My Rants..
1) Whats up with CP overcharging for a large pop and not giving you a lid or a straw for your drink? Don't they know that mayflies love to swarm into your drink?
2) Hamburger combo (Fries and medium drink) price is $8. Now, If I remember isnt there a McDonalds right outside the park? I mean, ok, This rant may not be justified because you are on their land and you have to pay whatever the price is for food (I could debate this but lets not.) but to charge .80 cents for count it ONE pickle is alittle exteme..
3) T-Shirt prices, Now I haven't bought a T-Shirt from CP since the cost of T-Shirts was $12. Now they are $22.. Interesting..
4) TTD sign says the ride is working and you get your hopes up to ride the darn thing and BOOM!, The sled goes up and goes right back down to the launching pad..Nice rollback. Could they at least not lie about the ride working?
5) Don't you love it when you try to get into line at the front turnstyles and some people love to block off the line because their child is too small to ride? Please move to the side and argue your point even though you are going to lose. (Trust me I have been there many times.)
6) The Cedar Creek Mine ride, Okay, How long is train #3 back car going to broke? It was broke last year and again this year? Did someone negelct to tell them that standing in line for the back car when CP is running 2 trains is not fun.
Okay, enough of my venting, if you have anymore please post.
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*** This post was edited by Topthrill420 6/20/2003 8:20:18 PM ***
Stretch said:
What makes me more mad is the fact that the park is always clean. ------------------
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Why is that any reason to get mad? Your mad because its clean but if they just left everyone all over the midways and on the grass and stuff you'd be just as mad.
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Didn't feel that....Didnt' feel that......
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Top Thrill Dragster said:
I guess you're just "TooCool" for Cedar Point.------------------
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I guess I am toocool for Cedar Point since I bought a season pass... HMMM... I believe I am entitled to rant since I have been going to the park since 1979..
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Total Rollar Coaster Rides This Year
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Dragster - 0 :( Mind you I've been twice.
Millie - 4
WT- 4
Raptor - 10
Magnum - 5
Gemini - Countless
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D/\MN GINA!!!!!!!!
Keep the whining to a minimum. CP is in the entertainment BUSINESS...If you want to "compare costs", do it in similar arenas. ie other Amusement Parks, Major League Baseball, a Concert, etc.
If you look at any of these similar entertainment products you will see CP is not "out of line" in it's pricing structure. They are entitled to what the market will pay. Look at last season when for about 2 months(?) the Pepsi machines were $3.00. Sales must of lagged as the price did come down to $2.50.
Compare CP to other entertainment choices and I bet you will see the VALUE, CP offers.
*** This post was edited by Old Timer Tim 6/20/2003 9:28:29 PM ***
But, I shouldn't be talking since I've only been going to the park since 1994, which means...I can just mutter these *horrific*, *terrible* problems to myslef. That's right, myslef.
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TooCool said:
1) Whats up with CP overcharging for a large pop and not giving you a lid or a straw for your drink? Don't they know that mayflies love to swarm into your drink?
Its not like CP is the only park that doesn't give you a lid and straw. CP isn't the only park that gets bugs. I don't see how bugs can fly into your drink if you are drinking it and not leaving it sitting around.
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I love Cedar Point for all that it has to offer. But the one thing that bugs me the most is what I refer to as "price gouging". Particularly in the area of foodservice. But it's not as if Six Flags or PKI is any different in this practice. It's all about how many millions of dollars they can make in a season.
I know that this came up probably a couple of years ago, but I cannot prove whether or not it is factual. But isn't the middle of June the time of year when CP has brought in enough money to pay all of their operating expenses for the rest of the season and all money taken in after that is all profit?
2) You are a captive audience. They wont stop you from leaving to get the .99 burger. But its so hard to leave the park. So they can charge more money because there is no where else for you to eat.
3) Same deal with the food. Where else are you going to get a CP t-shirt? Don't forget inflation though... prices rise over time.
4) Seems like it was working when you got to it. Which means it was working when you passed the sign. They can't predict the future.
5) That sucks. Just push your way through them. If someone yells at you say to them: "Its a ride entrance, not a wall".
6) I don't think its broken. I think they just don't feel the need to put another train on when Mine Ride isn't such a popular ride.
7) Some people here won't let a person vent. Some questions he had were valid ones. I swear one of these days you people are going to rip eachother's heads off.
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"I can't make a movie or write a song either, but that doesn't mean I'm not entitled to think they suck."
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Dragster: 1 Force: 5 Twister: 7 Raptor: 6 Magnum: 12
TooCool said:
I believe I am entitled to rant since I have been going to the park since 1979..
You forgot to add:
1. Jimmy Carter is not President
2. Gas prices are not $.70 anymore
3. The ozone is much thinner now
4. USA has not won a gold medal in hockey since 1980
5. The Lake Erie water level is very low
6. At the age of 18 you can vote for your country, and die for it as well, but you have to wait 3 years to be legally drunk.
7. You could not make everyone happy in 1979 or in 2003
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Beer and golf Thursday thru Monday, Cedar Point & beer, Tuesday and Wednesday.
by the way, if you get a Getawayguide you can get 2 shirts for under $30 at Heading West... I got myself a Dragster shirt and my girlfriend a Cedar Point shirt for $28.50. So I got two shirts for under the price of what Ozzfest charged.
Anyway, just a little rant of mine :)
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