New Event to Debut at Cedar Point

[Tr0y]

Coastermania has seemingly been replaced by a new event at Cedar Point called “Morning Rush”. For $95.00 (before taxes and fees) you get a T shirt, and entry to the park at 7am till 11am for exclusive rides on your favorite coasters. 

https://www.sixflags.com/cedarpoint/events/morning-rush

 

[Tr0y]

**Double post**

For comparison’s sake here is what you get attending Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween Party:

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events/mickeys-not-so-scary-halloween-party/purchase/

[Losantiville Mining Co.]

I've been trying to work out comparisons between these various separately ticketed special events and haven't entirely come to a satisfying conclusion yet. So far I have:

Morning Rush | Cedar Point

• $95 per ticket (does not include daily park admission).
• 3(ish) hours of exclusive ride time.
• 1 Premium All-Day Dining Plan wristband for after the event.
• 1 Single-Use Fast Lane Plus ticket to use after the event. 
• 1 event t-shirt featuring the featured coaster and event name.

Coastermania | Cedar Point

• ~$60 per ticket.
• 2 days of park enthusiast activities.
• [I haven't been able to look too far into what specifically the event offered, but from what I do know] Special tours, exclusive ride times, and catered meals.

Holiwood Nights | Holiday World

• $150 per ticket
• 2 days of park enthusiast activities including special tours, exclusive ride times, and catered meals.

Disney After Hours | Magic Kingdom

• Starts at $175 per ticket.
• Multiple nights (each separately ticketed); 10PM - 1AM, guests may enter the park beginning at 7PM.
• Unlimited popcorn, ice cream products, and select bottled drinks.

Halloween Horror Nights | Universal Studios Florida

• Starts at $87.99 per ticket.
• Multiple nights (each separately ticketed); 6:30PM - 2AM, depending on the night.
• Unlimited access to haunted houses and available rides.

Halloween Horror Nights Premium Scream Night | Universal Studios Florida

• $399 per ticket.
• 2 nights (each separately ticketed) 6:30PM - 1AM, guests may enter the park beginning at 7PM.
• Unlimited food and non-alcoholic beverages.
• Unlimited access to haunted houses and available rides.

Universal Fan Fest Nights | Universal Studios Hollywood

• Starts at $74 per ticket.
• Multiple nights (each separately ticketed); starting at 7:30PM.
• Includes access to special experiences and shows, and the opportunity to purchase specialty food items and merchandise.

 

From what I'm gathering, Morning Rush in its advertised state is a new format of exclusive ride time with some fancy add-ons included to justify the price. I think this new event was the result of Cedar Point being told to cut down Coasterstock into a new (smaller) event because the overall budget was reduced. In my opinion there's a really easy fix to make the event actually worth the price: make it a nighttime after hours event, make the t-shirt design something that you can't already get a near-exact copy of from a store, and open a few more flat rides. I understand that those four were chosen because they're in close proximity to each other, but I don't think this was thought through beyond that. What will guests do after they've ridden the four coasters? Can they use the dining plan for a treat during the event? Event admission does not include park admission for the day. If this is the "replacement" or "successor" for the enthusiast event, don't you think most guests might already have a season pass/dining plan/drink plan? I think the inclusion of the dining plan is good no matter what since you could use it to get snacks that you wouldn't normally get throughout the day.

The price breakdown works out for the most part. $50 for the Premium All-Day Dining Plan, $25 for the shirt, $12 for the Single-Use Fast Lane Plus ticket, and $8 for anything else that might be needed. The cost breakdown may not be 100% how the park broke it down, but it's what I gathered from the available 2026 prices. It's not clear if the staffing costs are included in the ticket price or not.

 

What I think this event really wants to be is an after hours event that's hosted 1-2 times per month after the park closes to the general public. Call it different things each month depending on where it's held. 

Midnight Midway / Shoreline Mania / Wild Frontiers / Gemini Thrills

• $100 per ticket.
• Unlimited access to one area of the park depending on the event (Main Midway, The Boardwalk, Frontier Trail + Frontiertown, and/or Top Thrill 2/Gemini Midway) from park close-midnight (3 hours). 
• 1 Premium All-Day Dining Plan wristband use before and during the event.
• 1 Single-Use Fast Lane Plus ticket to use before the event. (No FastLane availability during the event.)
• 1 event-specific t-shirt displaying the featured area and event name.

[jzarley]

Just a commentary, but in a decade or so of going to HHN at UO, I have never paid as little as $88 for admission 😀  (Granted, my schedule typically doesn’t allow me to go anytime other than a weekend.) I would get a free admission on select nights with my AP, but that rarely works either schedule-wise. I also consider HHN pretty much unusable without Express anymore (even then, last year we still had some houses that had a 30-45 min wait with Express). On a Friday night in early October the cost for HHN admission & Express for three of us was nearly $1,100 for the roughly 4 hours we were there.

As a point of comparison, I have a trip booked at CP late August this year that includes 2 admissions for 2 full days to CP; that ride & refresh free drink package for both days; and 2 nights at Hotel Breakers for $980. In comparison, I consider that a lot bigger bang for my buck 😀

[WoodVengeance]

It seems the park has taken the event off their website and their social media posts about it.

[disco2000]

It will probably return with a higher price 🤣

[Orion-XL200]

It probably will, but they are redesigning the event and/or just bringing Coastermania back.