Anyone think classic hits are fading away at Cedar Point?

Dodgem music must be fast, upbeat, "speedy" sounding. Someone mentioned Ballroom Blitz, I always like Deep Purple "Highway Star", Heart "Crazy on You", Blackfoot "Train, Train". When the ride is operating it is tough to hear them, but the songs add to the atmosphere. I hope the new cars perform well.

I miss the time when Bach and Beethoven used to be played at the park.

I can understand why they would want to play newer pop songs on the midway, but it would be nice if they did sets of different genres of music. Top 40, oldies, beach, tropical, country and even jazz would be nice.

^The problem with Jazz is I have to have a glass of Red Moscato in the hand when I hear it :)

I do, heaven help me, miss hearing Love Shack while there.

At least with the DJs, it was unpredictable, which made it more fun. I loved the DJ in line for Millennium. Now, it's the same old songs repeated in a long cycle. I do like the games they show on the FUN TV, but the repetitive music gets old after a while.

Games were fun until we knew the answer to every single one of them.

No kidding. They ought to add enough trivia questions that you couldn't possibly see the same one twice in a day.

Funk and Soul have history in the 2 state area, I wish for more of that era as apposed to music designed by marketers 80s onward.

Although I'm disappointed by the classic hits not being played as much, I do have to say that the music they play during Halloweekends is quite good (once it gets dark). It gives that nice feel to the atmosphere at the park when they play the Halloween theme or the Tubular bells from the Exorcist just to name a few of the selections.

Most of the music that use to be played on the boardwalk and in Soak City was a direct request of Kinzel. He walked the boardwalk at least once a week and really enjoyed that area of the park so the music catered to him. Once he left, it slowly started to change. I presume the same can be said for many areas of the park itself as well.

As much as I love the B-52's, I'm thankful that the godawful Love Shack was retired. It was played endlessly! But I do admit that I'm not much of a fan of the music they play during the regular season. However, the Halloweekends music is amazingly impressive (other than the endless rotations of Thriller and Ghostbusters). It's pretty shocking (in a good way) to hear at least 6 songs by my favorite Siouxsie and the Banshees in rotation during that time, as well as classics by The Cure, Bauhaus and The Damned, in addition to quirky New Wave like Total Coelo and modern New New Wave like The Good Natured, just to name a few. Whoever picks that Halloween playlist should be my new best friend.

As an Orlando resident I have frequented the big three (SeaWorld, Universal and Disney) and noticed that all of their music is very neutral.

All the areas of those parks feature music that does not have lyrics, and I think it plays well into the overall atmosphere as it has broad appeal and serves as a background to the experience. You'll hear country-bluegrass type music playing in Frontierland, colonial type playing music in Liberty Square, etc.

I feel that music blaring with lyrics while walking down the midways takes away from the experience. Music is needed, but again-- there's a reason Miley Cyrus isn't blaring when a person walks down Main Street at Magic Kingdom or why they don't have Pink playing in Dolphin Cove at SeaWorld--- the same should be said about Cedar Point.

Traditionally, Cedar Point had Americana/Big Band-esque type music playing at the front of the park with the various Cedar Point jingles thrown in there. I loved that, as I thought it added to the grandness of entering the best amusement park on earth.

If I was running the park I would play movie soundtracks (similar to Windseeker) along the midways. I would play the modern hits/blend of various decades in the lines for rides, and stick with country/bluegrass in Fronteirtown/trail. Or even add track lists that correspond with the decade a ride opened.

It seems like whoever is in charge of it now is just plugging in their iPhone and letting it play. There doesn't seem to be any thought behind the process which is unfortunate.

Tilt-a-Whirl said:

I feel that music blaring with lyrics while walking down the midways takes away from the experience.

I agree with your post. Background music should be just that, in the background. Loud enough that you can hear it but not loud enough to take away from everything else going on around you. It The volume should be just enough that it fades away if you stop paying attention. While at Disneyland a few weeks ago I almost didn't hear the BGM on Main Street until I stopped what I was doing and concentrated on it. That was a little too quiet but still much better than it blasting in my ears as I walk past a speaker like those old ones used on the Frontier Trail a few years back.

I actually really enjoy the country\bluegrass renditions of classic rock songs that they play on Frontier Trail without lyrics, just twangy music. I can't always figure out what song it is but then after awhile it dawns on me. An example is last Saturday. I was thinking that the song sounded very familiar, "Oh, I know, it"s Jimi Hendrix, Foxy Lady!" Never thought I would hear that song played like that but it was very catchy.

As much as you can praise Kinzel for some things and criticize him for others, I did like the music during his watch. And from what I've heard, he had significant say in what played.