Hours extended week of 5/21

Monday through Thursday of this week, they've extended their operating hours to 8pm.

Not bad for a park that couldn't open their new attraction. They wouldn't be doing it if they weren't doing well so far. The message is in the barker on the CP home page.

The operating calendar is the same...

EDIT: Okay, I see it now. Woohoo! One more hour at the park tommorrow.
*** Edited 5/20/2007 8:03:04 PM UTC by Top Thrill Dragster***

Nice to see that attendance must have prompted this.

Very good decision. When I was there on 5/14 the 7pm closing was WAY to short. The park was by no means empty and that extra hour really helps out.

Good move Cedar Point!!

^..Yeah it does when i went last Sunday leaving at 7 just isnt long enough...good decision on CP's part.

Glad I caught this, thanks for the heads up. :)

..Al

I was there 5/14 throw 5/16, the crowds were still big at 7pm. And yeah that extra hour would have helped out good.

It's a smart idea. I was there Monday, Wednesday, Friday and today (Sunday) for 7:00 closes, and the park was still really busy at closing time. The crowd levels definitely warranted staying open an extra hour.

Great idea,more people to stay and enjoy CP after work to,that extra hour really adds for more ride time.

Ralph, any work going on in the canyon this evening?

None that I noticed. The last time I was back there was around 1 in the afternoon though. At least at that time everything was quiet.

Haha, last night when the park let out at 10, we had steady crowds of people in the coffee shop til about 12:30. Tonight only closing at 7, it wasn't as bad.

Glad I caught this thread tonight. I may not have even realized it when I'm at the park tomorrow.

Is this the first season for 7pm closes anyway? I always thought the park stayed open until 8pm on weekdays until Memorial Day in seasons past.

This is the first time, in a while anyways, that the park has closed at 7 during that half of May. I would guess that next year they would revert to the 8pm closing all the time.

I think in 2001 they stayed open until 6 on May weekdays. This is really good news. I just wish they would go back to 11:00 closings on Fridays this year.

-Sam

I don't know if it is just my imagination, but attendance seems stronger this year than at the same time last year.

I hope that is the case, and if so, I hope it continues and they have a great season this year.

^ - at least until people realize that the park lied to them. Cedar Point knew 18 months ago that Maverick wasn't going to open on time and should not have lied to them in September when they announced the ride. Once the people open their eyes and see the blatant lies that have been spewed forth by this evil company they will stop going.

:drip:::::drip:

I really hope this trend continues and we see the park push the closing time out later through the rest of the season. Probably not so much during the week, but maybe we'll get later weekend closings.

I think that attendance is really higher than usual. I'm not sure why, but the park has been much busier both times I've been there than similar days on the past. As much as I hate waiting in loner lines, I love to see the park succeed. I just remember that the better attendance, the more money comes in, which leads to improvements for the park.

Count me in as one of the people who have noticed higher attendance. I went three times this past week hoping for the walk ons that the week after opening weekend is famous for. Instead I've found the park to be decently crowded every day. Wait times have still been under 10 minutes for most rides, but certainly no walk ons.