Cedar Point -tips, tricks or bargains???

[scbelleatheart]

I have stayed on site three times . Once at Breakers Exppress ... It was a very small room and I could have easily paid less for more at another hotel off site . It was a very simple hotel room . Then we wanted to stay somewhere else and stayed at Castaway Bay when it opened .. WEll they advertised it as a "new" hotel which it was not !! The hotel was already there they just added a water park to it . We had a ground floor room which was nice and right on the same floor as the water park ... BUT We had dirt by the sliders out to the patio and ANTS in the room ... not bad just by the door but still annoying ... This last time was the third try for us at a Cedar Point resort I so wanted to stay on the Island and sandcastle suites looked so nice in the photos WELL ... the hotel was nice except that after two nights we were out of there there were bugs EVERYWHERE on the screen when we checked into our room and that night we found on the floor by the patio door again ants but this time they had wings and were HUGE !!! WE killed them and kind of let it be not until night two when we came in after 11 PM to find ANTS IN THE BED !! It was GROSS and there was hardly any help from the front desk they sent someone with a can of bug spray to spray the BED REALLY !!! do you think I am going to sleep there now or my kids ?? So I check out the next morning and got a refund for the nights we did not stay ....

We did however save $200 by going to the Great Wolf Lodge and finishing the vacation there . The room was nice CLEAN and there were NO BUGS !!! every says my kids were too old for the water park there being 19 ,16 and 9 but we all had a good time stayed in the water park for three hours !! lots of fun and two really good slides !! It was not far from the park either the drive to the point was maybe 15 min tops . I say stay off site we were going to try the above Best Western but it was booked the week we were there try to it !! I am happy with what I did and will never stay on site again I dont really care about the hour extra it is so not worth the BUGS or the MONEY !!

If you go have a good time we waited tops an hour to an hour and 1/2 for the big rides Maverick . TTD and MF the rest were not so bad ... Do go on Windseeker it was great but I think the line went fast and was about 45 min . !!

Let us know if you go !!

The bugs are May flies, also known as Canadian Soldiers. They are normal and they die after 24 hours. Some years they are worse than others. They stink bad if you walk on them, never park under a light but we deal with them every year. Open your mouth on a coaster and suck a few down. That's Lake Erie!

 

[cheerbop]

Advice needed.

Would it be best to go this coming Sunday the 14th or Wednesday the 17th? How are the crowds *typically* on these days of the week?

 

[coastermom]

Advice needed.

Would it be best to go this coming Sunday the 14th or Wednesday the 17th? How are the crowds *typically* on these days of the week?

Right now till the end of summer Cedar Fair is offering for season pass holders to take a friend for something like $17 .. I would suggest you go on Wed . Not sure how that deal is working out for them but I would think that it would be more crowded with a special going on ... BUT I will say that the SF here was pretty empty on a Sunday so I maybe way off base there !! LOL .. Good Luck which ever day you go and ride WINDSEEKER !! it is really cool at night too !!

 

[stitchfriend]

Can anyone tell me what roller coasters cannot accomodate a full-figure person?

 

[mindyd]

Can anyone tell me what roller coasters cannot accomodate a full-figure person?

Some of the newer coasters like Dragster had seats that were outside the rides that you could try to see if you fit them. I remember the Blue Streak had a seat divider. I know that they are known for having some of the smaller seats.

 

[cheerbop]

We are considering going tomorrow, but noticed they have some special even with Nascar drivers. Is this going to make it horribly busy?
Should we wait till a Sunday in September? hmm...what to do?

 

[angierae]

We are considering going tomorrow, but noticed they have some special even with Nascar drivers. Is this going to make it horribly busy?
Should we wait till a Sunday in September? hmm...what to do?

Honestly, unless you really care about the Halloweekends stuff, I'd make sure you go before that starts (which is sometime in mid to Late September. I think the 18th is the last sunday before it starts.) The crowds during halloweekends are INSANE, whereas 5 years ago we could go for the first or second halloweekend and it was empty.

We were planning on going on 9/18 but something came up so now we're going to go tomorrow, which is SO not ideal - A Saturday in August? Ugh!

But it's that or not go at all this year so we're hoping to get in from one of the side entrances, knock out a couple of big things first thing, and then just relax and enjoy the day. We'll see how it works.