Future Expansions

.I don't know if anybody said this cause I'm not reading 3 pages nor starting a new topic.

Cut the parking lot in half. Take that on-point public parking out of the equation. After, bring the front of the park (south) closer to mainland Ohio, and create much room for expansion. 2 main entrances.

Main Entrance 1 would be the very south eastren section of the park. Handling the admittance of on-point drivers. Main Entrance 2 would be on the very south western section of the park. Also the Shuttle Boats dock entrance/exit.

Within a 15 mile radius (and on the lake, at least a dock'able portion) have a HUGE parking area for guests to CedarPoint where they can take a steam ship voyage to the park. Sounds stupid? Think not.

Soak City is perfect in it's current location. But here's an idea. Move soak City (greatly expanded into a premier water park) off-point. Along with it. Move camper village and lighthouse point. Now with these previous on-point attractions off point, expand them and make them world-class! Then place them most professionally around the HUGE parking area you've created for your Point guests!

21st Century CedarPoint expansion possibility?
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520, 500+, 160. prepare.

They will not be able to expand into the parking lot area for several reasons. Land deals with surrounding land owners being a VERY large issue.

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June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100
VertiGo Rides - 82
Technical Services 2002
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And I've said it before, Rob, so what? Everybody has a price.

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Ohh I agree.. but it will take some time to pick up properties. It's just a matter of how bad they'd want it.

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June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100
VertiGo Rides - 82
Technical Services 2002
Fright Zone Screamster 2002

Could anyone of quessed where the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world would have been placed at Cedar Point? For all of the parking lot/monorail talk etc., take a look at what happened. You basically got rid of a Dodgem ride, of which you have another in the park, and the Schwrabictchen (can't spell) an aging and seldom ridden. Two rides gone, two rides moved and presto the worlds tallest roller coaster. Those "idiots" at Cedar Point always seem to find room for world class rides and they always seem to pay a large dividend to the stockholders.

I have a question... Cedar Point built the causeway that is used by most guests to reach the park. If they can buld that road through the lake, why couldn't they expand the size of the park. Just keep pushing the perimeter out into the lake using the methods they used to build the causeway? It'd probably be really expensive... Are there any other reasons?

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ONE freeway stamp a day... ONE

Cedar Point built it but they had to get approvals to do so from the City, County, State, etc.

I am sure a big reason they got the go-ahead was to keep people who live on the Chausee happy. Imagine all of the traffic rolling past their homes every day.

Also, there are now two ways on and off the mainland which certainly is a safety issue.

I wonder how many homes along that road are lived in year round?

More than you might think. I believe Cedar Point maintains the road during the off season as well by plowing snow.

I would say most residents on the Chausee live there year-round. And, yes, Cedar Point does the snow removal on the road. But it is not a fun road in the winter - especially when the lake is angry.

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I imagine that CP or the local municipality/township would have to keep the road clear reguardless of the number of residents. It is after all a plublic throughway.

I would imagine that there are a bit of year round residents since those newly constructed homes are pretty serious. I was just wondering if anyone out there knows anything concrete

Actually, it is a private road. That's why Cedar Point takes care of maintenance, as opposed to the city of Sandusky.

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It is a road open to the public, but it is not owned by the public. Therefore, it is a private road that is maintained by CP.

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Florida may have Disneyworld and Key West,
but Ohio has Cedar Point and Put-In-Bay.
It's great to live in Ohio!

screw soak city, camper village, light house point, all that, move em to the main land (leave only breakers there) and built an a frick load of new rides. city walk would practicly turn cedar point into it own city, minus a population (i wouldnt mind living there though!)

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If the home owners own the land on the peninsula then the road would most likely be a publicly owned road. If the homeowners do own their land then it would seem possible that the road was the property of the community, but considering the age of the "neighborhood" i think it is quite unlikely.

I would go as far as to wager that even if a road is built with private funds, if it used publicly then it fall under the jurisdiction of the municipality/township. For example the new road being built by SF WOA is being paid for by the park but will be a public domain. Even if CP DOES plow it or even pay for its upkeep (which i doubt highly) it is still the property of the city.

The other thing that may or may not have an affect on the situation is that the base of the peninsula is NOT in the city of Sandusky. It may not matter, but i find it interesting.

Edit: the other thing of note is that if the Chaussee IS a private road then the owner (the park) could close access to it at any time. Furthermore the City of Sanduky wouldn't patrol it or inforce speed limits.
*** This post was edited by gener 1/22/2003 5:09:46 PM ***

The entire Chausee is in the city of Sandusky - all the way to where it begins at Cleveland Road.

For those who doubt it is a private road, I did e-mail the city of Sandusky and received this response:

"Cedar Point maintains (plows, fills pot holes, installs signs on) the roadway. The utilities are the only things that are considered public.

The roadway is actually owned by Cedar Fair, thus we do not maintain (snowplow, fill potholes, place signs on) this roadway. We do provide water and sewer connections and also pick up their leaves during leaf pickup season. This area could be compared to the Harbor (other than that is gated) as the same maintenance provisions apply for them. Our police also have the power to enforce speed limits and have occasionally run radar in that area.

In a sense the roadway, although privately owned, enjoys some of the same privileges as a public roadway. This is probably why/how there is confusion about it."

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2 points Walt.

1 point Adernaline. (Actually, the 1 point is a "gimme").

MrScott

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*** This post was edited by MrScott 1/22/2003 6:02:23 PM ***

The roads using public services through me off, thanks for clearing that up Gemini

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Race For The Sky.... at 120mph!

That explans it, but this a very rare case. And yes the road is in Sandusky until the intersection, but the cross road is not in Sandusky. Sorry for the confusion in the previous post.

I wish I worked in a City where I had the time to answer goofball emails. Wait a minute, I post on here throughout the day.

Nevermind.