July 1st, 2005

There is something they can do to change the depth of the beach waterfront. Just extend the lifelines out like they did all through the 60's, 70's, 80's and part of the 90's. The water was about 6 to 7 feet deep at the lifeline.

I know that goes against what CP's water safety consultant Ellis recommends, but ocean beach areas usually have no life lines and the lifeguards do fine.

I think that just simple positive reinforcement by the management on the crew members that make 6.25/hour or so can solve most of the problems. I think if management always makes an effort to point out good points of employees, the park as a whole will look much better.

I think Cedar Point should institute a system where employees are able to get small raises for, say, a week or two at a time if they are performing to the best of their ability and truly performing to the standards of the best amusement park in the world. I know from experience that if I am making more money and I feel like I am making a valuable contribution to the company, I will take more pride in my work and truly care for the well-being of the store/company.

Pete,

The other problem with the beach besides Ellis' rules is that the water level itself is receeding. The shoreline used to extend where the lifeguard towers are currently at. If you are looking out at the beach you'll see orange norweigian fenders used by the parasail to mark the jetski zone. Even though they are about 200 yards out, the water depth is still about shoulder height. Beyond them, there is another sandbar. Someone told me you can walk about halfway to the lighthouse (about half a mile from shore)

And Topthrill, a raise would always be nice too.

Wrong... the water level on Lake Eries is nearly a foot up from last year. Saw it on the news a few weeks ago. It's possible that the beach is changing, but the water level is indeed higher.

Lake Erie is ever changing. Point Pelee (north of Cedar Point) is a large peninsula, the most southern point of Canada. Every year the peninsula changes shape and has recently become much shorter than it has been. I too have heard that water levels are up in all of the Great Lakes, along with Lake St. Clair.

In the old days you used to be able to go past that second sand bar. Yes, you were way out at that point, and the beach was much more fun. You could go body surfing and raft surfing whenever the waves got to about 3 or 4 feet. It really was a great beach for swimming and water fun, the beach is just a shadow of what it was during the 60's and 70's.

Vince, Point Pelee is not the most southern point of Canada. Pelee Island is Canada's southern most point. Pelee Island is only about 8 miles north of Cedar Point.

Ahh yes, the island.

To get this topic back on track, I was at a party up at Catawba yesterday and left a bit early, grabbed passes and went to the Point for a couple of hours. This was the most fun I'd had in a while and I didn't even hit MF or TTD. Magnum was running insane both in the station and on the track. Gemini was still fun with the op even with only the red train running. He kept yelling insults and screaming how the red train is on fire at the parked blue train. We had a fun time playing Marco Polo with the op on the headset at Raptor. Yeah, I noticed the double stacking on Corkscrew but all my brother was talking about was how we got whipped over the top of that hill. Chaos was running but would it had ruined our two hours if it hadn't been? No. We would have gone to a different flat. The longest line we waited in was 20 minutes for Raptor. Park operations looked really good or at least it did last night.