Go Kart-Ride Op on Challenge Park

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum and for summer 2012 I'm going to be a ride op for the go karts in challenge park. What is it like? Is it boring? What are the hours like? Please help!!!! Oh yea I process in and do all my training on May 4 2012 thanks in advance :)

I worked on the Go-Karts back in 2002. Personally, without any bias, I must say it's the best crew to work for at Cedar Point.

I'm not sure if they still do this or not, but Challenge Park employees used to help the lifeguards open up in the morning. It's what we called "Pool Opens".

I loved working the Go-karts. The hardest part for me was remembering what track I was working on. The spiel differs slightly for each track.

It's certainly not boring. In fact, it gets pretty interesting watching the drivers spinout. SAFETY is of utmost importance. It's one of the few rides in the park when the ride ops have very little control over the ride.

Good luck and have fun!

WARNING: Once you memorize the spiel, you will have it memorized for the rest of your life.

I am on Ripcord in Challenge Park it's going to be an awesome summer!

What's a spiel ?

a spiel is what you have to say everytime before you start a race.
i worked ripcord/scraper last year.. ummm, go karts = annoying. :) "drivers please stop your go karts" .. anybody else who worked ripcord knows one person in particular who was so annoying when saying this! I think hours may have changed for challange park, but its normally open an hour after the park closes.

that's all i got :) have fun!

Oh spiels how I hate but love them.

Oh how I hated pool opens. I think I once paid someone to swap shifts with me to avoid one. :)

Challenge Park is an awesome place to work though. The Ripcord/Skyscraper crew will hate you if you scream into the microphones.

Thanks for all your answers I'm so excited! I can't wait to start! Is there anything else I should know about challenge park ?

get a lifeguard uniform if you do tops. because you look kind of dumb standing there with challenge park uniforms :)

and yes, ripcord/scraper will hate you if you scream into the microphone.

no but challenge park is a really fun place to work! i think the best place in the park :))

What are tops? Lol

During busy parts of the summer, when Soak City is short on lifeguards, they'll use extra challenge park employees to stand at the top of the slides and allow the guests to slide down.

Oh sounds cool! I cant wait to start working

I worked on RipCord and I helped with Go-Karts a lot during the end of the season. I had a blast... MOST OF THE TIME. You'll always stay busy.

Derrrrrick said:
I worked on RipCord and I helped with Go-Karts a lot during the end of the season. I had a blast... MOST OF THE TIME. You'll always stay busy.

Are you coming back this year? I'm going to be a Ride Host again. This year, I'm going to be on the Mean Streak!!

I think so. I did my application and it's under review. If I do go back, I'm going to RipCord for sure!

Derrrrrick said:
I think so. I did my application and it's under review. If I do go back, I'm going to RipCord for sure!

Awesome. Are you going to stay at Bayside again?

Jake10 said:

Awesome. Are you going to stay at Bayside again?

I don't know. I moved out of Bayside last year because of the whole roommate situation. I liked both Commons and Bayside.

Derrrrrick said:

Jake10 said:

Awesome. Are you going to stay at Bayside again?

I don't know. I moved out of Bayside last year because of the whole roommate situation. I liked both Commons and Bayside.

Cool. I am not sure what I am doing. I'll probably be at Cedars again, because of when my college lets out; (after Spring Quarter). Let me know where you are going to be staying, so I CAN visit you. (If that's ok with you)