What they’re working on for 2020

I think the biggest issue does not have to do with entering the parking lot, so much as the backed up traffic at the end of the night on busy days when everyone is trying to leave.

Reworking the toll booths isn’t gonna help people get out quicker.

Well just screw it, then. Screw it all!

Would this be a good time to bring up the monorail idea again?

As long as the lots and causeway are cleared out by 8AM ready to receive millions and millions of Gold Passholders the next day, I don’t think those done spending money and leaving is a big concern.

Cargo Shorts said:
those done spending money

But aren’t the gold passers done spending their money before the season even begins?

Gold passers gotta eat.

Gold Passers gonna eat PB&J or bologna on hand in the parking lot.

Kroger’s gonna love the gold passers, they better stock up on bologna and fake cheese slices for the season.
They should have a gold pass special $99 bread and bologna for the season.

There are times a bologna sandwich would be preferable over what some food stands push out.

I'd rather have a good fried bologna sandwich anytime over most park food.

Is it true the park will accept food stamps at food stations this year?

Wouldn't worry too much about the gold passers clogging up parking. They will show up in El Caminos with 15-20 of them in back. Free parking isn't a factor because of the fleet of vehicles (being very generous with that term here) in the front yard of their 2 bedroom house with 30-35 adults living there, only the the El Camino can make it all the way to Cedar Point. A couple others run but they keep those in the locked garage lest the repo man gets em. Rest are up on blocks.

PSA: As you pull into the parking lot this season, watch out for people getting out of the back of El Caminos and pick me up trucks. Probably will see some grills in giant barrels too.

If the new toll booth is the same size as Kings Island's, then it will have 12 lanes. Many of those lanes will be "self-serve" gold pass lanes.

Cargo Shorts said:

There are times a bologna sandwich would be preferable over what some food stands push out.

About 80% of the time for me tbh. The basic hamburger, hot dog, fries fare served at the majority of stands is tolerable on a good day and down right gross the rest of the time.

Oh, and another note regarding the new parking lot booth area. As you approach the old booths the area to the left side of the roadway had a grass strip with some shrubs and it had those shrub statues of Lucy, Sally, Linus, etc..... That area has been totally cleared away, so I wonder where they will place the Peanuts gang.

The fake topiary Peanuts Gang is ‘New For 2020’ at Michigan’s Adventure.

That and all the old pavers CP is replacing with $100 bricks.

Or offer it all up to this place so they can sell it back to enthusiasts. Not a bad price either if you have the space for one.

Looking at that I have to wonder if it would make a good chassis for a racing sim rig.

Posted shortly ago (copied and pasted from a Cleveland.com article): More newly released info about the upcoming season.....

Cedar Point also announced several other improvements for its 150th season, which begins May 9. Also new for this year:
* In an effort to alleviate traffic congestion at the park entrance, Cedar Point has revamped its entryway with new booths, digital signage, additional vehicle lanes and improved traffic patterns. The goal is to better streamline traffic flow in and out of the park.
* A new vegetarian/vegan restaurant, Wild Turnip, located at the end of Frontier Trail. Choices here will include salad bowls, plant-based bratwurst and gluten-free personal pan pizzas. Also new: Custard Creamery, just below the Sky Ride station near the Scrambler.
* Twenty-five additional “Ultimate RV Patio Sites” at Lighthouse Point, for a total of 145; plus ongoing renovations at Castaway Bay Indoor Waterpark Resort and Sawmill Creek Resort, which was purchased by Cedar Fair last year. (there's your 4 extra added acres).