Ticket prices to increase $3.00

I saw a small article in Thursday's newspaper that mentioned the ticket increases for Ohio's 3 largest amusement parks. Cedar Point was increasing $3.00 for a ticket price of $42.00. Kings Island was going up $2.00 for a gate price of $42.00 as well. And SFWoA was going up $2.00, bringing it ticket price to $40.00.

Was to be expected :).

I thought cp's tickets were 40 bucks? Maybe when people told me they just rounded up
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They were $39 in 2001.

Why would they wait till now to raise the ticket price?  Why didn't they do that earlier?
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Why would they do that earlier?

Somewhere I saw $38 dollars advertised for 2001.   I think $39 sounds familiar.  I don't know what the price was though. I think $42 in 2002 sounds fair.

*** This post was edited by flisk on 12/16/2001. ***

Trust me, I worked in Admissions. :) It was $39 in 2001.

Looking back twelve season's, thanks to my Getaway Guides that I saved, you can see how much the admission price has changed over the years:

1990- $19.95

1991- $21.95

1992- $22.95

1993- $23.95

1994- $25.95

1995- $26.95

1996- $28.95

1997- $29.95

1998- $31.95

1999- $32.95

2000- $38.00

2001- $39.00

Well I thought if they did that earlier they would make more money.  But I see why now.  They like to gradually get up with the price.  But I start to wonder when will the increasing stop?  How much money is a person willing to pay to ride rides?  Personally, I would be willing to a hundred dollars for admission just to ride all those awesome rides. 

Well I think they will only stop if a-they run outta room and demolish old coasters...or b-go into a long streak of years of perfecting the little things of the park. so basically we will continue to see higher prices:)
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One Time Me And My Friends Rode The Mine Ride 25 Times In A Row For Fun, And Gave The Ride Op's A Thumbs Up Back. I Think We Annoyed The Heck Outta Them:)

And how much more did parking go up?

So getting a SP is getting more and more worth it.

exactly
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Raptor0137: I'm curious...Do you also have the "standard discount" or group rates for those years?

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Unfortunately Rideman, I do not have any group rate pricing, as those aren't included in my Getaway guides or brochures from those years.

On a side note, with admission going up $3.00, I'm suprised that they had season passes on sale for $79.00 earlier this fall. 

Yeah, I took advantage of the that low sean pass price for the first time.

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