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When is everyone showing up on Friday morning? Is there a special place to go for the 30 minutes ERT (When we visit KI we don't normally get there first thing in the day)? Thanks!

Wasn't that website created by someone on here? Not an official website for WindSeeker or of Cedar Fair. I know, but he apparently got that info from somewhere. Anything is possible but I seriously doubt it, why would they design a ride that way? What would the person in the tower actually do? With that logic DropZone should have someone in the tower also?

I'm hoping to go for the first time, and bring the kids along. Any advise for first timers? We are Platinum Pass holders. -John

I just wish they could remove the 'give' I feel in the floor when I step out of the elevator.

There are some rules you can generally follow for a big park like KI, Saturdays in the Summer will be crowded. Rainy mornings will lead to smaller crowds, etc. However, there are other things you'll never know unless you are there, we went to KI on August 8 in the morning (Sunday), I didn't expect it to be too busy, it was crowded with tons of people wearing union T-Shirts. This wasn't an "event" on the calendar, but it sure brought out lots of people - many more than I'd expect on a Sunday.

Thanks, just verifying if it was better to get there at 11am or Noonish.

Hello all, I'm hoping to go to Coney Island in the near future and ride Python, I see the park opens at 11am on Sundays, do the rides, specifically Python, start at 11 or do they start later?? Thanks!

In the big picture, has Cedar Fair positioned itself to be more profitable? The final solution to many problems is better earnings (I won't pretend to know how much is the right amount), but look at the road map. Carowinds has gotten two new coasters in the last two seasons, one looking to draw more crowds in with the Nascar theming. Kings Dominion has gotten a decent coaster from Geauga, a kick butt coaster with I305, and some other rides from Geauga. Kings Island got DBack last year, World's of Fun got Prowler, Canada's Wonderland got Behemoth the year before. I'm sure I'm missing things, and they've also gone to more family friendly things with the light displays at CPoint last year, and other parks getting them this year. If the economy is really improving (and/or people's perception is it's improving) will higher attendance help Cedar Fair with it's debt issues? Towards the bottom line, the dividend is currently gone, I'm a stock holder so while I do miss that, I think it should've been done sooner. I gotta think not licensing with Nickleodeon will save some big dollars (might take a year or two to realize) Might a park or two be sold off? Possibly. Look up in the Mercury news for a recent article on CGA and the 49ers stadium. I'm rambling but I'd like to think things aren't necessarily bleak.

Terpy, That's terrible what happened to you. I have had the good fortune to be able to visit most of the Cedar Fair parks, I've had a couple cases of having to wait for a ticket to be printed up so I could get in (MA and CGA), and at Knott's I was actually just waived in by an older gentleman who saw my pass (he didn't scan it). I'm always a little nervous at a new park, and in the end, if they tell you 'No' what can you really do? 20 minutes seems a fair amount of time to wait - I prolly would've stayed all day just to make my point and I've been known to be a little stubborn. I hope you do contact Carowinds and explain the situation, how you were treated, and that you'd like an apology. Assuming you have a KI pass I'd make sure they know how their customers are treated at a different park and find out who to share that information with at Cedar Fair proper. Hopefully they will do the right thing and make it up to you somehow. -John

I assumed the CP one is an April Fool's joke - if you were really going to do that it seems you'd make a bigger announcement and NOT do it April 1st.

I would assume all Cedar Fair parks work the same (not always a safe assumption) but at Cedar Point you can upgrade your normal season pass at any time to Platinum pass paying the difference. As far as ERT - on a daily basis Cedar Point opens an hour early for Platinum Passholders and resort guests, 4 rides and Planet Snoopy open early (Raptor, Iron Dragon, Millennium Force, and Maverick). There are only 4(?) later ERTs for Platinum Passholders. Go to the CP website, Season Pass Central and look at the Point Perks link for a schedule. I think they are mainly on Thursdays. Definitely take advantage of the early ERT, be there early, and make a rush for the ride you want. If you want to go to Maverick go to the Soak City Parking lot.

What makes some thing coasters and other things not? I was in San Antonio in the Fall and rode Journey to Atlants, which is credited as a "Water Coaster" - though Sea World's website points out it has elements of both. Shoot the Rapids has two chain powered lift hills, watching the POV it feels coasterish. Will CP reclaim sole ownership of the title by proclaiming STR as a waster coaster? Will sites like RCDB claim it for them? just thinking out loud........

I went to the Visitkingsisland website to show a co-worker the Sling Shot ride. I assumed it would be under Thrill rides but it's not there (and I looked around a bit in other areas). Xtreme Skyflyer is listed under thrill rides and I would expect those two to be listed together. I'm assuming this is an oversight from the website (I've never looked for it before) but are the two towers still standing?

It was mentioned upstream to use your car. Take the camera in for a few hours, then back to your car for the rest of the day.