Cedar Point security checkpoints

[teller80]

This is the first year Cedar Point's had a security check before entering the park. The first was over July 4th weekend, when crowds are heaviest, and they've had them intermittently since then. Those security people don't seem to me to be employees of Cedar Point, they seem more like an outside contractor.

Unlike Disney, they use a wand to check your body & stroller, then they look through any backpacks etc you may have.

What I don't understand is WHY they only use them occasionally. People on PointBuzz (a fan sight) think they're training for full time use next year, but that doesn't sound right to me. You'd think you'd have them on light attendance days to train, and they seemed to know what they were doing.

I wonder if they only use them on days of heavy attendance? Or maybe when they've received a credible threat?

 

[stsomewhere]

We were at Cedar Point on July 20. There were no checkpoints

 

[FreeTime]

Although it is a couple of hours away from CP, maybe they are more on alert because if the ISIS and OU chatter.

 

[teller80]

We were at Cedar Point on July 20. There were no checkpoints

The only time I've seen them was July 4 and yesterday. After July 4 I assumed there was some threat that particular weekend, but then when I saw them again yesterday I started thinking more about it.

 

[DebbieB]

I was at Kings Dominion in May, which is owned by Cedar Fair, and they had walk through metal detectors and a bag check.

 

[NCDisneyMom]

Another of their sister parks, Carowinds, has had them all season long.

 

[soccerdad72]

I've never seen them at CP - we're passholders and have been there probably 7-8 times this year.

 

[Kellykins1218]

We're season passholders and go almost every day the park is open. They've done this a couple of times over the last few years. This year it was the 4th of July and now for Halloweekends. I like that they're doing it.