I love the "older" steel rides but I think to get a good experience on Magnum you need to study the best seats to sit in. It can be very painful if you are in the wrong seat.
I went to Cedar Point a few weeks before you did and I would say you accurately described my thoughts on covid procedures. Also tell Xscream Thrills, fantastic channel :)
ive commented this before, but i really know nothing about rollercoasters aside from what i hear on this channel. youre so passionate about this topic and it comes through here especially! thanks for keeping us entertained at a time where some of us cant be enjoying rollercoasters ourselves : D
As a crew member at a theme park is nice to see someone give a park some credit even when weather kinda screwed up a day people seem to forget there’s nothing we can do about that😂 grata video keep up the great work brother👍
I worked at CP for most of the summer, and I'm really glad we were so strict with the COVID procedures. Definitely wouldn't have worked there if I had to encounter hundreds of unmasked guests every day.
I really don’t understand everyone’s complaints about cedar point. I went for 4 days at the very beginning of August and was able to get 17 rides on vengeance, 11 rides on maverick, and everything else at LEAST once. CP handled the situation so well, and I truly felt safer here than at my local grocery store. Look forward to going back as soon as possible.
We had some real low attendance days when we were open for weekdays. Perfect weather and hardly anyone showed up. I'm glad you had an epic day on one those days!
One word, weekdays. Not all of us can manage that, unfortunately. Now that I’ve managed to get all season FLP, I’m good, before that, I averaged 4-5 rides a day, with a 2 hour drive up and back. But at the end of the day, CP is always worth it.
Love the review of the park this year! Im sad I did not recognize you as that was me at 4:30 ! All well next year I guess, glad to see Magnum moving up in peoples rankings!
I spent a week at Cedar Point in late July (My first time there, and with one day at Kings Island), and I think you hit all the main points on the head. Other than a nasty sunburn, I had a great time. CP was super strict on the masks, and I saw multiple people be ejected from the park for not wearing one. On CCMR, they even told riders to keep their masks on during the second lift hill. One nice thing was the lack of crowds, though it got pretty busy on Thursday and Friday of that week. Every coaster was open (including Wicked Twister) during the trip so I was able to get all the credits except the kiddie rides. I had one bad weather day (on a Monday), and they shut down all the rides while I was in line for Steel Vengeance. Everyone left the line except for me and a couple of local high school kids, and the ride ops came down the station and hung out with us for about half an hour. They even let us remove our masks as long as we were six feet apart. When it became clear that the ride wasn't going to open for a while, all of us left, and after dinner (I was staying at Lighthouse Point), the skies cleared up, and I was able to ride Steel Vengeance twice in the back row and Maverick once in the front before the park closed. No Access Passes needed. The lack of Fast Lane was my biggest issue. Kings Island had it this year, so no idea why Cedar Point decided to skip it. Because of that, I was able to get almost as many rides in at Kings Island in one day than at Cedar Point in five. By the way, Orion is underrated. It and Mystic Timbers are my top two there. Got five rides on Orion and Four on Mystic Timbers on top of one ride on everything else (two on Diamondback).
Yeah I would have to agree with this video. It is annoying on packed days when you wait a while to get passes and then have to wait an hour or so for the coaster. But on that same Friday you went, me and my friend went, getting a ride on Steel Vengeance, Millennium Force, Maverick, two rides on dragster including the last train of the day, a ride on raptor, blue streak, and wicked twister. We left just as the rain began but it was a good day. You just have to do a lot of planning during COVID. Planning to get passes, when to get in line, etc. I’m happy they opened though because I also got my first ride on SkyHawk that Friday and it was awesome. I just Hope next year is normal so I can get in line without needing a pass and having to wear a mask.
My husband and I got married August 1st and us being coaster nuts rushed to Cedar Point for our honeymoon. It was a wonderful park experience! We spent 2 days there staying at Hotel Breakers but really only needed one day since we got every single coaster ride in - no joke! Access passes were super easy to get, employees were super accommodating with everything. I even had my mask fly off on Magnum (which I agree is better than Millennium!) and the ride operator kindly replaced it with a new clean one. Walked on/max waited 20 mins or so for all the coasters. Amazing honeymoon and props to Cedar Point for being so professional and efficient!
I went to cedar point from the 21 to the 23 of July. We stayed at the resort and I loved it. All ride were open all 3 days I got all of the credits beside the one kiddy that you can't ride without a kid. We went as a family of 4 so 2 would go to steel vengeance for passes and two would go to either maverick or top thrill. We ended up having so many passes we started just giving them away. Also a bonus while I was waiting for top thrill their was a roll back witch was fun to see although I had been waiting in line for about 30 minutes and shortly after left due to it being shut down. Overall I was very surprised on how good the ops were, great and fun trip 10/10
I haven’t been there in years. I miss it. It was one of the best days ever. My favorite I think was Maverick. Can’t wait to get back up there sometime soon.
You were there the week after my group went. It was a very sunny sunday for us. And probably one of the busier days too. I had very low wait times to get access passes for Vengeance and Force (maybe 5 minutes for each). And the longest we waited in an actual line was about an hour on Steel Vengeance and Magnum. I noticed a lot of people would have their masks on under their noses (I wore 2 masks that day, just to be extra) but I was happy at how often and sternly the line workers were asking people to put them on or move above their noses. Had a great conversation with one of the line workers on Steel Vengeance about, "as the season went on, people were complying with distancing in the lines more." Had two great near-back rides on Millennium Force and Magnum, but the cherry on top of this trip was my back row ride on Steel Vengeance. Easily my number 1 coaster now, the forces on the first drop are amazing and the whip on each of the inversions was intense and I can't wait to go on it again next year. We overall had an amazing experience, almost every coaster was operating that day (corkscrew was testing when we got in but I don't think I ever saw it run), I thought it seemed crowded but there was always plenty of space to move about while still maintaining 6ft. apart. While waiting in-line for magnum, I heard GP to Enthusiasts voice over the intercom, but I couldn't find him for an air-HighFive when I was in the queue. One other plus was that we waited no longer than 5 minutes for any flat ride so we got a chance to hit up almost every ride in the park. Overall, I think Cedar Point did an excellent job on our trip there and I'm excited to try and hit up multiple cedarfair parks next year (barring any other global catastrophes)
I went July 10th and 11th. Wasn’t able to ride much. Things without access pass had long lines, longer than normal. On the flip side went to Kings Island July 4th and had no issues. Rode Orion 3 times. Longest wait was about 25 minutes for the beast. Had no issues at Hershey twice this summer and it rained when I went to Great Adventure so lines were also minimal.
I went to CP on Labor Day and it was so crazy with storms.....when we were driving up the causeway we couldn't even see the park because of the storm.....It Rained all moring untill 3:30 and I got my first ride at 4. Thankfully it was pretty much empty at that point so I got rides on all the major coasters and 3 on Steel Vengeance......but lightning rod is still my number 1
Lightning rods used to be at the top but they neuter did with the Slowdown yes this really happened. I wrote it pre and post slow down it is not the same. Still a good ride though
I was there on Sunday of Labor Day Weekend. It was extremely crowded and we were only able to get on 3 rides (magnum, MF, and raptor), even though we were there from opening to closing. EVERY coaster had over an hour wait (even BS and ID had 75-90 minute waits throughout the whole day.). And even with access passes, getting through the line for Millennium Force took about 45 minutes. We were standing in line for Dragster for like an hour and it closed down due to weather. We also could not get access passes for SteVe and Maverick because the line extended all the way to the entrance to Frontiertown and all of the passes were distributed within the first two minutes. Then we stood in line for 2 hours for Raptor and had to leave. So overall, not the most pleasant visit I’ve had. But hey, at least they’re open!
@@lukefoster934 only reason I got to ride a bunch is because my mom slipped and went to the medic room and once she got out they have us a bunch of exit passes
I went on Magnum thinking that it was gonna be a mediocre ride, I thought that it was just gonna be your average Arrow with janky transitions. It is currently my #1.
Magnum rides in rows 7-13 are among the best the park has to offer. Sit too far front and I think it's a bit janky. Sit too far back and those bunny hills can be punishment. But rows 7 through 13, especially if they aren't over an axle? That's just right.
I went on the Friday before you and also had a great visit. I spent the first hour getting access passes and still had time to get on the Steel Vengeance standby line 3 times before it switched to access passes. The B&Ms had 1.5-2 hour lines, but I just focused on Magnum and the access pass rides.
I was there July 23 and 24. Was my first time there and even with the pandemic it was still an amazing two days. Steal vengeance was my favorite coaster but I liked millennium and maverick too. Such a great time I can’t wait to go back.
I went to cedar point late June for 2 days. The only ride that was closed for the both days was wicked twister. I had rain on the first day for about 2 hours and I came back from the hotel to see the park started running the coaster again. I got rides on everything but Valravn cuz it always broke down when I walked to it. Overall a great stay at the best park in the world!
Cedar point is really cool. Atleast they’re open at all. The one bad thing is that if it’s your first time you won’t get on all the rides you want all the time
I've been 3 times so far this year. My only complaint is I've had the opposite experience from you getting passes for the 4 big coasters. Only pass I've managed to get was one for Millennium Force. Luckily I got a walk on for Steel Vengeance anyway. I haven't been there right at open though so that is probably why, but the 3:30 passes are nearly impossible to get. Other than that it's been a fantastic experience so far, and season passes being good through the end of next year is a very welcome surprise!
I went to Cedar Point from July 28th through August 1st, and it was amazing. The Covid procedures made me feel very safe, and I ended up getting 12 rides on Steel Vengeance (if you just get in line in the morning you don't need an access pass for the first hour. but you lose all of the other access pass rides till 3) I had one rainy day which kinda killed capacity and didn't end up clearing out the park. But I had some really fantastic rides on the coasters. Except Magnum, I got a terrible, artimeless ride there. I even got ejector off Valravn, which is something I wasn't expecting at all. I also had a really fun ride on Rougarou. Overall, most of the coasters either met or exceeded my expectations, I only ever got one back-row SteVen ride. All the others were row 9, 1, or random (mostly row 9 though) I can't wait to go again next year, and I'm hoping they end up having more of a season.
I went a few days after you, and my Magnum experience was the same. I loved it in 2018, but my August 3rd rides were terrible. Rougarou was riding great for me too.
@@OklahomaCoasterFan That straight drop on Rou is pretty good. It might have been because it was the first of the trip, but dang, that floater was strong...
I was there that day and had just put my stuff in the lockers to get on SV and once I closed the locker they announced that rides would be delayed due to the incoming weather. Bummer. Love the channel!
I live in Columbus and got to go to cedar point for the first time this year and it was cool I didn’t get to ride steel vengeance or top thill dragster but Maverick is my new #1 I also got front row on that and magnum and back row on Millennium force and it was insane but I think diamondback still got it beat
Glad you were able to get on the big 4! Cedar point is my home park, and I went 3 times this season. I think they're doing as good of a job as possible. I 100% agree with your take on magnum- over the past few years I've thought the same. Next time you come, try getting on magnum in row 3- its insane!! Keep up the great work man!
I went to CP for a three-day weekend just before Labor Day (first time visiting). It would have been a four-day trip, but it rained torentially on Monday, so I decided to skip out and head home. I made it on every operating coaster, which over the course of the weekend included Gemini and Rougarou. The problem I encountered was that the longer I was there, the harder it was to get on rides. Because the access passes are distributed on the basis of how many people could theoretically ride each day, every delay in operations slowly increases the length of the stand-by line for those four rides. By Sunday evening I ended up waiting 2.5 hours for my final ride on Steel Vengeance while my 2-hour locker reservation expired. There was no way to know the length of the line from the outside, and once you've gotten into line you've spent your access pass, so you might as well stay. Hopefully we'll be rid of the need for the access passes by next season, or at least I hope CP will start reporting the length of the stand-by line for the rides that require passes.
Went during 87 degree weather in July staying at the Beeakers and going to the park for 2 full days, with a mask on and loved it. My legs hated it. And I was so sad since top thrill was closed.
My first day this year there... empty and awesome. Second day, packed access pass line for steel vengeance was back to gemini. If you didn’t go 11-12 to ride you would get lucky for one ride that day. 2 train ops for a long millennium force line. It was a weird day. I’ll say it was a great time considering the mess and lower capacity. Still 10/10 worth it
I went with my bro and his wife for 2 days during the second full week of opening. Overall we thought they did a fantastic job. If you got in line right at 10, you didn't need an access pass for the big four so we were able to get rides on SV and MF first thing before getting access passes. Additionally the last hour of the day we did not need access passes so we were able to marathon Maverick and SV at the end of the day. The staff did a great job accommodating our row requests and with enforcing protocol. Other guests were really mindful of distancing/queue lines too! Only frustrating thing was how long it took some rides to go through the cleaning procedure (Maverick being the main offender). They were wiping down seat and sending them empty as opposed to just spraying like they seem to be doing now. In the end we got a great ride count of SV - 5 Mav - 3 TTD - 3 MF - 3 Val - 2 Raptor - 3 Gate - 3
We visited 3 days in early August, before the end of daily ops. Stayed at Breakers as usual. Hotel experience was mostly unchanged. All 3 days had excellent weather, and all 3 were very busy (weekdays). We made it work with the access passes, rode SV to start each day in the 11am standby line. They did a nice job overall, although I much prefer Kings Island's 30 minute interval train cleaning, which was much faster as it did NOT include cycling the train empty after the wipe down. I applaud the park for opening and eventually getting all major rides open, on our 3 days all coasters operated, even the ones that were closed on your day. For us, the biggest negative by far was the early line close, which has never been a thing at CP and still isn't at Kings Island this year. We observed Valravn closed 1 hour before park close all 3 days, Raptor about 45 minutes. I hope very much that policy does not continue when (hopefully) more normal ops return.
If you're still reading these...Try to hit up Cedar Point opening week, or even opening day. My last trip to Cedar Point was during opening week, and they were still tuning Maverick up, the first couple of days it was running REALLY hot. Just a few extra MPH does a LOT for that ride. After a few days, they toned it down, and it was very noticeable. Every other time we rode it, it just wasn't the same...Side note, this trip was quite a few years back, it was the last year Mantis was still Mantis and before Gate Keeper was around, so they may have dialed in Maverick to a T, even for opening day.
I went in early August. I had a similar experience with the access pass system. It felt a bit unnecessary and the attendants were giving them out freely the entire day. I was able to get at least two passes for each ride at each of the distribution times. I felt safe from Covid throughout the day, mostly due to the park having much less people than normal. Loved Dragster and Maverick as usual. Gatekeeper did a good job being nothing more than eye candy. Vengeance was the best coaster there as expected. I have to disagree with magnum being better than millennium, although it might have to do with seats. I sat in the second row of Magnum and had the most violently painful ejector I’ve ever experienced. Coupled with stapling and myself being very tall leaving my knees high up into the lap bar and it made skyrush look like a pleasant stroll. Millenniums first drop will always put it up in my top 20. Gemini is easily one of the most underrated rides at the park. It was great. Didn’t get to ride raptor or twister. Valraven is one of the worst coasters at the park. Low forces, bad dive, long queue for a short ride. It’s dive gimick isn’t that good and that feels like the only reason it’s at the park. It’s just another gatekeeper. I fight others that valraven sucks. All in all a fantastic trip. As an Ohio native who gets to go once a year it’s a privilege to get to ride all these rides. Except valraven
Valravn is a one trick pony, and agree it is not worth the wait of more than 15 minutes. Much rather ride the Blue Streak!! Now THAT'S a roller coaster!!
I was there same day. We had FLP we bought on presidents day sale! It being the only Friday after most school districts started classes back we figure it would be our best bet. Couple that with the abysmal forecast and man what a good day to be at the park. We headed home as the storm was rolling in, literally closing the car door as it started pouring. Looks like we made the right choice to go home at that point.
When I went to Cedar Point for the first time in Early August. I gotta say, they did a great job with social distancing and everything else. I loved this trip (except getting rained out second day) but still the best weekend I’ve had.
Mid-July/early August would’ve been the best time to come. That’s when had every ride running, lines were non-existent, and on the weekdays the park was empty with all rides open. Could get there at 6pm and easily get 9 rides in if you’re crazy and move quickly, in one day got multiple rides on Millenium, Dragster, multiple on Valravyn, and 4 in a row on steel.
We went the day after you. Drove into Sandusky in that same rain that flooded the Midway. Our visit was Saturday, Aug 29 and it was windy so TT dragster was down for quite awhile.
I am from San Diego and went to Cedar Point in late July and had a massive storm too. Luckily they opened the coasters for the last 3 hours. When I went, Corkscrew, Gemini, Rougarou we’re open but Wicked Twister was closed. I though they did a good job and I would go back.
I am so happy you had a good day when you went!! I worked there this summer and I was working this day you went. I think I was giving out Millennium forces access passes that day I wish I would have recognized you because I have been a big fan of you and your TH-cam page
They handle it surprisingly well. For the access pass, you just have to get into one line and then into the other at Steel Vengeance and Maverick. Honestly, I thought they handled the weather worse than the pandemic.
I went to cedar point around 4 days ago, it was really bad, we got there sat 10:30 and only got passes for 2 roller coasters. We rode like 2 roller coasters because the lines were huge. After that we got to steel vengeance at 2:00 for our 2-3 time. The line took to long, we got out at 4:00, missing our time for maverick and the time to get other passes. We only rode 1 more coaster before the park closed at 8:00.
Glad your experience was better than mine. Went 9/05/20 and was only able to ride 5 rides even though I was there from 12 pm to 8 not including me leaving for an hour to get food. Multiple rides were down and multiple rides went down during the day. Lines for access passes were 100+ people deep so I didn't even bother getting in line for one. I'll have to come back next year when hopefully things have passed with this pandemic to experience Cedar Point correctly. I think the only measure that really irked me is sometimes trains were not even filled to half capacity thus increasing wait times.
I went to Cedar Point in the last week of July. I must say, their operations were kind of sucky. Lots of stacking, slow train checks, etc. For example, lines for Valravn, Raptor, GateKeeper, Magnum, and MaXair were 30+ mins (but mostly in the 45-60 min range). However, my spending of two days there, I got at least 1 ride on everything and 2 rides on some of the top coasters. My second day, SV was down for most of the day, but for some odd reason, they opened it up in the final 90 minutes of the park being opened. Luckily, my group noticed so we snagged a back seat ride on SV. It was also unusual how at the final hour or so of the park being opened, they just let people on with no access pass whatsoever. So I snagged another ride on Maverick and Millenium. So I must say, it was a good experience for me, seeing as it was my first time there.
Hey! I was there with my kid and fiance that day! (To be fair, we go about once a week or so during the summer xD) We have gone a total of 11 times this year, and have had a wonderful experience each and every time! We have the season pass with drinks & dining so we always get to enjoy 2 meals from any of the fine eateries they offer. And we have not had a day where we rode less than 6 rides, and those low-ride-count days were all early in the season before they had many rides open consistently.
My visit was on a Wednesday during the last week of July. Made it on everything I wanted to minus Top Thrill Dragster since it was closed most of the day for high winds, which is stupid since that's likely to happen a lot being next to Lake Erie and I didn't understand why they weren't trying to keep running it. Otherwise, I made it on all the coasters that were closed the day you were there minus Blue Streak and Corkscrew. Magnum XL-200 wasn't as enjoyable for me because the yellow lap bar stapled during the drop and the rest of the ride wasn't as enjoyable, but the coaster is still legendary. It was surprisingly busy enough to where I didn't ride any coaster more than once, but I still appreciated having the chance to go this past summer.
One of the days I went in late July was supposed to have a storm around 2-2:30 and when we arrived there was no one there and they weren't handing out access passes. We got on millennium then had walk ons for Rougarou and back to back Gatekeeper and short waits for Raptor, Valravn and MaxAir. Storm came when we were in line for SteVe but for three hours we got a lot done
I went the day after you on the 29th. The weather was windy but otherwise great and park was initially not that crowded. I managed to Get Maverick, and Millennium Force passes in the morning, and they were letting people on Dragster because it opened later than the other rides to wait for the wind to die down. We skipped SteVe because the line for the passes was atrociously long on both times, it went out past several buildings in frontier-town, and I wanted to avoid crowds as much as possible. At about 1 or 2 the park really got busy, all the walkways were relatively crowded, and it almost looked like the pandemic was a forgotten part of history. All the rides after 2pm had roughly 90 minute waits. I want to clarify that because of the staffing issues the park has had, i think Cedar Point seemed more crowded than it actually was: all the flat rides and some of the coasters being closed means that the small number of people in the park are concentrated into the few rides that are open, hence the wait. In the line for Rougarou we spoke with a ride op about how things were running this season; he told us that he had only been trained for Rougarou about 3 days prior, and had only gotten hired and started on Iron Dragon in late July. The stacking of rides was also fairly long, I waited on the break run on Raptor for example for 10 full minutes after my ride had finished to actually go back into the station to unload, similar story with Gatekeeper. To me it seemed like the ops were doing the best they could with the high crowds and limited ride capacity, but the operators are not at the Cedar Point efficiency I have seen in previous years. Final ride tally was one ride on all of the following: Valraven, Maverick, Dragster, Millennium Force, Gemini, Raptor, Rougarou, Gatekeeper. I'm happy I went, but I would rather wait until next year to go back, when the park has more time to find adequate staffing and get operations up to speed again. 7/10 from me.
I visited for the first time on opening weekend, I was pretty disappointed but I’m happy to here that it wasn’t just me so I decided to go back next year and give it another go
Got more rides in than I did. NEVER GO TO CEDAR POINT ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!! Saturday September 5 was my recent visit and I've managed to get on Magnum, Vengeance (my number 2) and Maverick between 1130am & 2pm. I had afternoon passes for Dragster and M-Force but when my time came, Dragster (& Gatekeeper) was down and M-Force had an hours-long wait. Didn't ride anything since. May do a revisit later this month before the Amtrak train that goes to Sandusky goes to 3x a week. But I still had a good time there nonetheless.
Sorry you couldn’t get on Raptor. It’s definitely a must ride for me. My brother and I always look forward to riding the Inverts when we go to parks together. It’s his favorite type of coaster and I love them too.
I had an okay experience this year. I can’t complain considering I got on every coaster except Wilderness Run, but sometimes the staff took 10+ minutes to clean just one train. Kings Island has been way better with doing the COVID measures efficiently.
@@cheesecakeboss8863 The ops have been great all year. They barely take any time to clean and the dispatches are crazy fast. Orion's trains barely spend more than a minute in the station.
No Cedar Point this year but I have been to Dollywood 3x and Holiday World and Kentucky Kingdom 1x each. HW had no mask requirements when I went on Father's Day, KK only required them at the entrance and in gift shops about a month ago & Dollywood was thankfully lenient on masks the last two times. They all practiced staggered seating & cleaned the rides fairly regularly.
My visit was SO MUCH LIKE YOURS -It rained -Got assigned front row on Steve -Got another access pass for Steve and got assigned back row -no access pass for Millennium -Magnum closed for rain when we were at the front of the line and @GP to Enthusiast let us pick 3rd row or back row
I went for 4 days in the middle of July, and stayed at the hotel. It was probably the best theme park vacation ive ever had. I really had no big issues with anything, besides a frw coasters being closed.
Also, I took my son in law on August 6th. We felt safe there. Safer than the grocery store. Employees were awesome. All the staff did a great job enforcing the rules and, for the most part, attenders stuck to those rules. I in no way am saying masks shouldn't be required. I full agree with mandatory masks. However, as an asthmatic, I underestimated my ability to wear one all day. Thankful, I took several different ones. I started the day with a neck gaiter and found it stifling I also tried a fabric on and ended up just wearing a surgical mask, while pulling my neck gaiter up while on coasters so I didn't lose the surgical mask. I won't attempt another trip with the mask mandate in place, but that is due to MY health issues. I think CP and all staff are doing an amazing job during an unprecedented, very difficult situation. Kudos to them.
I was there that day. Getting multiple rides on all the major attractions with no wait was great. Wish the rain didn’t kill the day, but it was still a nice day.
I have fast lane plus pre-purchased so my experience is the best because every single ride is five mins top for the wait and I have gotten a least 120 rides on Steel Vengeance this year alone
I was also there Friday! it was my first ever time visiting and it was awesome. we got to a lot of rides, and it was a really good time. sucked that it rained tho. i’m paused at the start of your video so i hope i can hear good things on your end. i’ll be posting a vlog soon and it’ll even have some reaction footage!! (i bought a watch cam and got first-time ride footage on all of them) STEEL VENGEANCE BABY!!!! THE GOAT OF ALL COASTERS
Damn! If I had known you were going, I would’ve met up with you. Went there 4 times this summer and I’ve enjoyed myself even for it being covid! Every visit was definitely a different experience and I still haven’t ridden Valravn, Blue Streak, or Corkscrew yet. However, I knew from the get go that I was just grateful to be able to enjoy some “normal” entertainment for the summer. I took a friend in early July who had never been to the park before and she had a great experience despite all the complaints from us regulars. Even during Covid, the park is still better than many Six Flags parks were pre-covid (Six Flags America, lol).
I went to CP a few weeks after opening, one thing I was able to do that no TH-camr ever mentioned was that if you get in line for one of the big 4 before they hand out passes (meaning I never got one at all) and just went straight to the que, you could get on without a pass for the first hour until the 12 O’clock passes came rolling in. So few people knew about this to the point that I got 6 rides on Steel Vengeance with no more than a 5 minute wait every time. It’s worth noting that I only did this on Steel Vengeance so I don’t know if it works for all 4 but it’s worth a try. Also just another tip if anybody does go to CP but fails to get any passes they want them just go to said ride about 5 minutes before another hour slot opens. So like 5:55 or something like that, and ask if you can get on and they may just let you. Other than that Airtime Thrills basically said all there is to say about the system.
I actually went in mid August this year! It was a Tuesday but the weather was nice so the lines were decently long, but I bought a Fast Lane Plus on Ebay. Same as you, I noticed the slower ops due to Covid limitations, but people did well following the mask and distance rules. Overall my rides were 11 SV, 2 Maverick, and 1 on everything else that was open except for Blue Streak. Rougarou, Gemini and Wicked Twister were closed but overall it was an incredible day.
I totally agree as far as steel vengeance back row rides, but magnum in the back HURTS. We went to CP for opening day and the day after, it was packed, the access passes did almost nothing, and TTD was closed. Still had an amazing time, Steve and maverick are no joke.
Really wish i could’ve saw you there man, your one of my favorite you tubers right now aghh Yeah we stayed there that weekend and for labor day weekend as well. i’d say out of all 7 days The first Friday was least busy (slow enough for it to feel like i was in heaven😭😭) so sad it was ruined by that weather 😒 Saturday’s are absolutely terrible. They did open up Rougarou and gemini on Saturdays, probably to disperse the crowds bc everything was at least 1hr 30min wait. we did getting our rides on those. every other day was... meh (when it came to the wait times) can’t imagine what a luxury it felt like to have a fast pass for this season, i would pay so much for that loll
As a local, I go to Cedar point almost every weekend. Although it’s still fun and all, the lines are just absolutely ridiculous on crowded days because of the every other row it’s cutting the capacity in half. For popular rides like Valraven and even raptor you’re waiting over two hours which is just horrible. Not to mention the fact that we waited in line for access passes and by the time we got upfront they were all out. I think they have a good idea to keep everyone safe I just don’t know if they’re approaching it the right way.
my experience at CP this year was awesome!! i got to ride every coaster except for Rougarou and Wicked Twister (which were the only ones closed the 2 days i was there)
I live like two hours away from Cedar Point and this was my first time going. I went around mid July and thought it was fine. My favorite was definitely Valraven but I did not get to ride Top Thrill Dragster, Gemini, Raptor, or Steel Vengeance
I enjoyed my experience there! The lines are a bit long on the supporting cast due to access passes but I loved it! The positive to the access passes is that it ensured that I could get on steel vengeance guaranteed without having a 200 minute wait as a road block. Now Kings Island is closer to my heart and I love it with all my heart but cedar point is just better. It’s like how steel vengeance is the best coaster I’ve ridden while Orion is my personal favorite! I went on a gorgeous august day and my friend and I had a blast! I love having this park 2.5 hours away! Columbus is coaster heaven! Also I tend to go to kings island more since the drive is a lot easier and shorter as I am just starting to get used to driving longer distances and making my own road trips! I hope to get at least one more trip at cedar Point!
I was going to head up to Cedar Point but then the covid-19 hit good job to the Cedar Point staff for doing what they could also good job of making up there this year especially because the circumstances
Man, of course you hit Cedar Point on one of the two days that we got hit with heavy thunderstorms. I'm glad that they are taking the pandemic seriously though. I have a season pass and was worrying that they were opening up like most of the local stores, and not caring whether the customers were wearing masks or not putting their foot down on the more combative ones.
You were very lucky you went on Friday the 28th, and not Saturday the 29th. I don't think they maintained the max pandemic cap. Ragouragou was a 2 hour line; Valravn hit 3 hours, Gatekeeper was 2 hours as well as Raptor. Magnum XL200 was 1 1/2 hours; even Gemini was 1 q 1/2 hours. We first got our tickets at millennium Force and then tried to get tickets at Top Thrill Dragster, but by the time we got there it was done, no more tickets. The park looked like a normal day - very crowded! To get on Steel Vengeance we had to wait in a long long line. Luckily we found out the ride was broken and they didn't know when was going to open up. So we decided to go in the line for Maverick. We waited 30 minutes to get our tickets. When we arrived atbour window, the ride was 2 hours long. The line went outside the ride well into the park area. I think the line was even longer than 2 hours! Even non roller coaster rides were longer than one hour such as that Tidal Wave and Skyhawk big swing. this is unfair being that the capacity is dropped but they didn't drop the capacity for people to come in the park. I couldn't believe it. And my kids were extremely disappointed because they dreamed of going on Maverick and Steel Vengeance. Sadly, we decided not to return the next day and drive home 6 1/2 hours back home. This was a huge disappointment!!!!
My Millennium Force experience this year was the same as yours. It just doesn't seem to have any power with half empty trains, although I finally greyed out on the first turn. Unfortunately, my Magnum experience was awful. I actually hated my 2 rides on it this time. Maverick & Gatekeeper were better than ever, SV was as great as before, TTD still mind blowing. My Raptor rides were the best I've ever had on it, first time not getting headbanging. I had pre-purchased Fast Lane Plus in February, so I used one on my day here. That way, I didn't need access passes, and I got 10 rides on SV during my 2-hour locker rental, since the FLP line was a walk-on. I also got 7 rides on TTD, which did have a very long regular line, due to being down half the day.
I went to cedar point June 2019, and at the end of the night from the parking lot, you couldn't even see GateKeeper because of the rain. Also, I got a pouring rain, trimless, front row, night ride on Steel Vengeance. Jesus, that was an experience
I had an amazing time at King's Island during Passholder Week in early July. Had initially planned to do Cedar Point as well, but since it opened a week later, the timing doesn't work out. It gives me something else to use my platinum pass for next year in addition to my home park ValleyFair! which didn't even open this summer.
I went to Kings Island for Orion. My experience was mixed. Orion is certainly one of the best coasters I've ridden, and the second best coaster in the state of Ohio behind Steel Vengence. However, Kings Island was super crowded when I was there and people were not being respectful of the social distancing markers. The person behind me for one of my rides said "we're allowed between the 2 markings". And I saw someone get thrown out of the park for not wearing a mask. That said, I got there early and got to be on the first ride of the day on Orion, front row, and since no one else had gotten back there yet the operators let me ride without a mask. I'm probably one of less than 20 people (I'm assuming the construction crew rode it after they finished building it, which was before COVID) that's legally ridden Orion while getting to take in all the wind (and it was awesome).
I was there the same day and the storm would just not let up. I got there just before opening and walked to the back to STEVE and got an access pass for that and was able to get in line without it and I got 4 rides on it in less than 20 minutes and then went over to Maverick got an access pass and also was able to get on line without it then got on dragster without an access pass went back to Maverick to use the access pass and then waited on line for Valravyn. By then it was close to 3 so I got on line for an access pass for Millie and after waiting for a while they told everyone in line that due to the approaching storm they wouldn’t be handing out access passes. The rain came and it never stopped. Would have a great day if not for the rain and it was my only day there because I came from NY and wanted to try Orion out so I went to Kings Island the next day.
I just got back from there. The wait times can get kind of long, due to the cleaning, but other than that, the ride tickets were the only problems for me
I've been 20 times this year. I love about 20 minutes south of the park so that helps. The only issues that I have had have been with other guests trying to stay so far apart that they would great longer wait times did to being pet and living in their phones.
Went Sunday the 6th. More busy than the month before, and Corkscrew, Gemini, and Gatekeeper were down almost all day. So the lines were almost 2 hours per coaster for the ones that didn't have access passes. Still alright though.
I was supposed to work at Cedar Point this year, then ended up backing out due to paranoia over three employees testing positive for COVID-19 during their first week of operation. I'm kind of sad that I made this choice, but I'm glad Cedar Point was able to really get things down smoothly by the time you hit it up
I went the first week they were open. More coasters were closed due to the state. I didn’t get to ride too thrill it opened 2 days after I left but that’s ok I’ve been on it 20 times or more. Staying on the grounds was great as usual. No complaints from me at all on my visit
Oh man. That is high praise for Magnum. As a local, I say that my thighs still prefer Millennium over Magnum.
Lol especially on those bunny hills on magnum
I scream on both rides, but on Magnum I scream out in pain
The only ride in the park better than Magnum is Steel Vengeance.
I love the "older" steel rides but I think to get a good experience on Magnum you need to study the best seats to sit in. It can be very painful if you are in the wrong seat.
Yes omg! Magnum is so rough!! Especially when you go through the turns
I went to Cedar Point a few weeks before you did and I would say you accurately described my thoughts on covid procedures.
Also tell Xscream Thrills, fantastic channel :)
Thanks for the shout out! It was annoying that the weather ruined half the day, but glad we were able to snag a couple great rides before then! 👍
ive commented this before, but i really know nothing about rollercoasters aside from what i hear on this channel. youre so passionate about this topic and it comes through here especially! thanks for keeping us entertained at a time where some of us cant be enjoying rollercoasters ourselves : D
I’ll second that!
As a crew member at a theme park is nice to see someone give a park some credit even when weather kinda screwed up a day people seem to forget there’s nothing we can do about that😂 grata video keep up the great work brother👍
I worked at CP for most of the summer, and I'm really glad we were so strict with the COVID procedures. Definitely wouldn't have worked there if I had to encounter hundreds of unmasked guests every day.
I really don’t understand everyone’s complaints about cedar point. I went for 4 days at the very beginning of August and was able to get 17 rides on vengeance, 11 rides on maverick, and everything else at LEAST once. CP handled the situation so well, and I truly felt safer here than at my local grocery store. Look forward to going back as soon as possible.
We had some real low attendance days when we were open for weekdays. Perfect weather and hardly anyone showed up. I'm glad you had an epic day on one those days!
One word, weekdays. Not all of us can manage that, unfortunately. Now that I’ve managed to get all season FLP, I’m good, before that, I averaged 4-5 rides a day, with a 2 hour drive up and back. But at the end of the day, CP is always worth it.
Love the review of the park this year! Im sad I did not recognize you as that was me at 4:30 ! All well next year I guess, glad to see Magnum moving up in peoples rankings!
Were you the ride op?
@@cathedralsedm Yes!
@@CoasterCollege Wow! I don't expect you to reply. I'm gonna go to cedar point next year. Will I see you at magnum?
@@cathedralsedm Will see!
I spent a week at Cedar Point in late July (My first time there, and with one day at Kings Island), and I think you hit all the main points on the head. Other than a nasty sunburn, I had a great time. CP was super strict on the masks, and I saw multiple people be ejected from the park for not wearing one. On CCMR, they even told riders to keep their masks on during the second lift hill. One nice thing was the lack of crowds, though it got pretty busy on Thursday and Friday of that week. Every coaster was open (including Wicked Twister) during the trip so I was able to get all the credits except the kiddie rides.
I had one bad weather day (on a Monday), and they shut down all the rides while I was in line for Steel Vengeance. Everyone left the line except for me and a couple of local high school kids, and the ride ops came down the station and hung out with us for about half an hour. They even let us remove our masks as long as we were six feet apart. When it became clear that the ride wasn't going to open for a while, all of us left, and after dinner (I was staying at Lighthouse Point), the skies cleared up, and I was able to ride Steel Vengeance twice in the back row and Maverick once in the front before the park closed. No Access Passes needed.
The lack of Fast Lane was my biggest issue. Kings Island had it this year, so no idea why Cedar Point decided to skip it. Because of that, I was able to get almost as many rides in at Kings Island in one day than at Cedar Point in five. By the way, Orion is underrated. It and Mystic Timbers are my top two there. Got five rides on Orion and Four on Mystic Timbers on top of one ride on everything else (two on Diamondback).
I got FL at KI on labor day and it was a huge help. Glad they didnt axe it like CP
How was Orion? Or did you get to go on it?
Yeah I would have to agree with this video. It is annoying on packed days when you wait a while to get passes and then have to wait an hour or so for the coaster. But on that same Friday you went, me and my friend went, getting a ride on Steel Vengeance, Millennium Force, Maverick, two rides on dragster including the last train of the day, a ride on raptor, blue streak, and wicked twister. We left just as the rain began but it was a good day. You just have to do a lot of planning during COVID. Planning to get passes, when to get in line, etc. I’m happy they opened though because I also got my first ride on SkyHawk that Friday and it was awesome. I just Hope next year is normal so I can get in line without needing a pass and having to wear a mask.
Hello Drew, how are you?
My husband and I got married August 1st and us being coaster nuts rushed to Cedar Point for our honeymoon. It was a wonderful park experience! We spent 2 days there staying at Hotel Breakers but really only needed one day since we got every single coaster ride in - no joke! Access passes were super easy to get, employees were super accommodating with everything. I even had my mask fly off on Magnum (which I agree is better than Millennium!) and the ride operator kindly replaced it with a new clean one. Walked on/max waited 20 mins or so for all the coasters. Amazing honeymoon and props to Cedar Point for being so professional and efficient!
I went to cedar point from the 21 to the 23 of July. We stayed at the resort and I loved it. All ride were open all 3 days I got all of the credits beside the one kiddy that you can't ride without a kid. We went as a family of 4 so 2 would go to steel vengeance for passes and two would go to either maverick or top thrill. We ended up having so many passes we started just giving them away. Also a bonus while I was waiting for top thrill their was a roll back witch was fun to see although I had been waiting in line for about 30 minutes and shortly after left due to it being shut down. Overall I was very surprised on how good the ops were, great and fun trip 10/10
I haven’t been there in years. I miss it. It was one of the best days ever. My favorite I think was Maverick. Can’t wait to get back up there sometime soon.
I'm sooo happy to hear Magnum's still running extremely well. It's snuck up my rankings too, especially because of the magic seat.
You were there the week after my group went. It was a very sunny sunday for us. And probably one of the busier days too. I had very low wait times to get access passes for Vengeance and Force (maybe 5 minutes for each). And the longest we waited in an actual line was about an hour on Steel Vengeance and Magnum. I noticed a lot of people would have their masks on under their noses (I wore 2 masks that day, just to be extra) but I was happy at how often and sternly the line workers were asking people to put them on or move above their noses. Had a great conversation with one of the line workers on Steel Vengeance about, "as the season went on, people were complying with distancing in the lines more." Had two great near-back rides on Millennium Force and Magnum, but the cherry on top of this trip was my back row ride on Steel Vengeance. Easily my number 1 coaster now, the forces on the first drop are amazing and the whip on each of the inversions was intense and I can't wait to go on it again next year.
We overall had an amazing experience, almost every coaster was operating that day (corkscrew was testing when we got in but I don't think I ever saw it run), I thought it seemed crowded but there was always plenty of space to move about while still maintaining 6ft. apart. While waiting in-line for magnum, I heard GP to Enthusiasts voice over the intercom, but I couldn't find him for an air-HighFive when I was in the queue. One other plus was that we waited no longer than 5 minutes for any flat ride so we got a chance to hit up almost every ride in the park.
Overall, I think Cedar Point did an excellent job on our trip there and I'm excited to try and hit up multiple cedarfair parks next year (barring any other global catastrophes)
I went July 10th and 11th. Wasn’t able to ride much. Things without access pass had long lines, longer than normal. On the flip side went to Kings Island July 4th and had no issues. Rode Orion 3 times. Longest wait was about 25 minutes for the beast. Had no issues at Hershey twice this summer and it rained when I went to Great Adventure so lines were also minimal.
I went to CP on Labor Day and it was so crazy with storms.....when we were driving up the causeway we couldn't even see the park because of the storm.....It Rained all moring untill 3:30 and I got my first ride at 4. Thankfully it was pretty much empty at that point so I got rides on all the major coasters and 3 on Steel Vengeance......but lightning rod is still my number 1
Lightning rods used to be at the top but they neuter did with the Slowdown yes this really happened. I wrote it pre and post slow down it is not the same. Still a good ride though
I was there on Sunday of Labor Day Weekend. It was extremely crowded and we were only able to get on 3 rides (magnum, MF, and raptor), even though we were there from opening to closing. EVERY coaster had over an hour wait (even BS and ID had 75-90 minute waits throughout the whole day.). And even with access passes, getting through the line for Millennium Force took about 45 minutes. We were standing in line for Dragster for like an hour and it closed down due to weather. We also could not get access passes for SteVe and Maverick because the line extended all the way to the entrance to Frontiertown and all of the passes were distributed within the first two minutes. Then we stood in line for 2 hours for Raptor and had to leave. So overall, not the most pleasant visit I’ve had. But hey, at least they’re open!
@@lukefoster934 only reason I got to ride a bunch is because my mom slipped and went to the medic room and once she got out they have us a bunch of exit passes
I went on Magnum thinking that it was gonna be a mediocre ride, I thought that it was just gonna be your average Arrow with janky transitions. It is currently my #1.
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Magnum rides in rows 7-13 are among the best the park has to offer. Sit too far front and I think it's a bit janky. Sit too far back and those bunny hills can be punishment.
But rows 7 through 13, especially if they aren't over an axle? That's just right.
@@CoasterCollege magnum is a definition of a classic but corkscrew needs to go instead of gemini
I went on the Friday before you and also had a great visit. I spent the first hour getting access passes and still had time to get on the Steel Vengeance standby line 3 times before it switched to access passes. The B&Ms had 1.5-2 hour lines, but I just focused on Magnum and the access pass rides.
I was there July 23 and 24. Was my first time there and even with the pandemic it was still an amazing two days. Steal vengeance was my favorite coaster but I liked millennium and maverick too. Such a great time I can’t wait to go back.
I came in early August for the first time and it’s easily my favorite Park ever
I went to cedar point late June for 2 days. The only ride that was closed for the both days was wicked twister. I had rain on the first day for about 2 hours and I came back from the hotel to see the park started running the coaster again. I got rides on everything but Valravn cuz it always broke down when I walked to it. Overall a great stay at the best park in the world!
Cedar point is really cool. Atleast they’re open at all. The one bad thing is that if it’s your first time you won’t get on all the rides you want all the time
As a former operator of Magnum XL-200, thanks for giving it some luvvv
I've been 3 times so far this year. My only complaint is I've had the opposite experience from you getting passes for the 4 big coasters. Only pass I've managed to get was one for Millennium Force. Luckily I got a walk on for Steel Vengeance anyway. I haven't been there right at open though so that is probably why, but the 3:30 passes are nearly impossible to get. Other than that it's been a fantastic experience so far, and season passes being good through the end of next year is a very welcome surprise!
I went to Cedar Point from July 28th through August 1st, and it was amazing. The Covid procedures made me feel very safe, and I ended up getting 12 rides on Steel Vengeance (if you just get in line in the morning you don't need an access pass for the first hour. but you lose all of the other access pass rides till 3) I had one rainy day which kinda killed capacity and didn't end up clearing out the park. But I had some really fantastic rides on the coasters. Except Magnum, I got a terrible, artimeless ride there. I even got ejector off Valravn, which is something I wasn't expecting at all. I also had a really fun ride on Rougarou. Overall, most of the coasters either met or exceeded my expectations, I only ever got one back-row SteVen ride. All the others were row 9, 1, or random (mostly row 9 though) I can't wait to go again next year, and I'm hoping they end up having more of a season.
I went a few days after you, and my Magnum experience was the same. I loved it in 2018, but my August 3rd rides were terrible. Rougarou was riding great for me too.
@@OklahomaCoasterFan That straight drop on Rou is pretty good. It might have been because it was the first of the trip, but dang, that floater was strong...
I was there that day and had just put my stuff in the lockers to get on SV and once I closed the locker they announced that rides would be delayed due to the incoming weather. Bummer. Love the channel!
I live in Columbus and got to go to cedar point for the first time this year and it was cool I didn’t get to ride steel vengeance or top thill dragster but Maverick is my new #1 I also got front row on that and magnum and back row on Millennium force and it was insane but I think diamondback still got it beat
Glad you were able to get on the big 4! Cedar point is my home park, and I went 3 times this season. I think they're doing as good of a job as possible. I 100% agree with your take on magnum- over the past few years I've thought the same. Next time you come, try getting on magnum in row 3- its insane!! Keep up the great work man!
I went to CP for a three-day weekend just before Labor Day (first time visiting). It would have been a four-day trip, but it rained torentially on Monday, so I decided to skip out and head home. I made it on every operating coaster, which over the course of the weekend included Gemini and Rougarou. The problem I encountered was that the longer I was there, the harder it was to get on rides. Because the access passes are distributed on the basis of how many people could theoretically ride each day, every delay in operations slowly increases the length of the stand-by line for those four rides. By Sunday evening I ended up waiting 2.5 hours for my final ride on Steel Vengeance while my 2-hour locker reservation expired. There was no way to know the length of the line from the outside, and once you've gotten into line you've spent your access pass, so you might as well stay. Hopefully we'll be rid of the need for the access passes by next season, or at least I hope CP will start reporting the length of the stand-by line for the rides that require passes.
Went during 87 degree weather in July staying at the Beeakers and going to the park for 2 full days, with a mask on and loved it. My legs hated it. And I was so sad since top thrill was closed.
We're going the last weekend of Sep. and will be at the Breakers Fri-Sun. Glad to hear things are working well!
Dragster SUCKS!
@@timothykaczmarek5871 In my opinion Top Thrill is a Top 20 coaster and I know some people don't like it because of the launch.
My first day this year there... empty and awesome. Second day, packed access pass line for steel vengeance was back to gemini. If you didn’t go 11-12 to ride you would get lucky for one ride that day. 2 train ops for a long millennium force line. It was a weird day. I’ll say it was a great time considering the mess and lower capacity. Still 10/10 worth it
4:30 Magnum on Back Row this year was straight up insane this year, It's hard to even describe it!
I went with my bro and his wife for 2 days during the second full week of opening. Overall we thought they did a fantastic job. If you got in line right at 10, you didn't need an access pass for the big four so we were able to get rides on SV and MF first thing before getting access passes. Additionally the last hour of the day we did not need access passes so we were able to marathon Maverick and SV at the end of the day.
The staff did a great job accommodating our row requests and with enforcing protocol. Other guests were really mindful of distancing/queue lines too! Only frustrating thing was how long it took some rides to go through the cleaning procedure (Maverick being the main offender). They were wiping down seat and sending them empty as opposed to just spraying like they seem to be doing now.
In the end we got a great ride count of
SV - 5
Mav - 3
TTD - 3
MF - 3
Val - 2
Raptor - 3
Gate - 3
We visited 3 days in early August, before the end of daily ops. Stayed at Breakers as usual. Hotel experience was mostly unchanged.
All 3 days had excellent weather, and all 3 were very busy (weekdays). We made it work with the access passes, rode SV to start each day in the 11am standby line. They did a nice job overall, although I much prefer Kings Island's 30 minute interval train cleaning, which was much faster as it did NOT include cycling the train empty after the wipe down.
I applaud the park for opening and eventually getting all major rides open, on our 3 days all coasters operated, even the ones that were closed on your day.
For us, the biggest negative by far was the early line close, which has never been a thing at CP and still isn't at Kings Island this year. We observed Valravn closed 1 hour before park close all 3 days, Raptor about 45 minutes. I hope very much that policy does not continue when (hopefully) more normal ops return.
If you're still reading these...Try to hit up Cedar Point opening week, or even opening day. My last trip to Cedar Point was during opening week, and they were still tuning Maverick up, the first couple of days it was running REALLY hot. Just a few extra MPH does a LOT for that ride. After a few days, they toned it down, and it was very noticeable. Every other time we rode it, it just wasn't the same...Side note, this trip was quite a few years back, it was the last year Mantis was still Mantis and before Gate Keeper was around, so they may have dialed in Maverick to a T, even for opening day.
I went in early August. I had a similar experience with the access pass system. It felt a bit unnecessary and the attendants were giving them out freely the entire day. I was able to get at least two passes for each ride at each of the distribution times. I felt safe from Covid throughout the day, mostly due to the park having much less people than normal. Loved Dragster and Maverick as usual. Gatekeeper did a good job being nothing more than eye candy. Vengeance was the best coaster there as expected. I have to disagree with magnum being better than millennium, although it might have to do with seats. I sat in the second row of Magnum and had the most violently painful ejector I’ve ever experienced. Coupled with stapling and myself being very tall leaving my knees high up into the lap bar and it made skyrush look like a pleasant stroll. Millenniums first drop will always put it up in my top 20. Gemini is easily one of the most underrated rides at the park. It was great. Didn’t get to ride raptor or twister. Valraven is one of the worst coasters at the park. Low forces, bad dive, long queue for a short ride. It’s dive gimick isn’t that good and that feels like the only reason it’s at the park. It’s just another gatekeeper. I fight others that valraven sucks. All in all a fantastic trip. As an Ohio native who gets to go once a year it’s a privilege to get to ride all these rides. Except valraven
Valravn is a one trick pony, and agree it is not worth the wait of more than 15 minutes. Much rather ride the Blue Streak!! Now THAT'S a roller coaster!!
I was there same day. We had FLP we bought on presidents day sale! It being the only Friday after most school districts started classes back we figure it would be our best bet. Couple that with the abysmal forecast and man what a good day to be at the park. We headed home as the storm was rolling in, literally closing the car door as it started pouring. Looks like we made the right choice to go home at that point.
Amazing editing on the transitions between footage in the last minute! Awesome!
When I went to Cedar Point for the first time in Early August. I gotta say, they did a great job with social distancing and everything else. I loved this trip (except getting rained out second day) but still the best weekend I’ve had.
Mid-July/early August would’ve been the best time to come. That’s when had every ride running, lines were non-existent, and on the weekdays the park was empty with all rides open. Could get there at 6pm and easily get 9 rides in if you’re crazy and move quickly, in one day got multiple rides on Millenium, Dragster, multiple on Valravyn, and 4 in a row on steel.
We went the day after you. Drove into Sandusky in that same rain that flooded the Midway. Our visit was Saturday, Aug 29 and it was windy so TT dragster was down for quite awhile.
I am from San Diego and went to Cedar Point in late July and had a massive storm too. Luckily they opened the coasters for the last 3 hours. When I went, Corkscrew, Gemini, Rougarou we’re open but Wicked Twister was closed. I though they did a good job and I would go back.
I am so happy you had a good day when you went!! I worked there this summer and I was working this day you went. I think I was giving out Millennium forces access passes that day I wish I would have recognized you because I have been a big fan of you and your TH-cam page
They handle it surprisingly well. For the access pass, you just have to get into one line and then into the other at Steel Vengeance and Maverick. Honestly, I thought they handled the weather worse than the pandemic.
I went to cedar point around 4 days ago, it was really bad, we got there sat 10:30 and only got passes for 2 roller coasters. We rode like 2 roller coasters because the lines were huge. After that we got to steel vengeance at 2:00 for our 2-3 time. The line took to long, we got out at 4:00, missing our time for maverick and the time to get other passes. We only rode 1 more coaster before the park closed at 8:00.
Glad your experience was better than mine. Went 9/05/20 and was only able to ride 5 rides even though I was there from 12 pm to 8 not including me leaving for an hour to get food. Multiple rides were down and multiple rides went down during the day. Lines for access passes were 100+ people deep so I didn't even bother getting in line for one. I'll have to come back next year when hopefully things have passed with this pandemic to experience Cedar Point correctly. I think the only measure that really irked me is sometimes trains were not even filled to half capacity thus increasing wait times.
I went to Cedar Point in the last week of July. I must say, their operations were kind of sucky. Lots of stacking, slow train checks, etc. For example, lines for Valravn, Raptor, GateKeeper, Magnum, and MaXair were 30+ mins (but mostly in the 45-60 min range). However, my spending of two days there, I got at least 1 ride on everything and 2 rides on some of the top coasters. My second day, SV was down for most of the day, but for some odd reason, they opened it up in the final 90 minutes of the park being opened. Luckily, my group noticed so we snagged a back seat ride on SV. It was also unusual how at the final hour or so of the park being opened, they just let people on with no access pass whatsoever. So I snagged another ride on Maverick and Millenium. So I must say, it was a good experience for me, seeing as it was my first time there.
Hey! I was there with my kid and fiance that day! (To be fair, we go about once a week or so during the summer xD)
We have gone a total of 11 times this year, and have had a wonderful experience each and every time! We have the season pass with drinks & dining so we always get to enjoy 2 meals from any of the fine eateries they offer. And we have not had a day where we rode less than 6 rides, and those low-ride-count days were all early in the season before they had many rides open consistently.
My visit was on a Wednesday during the last week of July. Made it on everything I wanted to minus Top Thrill Dragster since it was closed most of the day for high winds, which is stupid since that's likely to happen a lot being next to Lake Erie and I didn't understand why they weren't trying to keep running it. Otherwise, I made it on all the coasters that were closed the day you were there minus Blue Streak and Corkscrew. Magnum XL-200 wasn't as enjoyable for me because the yellow lap bar stapled during the drop and the rest of the ride wasn't as enjoyable, but the coaster is still legendary. It was surprisingly busy enough to where I didn't ride any coaster more than once, but I still appreciated having the chance to go this past summer.
One of the days I went in late July was supposed to have a storm around 2-2:30 and when we arrived there was no one there and they weren't handing out access passes. We got on millennium then had walk ons for Rougarou and back to back Gatekeeper and short waits for Raptor, Valravn and MaxAir. Storm came when we were in line for SteVe but for three hours we got a lot done
I went the day after you on the 29th. The weather was windy but otherwise great and park was initially not that crowded. I managed to Get Maverick, and Millennium Force passes in the morning, and they were letting people on Dragster because it opened later than the other rides to wait for the wind to die down.
We skipped SteVe because the line for the passes was atrociously long on both times, it went out past several buildings in frontier-town, and I wanted to avoid crowds as much as possible. At about 1 or 2 the park really got busy, all the walkways were relatively crowded, and it almost looked like the pandemic was a forgotten part of history. All the rides after 2pm had roughly 90 minute waits. I want to clarify that because of the staffing issues the park has had, i think Cedar Point seemed more crowded than it actually was: all the flat rides and some of the coasters being closed means that the small number of people in the park are concentrated into the few rides that are open, hence the wait. In the line for Rougarou we spoke with a ride op about how things were running this season; he told us that he had only been trained for Rougarou about 3 days prior, and had only gotten hired and started on Iron Dragon in late July. The stacking of rides was also fairly long, I waited on the break run on Raptor for example for 10 full minutes after my ride had finished to actually go back into the station to unload, similar story with Gatekeeper. To me it seemed like the ops were doing the best they could with the high crowds and limited ride capacity, but the operators are not at the Cedar Point efficiency I have seen in previous years.
Final ride tally was one ride on all of the following: Valraven, Maverick, Dragster, Millennium Force, Gemini, Raptor, Rougarou, Gatekeeper. I'm happy I went, but I would rather wait until next year to go back, when the park has more time to find adequate staffing and get operations up to speed again. 7/10 from me.
I visited for the first time on opening weekend, I was pretty disappointed but I’m happy to here that it wasn’t just me so I decided to go back next year and give it another go
I was there that day. Only got 4 rides in before the storm. Fortunately Saturday was much better weather, but also more crowded.
I live down In georgia and this park definitely on my bucket list. It is very far away but there still might be hope
Got more rides in than I did. NEVER GO TO CEDAR POINT ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!! Saturday September 5 was my recent visit and I've managed to get on Magnum, Vengeance (my number 2) and Maverick between 1130am & 2pm. I had afternoon passes for Dragster and M-Force but when my time came, Dragster (& Gatekeeper) was down and M-Force had an hours-long wait. Didn't ride anything since. May do a revisit later this month before the Amtrak train that goes to Sandusky goes to 3x a week. But I still had a good time there nonetheless.
Sorry you couldn’t get on Raptor. It’s definitely a must ride for me. My brother and I always look forward to riding the Inverts when we go to parks together. It’s his favorite type of coaster and I love them too.
I had an okay experience this year. I can’t complain considering I got on every coaster except Wilderness Run, but sometimes the staff took 10+ minutes to clean just one train. Kings Island has been way better with doing the COVID measures efficiently.
Brian I was thinking of going to KI in October u think ops will be better
@@cheesecakeboss8863 The ops have been great all year. They barely take any time to clean and the dispatches are crazy fast. Orion's trains barely spend more than a minute in the station.
Thats because Kings Island ops are and have been elite
No Cedar Point this year but I have been to Dollywood 3x and Holiday World and Kentucky Kingdom 1x each. HW had no mask requirements when I went on Father's Day, KK only required them at the entrance and in gift shops about a month ago & Dollywood was thankfully lenient on masks the last two times. They all practiced staggered seating & cleaned the rides fairly regularly.
My visit was SO MUCH LIKE YOURS
-It rained
-Got assigned front row on Steve
-Got another access pass for Steve and got assigned back row
-no access pass for Millennium
-Magnum closed for rain when we were at the front of the line and @GP to Enthusiast let us pick 3rd row or back row
I went for 4 days in the middle of July, and stayed at the hotel. It was probably the best theme park vacation ive ever had. I really had no big issues with anything, besides a frw coasters being closed.
Also, I took my son in law on August 6th. We felt safe there. Safer than the grocery store. Employees were awesome. All the staff did a great job enforcing the rules and, for the most part, attenders stuck to those rules. I in no way am saying masks shouldn't be required. I full agree with mandatory masks. However, as an asthmatic, I underestimated my ability to wear one all day. Thankful, I took several different ones. I started the day with a neck gaiter and found it stifling I also tried a fabric on and ended up just wearing a surgical mask, while pulling my neck gaiter up while on coasters so I didn't lose the surgical mask. I won't attempt another trip with the mask mandate in place, but that is due to MY health issues. I think CP and all staff are doing an amazing job during an unprecedented, very difficult situation. Kudos to them.
I was there that day. Getting multiple rides on all the major attractions with no wait was great. Wish the rain didn’t kill the day, but it was still a nice day.
I have fast lane plus pre-purchased so my experience is the best because every single ride is five mins top for the wait and I have gotten a least 120 rides on Steel Vengeance this year alone
Wow. Wasn’t expecting this vid. Well done for getting to CP
the experience you had with the storm was the same experience i had with my dollywood trip this year
I was also there Friday! it was my first ever time visiting and it was awesome. we got to a lot of rides, and it was a really good time. sucked that it rained tho. i’m paused at the start of your video so i hope i can hear good things on your end.
i’ll be posting a vlog soon and it’ll even have some reaction footage!! (i bought a watch cam and got first-time ride footage on all of them)
STEEL VENGEANCE BABY!!!!
THE GOAT OF ALL COASTERS
Damn! If I had known you were going, I would’ve met up with you. Went there 4 times this summer and I’ve enjoyed myself even for it being covid! Every visit was definitely a different experience and I still haven’t ridden Valravn, Blue Streak, or Corkscrew yet. However, I knew from the get go that I was just grateful to be able to enjoy some “normal” entertainment for the summer. I took a friend in early July who had never been to the park before and she had a great experience despite all the complaints from us regulars. Even during Covid, the park is still better than many Six Flags parks were pre-covid (Six Flags America, lol).
I went to CP a few weeks after opening, one thing I was able to do that no TH-camr ever mentioned was that if you get in line for one of the big 4 before they hand out passes (meaning I never got one at all) and just went straight to the que, you could get on without a pass for the first hour until the 12 O’clock passes came rolling in. So few people knew about this to the point that I got 6 rides on Steel Vengeance with no more than a 5 minute wait every time. It’s worth noting that I only did this on Steel Vengeance so I don’t know if it works for all 4 but it’s worth a try. Also just another tip if anybody does go to CP but fails to get any passes they want them just go to said ride about 5 minutes before another hour slot opens. So like 5:55 or something like that, and ask if you can get on and they may just let you. Other than that Airtime Thrills basically said all there is to say about the system.
I actually went in mid August this year! It was a Tuesday but the weather was nice so the lines were decently long, but I bought a Fast Lane Plus on Ebay. Same as you, I noticed the slower ops due to Covid limitations, but people did well following the mask and distance rules. Overall my rides were 11 SV, 2 Maverick, and 1 on everything else that was open except for Blue Streak. Rougarou, Gemini and Wicked Twister were closed but overall it was an incredible day.
I live close by in michigan so I consider this my home park, was looking forward to a video like this because Ive been dying to go
I totally agree as far as steel vengeance back row rides, but magnum in the back HURTS. We went to CP for opening day and the day after, it was packed, the access passes did almost nothing, and TTD was closed. Still had an amazing time, Steve and maverick are no joke.
Really wish i could’ve saw you there man, your one of my favorite you tubers right now aghh
Yeah we stayed there that weekend and for labor day weekend as well. i’d say out of all 7 days The first Friday was least busy (slow enough for it to feel like i was in heaven😭😭) so sad it was ruined by that weather 😒
Saturday’s are absolutely terrible.
They did open up Rougarou and gemini on Saturdays, probably to disperse the crowds bc everything was at least 1hr 30min wait. we did getting our rides on those.
every other day was... meh (when it came to the wait times) can’t imagine what a luxury it felt like to have a fast pass for this season, i would pay so much for that loll
One of my dream parks to visit. Hoping to make a trip there next year.
As a local, I go to Cedar point almost every weekend. Although it’s still fun and all, the lines are just absolutely ridiculous on crowded days because of the every other row it’s cutting the capacity in half. For popular rides like Valraven and even raptor you’re waiting over two hours which is just horrible. Not to mention the fact that we waited in line for access passes and by the time we got upfront they were all out. I think they have a good idea to keep everyone safe I just don’t know if they’re approaching it the right way.
I rode Magnum in the magic seat recently, and it's running so good lately!!
Which seat is the magic seat? I asked a ride op and he said it was row 3. I thought it was 7...
@@torrinantifus1 Car 1 row 3
I went to Cedar Point This year in fact a day after you did only got five rides it’s my first time there and I love it
my experience at CP this year was awesome!! i got to ride every coaster except for Rougarou and Wicked Twister (which were the only ones closed the 2 days i was there)
I was there on August 21 it was a nice day so it was crowded. We rode Millenium,Maverick,Gatekeeper,Raptor,Blue Streak, Rougarou
I live like two hours away from Cedar Point and this was my first time going. I went around mid July and thought it was fine. My favorite was definitely Valraven but I did not get to ride Top Thrill Dragster, Gemini, Raptor, or Steel Vengeance
I enjoyed my experience there! The lines are a bit long on the supporting cast due to access passes but I loved it! The positive to the access passes is that it ensured that I could get on steel vengeance guaranteed without having a 200 minute wait as a road block. Now Kings Island is closer to my heart and I love it with all my heart but cedar point is just better. It’s like how steel vengeance is the best coaster I’ve ridden while Orion is my personal favorite! I went on a gorgeous august day and my friend and I had a blast! I love having this park 2.5 hours away! Columbus is coaster heaven! Also I tend to go to kings island more since the drive is a lot easier and shorter as I am just starting to get used to driving longer distances and making my own road trips! I hope to get at least one more trip at cedar Point!
I was going to head up to Cedar Point but then the covid-19 hit good job to the Cedar Point staff for doing what they could also good job of making up there this year especially because the circumstances
You uploaded this right on time, I'm heading up there this weekend! Looks like it's gonna storm again 🙄
Man, of course you hit Cedar Point on one of the two days that we got hit with heavy thunderstorms. I'm glad that they are taking the pandemic seriously though. I have a season pass and was worrying that they were opening up like most of the local stores, and not caring whether the customers were wearing masks or not putting their foot down on the more combative ones.
I've only been there three times this year, but they've been doing pretty good with the new policies and it hasn't typically been too busy.
You were very lucky you went on Friday the 28th, and not Saturday the 29th. I don't think they maintained the max pandemic cap. Ragouragou was a 2 hour line; Valravn hit 3 hours, Gatekeeper was 2 hours as well as Raptor. Magnum XL200 was 1 1/2 hours; even Gemini was 1 q 1/2 hours. We first got our tickets at millennium Force and then tried to get tickets at Top Thrill Dragster, but by the time we got there it was done, no more tickets. The park looked like a normal day - very crowded!
To get on Steel Vengeance we had to wait in a long long line. Luckily we found out the ride was broken and they didn't know when was going to open up. So we decided to go in the line for Maverick. We waited 30 minutes to get our tickets. When we arrived atbour window, the ride was 2 hours long. The line went outside the ride well into the park area. I think the line was even longer than 2 hours! Even non roller coaster rides were longer than one hour such as that Tidal Wave and Skyhawk big swing. this is unfair being that the capacity is dropped but they didn't drop the capacity for people to come in the park. I couldn't believe it. And my kids were extremely disappointed because they dreamed of going on Maverick and Steel Vengeance. Sadly, we decided not to return the next day and drive home 6 1/2 hours back home. This was a huge disappointment!!!!
I’m going to center point in a week tomorrow! So i watched this to see how it works thanks so much!
My Millennium Force experience this year was the same as yours. It just doesn't seem to have any power with half empty trains, although I finally greyed out on the first turn. Unfortunately, my Magnum experience was awful. I actually hated my 2 rides on it this time. Maverick & Gatekeeper were better than ever, SV was as great as before, TTD still mind blowing. My Raptor rides were the best I've ever had on it, first time not getting headbanging. I had pre-purchased Fast Lane Plus in February, so I used one on my day here. That way, I didn't need access passes, and I got 10 rides on SV during my 2-hour locker rental, since the FLP line was a walk-on. I also got 7 rides on TTD, which did have a very long regular line, due to being down half the day.
Crazy how people have such different experiences on Magnum
Ok, sending a train through the ride empty to dry it off is the funniest and smartest thing I've heard in a while
I went to cedar point June 2019, and at the end of the night from the parking lot, you couldn't even see GateKeeper because of the rain. Also, I got a pouring rain, trimless, front row, night ride on Steel Vengeance. Jesus, that was an experience
I had an amazing time at King's Island during Passholder Week in early July. Had initially planned to do Cedar Point as well, but since it opened a week later, the timing doesn't work out. It gives me something else to use my platinum pass for next year in addition to my home park ValleyFair! which didn't even open this summer.
I went to Kings Island for Orion. My experience was mixed. Orion is certainly one of the best coasters I've ridden, and the second best coaster in the state of Ohio behind Steel Vengence. However, Kings Island was super crowded when I was there and people were not being respectful of the social distancing markers. The person behind me for one of my rides said "we're allowed between the 2 markings". And I saw someone get thrown out of the park for not wearing a mask. That said, I got there early and got to be on the first ride of the day on Orion, front row, and since no one else had gotten back there yet the operators let me ride without a mask. I'm probably one of less than 20 people (I'm assuming the construction crew rode it after they finished building it, which was before COVID) that's legally ridden Orion while getting to take in all the wind (and it was awesome).
I was there the same day and the storm would just not let up. I got there just before opening and walked to the back to STEVE and got an access pass for that and was able to get in line without it and I got 4 rides on it in less than 20 minutes and then went over to Maverick got an access pass and also was able to get on line without it then got on dragster without an access pass went back to Maverick to use the access pass and then waited on line for Valravyn. By then it was close to 3 so I got on line for an access pass for Millie and after waiting for a while they told everyone in line that due to the approaching storm they wouldn’t be handing out access passes. The rain came and it never stopped. Would have a great day if not for the rain and it was my only day there because I came from NY and wanted to try Orion out so I went to Kings Island the next day.
that nasty storm rolled through chicagoland too. it was a wild storm lol
I just got back from there. The wait times can get kind of long, due to the cleaning, but other than that, the ride tickets were the only problems for me
I've been 20 times this year. I love about 20 minutes south of the park so that helps. The only issues that I have had have been with other guests trying to stay so far apart that they would great longer wait times did to being pet and living in their phones.
Went Sunday the 6th. More busy than the month before, and Corkscrew, Gemini, and Gatekeeper were down almost all day. So the lines were almost 2 hours per coaster for the ones that didn't have access passes. Still alright though.
Yep, that was a cool and interesting explanation of how Cedar Point is during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep it up Chris! ;) #AirtimeThrillsistheBest
I was supposed to work at Cedar Point this year, then ended up backing out due to paranoia over three employees testing positive for COVID-19 during their first week of operation. I'm kind of sad that I made this choice, but I'm glad Cedar Point was able to really get things down smoothly by the time you hit it up
I went the first week they were open. More coasters were closed due to the state. I didn’t get to ride too thrill it opened 2 days after I left but that’s ok I’ve been on it 20 times or more. Staying on the grounds was great as usual. No complaints from me at all on my visit