Cedar Fair Reride Policy

I'm guessing he's talking about egos in that some ride ops get off on the raw cosmic power that is the ability to let or not let someone re-ride a ride.

I think the better question is - do rerides provide a statistically significant boost to the ridership numbers of any given ride? Or are we talking about adding a few thousand to the numbers on a ride that gives million(s) during the season?

Yes, the percentage of re-rides on the overall yearly count for a ride is not significant. However, some people must argue about everything therefore this small and insignificant percentage has become a major issue to a person, or persons posting in this thread.

I also have to wonder if the current re-ride policy is the result of a certain micromanaging CEO who wouldn't want to see any rider potentially not counted.

Did that CEO also work at Dollywood at some point? When I was there this summer, they had a pretty aggressive no re-ride policy. A couple ride ops on different rides referenced re-rides and the Dollywood exercise program: get off the ride, walk all the way around to the entrance and ride again.

And at the end of the day, with Thunderhead riding trains that were half empty for the last 45 minutes or so, no re-rides were permitted. Including the last train of the day which ran half empty with a handful of people from the second to the last train seeking to re-ride but being turned away.

Have I enjoyed the generous privilege of re-rides over the years? Yes. One treasured memory is from the 1992 ACE CoasterCon at Kings Dominion, where I spent quite a while in the same seat on Rebel Yell.

Do I think parks get to determine their re-ride policies, no matter how inconvenient it may be for enthusiasts? yes.

We got about 15 minutes worth of re-rides on Blue Streak last Sunday by sitting about 4 seats up from the back before closing. Each time the train came in the station they said if someone is in line for your seat you have to move to another seat. After the 3rd time they just said "You know the drill".

It's not that often, but I wish we could enter the fast lane entrance when Maverick has a short or no line.

We got 25 minutes of re-rides on Blue Streak before closing Nov. 2nd and the last train of the season. One of the ride ops recognized us from 2 weeks ago and said we could probably re-ride until closing again and we did. This time we didn't even have to move closer to the middle, we were able to keep the last 2 seats of the train and never get up.

You don't have a FL band, no reason to let you go up the FL queue. Just walk the extra 30 seconds, not ganna be that big of a deal

It helps when you actually read his post and understand what he's trying to say. That way, you're less likely to just vomit out something obvious that he already knows.

And I agree with him, it would be much nicer, but unfortunately, no matter how dead the line may appear, going in the FL+ entrance probably will mean you're line jumping someone way back at the normal entrance, which is a) not cool and b) more than an exaggerated 30 seconds away.

If you're making the route to the station that much shorter, the line probably wouldn't stay short for long, meaning they'd have to close the FL entrance before too long.

So in most cases it wouldn't make sense to do it.

The friday of closing weekend during early entry, everyone (myself included) was using the fast lane entrance on Maverick. I assumed it was an OK thing to do at the time, although I'd never seen it done before. And of course, because it was early entry, there was nobody there monitoring it. Oh, and the park was about as dead as I've ever seen it, save Bonus Weekend Fridays of years gone by.

Thanks Scottyf, yes, it's the same concept as going under the rail, you know which one, at Maverick instead of walking around it when they are launching half empty cars at end of day.

MaverickLaunch, it looked like they had the fast lane blocked and we would be rushing so didn't look that closely into it. September Sundays were great for re-riding Maverick. Good for you for cutting off some of that line! I can't imagine they'd be that anal if there were no line anyway. These were also days when we were re-riding Skyhawk a few times without getting off and Mine Ride at closing when it was too late to go anywhere else, might as well stay on the train as long as they'll have us.

Scottyf said:
It helps when you actually read his post and understand what he's trying to say. That way, you're less likely to just vomit out something obvious that he already knows.

No I did read the post..he doesn't have a FL+ band, he doesn't get the FL+ line..plain and simple. Why expect something different and not pay for it?

But that's just it, there is no line at that point. No line is being skipped, just not walking around to the normal entrance. Not saying I condone this, though..

thedevariouseffect said:
No I did read the post..he doesn't have a FL+ band, he doesn't get the FL+ line..plain and simple. Why expect something different and not pay for it?

As usual, a) you posted a needless response, because your nature apparently requires you to needlessly post responses to nearly every note on every thread, b) you're completely missing the point, and c) you are indignantly resolute in your view that you are not missing the point.

He's not saying that he should get FL+ privileges without paying for them, but rather he would just like to use the INCREDIBLY CONVENIENT* FL+ entrance as a shortcut to the normal line, which is right up the steps from the FL+ entrance. He's just looking to save some unnecessary walking.

The point is, why require the human to walk all the way around to the normal entrance just for the sake of traversing the line, when, in fact, you will not be passing any humans by doing so. In essence, when there is zero line, the situation is that there is no difference to any other human on the planet whether you go in the FL+ entrance or the normal entrance, the difference is only rules and/or policy, which I can respect. That's why he's saying that it'd be nice if policy allowed such when there's an obvious lack of line.

* Raptor's situation is even more obvious, with the FL entrance being a mere sneeze away from the exit.

You seem so grumpy still. Seriously..I'm headed out later, I'll get you a Snickers, and not that fun sized crap..

I'm not missing the point. He didn't go through the normal entrance to be screened by the ride op at entrance, he can cut the lines of people at the entrance, and he didn't pay for FL+. FL+ gives you a wristband and the ability to stand and use the small line. You don't pay that price, you don't get it. Case and point.

Yes the op up top at the stairs can assess the rider, however, the op at entrance other than checking FL+ is a good way to say "Hey that big stuffed animal is a no go"/etc. Verus getting to the top of the stairs, and turning around clogging up people behind you/etc.

Sorry, but see enough regular people hitting up the FL+/FL entrance, other people will follow, what if there's a hold or goes down mechanical, and now you have a line. Now you've got potential FL+ people, with non FL+ people in the line, and you think those people who payed for that band are ganna be upset seeing non paying members in the line...

Again to my main point..You didn't pay for FL+, you don't get the perks of FL+, simple as that.

Corkscrew doesn't get a line at night 9 out of 10 nights, but you don't walk up the exit for convenience do you? How about Wicked Twister? Gemini?

That's the deal, you don't pay, you don't get. Making these little extra rules & stuff for the sake of convenience can cause operational issues/guest relations issues. The way it works now works quite well. Sucks you have to do a tad bit more walking. But if you're willing to walk either the mile from the front entrance or half mile from the Resort Gate or whatever, I can't sympathize.

Trust me, I'm all for massive rerides & marathons, I try to get as many rides in each visit as I can if I'm going to ride that day. Might as well get the most out of every visit. But rules are rules, and the system works..it's quite simple.

I'm currently wondering when you'll realize that you, like you do so very often, are not following the conversation, and are instead arguing against something that is not even being discussed.

We were discussing using Maverick's FL+ instead of walking the full queue

So angry..all the time...

Chill out bro, you're online

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