Wow it's been a long time since I posted on here! The summer was very busy with multiple trips to the park. Recently, I have been updating my YouTube channel with Cedar Point related videos. Here is a complete recap of what is available:
SANDUSKY, Ohio, – Summertime fun will officially end on Sunday (Oct. 30) when HalloWeekends at Cedar Point will close for the season.
This will be the last weekend to enjoy the park’s roller coasters and the fun and frights of HalloWeekends.
During HalloWeekends, the park combines its vast assortment of rides with dozens of Halloween attractions that range from scary fright zones and haunted houses to live entertainment and children’s attractions that include the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration parade (4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday afternoon), the Magical House on Boo Hill, the Hay Bale Maze and a sleeping ogre.
With two new fright zones, Blood on the Bayou, featuring zombies and a self-taught butcher, and Screamworks that is inhabited by creatures donning gas masks and goggles, HalloWeekends has 10 haunted attractions, six fright zones and four haunted houses, more than ever before in the event’s 15-year history.
Adding to the fright factor are legions of ghastly creatures and strange-looking characters who lurk in the dark waiting for the proper opportunity to introduce themselves, up close and personal, to unsuspecting guests.
Guests interested in frights can find their fill all weekend long. All of the haunted attractions are ready to scare each night. Plus, the park’s rides and roller coasters will be in operation from open to close. (On Friday night, there will be a reduced ride offering.)
There are also several ways to save money on a visit to the park. A four-pack of tickets can be purchased online for only $156, a savings of nearly $11 per ticket. See cedarpoint.com for all of the details. (Tickets must be purchased in advance online.)
Plus, Sunday (Oct. 30) is also the last day of the park’s Climbing to a Million contest when current and new Facebook fans of Cedar Point will be able to receive a $10 discount on admission to the park ($39.99 per person) by downloading and printing a special voucher from Facebook and redeeming it at Cedar Point.
There is also still time to save money on summer fun for next year. Cedar Point Season Passes and Cedar Fair Platinum Passes for 2012 are on sale for the lowest rate available through the end of the weekend. See cedarpoint.com for great ways to save!
On Friday, Cedar Point will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight; noon to midnight on Saturday; and noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday.
Cedar Point will open for the summer of 2012 in May.
For more information about HalloWeekends at Cedar Point, please visit halloweekends.com or call the park’s General Information Line at 419.627.2350.
Here's another addition of the CP Time Machine for today, October 15, and boy do we have a lot to cover!
2000 Cedar Point closes for the season. New this year was the record breaking Millennium Force.
(c) 2009 Jacob Hartman
This is also the final day for the 4th annual HalloWeekends event. The event ran Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays from September 22nd, through today, October 15. New for the 2000 season was Pharaoh's Secret (located in part of the Disaster Transport queue), and a not so scary decorated Peanuts Playground for the kids.
2001 Construction begins on Wicked Twister; stadium games (an arcade located on the Oceana Midway) is demolished to make way for Wicked Twister
2003 Cedar Point announces their $10 million capital expenditure plan for 2004 which includes an expansion of Lighthouse Point and the addition of Splash Zone to Soak City...read the original press release below!
Cedar Point to invest
nearly $10 million for 2004 season
LIGHTHOUSE
POINT AND SOAKCITY TO EXPAND OFFERINGS
Cedar
Point Press Release
SANDUSKY, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2003 - Cedar Point
amusement park/resort today announced plans to invest nearly $10 million in
capital improvements for its 2004 season with an emphasis on the "resort
side" of the popular 364-acre Lake Erie peninsula with expansions at its
Lighthouse Point luxury camping complex and Soak City waterpark.
This announcement
comes less than a year after Cedar Point debuted the $25 million Top Thrill
Dragster, the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world at 420 feet tall
and 120 mph.
Originally built in 2001 on the west bank of the
Cedar Point Peninsula near the historic Cedar Point Lighthouse and adjacent to
Camper Village RV campground, Lighthouse Point will grow with the addition of
14 lakeside cottages, 30 cabins and 38 luxury RV campsites. This will bring the
total number of cottages to 64; cabins to 40 and luxury RV campsites to 97 at
Lighthouse Point.
The cottages and cabins will be mirror images of
the existing units. The cottages will be one-story units with cedar-shingle
exteriors and will be located along the lakefront, offering sweeping views of Lake Erie. The log-exterior cabins will be situated in a
large oval formation surrounding two man-made ponds and will have a 4-foot loft
in addition to the floor level. The cottages and cabins will have 400 square
feet of living space, including a bedroom, living room, kitchenette and
bathroom, plus a walk-out deck or patio. Each cottage will sleep up to six
people with a double bed, futon and bunk bed; each cabin will accommodate up to
eight guests with a double bed, two futons and sleeping space for children in
the loft. Each unit will have a microwave, refrigerator, two televisions with
cable, telephones and an outdoor grill.
The 38 luxury RV campsites will be back-in sites,
which will accommodate large upscale recreational vehicles on an 80-foot-long
concrete site. Electricity, cable television, water and sewer will be available
at each campsite. The rest room, shower and laundry facilities at the original CamperVillage
will also be renovated.
With the expansion of Lighthouse Point, CamperVillage
will have a total of 171 RV campsites.
"Our vision of developing Cedar Point into a
complete resort and vacation destination continues to be realized with the
exciting expansions at both Lighthouse Point and SoakCity,"
says Daniel Keller, vice president and general manager of Cedar Point.
"These additions, along with our world-class amusement park, will offer
guests the ideal combination for an overnight summer getaway."
For water lovers, the
18-acre SoakCity
waterpark, located on the CedarPointPeninsula
adjacent to the amusement park, will introduce Splash Zone, a multi-story
interactive play area with more than 100 different wet and wild water gadgets
that spray, squirt and drench guests. Racy water slides, speedy chutes, spewing
geysers, activity pools and many other cascading aqua elements will entertain
and amuse water enthusiasts of all ages.
The centerpiece attraction of this colorful aqua
oasis will be a gigantic bucket that will pour 1,000 gallons of water on guests
below every 10 minutes. Located 48 feet above the entire Splash Zone area, this
tipping bucket will be the perfect refresher for those looking for the ultimate
watery cool-down.
With the addition of Splash Zone, this will be
the fourth expansion at SoakCity since the waterpark
originally opened in 1988 with 10 water slides (1990, 1995, 1997 and 2004).
Soak City is already one of the largest waterparks in the country, featuring
everything from inner tube and body slides and a huge 500,000-gallon wave pool
to liquid fun for kids and an adults-only swim-up refreshment center. SoakCity
is a separate- fee facility, and admission to Cedar Point is not required. The
waterpark will open for the 2004 season on Saturday, May 22.
Cedar Point will also renovate its Radisson
Harbour Inn property into a year-round indoor waterpark resort that is
scheduled to open in November of 2004. Additional information about this
project will be announced at a later date.
For more information about the Lighthouse Point
and SoakCity expansions and for general
information about Cedar Point, guests can call 419.627.2350 or visit
cedarpoint.com for the latest news.
2007 The OnPoint! blog posts a wonderful PointCast showing a behind the scenes look at the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration Parade (NEW FOR 2007!)
2010 Cedar Point posted this great video last year showing the making of a HalloWeekends Screamster.
Wow! A lot has happened on October 15th. If you're heading to the park tonight, or perhaps reading this in line (just don't get caught sitting, standing or swinging on the silver hand rails) be sure to check out the park's twitter feed @cedarpoint. Becca has been posting some great ride status tweets today, like this last one..."To recap: Gemini, Magnum, Millennium Force, Mantis, Blue Streak and others are all open! Still breezy, but sunny at the park!"
Thank you for reading this addition of the CP Time Machine, and have a great day here at America's Roller Coast, Cedar Point...RIDE ON!
First of all, welcome to my blog, Cedar Point: The Amazement Park! My name is Jake and I've been visiting the Sandusky based amusement park since 2002. I even worked as a ride host on Top Thrill Dragster for the 2008 season. Over the course of this blog, we'll look at the vast history of the best amusement park in world and cover current happenings. And of course I've got some cool surprises along the way! Now on to this weeks entry.
Look that way! Coming straight down the midway is the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration Parade...Cedar Point's annual parade during their HalloWeekends event. The parade debuted for the 2007 season as yet another not so scary option for children and their families to enjoy. Before we get to this year's version, take a look at the parade as it was in 2009. This is pretty much how the parade ran from 2007-2010. Take a look:
The parade received a face lift for the 2011 season. I haven't had the chance to visit the park for HalloWeekends yet (I'm going in two weeks), but I caught the parade on one of the park's webcams this weekend. Take a look....Monster Midway Invasion Celebration, it's that time of year...
I'll be taking a ton of pictures at the park in a few weeks. Until then, I'll keep you updated on anything else that happens! Until next time...
