Housing Sucks

This was my first year I was going to work at Cedar Point, but the housing sucks really bad, so I quit on my first day. There was no way I was staying in that room all summer. I can go there later this summer and ride the rides. I don't know how you people who like working there can stay there in those apartments/dorms. Man, I was really disappointed, I wanted to work there this summer, but I'm back home now.

I dont see how you saw housing sucks? You wernt even in Cedars! (Cedars Suck in my opinion!) You shoulda waited till you met alot of ppl, and got to have fun and party

the key is not spending a lot of time in your room... i'm only there when i pass out drunk..shower and change.... even then i'm not ususally in my room...

Well said DailyComplainer

i stayed at cedars and it didn't suck except when i 1st got there then after a few days it got better and we made it hype and i wasn't hardly in there anyways i was either working,in the park,at commons,or outside sitting under the tree or infront of the post office. you have to make it fun staying there.

When are you in your room that much anyway? All you need is a bed and a place to shower, and both of those are reasonably provided. It's not a palace, and it's not meant to be.

If you quit because you didn't like how your room was, it's probably a good thing you quit now rather than later because you would definitely have found something to make you quit later in the season.

I definently agree with what everyone else said...Plus in life you are going to have to make sacrifices if you ever want to experience anything new....
*** Edited 4/30/2005 5:24:42 PM UTC by Brittney***

Yeah, housing sucked. I could go on for hours about all the things I hated. Fact of the matter is, the dorms weren't too bad. It was livable.

I don't know how people do the apartments, though. No A/C and no way to lock up their stuff.. and the bathroom only gets cleaned when they clean it? blech.

I was generally satisfied with the dorms though. Sure there could be things to make it better (allow microwaves for one) but they were adequate.

"and the bathroom only gets cleaned when they clean it?"

Well... that is how things work. :)

To the OP: It's too bad you didn't give it any time to work.

I know that's generally how things work. They clean the dorms daily. I just always wondered how often any of the other 15 people in an apartment would clean. I just kind of figured that I'd be the only one who wanted a generally spotless bathroom, and I'd be the one who'd have to end up cleaning to keep it that way.

Yeah I guess that sounds selfish. :P I just decided the dorms were for me

I heard some nasty stories about the apartments.

Well, if you gave it an honest fair shake for 24 hours, out of AN ENTIRE SUMMER, then I guess you gave it a try... I've never worked at CP, but my first visit was to pick up my then-girlfriend's cousin (who was from Eastern Europe, the cousin that is) who worked there all summer. So I've seen the rooms. I'm guessing it was Cedars, as she said there was no A/C, and the room was a bunkbed, a desk and a closet. But hey, I've been a camp counselor for a summer before, one of the greatest summers I've had, and that was spent in a tent... So to each their own I guess.

You are right, housing does suck, but it's not supposed to be a 5 star apartment. It is a place to crash, shower, and store your clothes while you work and have fun. I don't like the apartments, I lived there for about a month my first year, but i had to get out of there. Like some other people have said, you don't spend lots of time in your room. It's a shame you quit over something so petty like housing.

My parents had that reaction too. They came to visit me in 1500 during my second season, and they literally thought I was eating the paint off the walls for wanting to live there. It was almost like a horror movie...my mother backing out of the doorway, muttering "No way...no way..."

My first season was spent at Bayside, and to be honest - I was 18 years old and so excited to be out on my own, with no curfew, and surrounded by so many hot guys, that they could have given me a sleeping bag in the parking lot and I would have been happy.

For approximately $120.00 a month, what did you expect? You should have researched the living conditions a little more before accepting employment. You didn't go up there for a little vacation, you were there to fill a position, to work. Now your department is screwed over. So, that was pretty immature. If you are signing a contract and promising that you will be there to work, then next time you had better investigate the situation a little more and make sure you really want to do it. My first season I was doing the work of three people because so many decided not to show up. Grr.

As for the apartments, I believe that if you request it, housing will clean it for you once a week or so. Watching six or seven guys live together is always hilarious...apparently taking out the trash is an ego thing, and whoever finally does it is admitting defeat. I've witnessed many a long, near-violent confrontation over who should take the trash out.

Heck yeah, with girls too...We always had arguements over who is going to take the trash out....Finally we would find some guy sitting at the picnic table to do it..lol...We always tried to work out a chore list thing..that worked for all of like five minutes...

Aside from the living conditions it was a hell of summer...and like everyone else said I was rarely in the apartment...unless I was passing out. It was awesome tho, it sucks that you are missing such a great experience because you expected the Hilton.

Oh well...What can ya do??

Well, housing certainly isn't the ritz... in fact thats really part of what makes it fun! People are right that you would have eventually spent very little time in your room, and even less time worrying about the room. Of course, having said that, you are not the first to leave after seeing housing. What you probably weren't told is how easy it is to move around Cedar Point housing. Thats really the best thing about it, is how flexible they are in allowing you to live with those who you want to.

On the flip side...

Some simple math will tell us that...

A Cedars or Gold Dorm room rents for around 200 a month (3 people, 4 weeks at 16.80 a week.

A Bayside Apartment rents for between 600 a month for a 2 bedroom to over 1000 a month for a 3 or 4 bedroom apartment. (6 to 10 people on average at 25 a week)

A Common's Apartment rents for about 1600 a month for a 4 bedroom apartment. (16 people at 25 a week)

A Common's Dorm Room rents for between 414 and 552 a month.

Of course all utilities are included with decent cable choices at Bayside and Commons. You don't have to worry about deposits, rent payments because it all happens automatically. But the average 1 bedroom apartment in Sandusky rents for about 375 to 450 a month.

Back to the un-flipped side...

...as a CP Employee of 6 years, nothing beats the housing experience. Good times, I think Cedars was my favorite.

i just wish cedars was coed ed.... as old as it is and and not cable and no ac... some of my best times were at cedars... i loved that place. hell i basically lived there anyways..

LiveEJon said:
...as a CP Employee of 6 years, nothing beats the housing experience. Good times, I think Cedars was my favorite.

Why doesn't that surprise me??? :)

Yeah, nobody spends a great deal of time in housing, but we all know that CP should have renovated all of their housing YEARS ago.

You might be surprised by the number of people each year who show up on their first day...take a look at the housing options...and then turn around and head back home.

It has been a bone of contention for me for a long time. What separates Cedar Point from many of the others year after year is the staff. They are, in essence, an investment for Cedar Fair. However, Mr. Kinzel and the gang don't see it that way, as is obvious if you ever walked into Cedars or Gold.

Frankly, it is almost criminal that Cedars is still standing. How it passes fire inspections year after year is the question for the ages.