Cedar Point 2007. Here's the latest.

At Eastcoaster this past weekend, Cedar Fair outlined other improvements and additions that will be happening to the park.

1. Joe Cool and Resort Guests will now get in 30 minutes earlier for a total of 1 Hour ERT. This years early ride time will be on: Maverick, Millennuim, Skyhawk, Raptor, and the Gemini Childrens Area.

2. There will be 1 or 2 (i forget which) new restaurants this year. With DIFFERENT FOOD!!! He didn't say what the restaurants will be because they are still in negotiations.

3. A new 3 Point Challenge game in Frontier Town. They said this was a big success at Cedar Point and other parks as well.

4. A new shooting gallery in Frontier Town.

5. Halloweekends will have one more weekend. (One less Bonus Weekend)

6. They are adding a New Parade.

7. As we already knew, both Friday's restaurants were renovated.

8. And of course Maverick.

I'm glad to see they added the GCA to the ERT. I can't even begin to count the number of times parents would complain to me early in the morning because there was nothing for the rest of the family to do.

Sounds good. Looking like a great season.

1. That's awesome! I always thought a half hour was pretty short, but I wasn't about to complain since it was better than nothing. But, an hour is GREAT!

2. Probably chains. :)

3. Cool - don't play them myself.

4. New as in second? Or new as in replacement for the existing?

5. Yay for Halloween. :)

6. Parade? That's interesting. Did they mention anything about what would be in it? Has CP ever had a parade before?

7. Yay for chains!

8. What's Maverick?

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4. I was told the original one was taken out after 9/11. I don't know if that's true or not.

6. I don't recall. However, I belive they said it would begin in the back and go to the front. I'm assuming through Frontier Town. But who knows. Since they announced this at Eastcoaster, perhaps they'll announce it to everyone else pretty soon. Maybe with more details. I'm not aware of a parade ever before, but they have had the marching bands for a LONG time.

8. lol

I just read this, and I must say, I'm in shock.

1. I've only been saying this for what, 4 years now? But, I bet it's cheaper for them in the long run. What I can see happening is letting Joe Cool Guests in at 9, and the General Public at 10. This means that when they used to get all the rides up as soon as they could, many of them before 10:00, there won't be as much of a push to get them open until 10:00. (If that makes sense).

2. I agree, a franchise of some sort. Not exactly what I'd like to see more of, but we'll see how it turns out.

3. If it makes money, which I've heard it really does, I guess it's a good thing.

4. I wonder if this goes back to the rumored replacement of Heading West with an arcade.

5. Sad to see the Bonus Weekend go, but I'm surprised it wasn't done sooner.

6. This is really going to be interesting. I'd like to hear exactly what is planned for this.

7. Yes?

8. Frontiertown is going to be an awfully busy place this summer with all this new stuff.

*** Edited 2/6/2007 2:08:02 AM UTC by DBCP***

Regarding the "new" restaurants, expect one of them to most likely be a sports bar type setup taking over Breakwater Cafe.

omg NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! That's one of the only restaurants I frequent at CP. I absolutely love going there.

Well, they specificaly said "Different" so with the All Star Cafe, I would doubt another sports bar.

DBCP said:

8. Frontiertown is going to be an awfully busy place this summer with all this new stuff.

...and the fastest way in and out of Frontier Town will be to take the train, not to mention it is the fastest way to get from Millenium to Maverick and vice versa.

;)

You can never resist the shamless plug, can you John. ;)

Hmmm, a parade? Wonder what this could be.

All I can say is that I hope it does not involve a very large, yellow, absorbant sea creature.

Oh dear god I hope not... Though I can't really imagine any parade that would really interest me. Maybe a Playboy Bunny parade. ;) I hope the familys enjoy it, because I doub't I'll watch it more than once or twice.

The thought of the large yellow absorbent thing in a parade scares me. I'm all for a parade with Snoopy in it though.

I hope they come up with a better system than what they have now if they're going to be letting guests in an hour early. Standing at those blue gates for 30 minutes is hell enough. Donut Time does good business though.

Speaking of Donut Time, there used to be a shooting gallery in where that is now located if I recall correctly.

*** Edited 2/6/2007 3:11:36 AM UTC by Ralph Wiggum***

Parades are usually the best time to ride things. At least that holds true at Disney. Bring on the parade!! :)

I guess Adam is going to be at the gates at about 2 AM on opening day with the new ERT time.

I don't get how that new ert is going to work? I already though that they had a hour of ert on the rides. We had to have MF open by 9:00am. Are they going to start to have them open it at 8:30?. If so I feel sorry for next years MF crew. On cold days we had to be there at like 7:30 and 8am. If they open it earlier I see that being a half hour earlier. I hated having a close then a open. GL guys.

Yess... my first year of JC and we get an hour instead of a half. Perfect.

I'm with what Doug said a bunch of posts above, keep with the regular Joe Cool at 9am, but push back the GP to be allowed in at 10am.