LeBron James

According to the Plain Dealer LeBron James was at the point a few days ago. He turned a 1,500 dollar package for all the tickets for him and his entourage, a pass which basically allowed him to skip the line and go right to an seat he wanted and security to protect him. He just asked for free tickets for him and his friends. Just wondering if anyone saw him there.

He must have learned his lesson after he tried line jumping on Dragster back in 2003. :) The lesson not being that line jumping is bad, but that with enough money you can do/get anything you want.

*** Edited 7/27/2005 4:43:29 PM UTC by CP_bound***

This is not at all unusual with celebrities who are easily recognizable and likely to be bothered by the GP. It's a safety issue---both for the celebrity and for others in the park---to keep them from being mobbed by adoring fans.

Surprisingly, though, you can find folks who you would think would rate this treatment forgoing it. My wife (a Baltimore native and huge Orioles fan) met Cal Ripken Jr. at Disnelyand, and got his autograph--as did many others. I felt a bit bad for the guy, as he was just trying to vacation with his family.

[As an aside, he is HUGE in person.]

Later that week, I was behind Pierce Brosnan in the checkout line in Pieces of Eight (the gift shop nearest the Pirates of the Carribbean exit). The female CM at the cash register was all atwitter after he left.

[As an aside, he's shorter than you think.]

On another visit to Anaheim, I happend to be there during ABC Primetime Preview weekend. There were more celebrities (and "celebrities") being escorted around the parks and to the front of lines than you could shake a stick at. I rode Tower of Terror with George Lopez and his family---a real down-to-earth guy.

last year we had kellen winslow jr of the cleveland browns do the same thing.

The thing is though he turned down all the extra security and front of the line passes. I guess he wanted to be like everyone else that was waiting in line.

Rocafella03 said:
last year we had kellen winslow jr of the cleveland browns do the same thing.

This year he will use the Handicap Access Ramp if you see him.

*Disgruntled Browns Fan

Isnt Lebron to tall for some rides?

HeyIsntThatRob said:

This year he will use the handicap Access Ramp if you see him.

Well that's what he gets for violating both his contract and browns fans patience.

LeBron James goes to Cedar Point alllll the time. When I was still working on Millennium I saw him 2 or 3 times... he never uses the security or anything like that though... he usually just gets ride-agains and he can go up the exits.

There's a quasi-official VIP program now from what I understand. Want to skip the rides with five of your friends? $1,500. Want security? You can buy that too. Otherwise, in the queue you go.

The thing that bugs me is he didn't want to pay the $1500. He wanted the park to comp him and his entourage! Dude got 100 mil from Nike and wants in for free. What a tool!!!

1500? THATS IT? I would've expected a park that charges 3.00 a pop to charge a bit more than that.

He must have gotten used to not paying for stuff since he's famous. Just like actors getting gift baskets in excess of $10,000 just for being nominated for the Emmy's. When they just start acting and they can barely eek by, by doing odd jobs, no one will help them out at all. But when they've become rich and famous, they get all kinds of free stuff thrown their way. Yeah, it makes no sense.

It's a slightly different situation though because most of those actors make a pittance in comparison to what LeBron makes. He could have easily bought out the park for a day if he wanted to.

Was there ever a day you saw the park closed for LeBron James on a normal operating day? Unless he went in the first days of May.

Also CP would probably loose to much money on the foods and merchindise by letting just one person in.

He probably went on a regular CP day.

There was a company (forget the name of it off hand) who would buy out the first operating Saturday of the year (hence CP "opened" on Sunday). You can buy out the park on any day, provided you are willing to pay the price.

That would be Longeberger Basket Co.

RJason said:

Never heard of the guy is he famous?

He's the guy from that bubblegum commercial.

Oh yea, and a ultra famous basket ball player

sarcasm:)

tophat, I didn't say that he did buy it out, I said he could if he wanted to.

Apparently Michael Jackson was going to pay for the park to be open for a day back on a weekday during HalloWeekends of 2001 but then 9/11 happened so he cancelled.

The whole point about a buyout is that the park charges the estimated amount of revenue they would bring in on a normal operating day so it makes economical sense for them to be open. I have no idea what that figure is, but I can assure you that its much higher than $1500. :)

*** Edited 7/28/2005 4:04:53 PM UTC by CP_bound***

Alright:)

Oh yea if you thought I was the person who said it would be only $1500, I wasn't:)

I'd feel bad, cutting in front of everyone all the time, and picking my seat. Although, I think it'd be so cool to rent the park out for you and like your family and friends. It'd be so errie. And what would it be like for the employees, running empty queues and rides, selling pretty much nothing.

-S. Eagle