Last Seats of the Season Contest

Have fun folks... I'll be waiting for the last train of the season on Corkscrew ;)

I knew that, John. Hence the winky. ;)

I think this is an awesome idea!

Hopefully I can still enjoy my day, instead of spending it running around looking for someone with a golden ticket around their neck.

I guess I'm a little late on this one... but Welcome to PointBuzz Tony!

And if I didn't live so far away, I'd be all over this contest. What was I thinking getting a job in Chicago?!

One question: If I run with my golden ticket and fall down, will I have to say "AHHH.......sssssss" over and over and over again? ;)

Alas Tony has adressed us on our home terf!! This is different, yet very welcome. Not to mention, Tony posted this contest here before it posted to cedarpoint.com. We are honored :)

Great idea. Wish I could be there for the last day.

Is closing day really that hectic with everyone trying to get last rides in? I suppose the weather plays a part in it, but I've never been there for closing.

Jeff Young said:
One question: If I run with my golden ticket and fall down, will I have to say "AHHH.......sssssss" over and over and over again? ;)

Only if you hit your knee when you fall over.

ATJazz said:
Is closing day really that hectic with everyone trying to get last rides in?

Not getting last rides in, but getting THE last ride of the season. Fights have happened on the MF and TTD platforms over who gets to be on the last public train of the season.

^ - and that's when both people should be removed from the park (without riding) and not allowed to come back for closing day for 5 years.

Last year at Dragster sucked because of how people acted. Its a ride and I think it is wonderful that they are doing this on Maverick I hope that this will be used on TTD and MF to stop the madness!

What do people do? Say "Oh you can go in front of me." "No you go in front of me" Because if that's the case and most people are doing it I'd be happy because I could go on the ride over and over without waiting.

^I imagine that people only start doing that in the last moments of the ride's operation after the line has already been closed off. I don't think rerides would be possible by the point that people start to become "charitable" by letting people ahead of them in the queue.

On another note, what is the deal with getting the last ride? Is it extra fast or something? If not, it's just another normal ride. Get over it, people. May as well enjoy the ride and not sulk about such stupid things as not getting the last ride of the season.

And that is why Paddlewheel Excursions is the only smart choice for last ride of the season.

I've been trying to organize this for years. Someone else has GOT to agree.

-Josh

^^ - generally a line will form at the gate waiting for the call to come down to Entrance saying to close the line. At that point, the people vying for the last ride will then enter just before the line is closed. I've done this before for last ride of the night, but its usually on a dead night where I've been marathoning for the last hour and could use a good break before that last one.

The last few years it has gotton WAY out of hand, like I stated in my earlier post it is just getting awful. And last year at TTD, we were amazed at all the DRAMA at TTD. The CP Police were just standing in the station and not doing a darn thing about the guests not wanting to load the trains. The ride hosts kept telling the guests they were not going to send out half empty trains and guests would not get in the trains. The police just stood there with their arms crossed. I don't understand, last time I knew, "failure to comply with ride hosts could be a misdemeaner." (sorry if that is spelled wrong). I think all those people who didn't want to load should have been kicked off the platform and not allowed to ride. But maybe no one cared because it was the last day.

This guy Tony sounds really cool. Wish I could meet him! ;)

I usually like to be on the last Raptor train of the season (which was totally impossible last year! :() but certainly not enough to fight over it. There were a couple years I was asked to ride the 2nd to last or 3rd to last-no biggie. I did. I have seen fully grown people (and I CAN name names) have absolute hissies (hissys?) over being asked to ride before they felt they deserved or wanted to.

Being on one of the last Raptor trains is just one of those goofy tradition things I like to do. Simular to walking into one of the gift shops saying "I'm just gonna look" and walking out with 100.00 worth of stuff-ask my hubby! ;)

Jo
Lifetime Raptor flights: 1225 :)

Josh I'm going to be riding Sunday Night Football: The Couch about the time that whole last ride fiasco is going on at CP that week. I say that's even better. :)

I'll be there closing day, but I'm not going to obsess over getting THE last ride of the season in on anything. I'll be far happier if the park is relatively slow so that I get plenty of rides in before closing time.