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ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY HERE AT CEDAR POINT...AMERICA'S ROCKIN ROLLER COAST. *CLEAR*
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Back from lurking
New account, same name
KW 2002
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Ohio, so many coasters...
...so little summertime!
How soon before they put credit card swipes on the sides of these things?
Hahaha...already done! Some parks have already begun experimenting with machines with credit card swipes on them.
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James Draeger
http://draegs.livejournal.com
"Whose bright idea was it to get him talking about Cedar Point?!"
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First CP Coaster: Corkscrew
MF Laps: 27
Wicked Twists: 2
I will agree that $3.00 is criminal. I won't buy any until the price is lowered.
On the bright side of vending machines for the new season they add Resses Cups in the magnum candy machine.
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Danny J
WT: 11
You'd better believe I lodged a complaint that day!
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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~Sworm member of the 311 mafia ~
Force312 - Michigan Trash Specialist
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Snoopy Rocks! On Ice starts June 22--Do you think they'll let me drive the Zamboni machine?
I want to drive the Zamboni!
-Matt
2001 Magnum Crew
There was one person who paid $3 for a bottle of water as I waited in line for Magnum. This person then handed his bottle to his girl friend who used it to take a shower to cool off. As for the parking, this is my first year with a parking pass and am glad that I can now cruise on by the toll booth with out being ripped off.
I have defended CP hundreds of times but this is just embarassing.
-Matt
2001 Magnum Crew
It's good to see that the park's biggest fans aren't too blinded with love to criticize fairly.
Don't worry, lots of people read this. Heck, some people have even been asked not to post here.
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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"
Disney parking is $6 up from $5 a couple years ago. This pays for parking, the tram to the ticketing center and then a boat ride or monorail to the parks. A deal I'd say.
CP raising the parking is a big deal. Kind of Six Flags-ish. People are stuck paying the price.
The pop is ridiculous. I doubt that they are going to make more money with the pop price increase. At $2 they would sell much more soda (I had to say that for foriegners). I could live with a price increase, but a 50% increase in price over the year is a lot, and paying 300% for a bottle of Coke compared to what you would pay in a store is ridiculous. On a hot day you are better off keeping a cooler in your car, spending the 5 or so dollars for a case of pop and be set for the whole day. A short walk to your car will save you a lot of money. A case of Coke (I'm no math person) is 24 cans at 12 oz. a can totalling 288 ounces. To get 288 ounces from the 20 oz. bottles you would need 14.4 bottles of pop. That would cost you $43.20 for the same amount of pop.
Now that $3.00 seems even more ridiculous.
I know the money goes to the park, but I would rather throw my money away on souvenirs, clothing, park food, games, etc, not on a soda.
And they definitely get a cheaper cost for their soda compared to what you pay, so their profits are actually more.
I recalculated the above to be a 20 oz. bottle. My original post said 16 oz. bottles, and that would be showing my age that I remember the old returnable bottles.
*** This post was edited by Digital Daredevil 5/7/2002 10:44:15 AM ***
They had Debet /Credit Card swips already they charged $3.00 for a pop and $3.00 for using the card! ykkks!
I aggre they tried this last year and went from $2.50 to $2.00! Ok I think CP is getting a little greedy!
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