Reality Hits

For the past months everyone has been dumping on Six Flags , saying how great Cedar Point is and how much better it is than any parks Six Flags owns. Well, how quickly this wonderland you have dispalyed in the offseason has dissapeared in my eyes.

I have to be honset, I wanted to be awed by Cedar Point, and be proven wrong, but im sorry to say it didnt happen. Not only did i see the mess for myself on Opening Day, but I have heard complaint after complaint on this website alone from some "loyal" CP fans about too much litter, walls in the way, low capacity on rides, smoking employees, disgruntled guests and Top Thrill Dragster missing almost everything it was built for (no smoke, no sound effects, missing a car on each train, only having 3 trains running when EVERYONE backed up the idea that CP was too Proffessional to allow anything but the best on opening day) except the ride experience itself. My overall experience to Cedar Point was a bust-and im not just saying this to be cruel, but to give an honest opinion from a person that wanted to love Cedar Point.

And now its time to eat your words. Cedar Point wasnt completely ready for opening day, and admit it. They fell behind, and didnt meet the expectations that I and many other fans had as well. Anyone who doesnt agree with me, say what you want, but this board is for those "unsatisfied" customers who want to talk about expectations that were'nt met. Lets hear those dissapointments. This topic may not last long, but then it just goes to show, some CP fans are just too proud to admit wrongs, when reality hits.

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What you lack in intelligence, you make up for in stupidity.

oh geez...You seriously need to get a grip and enter into reality, man.

Yea man.. why don't you edit your post and replace it with "sorry.. i'm wrong"
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Ryan McCanimal
Webmaster of Thrillgallery.com
"eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"

Just give it some time. I'm sure that your second trip will be much better than your first.

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Current Coaster Count: 89

Yeah, give it another try over the summer, it will be better. I am a loyal CP fan, and yes i admit i was dissapointed by how Cedar Point handled opening day, but it will get better. Even last year i wasnt impressed, but they get it together once they are open everyday.

Cedar Point is owned and operated by people. Intamin is owned and operated by people. people make mistakes. capacity wasnt up? who cares? the ride was still the greatest roller coaster experience of my life. a wall in the way? uh-oh, better call the police on that one. litter in queues? lets put it this way, ive been to a Six Flags park, and i can easily say that Cedar Points litter control is, and was, very exceptional. Cedar Point did just fine for opening day, better then any Six Flags park could ever do.

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"it's like eating in the kitchen of a delightful italian stereotype!"
Dragster: 1

Click the link to read about some of the recent awards Cedar Point has won. That doesn't happen by accident. Cedar Point had a bad opening day. All that matters is the ride was running on opening day when many doubted that would happen. I admit, I have never seen CP running so many rides at less than full capicity. I bet I won't see that on my next visit.
http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/news/awards/awards.cfm

How CP looked on opening day is how most Six Flags parks look in the middle of July especially WoA.

The best thing about Six Flags "Worlds of Adventure" is that Cedar Point is nearby!
*** This post was edited by Browntggrr 5/6/2003 3:15:49 PM ***

We've said this more times than I can count. Cedar Point's biggest fans are its harshest critics.

I don't see disappointment from anyone but you. Yeah, capacity sucked on Dragster opening day, but in addition to the fact that we go into opening day knowing it'll be crowded (but go anyway), most of us are willing to cut them a little slack. Let's be frank... if it were the competition the ride wouldn't have been open at all. Unless there is some catastrophic failure, I can bet that we'll not see a single day where the ride hasn't operated at all.

Is Dragster perfect? The experience sure is, and I'm amazed the complaints about queue time aren't worse. If I went opening day, I probably would have skipped Dragster and had a beer. I might have even bought you one, but you're not old enough.

Truth is, the park opened much as it closes every year, and opens every day in between. Every ride was open, and running at a reasonable capacity. All things told, I'm amazed they do as well as they do every year with 4,000 seasonal employees.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP - Sillynonsense.com
"Pray that your country undergoes recovery!" - KMFDM

you should have thrown in a Six Flags slam, Jeff.

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"it's like eating in the kitchen of a delightful italian stereotype!"
Dragster: 1

Wahahahahahaha, here we go again with your SF and CP Bull$#!^. First of all, Loyal CP fans always have some problems with the park and always will, Thats what makes them loyal. What CP had on opening day is what SF parks have ALL the time. Sure it wasnt the best opening day, But try opening the worlds tallest and fastest coaster with totally new technology and make it go without any problems. Cant happen buddy. It will get better...Take my word on that one. They will add all the cars in no time and the 6th train will be back in no time. It takes time to work out all the problems. Sure CP is great, but its not PERFECT. I dont think there is a perfect park out there. I Think you need to admit that you are wrong about everything you said about CP and everything you thing about your Precious MM. Please stop it with this CP vs. MM crap. Trust me CP will work the problems out in no time.

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- Dennis
When I die, They'll read this And say a genius wrote it.

Gosh. That sounded crabby.

I flew from Minnesota to ride Dragster on opening day, and I didn't get to ride it. I was also really cold most of the day, and guess what? It was still a perfectly wonderful day that I'll never forget.

If capacity was low on anything but Dragster, I didn't see it, and I was there all day. I also didn't see an abundance of litter, but I did see lots of park employees with brooms.

Dragster went vroom vroom, which seemed like ample sound effects. Smoke and lights would be nifty, but I didn't miss them because I hadn't seen it before. We were told that anybody who was in line by closing time (8 p.m.) would get to ride, no matter how long it took. Does Six Flags operate into the wee hours of the morning on a 40-degree night to make sure its visitors get to ride a new ride the first day?

It didn't seem to me that Cedar Point wasn't ready for opening day. If they need to take it a little slow to get a new ride up and running safely, that's fine with me. My guess is that it takes practice and experience with crowds of riders for the ride operators to master the art getting people on and off. We chose not to wait, but managed to find plenty of other ways to amuse ourselves.

Our family went to Six Flags. Once. Never again. The two newest/biggest/baddest rides were shut down. It was an uncrowded, cloudy, Wednesday afternoon, and every line was over an hour long because they ran only one train on each.When we visit a Cedar Fair park, we always feel like everyone who works there welcomes us and wants us to have a great day. We didn't get that feeling *at all* at Six Flags.

Suzi

When did everyone come to the conclusion that Cedar Point had a bad opening day? What - did they park pick up and move to Aurora?

I was there all day. What I saw was ecstatic riders exiting the platform after riding the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster. I saw jaws drop and cheers whenever a train was launched. What I didn't see was disgruntled guests standing in line at park operations. Whatever opening day quirks there where, it sure didn't darken anyone's day.

Sure there's discussion on things the park can do better. That's been going on here at GTTP since the site's beginning. But you're the only person I've seen who looks at opening day as a negative. Considering your posting history, that's no surprise.

Cedar Point, as a park, operated at a higher level on May 4 than SFWoA will operate on its best day all year. Cedar Point is the top dog for a reason. And it's the reason that when SFWoA opened last week, no one noticed.

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Virtual Midway
http://www.virtualmidway.com

Actually, I noticed, Walt. I was there for SFWoA opening, as were many CP "locals" that didn't have Longaberger tix. Of course, the hot topic of conversation was TTD and what would it be like on Sunday :)

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Scott W. Short
mailto:scott@midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com

But if Longaberger didn't have CP that day and it was open to the public, how many rides would you have gotten on X-Flight? :)

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Virtual Midway
http://www.virtualmidway.com

To answer your question, one less than I got on Saturday. :)

Actually, SFWoA was nice that day when compared to it's history of openings. Villain was running two trains and the "new" RWB was operating so I really can't complain.

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Scott W. Short
mailto:scott@midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com

SteelRider, you have made countless posts bashing Cedar Point. You are just too embarassed to admit that Cedar Point is better then any SF park. Get back to me when your beloved MM gets best Park in the world year after year after year. It happens for a reason, and that reason is because it is the best park ALL SEASON long. Not just one day.

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D/\MN GINA!!!!!!!!

I think the CP-SF fanboy crap is ridiculous. I've been to CP and I've been to SFMM. They both have advantages. I think most people could forsee CP having some problems with TTD on opening day....it happens.

I often ponder about which park is better (CP vs SFMM). I write down the coasters, and analyze how much I enjoy them. As far as ride per ride goes, they are almost exactly equal, in my mind. The reason I like CP more than SFMM is the atmosphere you feel at the park.

CP may have problems with rides, but they'll never have problems with making you feel at home. That's what makes a good park, and that's what SFMM needs to learn how to do.

Let's see....how do we compare a park that successfully operates the world's tallest and fastest coaster on schedule but at half capacity to any other that has opened coasters a year late (S:TE), six months late (pick your Super Invertigo), or can't hold a coaster together for a full season (X)?

Make up your own punch lines. My work is done here.

-Captain Obvious

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The CPlaya 100--6 days, 9 parks, 47 coasters, 2037 miles and a winner.....LoCoSuMo.

that's why we even HAVE Six Flags parks anymore, there a great thing to slam!

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"it's like eating in the kitchen of a delightful italian stereotype!"
Dragster: 1