No cell phones... at all

^^ I haven't decided yet. We always stay at Breakers on our trip...so we will have the luxury of leaving all our stuff in our hotel room if we want to...but that seems like a slight pain to have to run back to the room just to get our phones and sunglasses and stuff after we ride SV...

I'm assuming i'll just get the locker.

I have absolutely no issue with paying $10 for the movable all day locker.
Paying an extra $10 per trip for my wife and I (and whoever we're with) to put our fanny packs in a locker...no problem. The cost is negligible.
My issue? Having to move it every 3hrs.
If the line for SV + ride time is under 3hrs, no issue.. But if you don't end up getting back to the locker till 3hrs 1min you're just... Borked.
The line for the ride (from what I understand) has consistently been over 3hrs, so not being able to move your locker in 3hrs is pretty much a built in issue.

I don't know about the three hour lines, that me be an exaggeration. Rode it on Sunday with a posted wait time of one hour, the actual wait time was 35 minutes.

Ah well Nevermind then.
We haven't been since Coastermania... And the few pics I've come across online of wait times showed 4+. Could be older pictures though...

Complete crap. Another money making scheme.

Here’s a thought. If you pull your phone out on any ride then your kicked out of the park period.

Such crap. Yeah let me pay $15 for a locker for one phone.

Their gonna lose business.

Can’t wait till I have to pay to use the restroom next. Their pricing themselves right out of busniness.

Better start offering free lockers.

Sorry. It if you can’t follow the rules and put your crap away like your told then go elsewhere.

They take bins away from us and force you to pay for a locker on top of pricey food and drink. What’s next charge to breathe the fresh air? This is getting out of hand. Hat about car keys? Wallets? Dentures? Jewelry?

Where does it end?

Speaking of never ending...

Sorry but first I’ve heard of it. Needed to vent.

At least there is the option of a movable locker but it is an additional cost.

Maybe they will offer locker packages as part of your season pass next year.

I feel your pain. However, double posting is frowned upon, let alone triple posting ;).

I do believe the park made the policy because they care about safety of their guests, but taking away the station bins in the first place is an absolute money grab. Most parks I’ve been to uses the bins and their dispatch times are fine. Blame a slow crew, not the bins.

Line was certainly among the quickest yet for me yesterday, phone rule I think might have an effect (though the fast lane line was quite short throughout the day too).

It also does not help the argument that "bins slow down dispatches" when the train sits in the station fully loaded and cleared, and waits...and waits...and waits...and waits...and waits for the other train to come back. It seems to me that at least while three trains are not a viable option, there is plenty of time to deal with stuff in the station.

Thing is, if you only separate people from their stuff for the four or five minutes it takes to actually ride the ride, you're more likely to get compliance than the ****show you get when you tell them to leave everything behind for three hours or whatever.

I'm not convinced that the policy is a cash grab, but I don't think we will be seeing free lockers at Cedar Point anytime soon either. I'm not positive, but I suspect the lockers may be a concession, which means the locker supplier is sharing revenue with Cedar Point. While Cedar Point might not miss $2 per locker, the concessionaire certainly will, and will expect to be paid. If you don't want to pay $2 to use the locker, do you think the park wants to pay $1.20 every time anybody uses one?

One more point. It's worth noting that belt bags ("fanny packs") are permitted on EVERY ride at Cedar Point *except* Steel Vengeance, and this has been the case since Vengeance opened (there was a photo of the sign about this posted from the media preview). This means that on every other ride in the park there exists a park-approved method for carrying your phone, camera, keys, wallet, what have you. This method does not exist on Steel Vengeance due to restrictions which I understand were put in place by the manufacturer. That, as much as the general misbehavior of phone-throwing jerks, has led to this latest level of nonsense.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Kudos to Cedar Point for keeping us safe! First and foremost. The problem I see is that I am a minimalist. I do not understand why so many people need a backpack worth of supplies to make it through a few hours at a park. I only carry 2-3 items which fit easily into my cargo pockets. So it would make sense to me just to not bring my phone as well. Between the two demons, get a locker or do not bring your phone, I would rather ditch the phone. Now I am not posting pics at the point. This is in my opinion a bad marketing decision as so much of CP's advertisement is word of mouth through social media. I know it is just me, but I despise the idea of having to get a locker. I hope this policy gets looked at over the Winter to be rewritten in a safe for visitors and comfort for visitors policy. Could I consider my phone my support animal like my pet Iguana? Just kidding!

XS NightClub said:

Speaking of never ending...

Set in the magical land of Fantastica.

Question about the All Day lockers (figure I'll ask before contacting the park just in case anyone knows)

When you choose the all day, you can move it to any locker anywhere in the park. Does this include lockers in Cedar Point Shores as well?

RideMan said:

It also does not help the argument that "bins slow down dispatches" when the train sits in the station fully loaded and cleared, and waits...and waits...and waits...and waits...and waits for the other train to come back. It seems to me that at least while three trains are not a viable option, there is plenty of time to deal with stuff in the station.

On Friday and Sunday, they were no longer forced to wait for the train to return before dispatching the train from the station. The lift hill runs at low speed until the train enters the station. This seems to have cut dispatches down by about 15 seconds.

Staaber said:

Complete crap. Another money making scheme.

Here’s a thought. If you pull your phone out on any ride then your kicked out of the park period.

Such crap. Yeah let me pay $15 for a locker for one phone.

Their gonna lose business.

1) A locker for one phone costs $2

2) They're*

I've always been a locker user for things. I prefer to know that my stuff isn't going to come out of my pockets, and I worry about it the entire ride.

It's why the fall has always been my favorite time. Waterproof rain jacket, zipper pockets, everything goes in there. Now, I can't even do that, so I'll just toss things in a locker and wait when the line is short. Meh - $10 all day or $2 for one shot - to avoid losing expensive items is OK in my book.

Getting rid of bins on certain ride platforms have drastically changed dispatch times. Some rides that have bins or shelves, it doesn’t effect the dispatch time. Other rides it does. Me personally, I’m waiting on the day where they get rid of bins on Raptor. I hope it’s sooner than later. But I do agree that lockers should be free.