DoomPlague Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Went with some family to Cedar Point on what, in past years, has been a very light day. By CP standards it was still light but definitely not like I got in 2021 in the final full week of operations. -Wild Mouse was better than I expected. Some decent but not crazy spinning. The restraints were comfy and the ride makes for a good family, step-up type ride. -The Grand Pavilion is a nice building. Large, spacious...almost "bougie." I had steak, which was decent but a little dry and tropical fried rice which was good. Nothing special but still better than my experiences at KI's new restaurant. -Most of the ride operations during the day were pretty good. And for once they were pretty open to letting us wait for front row (nephew kept wanting to ride front). -Got around 15 total rides (including 3 flats rides) which is okay but lower than what I would expect on an 8 PM close day at the very end of August. Some bad things: -Magnum, Millennium Force and Maverick were closed most of the day with a "delayed" sign at the entrance. All three opened around, I think, 5:30 to 6 or so. Keep in mind the park closes at 8. I find it strange to do this with these 3 rides. -MF was 2 trains. I think Maverick was 4 instead of 6. I will say that those crews were rolling trains pretty well at least. -CCMR was running 1 train. Maybe a maintenance issue but that line moved so slow and my niece wanted to ride. -Snake River Expedition: The group had not ridden it before, so I recommended it but now that I think about, I think others have mentioned the ride being watered down. To make things worse it was running with 1 boat (and each trip is like 15 minutes). So it took almost an hour to get on. No actors, just the animatronics and a boat pilot knowingly making bad jokes. Some of the effects didn't even trigger. The whole thing was a bummer. Are these permanent changes or just a late season thing? -The free lockers in the Steel Vengeance crew were completely down. The attendant at the entrance was saying you can't even get in line with any loose articles (that would normally go in the free lockers) and that you would need to use the blue pay lockers near the entrance. We weren't about to do that so we just took a couple turns holding on to the group's things. How hard is it to at least come up with a temporary solution? It's not acceptable to make people buy lockers to ride what some consider the park's premiere attraction (especially considering the three M's were down most of the day). -I can't help but be reminded how uptight the staff is compared to KI. Nothing against the staff. It's clearly a top-down thing. It was still a fun day but some of those operations made the recent cuts at KI seem harmless by comparison. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion-XL200 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 20 hours ago, DoomPlague said: -The Grand Pavilion is a nice building. Large, spacious...almost "bougie." I had steak, which was decent but a little dry and tropical fried rice which was good. Nothing special but still better than my experiences at KI's new restaurant. The tropical fried rice is amazing!!! The last time I asked for them to put a little butter on it (that they use on the potatoes) and wow, what a game changer! Quote -Snake River Expedition: The group had not ridden it before, so I recommended it but now that I think about, I think others have mentioned the ride being watered down. To make things worse it was running with 1 boat (and each trip is like 15 minutes). So it took almost an hour to get on. No actors, just the animatronics and a boat pilot knowingly making bad jokes. Some of the effects didn't even trigger. The whole thing was a bummer. Are these permanent changes or just a late season thing? It's been like that unfortunately all season. From a friend who worked at the park this summer, they may be bringing back the former experience next year, or similar. I hope so. Quote -The free lockers in the Steel Vengeance crew were completely down. The attendant at the entrance was saying you can't even get in line with any loose articles (that would normally go in the free lockers) and that you would need to use the blue pay lockers near the entrance. We weren't about to that so we just took a couple turns holding on to the group's things. How hard is it to at least come up with a temporary solution? It's not acceptable to make people buy lockers to ride what some consider the park's premiere attraction (especially considering the three M's were down most of the day). Right when they went down, they were doing zip log baggies...apparently proved to be more of a hassle than it was worth. I'll be interested to see if they get those lockers up and running this weekend since it'll be fairly busy. I want to say that the pay lockers are from a 3rd party so the park may not actually be able to get them working for a "free" program like what is in the queue. It does suck though, but at least the ride is open and not closed due to lockers (unconfirmed but have heard that El Toro went down due to locker failure lol). Quote -I can't help but be reminded how uptight the staff is compared to KI. Nothing against the staff. It's clearly a top-down thing. It was still a fun day but some of those operations made the recent cuts at KI seem harmless by comparison. It definitely is a top-down thing, but I don't think it's bad...I mean the constant having to stop a ride for phones has to be annoying and for some reason it seems to happen more at CP....Blue Streak constantly stops due to a phone out..I can only imagine how uptight I'd be after the 50th time at the beginning of the season and then it keeps happening. Despite the downfalls of the day, it does look like you had a pretty decent day and I'm gad you did! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 I also went on August 29! I enjoyed the light crowds (who doesn't) and had fun even with some interesting things I noticed. Most coasters started the day with two trains, but several of them had gone to one by mid-afternoon. Maverick was down the whole time I was there, and I got a morning Magnum ride before it too went down in the afternoon. Gemini started with two sides but ran only Red later on. My friends and I were among the last to use Steel Vengeance's free lockers before they went down, so at least they were working for part of the day! I tried Cheese-on-a-Stick for the first time, and we got evacuated off Millie's brake run WindSeeker ran consistently all day due to the minimal breeze, and Rougarou continues to grow on me as it gave me fun rides in the front and back rows. Of course I had to ride all the Arrow coasters, and I still love Corkscrew. No complaints as I got to ride most of what I wanted! Definitely an interesting, fun day to say the least. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomPlague Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 I didn't even know Magnum was up early in the day. I'm not a big fan of it, so I didn't check often. Maverick did open, just very late. So I guess the Millie and Magnum downtime weren't just weird planning but actual, long lasting breakdowns? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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