5/6 preview night

anybody know if all the entrances will be open friday evening ?? called cp today and got "i suppose they would be" the person on the phone didn't sound to confident.

The entrances? To...? The park? I believe it's OSU day as well as passholder night. It's not advertised on the website which is odd but I recall hearing about those two events on Friday.

Well, there is the event at the park leading up to the passholder event on Friday, and it appears that those at the private event will also be able to stay into the night as well; I recall Tony mentioning something about how there would not be an early entry to the park, and one reason for that is that there is the private event at the park that day.

As for the gates, that is a good question - one that I am really curious about too. I'd assume that all gates would be open. First, the hotels are open for business, so I'd expect the entrance near Magnum to be open. However, I am pondering whether to just go through the main entrance or not. While we are staying at Hotel Breakers, I really want to get the FunPix added to my pass and swing by Valravn along with the rest of the crowd, so I am considering going through the main gate. I wonder if the gate near Windseeker and the Marina Gate will be open. I'd assume that many people will try the Marina Gate since it is right there by Valravn!

All entrances will be open as the resorts and marina are all open.

OSU day is tomorrow from 11am-11pm, those guest will still have access to the park during passholder preview hours. Early entry is not permitted for passholders.

I assume this event has happened in the past? If so, what are the crowd levels typically like?

As I said in another thread, be prepared for a huge crowd. Last year it was mobbed. If you need to process your pass, get there early. Last year, the processing line was about an hour long. But with the entire park open, that should spread out the crowds more this year.

Crowds will definitely get spread out some more, but with OSU day continuing into the evening, there will be a lot more people in the park beside pass holders.

What time does the park open tomorrow for passholders?

7 pm.

It's going to be crowded today, the causeway is backed up all the way to Cleveland Road and I'm on the Chausee right now backed up about a mile away from the parking lot.

What is the condition of the bridge that was damaged this winter? Are all the lanes open?

Yes, the bridge is fixed.

Why are people at the Park now when it doesn't open til 7pm?

That's explained earlier in the thread, a couple of times. OSU day is today.

So that means the people that are there now can stay till 11:00pm

It might not be too bad by the evening hours. My understanding was the park didn't open til 11am today, so around when you posted that was right around opening time.

They moved the web cam from the main lot to the top of Valravn, sneaky but cool view!

I'm hoping that is not the new all the time location for that webcam. I realize they had the issue in years past of not wanting to show the parking lot but the current view is actually pretty boring. The webcam view of the entire ride and front of the park is just amazing and I hope in some way they show the ride in service instead of just the peak.

The traffic is terrible. All the way back to about a mile before the rye beach road exit on route 2