Paper maps and Season Pass cards

Glad to know Jeff didn't stumble upon these articles in Cosmopolitan.

Am I not allowed to be a Cosmo Girl?

Nothing to do with the thread, but every time I go through the posts I keep hearing this in my head.

One of my favorites.

Jeff:

I have noticed that with time, I need to at least refresh with a map. The knowledge can fade.

But do you to turn the radio down so you can see better?

If you don't have a trained dog to identify terminators, checking to see if someone turns the radio down looking for an address works too.

Here is where I have an issue with the park: I am fine with eliminating plastic cards and paper maps, but I am NOT fine with the park promoting and encouraging people to rely heavily on phones to get around. Especially when they charge for one-time use lockers like TT2. (and hopefully NOT Siren) just to ride once, and those metal detectors.

I plan on going to the park this year as long as TT2 is open. I plan on printing out my voucher for a single day ticket. I leave my phone in my car, and IF i need to check it, I go to the parking lot midday which we plan on doing anyway for a beach visit to get our bags and stuff. I ask people what time it is in the park if I need the time. Or just wear a watch.

I wish they still made pass cards, but you can just scan your phone at gate then run back to put phone in car and get the receipt (do they still give out the receipts?) to re-enter the park.

for newcomers to the park, just print your own map

At this point im going to make my own card for my pass since I just toss it in a lanyard, I can ride with it, wich IMO is the most important thing.

Pass on the app disappeared overnight. Was never able to readd it.

Thursday night I deleted my pass when logged on to cedarpoint.com.

Added past on the app. It added and was also on cedarpoint.com.

Friday morning it was gone off the app again.

I will be contacting Cedar Point. All they keep saying is it should add.

I took a picture of my pass when it was on the app. Glad I did in case I lose physical pass.

Some pics of Cedar Point with a frozen Lake Erie taken last week.

https://fox8.com/news/see-i...lake-erie/

I hate using the app. I actually have a lot of fun going through show schedule and paper maps. To me, it is a part of the experience while the app is a chore. On top of that, it was easier to find reliable information by downloading the park guide. I might just print the dang thing out next time.

Going back to road maps Walt mentioned about, anyone here an AAA member? AAA published regional road maps that included county roads, free for members. I still have a Northeast Ohio special area map that's about 25 years old and a little worn, but always like to unfold it every once and a while.

I cannot stand only having my pass on the app/on the phone. Heading to WCO and hope to ask if they'd allow for physical passes again. I know the answer probably is no, but at least get the bug in their ear again.

If you screenshot the pass in the app, it has the QR code. Print the code out then laminate it, you then have a hard copy

I must be in the minority but it doesn't bother me at all. Pass on a plastic card, pass on the app on my phone - it gets me into the park.

I would take a picture of it or put it in your wallet. App is not the most reliable.

In October, I had it on the app on a Friday. Next day when I went to the park it was gone.

Could not add back.

I was finally able to add it back a few weeks ago after they told me they fixed a 'glitch' in their app.

MagnumXL-200 said:

I cannot stand only having my pass on the app/on the phone. Heading to WCO and hope to ask if they'd allow for physical passes again. I know the answer probably is no, but at least get the bug in their ear again.

So YOU’RE the person who uses one of the limited questions during the Q&A session on something so minuscule such as this? 😉

LOL nope, I totally forgot to ask. None of my questions were answered anyway :(

I have my pass stored on Apple Wallet on my Watch and am visiting Carowinds and Kings Dominion in about a week or so. Beats having to carry my phone around if it works. It’s stored locally so it doesn’t need internet access to pull the code up. I’ll test it out at Cedar Point twice in May.

Before I got a watch I had a third party custom print my QR code and picture on to a credit card sized piece of plastic with a hole for a lanyard or etc. So I guess I’ll have that as a backup should I need it.

I’m also not a fan of going digital only when there are those of us who don’t want to carry our devices around all day with us especially since we can’t take them on certain rides. I also enjoyed having a physical map but I’ll just go without a map. I’ve been to Cedar Point enough times to know my way around, but at other parks I’ll just have to wing it I guess.

Or, and hear me out, put your phone in a secured pocket so it's there when you need it.

That’s always an option if you’re someone who wants or needs access to your phone while there.