We have booked our first trip to Cedar Point Park for opening weekend May 9th and would love some tips and advice from some seasoned Cedar Point Park goers. Best places to eat / places to avoid? What rides to hit first? We have the one hour early access. We are driving from NJ that Friday and staying at the Breakers Express with their package deal. We have all day that Saturday to enjoy the park and will drive home on Sunday.
Generally speaking, food is not very good in the park. Most people recommend the Famous Dave's BarBQ restaurant, which is just outside the park (you can get stamped and come back in to the park when done). It's located at the Marina, which is near the Blue Streak. I've also had some decent food at the Chuck Wagon (again, BarBQ food) near the Maverick. Otherwise, it's pretty standard fare food (corn dogs, fries, etc.).
For the early entry hour, I would probably head towards the back of the park and hit Maverick first. It's almost always the longest line in the park (and it's an awesome coaster). After that, you can probably hit Millennium Force and/or the newest (old) coaster, Rougarou. It used to be the Mantis (stand up coaster), but they redid it during the winter. Gatekeeper is the next newest coaster in the park and it's pretty cool, but I've always found the lines there, even in it's first year, to be reasonable (e.g. inside of an hour).
If you're worried about time and/or feel like that crowds are going to be pretty heavy, you could invest in their Fast Lane or Fast Lane Plus, which would give you Front of Line access to the major rides (Fast Lane Plus includes the biggest attractions - Maverick, Top Thrill Dragster, Millennium, and Rougarou. They're not cheap, however. It's hard to say what the crowds will be like. On one hand, it's the first day it's open, so you'll have a lot of folks (especially us local passholders) who'll be there because of that. But you also won't have the types of crowds that the park gets in the height of vacation season. And there's always the weather factor, which is a crap shoot.
Good luck and enjoy Cedar Point! We'll probably be there for at least part of the day, especially since it's my younger son's 10th birthday and he's had it on his calendar all winter.
I have to admit, I've never actually eaten there, but I've seen it (probably while riding Blue Streak 
) We don't eat much when we're there, because we usually just drive up for a couple hours and eat on our way home.
