Future Ride Ops...Questions

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Thank You Dr. Obvious

Hey everybody! Im cuming 2 CP on Tuesday and Wednesday- August 17+18!! One of those days Ill be on Thunder Canyon, Brittney!! See ya then!!

Tyler

"cuming"? Oh boy...

I think a job at Cedar Point is like any job that you have. Conditions can be horrible for some people and yet they enjoy working for people or love operating a ride. Some people just love making the park clean. It's all about if what you are doing is something you love.

I do caution folks who come to Cedar Point as guests and think, "wow this would be a great job." Because quite often, you are wrong. My buddy was telling me how he worked on games and how he was only allowed one bathroom break during his shift. It looks easy from your standpoint as a guest, but as a real person doing it, it is a lot of work. You make think it would be a thrill being on Magnum everyday saying your spiel, but would you still love it if you did it everyday for 2 months or more? That's a question you have to ask yourself and only you can answer it.

I agree with Jeff da Beat, the job is all in how you feel about it. I am at a job right now that I have been at for over 5 years, and it was a job that is mainly to help me get through college. It is not fun work to me anymore like it used to be years ago, so therefore my attitude has changed. I think that the more passionate you are about CP, the better of a job you will do there, just like at any job. :)

Agreed and may I add that your best times while working at Cedar Point are those that occur off the clock. The friends you make and the fun times you have is what keeps you coming back...

I am currently working at CP in the Traffic/Toll operations. I have been getting about an average of 60 hours a week. Sometimes you do feel like crap but the people you work with truely make it a great experience and make you forget about the dumb guests that we encounter...and we encounter the most of anyone in the parking lot. They just don't want to listen (Michigan Driver's and Canadian Driver's) :). The pay isn't the greatest, but you don't have a lot to pay for while your there. The rooming is cheap and really isn't that bad if you keep the place cleaned up every once in a while. I hope you have great success in the future! Hope to see you there with me as a guest in the future.

Whats that about Michigan drivers?! C'mon we don't drive THAT bad. Just because you don't have the 'Michigan Left' down there and we do it anyway does not mean we are bad drivers.

I'm 14 now and I plan to be a ride op or somthing at Cedar Point when I'm 18.

I know its not listed on their site or anything, but do you think they hire people to do IS (fix computers)? Or do you think they hire out(third party, contractors, etc)? Once I go to college I think that would be the ultimate job to have since I'm really into computers and rollercoasters.

First year people can work on the bigg rides right

"First year people can work on the bigg rides right"

If this is a question, "First year people can work on the big rides, right?", the answer is yes--as long as you are 18.

If the above is a statement, "First year people can work on the big rides...RIGHT...", then you are wrong. Many first timers end up on "big" rides.

MrScott

I loved working ripcord but some days the customers are so annoying. They really dont know how much you have to do and how little you get paid to do it. People dont realize how much you have to go out of your way for them. Cedar Point uses their workers as much as possible. I was a ride operator and I was just shown how to operate Ripcord. Some days if they needed extra people I would be moved t the slides in soak city but usually you stay at your designated ride. Plus you get to butt pick and clean bathrooms- always fun. Overall though I loved my crew if it wasnt for my co- workers the job would have been far from perfect. Anyways, commons is a bit of a change. I went to CP right after I graduated and I now have plenty of horror stories involving the living conditions. Puke in the showers (along with various other substances), etc.. Anyways, I found out that living at CP for the summer definetly prepared me for the dorms at college. So its good practice- just make sure to bring shower shoes! Seriously!

Anybody know when the 2005 online app will be released?

Probably late December.