CP Off season

I was wondering what is done to close the park down for the season. How intensive is it. And beyond constructing new rides, what happens during the winter.

I know that most rides are partially dismantled (i.e., gondolas removed from the Giant Wheel, Sky Ride, Matterhorn, etc; and the trains are removed from the coasters and placed in the hotel parking lot) I imagine that it is a long and busy process.

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Neil
By popular vote, the official start of the
millennium has been moved to
May 13, 2000

Within a couple weeks of closing day the park looks as if it's been closed for decades. Windows are boarded up, the picnic shelters and Dodgems are fitted with exterior walls, they put bales of straw everywhere, spread sand to cusion the impact of construction, prop open the railroad gates... it's a very different world. The cool think is you get to drive around the park. There's nothing more weird than driving between Space Spiral and Disaster Transport!

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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point
"And he says 'I'm goin' crazy up there at the lake...'"

When I first started as a landscaper way back when, driving through an empty park in the early morning took some getting used to.

Now driving through an empty park at 4am pulling a 300 gallon water sprayer from flower bed to flower bed - that's relaxing!

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Cedar Point Photography
http://www.schmidty.com/cp

I think riding around before opening is great. Although it was at another park, nothing was better than flying around the park before it opens with a Cushman trying to refill all of the vending. Boy.... the stories that could be told.....

I got a great pic of me driving through in my car framed here at my office Jeff..It is a wierd feeling though..your still looking for pedestrians..:)

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Jeffrey Spartan
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