Glasses?

I've been to Cedar Point multiple times for the last few years but always wear contacts the few times I wore glasses when I was younger I was fine. Due to a recent pink-eye infection, I've been told I can't wear contacts for another 5 days. I still plan to make it to Cedar Point tomorrow (Monday) since they say I won't be contagious and should feel much better. My quesion is, how strictly do they enforce the glasses must be on a strap rule. The website named Maxair, Skyhawk, Wicked Twister and others. I was just wondering if I would have to make an extra stop in the morning to pick up a strap or go without my glasses (not cool, since I'm blind as a bat and would see nothing)...Any suggestions?

If you don't wear a strap, you'd have to put them in your pocket or leave them in a loose article bin. If you're ok with that, then it doesn't matter either way. If I couldn't see anything, I'd go with the strap myself. I'm pretty sure the retail store near Dragster sells them.

The stores Park Place and the little shack in between the ticket offices and the gates sell straps also.

Alright, thanks. I guess wearing a strap is better than not seeing or not being there at all! Skyhawk, here I come!

A good strap is hardly noticeable, I dont need glasses but I cant stand the bright sunlight on the Point so I always bring my $5 special sunglasses with me. Ive never lost a pair yet.

The last time that we needed glasses straps the dollar store had two packs available. I am sure that you could call a local dollar store and find out if they have any.

If I remember right, ride hosts used to sell them for $1.00 each but I'm not sure if that's the case.

The straps for the glasses are sold at a pretty reasonable price at the park. Not all the rides require a strap (I think Dragster and Wicked Twister are the only coasters that require them, I could be wrong though) but it's never a bad idea. Don't want to lose your glasses.

I'll probably just wait and buy them there then. All the dollar stores are closed right now...unless I check Wal-Mart before leaving. I'd have really big issues if I lost them considering I have a two hour drive and am taking a twelve-year old. Plus they're my wind protection for my crazy pink eye. Is is smart to go on roller coasters with a newly recovering pink eye? Probably not. But...I just can't stay away much longer!

I was actually in the exact same position as you when I went in October last year.

Normally your optometrist has the straps for sale as well, that's where I got mine (though as mentioned, you can buy them near Dragster, too.) As I have contacts, I figured it'd be a one-time wearing. Now I just find them really useful for sports...

I wear glasses, and have never been told to -not- wear them, but I will tell you this- if they feel even remotely loose, stick them in a fanny pack. My very first ride on Raptor was marred by my finger pushing the nose peice against my face, and then when the ride got going, I was basically repeatedly hitting myself between the eyes over and over again.

A few years ago, I managed to find one of those geeky looking elastic sports bands, that hold glasses in place. I used it for 2 trips, and while I did still take them off on some rides, I was able to enjoy others while actually -seeing- things.

My biggest complaint is that I hate that I don't get to take in some of the awesome views and what not, because my vision is so bad that I'm not legally allowed to drive without them. Standing 10 feet from a stop sign, I can't see it without glasses, because it blurs down to a speck.

On opening day at MF and TTD, they told me to put my glasses in a locker or secure them in a cargo pocket. Not my regular pants pocket, but either a cargo pocket or the lockers. This was new to me, but better not to lose them.

I've always been stopped at the entrance to MF and TTD and asked about my sunglasses. They make sure I have cargo pockets with a flap.

Almost any large thrill ride at the Point requires (by rule, not necessarily by physics) a strap for your glasses. The only time I've actually felt my glasses move on a ride was TTD, but still it is a rule that is pretty well enforced.

ATJazz said:
Is is smart to go on roller coasters with a newly recovering pink eye? Probably not. But...I just can't stay away much longer!

You're probably going to give multiple employees and other guests pink eye.

Depends on how long you have been treating it, the eye drops kill the "infectionality" of it before all the symptoms cease. Check your eye drop case it should tell you, and if not look it up.

After twenty four hours on both oral antibiotics and drops I'm not contagious anymore. I began them Sunday morning, so I should be fine. The symptoms have greatly decreaed as well. I wouldn't go if I thought I'd be responsible for some pinkeye outbreak.

You should be fine, but carry a small bottle of antibacterial gel, and use it before getting on any rides, and after touching your eyes at all. It will help you not spread it if it IS still infectious.

I've only had PE once, but my son picked it up about 20 times from birth to age 5, and the general rule was once it's been treated for a full day, it's not infectious. As often as he had it, I only contracted it from him once, because we were pretty good about keeping things cleaned off that he touched or came into contact with, and using the antibacterial gel after handling him or anything he touched, and we were concious to not touch our own eyes as well.

As long as you are not messing with the eye, or getting rid of the germs after touching the area, you shouldn't spread it at all.

Pink Eye isn't like the common cold, it doesn't travel in the air. ;)

Not to change subjects, but I'm just putting in my 2¢:

I've been on all major rides at the park, and the only one at which anyone said anything to me about my glasses was on Power Tower.

I'm never at the Point without my shades. They've always enforced the strap when I've been there, but they're only $2 and they're sold at multiple shops around the park.