Free food?

Just wondering... I chaperoned a school trip to Kennywood for their Phantom Fright Nights last weekend (A good time, but not the quality of Halloweekends IMO), but there was one thing about the trip that was intriguing.... It was the first night of their Fright Fest, and as a promotion to get people out to the park early in the season there no charge for any of the food concessions in the park last night. It was great, since we took a lot of students who's families could afford the $15 group rate admission, but don't have a lot of extra money to send with their kids for two meals inside a park. My fiance and I went, and figure we probably would have spent $40 between the two of us to buy the food that we got for free.... Does anyone know if CP has ever done anything like this?

While I've never seen free food at CP for anything like that, I will argue about the quality of Phanton Fright Nights vs. Halloweekends.

Being a smaller, less "corporate-ized" park, Kennywood's haunted attractions seem to push the line a little more than CP's. When I went 2 years ago, there seemed to be a little more gore than you would find at CP. [No big surprise here, I like gore.] However, both parks do offer fine halloween events.

I don't believe Cedar Point has ever given out free food at that scale, or at all. If they do I'd like to be there!

^ Well, does Coastermania count?

I believe that food is included with price of admission.

There is no such thing as a "free lunch".

For Coastermania? What admission?

Sorry, but ACE gets tons of great, not good, food during their visit each year. It's all a part of getting a reputation for being nice. And getting the voting support for getting those golden tickets. With the food, many hours of ERT, and other perks (all day drinks,ect), of course something is free since they don't pay nothing really extra. I'm just suprised they don't get great room rates at the CF properties.

So, as a member of ACE, you get free food at the park? Or is that just doing ACE events?

If you're a coaster club member, season pass holder, and attendee of Coastermania, you get food at no additional cost. Since you're a season pass holder and there's no cost for the event itself, you get in free and get to eat.

Coastermania is not an ACE event, it's a Cedar Point event that is open to all coaster clubs, not just ACE.

CP has a very nice spread of free food for the attendees.

Kennywood's wasn't actually a spread.... you just went up to any of the concession stands in the park, got what you wanted, and there was no charge.

CP has a very nice spread of free food for the attendees.

I wouldn't know. Even when you get to the pavilion early, you're never early enough. :)

The only good thing about it is the leftovers are sold cheap in the employee cafe the following days.