New shirtless policy at CP???

djDaemon said:
Sure, but are you taking turns sharing seats with those shirtless patrons at the beach? :)

This, to be honest.

I really don't want to sit in a seat that has just been pre-treated in some nekkid person's bodily fluids...

We need to institute a shirtless policy for all women under a certain BMI

I don't mind if people are shirtless... I'd rather that then someone with a shirt on and awful BO. They need to have deoderant stands or vending machines. I have stood next to entirely too many stinky people. I have even offered one guy my deoderant (I ended up just leaving the line because the smell was unbearable!). I always pack emergency stick just in case.

nickpa said:
I don't mind if people are shirtless... I'd rather that then someone with a shirt on and awful BO. They need to have deoderant stands or vending machines. I have stood next to entirely too many stinky people. I have even offered one guy my deoderant (I ended up just leaving the line because the smell was unbearable!). I always pack emergency stick just in case.

I do however think shirts should be required while on the ride though.

^^ That problem isn't always the fault of the person reaking of B.O. An average person going to Cedar Point may not think this will happen to them.

Let's take someone from Central Michigan for instance. Let's say they plan on waking up early and driving to the park for a full day of fun and then checking into a hotel after their fun at the park.

Let's say this person wakes up at 4am, showers, applies and really cakes on their deoderant, and is out the door and in the car by 4:30am. After a 5 hour drive they arrive to Sandusky. (Keep in mind, their deoderant has already been working now for 6 hours.)

They get to Sandusky and dang! Route 250 is backed up! My car isn't going to like this stop and go. I better roll the windows down and turn off the A/C. Deoderant is really getting tested now.

They finally get through the traffic and arrive at the Fun Park. Crap! People get here early man! The parking lot is half full already. And what's with this weather? It's only 10am and it's past 80 degrees already?

So they park the car and out rolls the cooler. Of course this cooler is packed with two big boy 8 pound bags of ice, a 6 pack of beer, 12 pack of soda, 6 bottled waters, lunch for 4 people, ect.

Have fun carrying that bad boy to the Picnic Pavilion. After lugging it there and entering the park. Your deoderant is still working,... 'OK'

Now, you wait in line for a few rides, half hour here, half hour there, and WHAM! It's pushing 90 degrees. It's 12 o clock where's Thunder Canyon or Snake River Falls? Anything?

Ahhh, that felt great. Whoops! Where did my deoderant go? I washed it all off? Oh well,....

10 or more hours of fun for me! Weeeeeee! I stink! Weeeee! Weeeeeeeeeee!

That is why you carry some around with you. :)

^ True. I guess there is a reason why the youngsters are bringing back packs into the park. Gotta bring the bathroom and kitchen sink these days.

Back in the day, it was packing your fanny pack and wrist wallet...

Detroit Basketball said:
They get to Sandusky and dang! Route 250 is backed up! My car isn't going to like this stop and go. I better roll the windows down and turn off the A/C.

Who has a car that can't keep up with A/C when it's in the 80s and 90s? My condenser was beat to hell by hail and lasted 2 summers in 100-110 OK heat without a problem

^ After driving 5 hours non stop and then entering a stop and go situation, I can't imagine at least a hand full of people not being worried about their car overheating? New or old car.

I bet deoderant vending machines would make a killing on hot days.

I was just talking to my brother-in-law a couple weekends ago. He was complaining about how he went to a water park in Indiana. He had a shirt on and was told to remove it before going down the slide, because the shirt would cause too much friction and he wouldn't make it through the ride. He was actually upset that he had to remove his shirt...

Ironically, you're more likely to get shoved out of the way by the most malodorous guests than to have them wait patiently behind you.

You realize deodorant vending machines would probably wind up being like those spray-on imitation cologne vending machines they have at truck stops, right?

Unless you take a shower, throwing deodorant or body spray on top of BO is just going to make things waaaay worse.

CP used to be real good with enforcing the shirtless policy. In recent years Ive seen that lapse but I really hope the policy comes back in full force. I remember last year on Gemini a guy on the red train took his shirt off on the lift hill, got stopped and then proceeded to throw a hissy fit when asked to put it back on. It was one of the most moronic displays Ive ever seen that held up two trains. Is it really too much to ask to wear a shirt?

I'm all for requiring shirts on the rides. The sweaty seat back is a good point.

I don't know the answer to this. Are women allowed to wear bikini tops in the park away from the water rides?

Sounds like uncovered bikini tops are prohibited:

Shirts and shoes must be worn at all times, including entering or leaving. Swimwear must be sufficiently covered.

http://www.cedarpoint.com/plan-a-visit/frequently-asked-questions

^That one isn't strictly enforced. Nor am I strictly complaining in most circumstances

I can live with not seeing overweight dudes with extensive body hair going shirtless even if it means I don't get to see college cuties in bikini tops. It's a fair trade. Ultimately, I think that's what the issue is, that in polite company, people wear shirts. It has nothing to do with what's family friendly.

ya know being an "overweight dude with body hair" I don't like going with out a shirt, but regardless if im am 120 pounds or 320 pounds It shouldn't make a difference, if your that offended by someone else's look than that's your problem. I don't like going without a shirt but I have become comfortable enough with myself that in a water park, like Soak City, I can handel it. Knowing there are people out there, like some of the people here that judge everyone they see, and would say I should where a shirt but my 210 pound weightlifting buddy can leave his off is unacceptable. The discussion should simply be everyone should be aloud to walk around topless or no one should regardless of age, size, or amount of body hair.

Edit: I will add the age comment is comparing a 20yo to a 60yo, im not saying an underage female should be aloud to walk around topless.

I'm not offended by nor judgmental toward dog poop. But I don't like stepping in it.