I liked the concept for the Morning Rush event. The fail for Cedar Point was labeling it as a replacement for CoasterMania, which then draws the comparison. Offering significantly less, charging more invited the backlash they received. If they had just rolled it out as an all-new event with no reference to CoasterMania, it would have been much better received. The concept was good. How it was introduced was not. 

Some entitled enthusiasts are partially to blame for this. The criticism surrounding previous Coastermania events being: the same thing every year, a money grab, park officials didn't tell us anything we didn't already know, why not "X-coaster", food is terrible etc. Then it was cancelled/ modified & the masses lost their mind oven that decision. Could it be better?  Sure.  Anything can be better.  No reason you have to go every year.  IMO- although the logistics would be VERY difficult, the park should attempt to not have the same guest consecutive years (same goes for WCO).  Spread it out to the masses. I'm interested to see the next revision but did get a chuckle how quick that news came out (almost too quick) that Morning Rush was also "cancelled".

Patronizing folks is gross. Drop your superiority complex.

I feel like if it was a manufacturer change then it'd be the same situation for any other coaster with that type of restraint. Someone online mentioned that the fastening point was moved, but that would still result in a tighter fit for everyone. Allegedly at least two ride supervisors "confirmed" that the seatbelts hadn't been shortened, but if that's the case then why are so many people having issues now when they didn't last year? I'm not entirely certain that maintenance would tell ride supervisors about a seatbelt length change. This company already hasn't necessarily been the most forthcoming about changes that impact guest experience. There's been a metric ton of comments fighting back and forth about it in the Facebook groups and a lot of those either saying guests got fatter (there's evidence to say otherwise) or that the guests who can't fit already need to lose weight. Trust me, bigger folks already know how plus-sized we are. The empirical evidence exists that something changed about the restraint clearance. I highly doubt that many people all grew that much since October. 

Could this have been a manufacturer's change that they had to comply with?