What do you think about souvenir cups?

Truthfully, I'm completely satisfied with my free water cups throughout the day. Not to mention, certain stands will fill up your bottle of water for you. I personally, am not a soft drink drinker. I prefer water over everything else, even on the days where it isn't 80-some degrees out.

The souvenir cups are cool because, well, they're souveniers from the park. However, I completely understand the obligations of having it for the entire day. You have to carry them around, you have to put them in a locker, and so on.

You've said four times in this thread now how you hate carrying around the bulky souvenier cups. Really, we get it.

Would I like at least the option of a wristband? Sure. Do I think any kind of call to arms mailing campaign will make that happen? No.

I think emailing the park would accomplish more than bringing up the idea on an unofficial forum. At least someone in the park now knows that there is an interest in such a plan.

As a side note, spending a day at the park with you doesn't sound the least bit enjoyable. I don't mean that to be rude - everyone has their own priorities for a day at the park.

DJ, not to but in here, but I don't think that was very nice. Obviously he has an idea on here of how the park can do better with their drink options and your just shooting him down. I've hung out with Thabto a few times at the park and he's a lot of fun to be around.

When you're trying to make a point, even the least bit of effort toward grammar goes a long way.

I must be one of the few (on here anyway) that ends up breaking about even on my platinum pass each year. I don't visit enough to make each visit much cheaper, if at all, than the gate price + parking. The perks of a pass (mainly early entry and a fixed price/purchase each year) are worth it.

I'm with Brandon though, live a little and spend a few bucks. You tend to have more fun when you do that and forget about what its costing you or trying to save a few bucks by carrying an annoying cup around all day.

Honestly, I am fine paying a little for drinks each visit. What I am not fine with is having to carry a reusable cup. It is also not worth to me spending $4 for the privilege of putting the soda into a 6 cent disposable cup. I will be very happy with the park if they offer a drinking priced like the souvenir cup plan, but a disposable cup is provided each time. For example pay $12 at guest services, drinking plan is added to pass, go to a food stand, they scan pass, you pay 99 cents, you get cup filled with mostly water, high fructose corn syrup, and artificial flavoring. (I would pay twice as much for a premium offering that gave soda made with cane sugar.)

Emailing, Snail mailing the park (most effective if you include a SASE, or talking to park management with ideas I believe to be very effective. Normally I am told by park management that the reason ideas are not implemented is because hardly anyone asks for them.

Long time reader, first time poster. Home park: Canada's Wonderland. First time at Cedar point was this past summer (2014) with my fiancee.

I really like the idea of the souvenir cups, but since I don't drink pop I just use the Coke Freestyle Machines to get lemonade of various types. The only problem is the rides that require lockers. I have a history of kidney stones and have to have water with me pretty much at all times, but one time when I tried to get in line for Magnum they said I couldn't because of my water bottle (metal, not plastic). We had gotten day lockers at the front of the park (planning on going on water rides), so we walked all the way back there, put away all loose articles, and backtracked to Magnum. It was a huge pain, because when we finally got in line it started raining (and you all know what that means, I assume), so we were stuck in line for hours without anything to drink and it was just awful; It just does not say "Guest Service" to me. A simple solution I see (which arguably could be abused) is just having small bins with cupholder slots inside. When people buy their souvenir cups, make sure they have to put their names somewhere on it (have a designated spot, maybe a separate label) and there we go! The bins are reserved for drinks only, so it still keeps effiecincy pretty high, and you don't have guests passing out in line (which is bound to happen sooner or later like this...). You might have a bit of a scramble at the bins if people forget where their cup/bottle is, but it would be nothing like the bag rush.

Just a note - if you have a medical condition you can stop at guest services and get a pass. You show the line attendant at the entrance and they mark the time (plus the estimated line wait) oon it and when it's your time you can walk up the exit and ride. My brother had to do that on one of our trips since he has to carry his epipen with him when bees are around. If I remember correctly on Gatekeeper he just showed them the pass and they let him take his bag in line.
Normally we have our stroller with us and wait nearby so it's not an issue. The Coke Freestyles even had flavored Dansani water which was a nice change from soda!

Threads like this make me wish the adult beverage plan did exist...

Someone pass the Whiskey please

I love the souvenir cups but I wish they had more non carbonated fountain drink options. I'll usually fill it up only once or twice throughout the day with the pop, because that's about all I can handle. I know they have fruit punch or something, and some might have lemonade?? I don't remember... I think I would get a lot more use out of my souvenir cup if they had some more gatorade/poweraid options in the fountains.

^Im in the same position. I'll get Sierra Mist/Sprite 1-2 times, then lemonade or tea the rest of the day.

I have thought about the fact that it might cost more to keep putting the cup in lockers than it would cost to just buy a different drink every time. Are there drink bands available?

They suck. Can't bring them on the good rides! they are just a pain in the a**!!!

The only reason I'd consider getting one is if i was trying to get one from every year. Otherwise I would never buy one

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/universal-using-metal-detector-for...s/32005548

In the future, Souvenir Cups may not be the only thing we have to store in a locker.

According to this article, Universal has banned on rides: keys, cell phones and change (along with other items). And is in the process of testing in line metal detectors to enforce this policy. Also, the article states Disney has banned some on ride items as well.

If this becomes practice at the big Orlando parks, I would assume the regional parks would soon follow suit.

This was all over Twitter yesterday. Apparently, they were both installed AND removed yesterday on Rip Ride Rockit.

That would just be a huge pain in the ass. How many incidents have there been from keys or coins flying out of pockets? There's been so few that it's pretty much a non-issue. And alot of times, it's the riders fault because they failed to follow instructions.

^ Have you worked as a ride host at CP? If so, you would know how much change and car keys employees find every single night.

I'm reminded of a visit to Cedar Point years ago, with my family and a family friend, Wanda. We decided to ride Corkscrew (I'm really, really old, so this wasback in the days when Corkscrew was one of the taller coasters in the park).

The ride op told Wanda she'd need to remove her glasses. Wanda asked him if she needed to pull out her false teeth, too.

Anyways. Inconvenient to have to completely empty pockets before riding a ride? Yes. Will I do it to ride Hulk? Yes.