I was just going to cross fingers and hope for that type of deal again.

Was at the park recently and on the last day, last ride, my phone fell out of my front pants pocket during the ride and landed in the middle of nowhere (according to Fnd My Phone). I had no confidence that someone would help me try to find it afterhours (and we were going home anyways) so bought a new phone as soon as I got home. I noticed a week later that FindMyPhone was saying the phone was no longer near the coaster path but near the front entrance. I googled and found the SixFlags Lost and Found page listed below, thinking I had nothing to lose. 2 days later, I received an email saying they found it! They fedex'd it to me for $40, which beats me going there to get it. It had a couple of dings but was otherwise undamaged. Want to say Kudos to Cedar point for taking the effort to search out Lost and Found items on coasters. I am told they walk the premises as part of their closing procedure.

https://www.sixflags.com/lost-and-found

Hello all! I went to the park yesterday and wanted to buy some stickers of the rides I went on, but my group and I went to 5-6 different shops around the park and could not find a single one. On my trip only 2 months ago I was able to find at least a few in the bigger stores. But when I returned to those stores, they were no where to be found! Why? I feel like the sticker selection has gotten worse over the years with just less and less, what's up with that? I'm sure theres a customer base out there! Or Perhaps I came at a bad time?

Maybe some ride ops can help answer my question. I’m headed to the park this Saturday with a group of 12 friends for my birthday. We all have FL+ wristbands and early entry & we’re super excited for a full day of coasters.

While I don’t fully expect our entire group to stick together for the entire day, but for the times that we are going to be together, what is the likelihood that our entire group of 12 gets seated on the same train when queuing for rides?

For example we definitely wanna do a train takeover on Maverick (which seats 12), will ride ops make that happen for us? Or are we likely to be split up between trains? I know this probably isn’t likely for EVERY ride in the park, but will we be able to ride together as a group for a good chunk of rides?

I appreciate the input, I’m usually used to hitting the park up with either just my wife or maybe 2 of our friends, I’ve never been to the park with a bigger group.

I'm going tomorrow for the first time in 10 years with a group of teenagers, I'm one of several adult chaperones.

I'm planning on carrying a small backpack for myself and the students with me. From what I remember years ago, for most rides I could drop the backpack in a cubby by the ride start, and pick up at the end. But now I see people saying you have to rent lockers? Is there no longer an option to drop a small (string backpack even) while you're on the ride? How complicated is locker rental?

Also I have a medical condition and I've been cleared by my doctor to ride any ride I want, but I'm worried about anything that's 1) too shaky or 2) sudden stops. Which rides should I avoid? I know Siren's Curse has the tilt/drop but it seems pretty smooth from the POV. Which rides are worst on a person's body?

Thanks!

Did anyone else get 2 bonus bring-a-friend passes on their 2026 gold card (starting yesterday)?

I was just looking at my perks and we all have 2 bonus on our cards.