Just applied yesterday, is the pay rates worth it?

I just applied to work at Cedar Point yesterday. I figured, I absolutely LOVE it, I mean, who doesn't? I've been going ever since I was a little kid, and now I'm 18, in college, and the best part, all of my classes are online. I currently live in Michigan, in the Downriver area (by Detroit), so IF I got a job, I'd have to be in an apartment. For anybody that's worked here before and used the apartments/dorms, do you think your pay is worth working here after all of the cuts (taxes and living expenses such as the rent, food, washing clothes)? I've been seriously thinking a lot about this, and my parents think it'd be a great opportunity for me to not only have a good job experience, but to be living life away from parental guidance, since I wouldn't be under their roof. However, they believe that living expenses would outweigh getting a decent paycheck. They assumed I'd get roughly $50 per week to spend on anything or just to save. Any thoughts on this?

Last season, with a lower minimum wage, I managed to save up $5000 over the course of the season. With housing, taxes, and wardrobe taken out of my check, I made well over $6000. Defiantly worth it. As long as you know how to manage your money

You won't get rich working at CP. But you will gain lots of real life experience that will help you out further in life! And the friends you make will become lifelong ones. But all that said you can save up a couple of grand, or spend everything and go home broke! Depends on how good you are at saving.

I recommend though that you don't hold on to everything, a lot happens over the season and you will find times when your team members or room mates will decide to do something.

So it really depends on what you are working there for, if it's purely to make money, then yes you can go home with some savings. If you are there for the experience then you will probably go home with less (though you can still save quite a bit!)

Well, how much you get depends on what department you're in. You get more hours in certain departments over others. I worked in rides and typically, I'd get over 500 a paycheck. It just depends on how you save your money. If you go grocery shopping instead of going out every night, you're gonna save.

It is more something that you do for the experience rather than money. Your expenses there aren't that high (although I see they nearly doubled the price of housing since I worked there - did they do a revamp or something?) The number of hours you work each work depend on many factors. I've worked as many as 80 a week and known people who were struggling to get 15 hours a week.

It's worth it if you really love being at amusement parks. After CP I worked at my hometown park, Kennywood, and made a paltry $5.90 an hour. I was only bringing in something like $175 a week working full time, but I just loved being at the park so much that it was worth it to me.

I'm not speaking with experience, but I think it's going to be worth it.

For me, minimum wage is $7.25. With it being $7.70 in OH, that's instantly more money than I'm probably going to make here unless a great job comes through.

Also the best way to make up money on some people you know who are making more than minimum wage would be to work well over 40 hours a week. Cedar Point, and other amusement parks, is about your only option to work that much as most places won't pay overtime.

I worked full time last summer at minimum wage while living at home (not paying for food or rent) and went away to school with about $3,000. From what everyone here is saying, you can make a good amount of money at Cedar Point.

It does all depend on how much entertainment money you spend though.