Discrimination

You can 'achieve' roller coaster riding without glasses. What's your point?

The ADA only considers blindness a vision disability, and not your situation. There is no law providing for 'storage space on fixed amusement rides for people with glasses or other loose articles that can't afford a strap to keep them on their head'. I probably have worse vision that you, so just suck it up and quit whining.

-seth

It's the way the park uses the word disability. Does your disability interfer with your ability to ride the ride? No. Someone with no legs, on the other hand, would have some problems and would thus be considered disabled, by Cedar Point's standards.

Your problem could have been easily fixed by placing your glasses in your pocket. (Or, have I read these posts incorrectly?)

Hey fastcar, here is the definition of a person who sucks typing his native tounge, English.

A person who can't spell any of these words: theory (theaory), having (havign), talked (tlaked), about (abotu), identities (identites), world (worl), wide (dwide), about (abotu), the (hte), there (theree), or (ro), Twister (Twisetr), ? (hoodie), don't (don;t), isn't (isn;t), not (nto), eligible (eligibale), about (abotu), don't (don;t), say (sya).

21 spelling mistakes in about 300 words, next time fastcar, ask your boyfriend to do spell check:)

Well, for one you contradict yourself in your own rant

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fastcar01 said:
To everyone else, I just cannot understand how you can think it is OK for CP to charge per ride after paying the admission price.

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at any other ride in the park theree is some sort of provision offered for glasses ro loose articles, for example on Wicked Twisetr the host told me put my glasses down my shirt or on the shelf, last year on TTD I believe that I just put them in my hoodie pocket.

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So are they charging you at each ride for a strap, or aren't they. Some rides are better suited for leaving your stuff at the station, like WT and PT because you are coming back to the same place you left without anyone in between. I seem to remember Mean Streak having three boxes at one point for people to leave things in.
Now on Dragster, you don't exit at the same point you get on, so if you left things in the station, you would have to go down to the loading station and get your stuff. Now for one person this wouldn't be a problem, but if you let one, you have to let them all. This would cause problems for the workers on the loading platform as people would constantly be getting in the way.
They have provided a method for you to have your glasses, either you can use a locker(notice I didn't say pay for), buy a headstrap for 2 bucks or put them in a secure pocket. I know at least one of those methods is free which would mean no inconvenience to you.
As for this being such a big suprise, the rules are posted not only at each entrance to the park, and on the website and at the park op's office, but they are also printed at the entrance to every ride for which loose items are not allowed. And it clearly states that all loose items (including glasses) must be secured in some way. So it's not a suprise rule that some ride op suddenly decided they were going to enforce because they hate all people with poor vision. It's not a conspiracy, its the needs of the many for safety over the wants of the few.

John

sure people aren't a canidate for Lasik Surgery or Contacts but if you can't spend 2 dollars for a strap to keep your glasses on your head and you go to Cedar Point and get all pissed that they won't let you ride than what is your problem? It isn't to diffiult, go into a store, buy a strap, attatch it to your glasses and put them on. If they would have let you on the ride with your glasses you probably would have lost them than you would probably be trying to sue Cedar Point for not retrieving them for you on MF island.

Hey, enough with this "is he being sarcastic or not" horsedung. I AM colorblind and I hate those maps.

Of course, I am not the member of a "protected class" so it is irrelevant.

By the way...I think they should do away with the onride photos. It is discriminating to men with receeding hairlines. My baldness always looks worse in the pictures.

I think I will start a petition.

now thats BS, onride photos aren't discriminatory towards men with receeding hairlines, men with receding hairlines are going to get their picture took on something at some point and it seems that they don't care having their photo tooken. On ride photosn are a cool way to capture and prove to your friends you rode a coaster and a simple way for CP and other parks to make a few extra bucks for more thrill rides. If you don't like on ride photos than don't buy one, don't even look a yours when you get off the ride. but CP and no other park will even bother to take them out just because you think its discriminatory towards men, and a lawyer will just laugh in your face.

I've worn glasses for 4 years now, and needless to say, there's not a whole lot to see at 120 m.p.h. (if you can keep your eyes open), so just get a clip for them.

CP's landscaping crews are discriminatory to tall people too. If I have to scoot arond somebody and I'm too close a tree I sometimes hit my head. I think they should just pull out all the trees so that no branches grow where I could hit my head. I can't control the fact that I'm tall and its really annoying that they don't trim branches higher.

John

Ok, since I cant actually go back to CP this year, I've been checking up on this site everynow and again just to see what was going on. This topic amuses me.

Last year, CP wouldn't let you on TTD with glasses, unless they were attatched with a strap, in a cargo pocket or in a locker. So its not exactly a new policy. You have to admit that it is common sense. I don't know about this year, but last year there was an employee from merchandise at or near the entrance from whom you could buy a strap. It's not exactly breaking the bank, when you consider what you've spent on passes and food etc.

And the whole sarcasm thing....I got it, but, speaking from my experiences over the past two summers, a lot of the guests at CP (and I hate to say it, who were mostly from America or Canada) did not get me with my sarcasm. Having been raised in Scotland, we use it everyday. I really had to watch what I said... well if I wanted people to understand.

Back to the glasses tho. Next time, wear trousers with zipper pockets. They've been HUGE for the past couple years, even MEIJERS or WALMART will probably stock them if you dont want to spend a load of money. Asda (the british supermarket Walmart owns) stocks them for £10, (about $15). Problem solved!!!!!

EDIT: Spelling - I cant help it - I'm a Maths Graduate, I can't always do the Spelling thing - have prob still missed some *** Edited 6/14/2004 7:23:25 PM UTC by ScottishLou***

I really don't have the time right now, to read through every single reply to this sorry excuse for a thread. I just read the first page, and with that, I'm going to throw in my two cents.

Not letting you in line because you are carrying glasses is perfectly legit. It's one of Cedar Point's more strongly enforced rules. No loose articles on rides. Now, I don't see why you're referring to this as "discrimination"...because it would be the same case if you were carrying a camera, or anything else that wasn't secured. Just spend a buck or two on a strap or put your glasses in a locker ahead of time and save everyone the trouble.

The first time that I rode WT I had to remove my glasses because I left the strap back at LP. Not sure which was better: Riding blind or being able to see!

Anyway...find a legit gripe or move on. This policy in in no way "discrimination". It is in place to keep you safe. The same people complaining about it would probably be the first to sue the park after getting beaned by an object while riding.

MrScott

All I can really say is:

Wow.

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EmrgncyStop said:
now thats BS, onride photos aren't discriminatory towards men with receeding hairlines...

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I swear to God we're going to need an IQ test before you sign-up on this site.

Jeff,

Will current members have to pass this test?

I need cheats, for sure :)

MrScott

Instead of an IQ test, how about a common sense test.

Can we for once not shoot people down on these forums? What does men and receeding hairlines have anything to do with this topic whatsoever? And Jeff, sorry but, could you lay off a little bit on the harsh comments? Aren't we all here to discuss our love for Cedar Point?...maybe I missed a memo.

You missed the original post, the sarcasm, and more sarcasm.

No, Mr2kForce, you forgot who pays for your privalage to visit here.

MrScott

PS: Visiting here in not a God Given Right. Get used to it.

MrScott (who got used to it a long time ago)

Mr2kForce? I do believe you're a little mistaken on the "Mr" part.

And actually, I come to this website because it has a great deal of good Cedar Point information that you cannot find at some similar websites. I voice my word on these forums, but apparently, opinions aren't very well appreciated around here.

Sorry if I offended anybody here, but again, I'm voicing my opinion...while attempting to not be harsh about it!