2002 Season Pass

I'm looking into a 2002 Season Pass for Cedar Point and I was wondering if I purchase two tickets, can I give one of them to my friend or is it only good for the person who provided the billing address?

I also want to get both tickets with the Joe Cool Club Membership.

And finally, do I have to pick these tickets up or will they be sent to me and be ready to use? If you have any other information that may help me, please let me know. Cedar Point's online store is currently down so I might just fax them the pdf order form.

Thanks a million...can't wait to join the fun this season at CP!

You can give them to whoever you want. You jsut recieve blanks forms.

And they will be mailed to you..

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June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100
VertiGo Rides - 82 Farewell my good friend..

Yes, you can use the tickets with different people. They will also send them to you in the mail if you request it. (I've done this before and it works out great...only takes about a week to get). As for the Joe Cool Club, I guess you could purchase that also with the tickets, don't see a problem there.

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ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY HERE AT CEDAR POINT...AMERICA'S ROCKIN ROLLER COAST. *CLEAR*

*** This post was edited by Midway Man on 3/26/2002. ***

So your saying I could use one ticket for myself and then if I had a friend that wanted to go along they could use the other?

I though you had a photo id on the pass?

You can give the certificate to another person. That is what you will get in the mail. You will then have to go to the park to get it processed which is when you get your picture taken. I think what you are asking is if you go to the park on Monday and Tuesday, you cannot take friend A on Mon and friend B on Tues. You get it processed and get your photo taken, then whoever has their pic on it is the only person who can use it.

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Steve Sergent
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Ok, that makes perfect cents! ;-)

How long does it normally take to get processed because I'm thinking of going opening day?

Thanks again for the help.

I would consider going to get your season pass process before opening day. I remember the line last season was really long. And even still at 4 in the afternoon the line was still long. I went the Friday before opening day last year and still waited about 45-minutes. Just a suggestion if you plan on enjoying opening day. I don't know about you, I'd rather stand in line INSIDE the park for a ride than waiting to get my pass to get in.

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Easy to say when you don't live 2 and a half hours away!! :)

In that case, MrCoaster, I'd suggest you get to the park at the very least an hour before opening so you can get in line to get your season pass processed, OR wait until a couple weeks after opening day before going.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

I live 3 hours away, and I stood in that line on opening day last year until they told us we could use the certificate and go on in the park. I won't be doing it this year. We'll be taking a road trip in April to get our passes since we have to get for 2 people that haven't had them before. It's worth the drive up to get the passes and an early peak at the park.

rcred said:
until they told us we could use the certificate and go on in the park.

I remember when that happened. Just so everyone knows, that was a decision made by management later that day because the line for season passes was so extremely long. It isn't something that is required to be done, though, so I would still suggest getting your pass earlier if at all possible.

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~Lee~

Group Sales ATL '01
Park Admissions TL '02
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"What time is the snow going to stop?"

Well, sounds like I might just go up an hour or two early so I can get my pass. I don't think the park opens real early opening day anyways.

I was just wondering...what if you were twins - couldn't you get into the park with the same pass?

*** This post was edited by MrCoaster on 3/27/2002. ***

I just bought my season pass certificate today.......i plan on validating it April 29.

I too bought a funday ticket and then decided to get a season pass...i will just sell it to one of my friends.

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At the turn of the Millenium......there were signs...

Even though the park just upgraded its season pass center computers, the process is still extremely slow compared to other parks. For a park that is so high on capacity of its rides, it sure lacks in this category.

I think they should have more than a few computers to do this process. I know there isn't enough room though. Maybe they should look into expanding the SP office back towards the picnic area. Just a few more computer stations would go a long way. Hopefully the mail renewals this year will cut the lines down a little bit.

Oddly enough at SFWoA, "you zip in, you zip out, it's like going to Wisconsin." (10 points for naming what movie that line is from )

*** This post was edited by Joe E. on 3/27/2002. ***

In my opinion, one of the problems with the computer system in the season pass office last year was that when the lines were huge, the employees operating the computers didn't yet know how to use the program very well and needed to take a bit of extra time going through all the steps (it is hard to be efficient when you're not familiar with computers in general because of lack of past experience or because you can't type quickly). However, after a week or two (unfortunately, when the lines were a bit shorter also!) they were more familiar with the program and the line for pictures could move along much more quickly.

I think that the mail-renewal system is a great idea and I hope that as many people as possible take advantage of it.

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~Lee~

Group Sales ATL '01
Park Admissions TL '02
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"What time is the snow going to stop?"

I was in the SP office several times throughout the season for various reasons. And not a once did I see all 4 camera stations working at the same time. Even when the line was out ot the flag pole.

Maybe I was just there at the wrong times...

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June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100
VertiGo Rides - 82 Farewell my good friend..

Last year, we redeemed our season passes in late June and had no line whatsoever. I would think the option of mailing your certificates will make a difference in the lines this year.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

No one beats the way Kings Island does season passes. It's nothing short of amazing. They run 20 stations and just bang people through. I've not waited for a season pass yet there... and I'm talking prime time at the beginning of the season.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

I'd be interested to know how many people have taken advantage of the renew by mail option. I could be wrong, but I would think that a majority of season pass sales are renewals. Now if a majority of those people chose the renew by mail option, hopefully it'll help with the lines.

CP does a great job with the whole guest experience, but honestly, I'm considering not making the trip opening day just because I don't want to spend half the day waiting to have my pass processed. I don't mind getting there early if that's what it takes and I'd even go to get it done the day before (the Longaberger buy-out day) but I've been told the season pass center is closed that day. It is just too long of a drive for me to wait in the season pass line all day. Maybe Mr. Kinzel thinks the ROI for a good SP processing system wouldn't be good enough. But in the grand scheme of things, the cost of such a system is probably peanuts to Cedar Fair and would easily be made back in a couple of opening days with people actually being in the park spending money and not outside waiting! :)

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-Matt
2001 Magnum Crew

I have a question about the season pass certificates. Do you have to fill anything out besides you name, like the pass number or certificate add-on?

When you redeem them, do you just walk up to the building to the left and enter the little queue area they have beside it?

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