Cedar Point adds blog to official web site

Cedar Point today added a blog to the park's official web site. The new feature - "OnPoint!" - is the park's first official blog. The blog is written by Public Relations Representative Tony Clark and Group Sales Representative Tyler Adams.

Click here to visit the official blog.

Interesing...

Even though they obviously work for the park, they are taking on the roll of investigators getting the low-down all over the park. I wonder if this could possibly tie into the addition of a new attraction. So they would do blogs about part sitings and construction instead of Monty's journal entries.

If CP got the idea from Holiday World then I can see why they would be so willing to do it, especially after having it generate a thread over 1000 posts long with people trying to figure out what's going to be installed next year. It's a great, (nearly) free way to create a lot of buzz about a new ride. And as I recall, that was the major reason for holding off on Dragster's announcement in 2002.

Its cool but if you read between the lines its all advertisement.

Who knows. It might be an advertisement for a while, but as said above it might be a way of starting rumors, or announcing a new attraction. Although it might just be and advertisement.

All Holiday Blog is is an advertisement. Heck, all of the CP website is an advertisement.

I think it will still add more of a personal touch to the site, and if it creates buzz like the Holiblog does, then all the better, right?

Yeah, I think it will also be nice in the long winter months where there is nothing much going on, besides the years with new attractions.

OldCPer, you took the words right out of my mouth, literally, I am the first post on their new blog and that is what I told them, LOL.

I think it's a cute idea! I worked with Tyler in 2002 and he's a pretty funny guy, and I think he'll do what he can to keep it interesting. Obviously, as is true of all Cedar Point employees, I'm sure they're not allowed to disclose anything w/out park permission. But the addition of the blog definately adds a personal touch to the CP website.

This should definately be an interesting read. I've been reading Holiday World's Holiblog every day, and I've never even been to their park. I'm already looking forward to the next entry.