Recommended shows

Next week will be my one and only visit to the park for 2011. Two days total. I want to see a few shows while there, but my time is limited. Any recommendations on the "must see" shows this year?

In terms of "must-see" shows it largely depends on what you're into. The biggest productions are Everyone Loves Snoopy and All Wheels Extreme. Of the musical shows the strongest is probably Grand Ole Country at the Palace, although how much one enjoys it will be proportional to how much one likes country music. Tropical Heat, Island Beat at the Red Garter is pretty solid too.

Do you have a time machine? ;)

DO NOT go see the rock show. It is awful. Everyone Loves Snoopy was fun to watch. I'm not much of a show person, but I did love that one.

I personally like Grand Ole Country, but All Wheels Extreme and Everybody Loves Snoopy are also pretty good shows. I was not a fan of Tropical Heat Island Beat; it good a little boring towards the middle of the show and the drums are too loud.

I saw the All Wheels Extreme five times and it got better every time. There is so much going on at the same time you should see it more than once to see it all.

Your mom is to fat to ride TTD. said:
DO NOT go see the rock show. It is awful. Everyone Loves Snoopy was fun to watch. I'm not much of a show person, but I did love that one.

Are you referring to the new Rockin' at the Point in the Jack Aldrich theatre or the former Rock Band Live? While we all know Rock Band Live was terrible, I saw the new Rockin' the Point on Sunday and thought it was one of the best shows the park has had in a while. For a change, it was a show that wasn't trying to find success merely through recent pop music.

^ Yes I was referring to Rockin' the Point. The music quality was horrible. Whoever was running sound had the mics turned up so loud you couldn't understand what they were saying/singing. Some of the songs were not even groundbreaking rock songs as they were described before the show started.

While Rockin' the Point isn't perfect, it's nice to see a return to a Cedar Point-produced song-and-dance show at that theater.

And that is what you get when you ask on a forum. Some people will like it, some wont. I don't think I would go as far as saying "DO NOT" to seeing a show but rather just my opinion on the show. I for one like Rockin' the Point and am glad they went with it this summer.

I really enjoyed Rockin' the Point minus the "Imagine" segment. I'm not a fan of the Garter show, but it is the only place you can catch a live band, so it's got that going for it. All Wheels has some cool additions this year. I haven't made it to the ice or country shows yet.

All Wheels - added too much, there is too much going on and it just feels like instead of, "Look at the cool stunts," It is more, "Lets see how many stunts we can get into one show even if you don't see them all or have any coherent order."

Rockin' at the Point - was great, lots of really good references for rock fans of many years (ZZ Top was hilarious). And they did Blues Brothers so yeh. I do miss Rock Band Live though, yeh I said it I loved that show. It had a story, comedy, and lots of talented singers.

Island Beat - Same as last year, doesn't fit where it is and isn't a great show on top of that.

Grand Ole Country - Same as last year but I felt last years singers were much better. Still a fun show though.

Haven't seen the Ice show yet but it will prob. be similar to last year.

Any live bands playing the music this year? If not, it all stinks.

Your mom is to fat to ride TTD. said:
Whoever was running sound had the mics turned up so loud you couldn't understand what they were saying/singing.

Could someone please explain that logic?

There is no logic, it's just crappy live E.

Kevinj said:
There is no logic, it's just crappy live E.

Wow...thank you for pointing out exactly my point of ignorant logic.

My question was how do you not understand what anybody is saying or singing by having the volume of their individual mic too loud? I'm just trying to find/justify that criticism into a valid argument.

As for Kevinj's opinion of "no live bands/not worth seeing any shows", that's your opinion and I seriously hope you stick by it because I'm pretty sure you won't be missed, or will even be noticed that you never showed up. That's just such a narrow-minded view that completely disrespects everybody who has anything to do with those shows. If you went and saw some of the shows and didn't like the lineup for this year, at least you went and gave it a chance and your opinion would warrant at least some value. If you don't want to see the shows because there are no live bands, then you have no nothing of worth to say other than to see/hear yourself talk in an online forum...which I'll respect your rights to do, just not your narrow-minded, disrespecting opinions on something you never saw.

As someone who does sound design as a hobby, it is very easy to have the line level to a point where you can't understand what is coming through. There are also a litany of other ways for that to happen, especially with the wireless systems that they use for the mics and other inputs (frequency interference, signal loss/degradation, etc.). Generally though, a device in the chain is being driven above what it can handle.

While on the subject, one of my absolute biggest pet peeves with speakers is when speakers are initially chosen that can't handle the levels intended to be put through them (i.e. the max output/impedance of the speaker is what they intend to consistently drive the speakers at), which results in crappy sound and blown speakers in a relatively short timeframe. Then speakers need to be replaced sooner or just remain *unusable* when they should have bought a little over what they intended to push through and had good sound and a decent life span. Drives me absolutely nuts.

BlueStreak64 said:
Generally though, a device in the chain is being driven above what it can handle.

From a number of past posts on the topic, it sounds like this is practically standard operating procedure for CF.

Kevinj said:
Any live bands playing the music this year? If not, it all stinks.

The Red Garter show has a live band.

Admittedly, the only Rockin' the Point show I've been to was the first public show they did. There was some volume issues (and at least one person who kept hitting their mic while dancing) but I figured those would be fixed by now.

YerMom said:

My question was how do you not understand what anybody is saying or singing by having the volume of their individual mic too loud? I'm just trying to find/justify that criticism into a valid argument.

Go outside and get in your car. Turn the radio up as loud as it will go, and see if the quality is good. I would bet the farm that, as long as you don't have an amazing sound system in your car, the words to any song would be hard to understand.

There is such a thing as too loud.